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After months of COVID, flu and RSV infections, parents of little kids are kinda losing it. But the data shows kids have always brought home waves of respiratory illness.

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Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians and wounded several others during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian health officials said.

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One of the hottest tickets in Washington, D.C., was to a festival that was all about drinking and having fun — but not about booze.

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Eggs have tripled in price in the last few years and in some places, it's hard to find them at all. Now a raft of competitors are hoping to lure Americans away from their beloved breakfast food.

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On average, half the participants in a study by the University of St. Andrews in Scotland could recognize what either chimpanzees or bonobos were communicating.

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An associate professor at the prestigious Wharton School is not only allowing his students to use ChatGPT, they are required to.

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During a House committee hearing Wednesday, parents, activists and law enforcement officials accused social media sites of enabling drug dealers to sell fentanyl to young Americans.

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Inside our shopping cart is a story of global trade, extreme weather, shrinking packages and rising prices.

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The airplane manufacturer will be arraigned in federal court in Texas Thursday as relatives of those killed in two plane crashes seek to overturn an agreement that gave Boeing immunity.

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A new study finds that UV dryers for gel nail polish can damage DNA and mutate cells, confirming dermatologists' safety concerns. There are precautions you can take and alternatives to consider.

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An NPR/Ipsos poll found widespread confusion on some basic facts about abortion and pregnancy. Can you answer the same questions correctly?

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The report — a first-of-its-kind for the agency — examines everything from when in the year the attacks took place to behavioral changes exhibited in the attackers.

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Some 200,000 tech jobs have been lost in what is seen as one of the sharpest downturns in the tech industry's history. Here is what you need to know about the mass layoffs in Silicon Valley.

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Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis said five officers physically abused Tyre Nichols before his death. Nichols was pulled over by police on Jan. 7 and died three days later.

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The production of opium in Myanmar has flourished since the military's seizure of power as the faltering economy has led more people toward the drug trade, according to a new United Nations report.

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Australia Day is known to many Indigenous people as Invasion Day and Survival Day, because of the disastrous impacts on First Nations people of British colonists taking their land without a treaty.

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The man behind a startup called DoNotPay planned to use AI to help fight a traffic ticket. But professional lawyers shut it down.

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The company has seen its share value drop sharply, and rivals are edging into the electric vehicle market. But after doubling its profits in a year, Tesla says it has no plans to slow down.

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A federal agency said it is reinstating restrictions on road-building and logging on the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska. USDA's move repeals a Trump administration-era decision.

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The social media company is letting a two-year ban, imposed after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, expire.

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