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The deal to resolve all U.S. federal investigations and claims is the biggest drug industry settlement so far stemming from the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic.

A paste made from chickpeas, soy, peanuts and bananas is the result of years of work studying the bacteria that live in the human gut.

New research finds automation widening the gap between urban and rural areas and dramatically affecting people who didn’t go to college or didn’t finish high school.

President Trump said he would take executive action to get information about citizenship status amid a fight over adding a question to the 2020 census.

It was a tough week for the agency in charge of implementing Trump’s ambitious plans to reduce drug costs. The administration rolled back one plan and had another shot down in court.

Six-player Texas Hold ’em has been too tough for a machine to master — until now. A bot named Pluribus crushed some of the world’s best poker players using brash and unorthodox strategies.

House Speaker Pelosi, D-Calif., is asking members to avoid attacking one another after an aide to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y, tweeted a message comparing some moderates to segregationists.

Amazon plans to invest $700 million to train a third of its U.S. workforce for higher-skilled jobs. The company acknowledged that workers could use their new skills to seek jobs outside Amazon.

In January, California expects to enroll 138,000 undocumented, low-income residents under age 26 in the state’s version of Medicaid. But young adults say their parents need health care coverage, too.

Three Iranian vessels tried to block a commercial oil tanker on Wednesday before a British warship forced them back, according to the U.K. Defense Ministry.

In a speech Tuesday, former Vice President Joe Biden laid out his plan for “reclaiming American leadership” and said the world sees President Trump as “dangerously incompetent.”

The administration has been in a legal fight for more than a year to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census. It has been blocked by the Supreme Court for now.

A review of “mussel-inspired chemistry” points to promising ways we can learn from mussels about how to clean up water.

Barry is now predicted to become a Category 1 hurricane shortly before making landfall Saturday, with maximum winds of 75 mph.

The Justice Department has mounted a legal challenge to block the effort, claiming such a site violates federal drug laws and would enable opioid users.

The charges come at a politically sensitive time for the island’s government, which is projecting a polished image to Congress as island leadership expect billions of dollars in recovery aid.

The Trump administration has invited high-profile, conservative activists and bloggers to the White House for a social media summit. But they did not invite Facebook and Twitter.

In 1990, Mitch McConnell returned a $1,000 campaign donation from Donald Trump, who was in severe financial trouble. It’s a view into a complicated relationship between two very different politicians.

Struggling to resolve racial tensions in South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg exclusively shared with NPR his “Douglass Plan,” named for the famed abolitionist. He compares it to the Marshall Plan.

Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski kept clear of the special counsel investigation and stepped up enforcement to fight the addiction epidemic — and says more of that is coming.

Neil Armstrong’s Apollo 11 spacesuit is about to go back on public display after a Smithsonian effort to preserve it. The effort wasn’t to make it pristine. Lunar dust still covers the boots.

One of the biggest U.S. teachers unions is suing the Department of Education, alleging a loan forgiveness program for millions of public service workers violates federal law and the Constitution.

Yazmin Juárez told lawmakers that her daughter died from a respiratory infection after getting inadequate medical care in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.

Prosecutors say that over a span of five years, Chinese intelligence agents gave Candace Claiborne, then an office management specialist, lavish gifts in exchange for information.

Trump’s warning came after the U.S. urged a special meeting of a United Nations nuclear watchdog which monitors Iran’s compliance with the agreement.

Two federal judges have rejected the Trump administration’s requests to completely change the legal teams defending its efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

The governing board voted to offer full tuition scholarships to in-state undergraduates whose families make $65,000 or less a year. They also extended financial assistance to middle class students.

The survey gauges people on five traits. It’s used to screen applicants for jobs and predict earning potential. But its accuracy may depend on whether you live in a rich country or a poor country.

Acosta is under scrutiny for the 2008 deal he oversaw when he was a U.S. attorney in Florida, now that prosecutors in New York have brought a new case in which Epstein could face 45 years in prison.

In a joint operation organized by the World Customs Organization and Interpol, thousands of protected animals, plants and wildlife products were seized in more than 100 countries.

A century ago, debate over immigration and urban-rural power stalled congressional action on the results of the census. The tensions that mattered then still persist a century later.