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One would think poor people are most at risk around food insecurity.
Throngs of protesters vented anger across Poland over a top court ruling that declared abortions of fetuses with congenital defects unconstitutional, effectively narrowing one of Europeâs strictest abortion laws.
In what most people would consider a lucrative mistake, a man who accidentally bought an extra lottery ticket has won two $1 million jackpots.
Scientists have discovered the first nest of so-called murder hornets in the United States and plan to wipe it out to protect native honeybees.
"A perfect metaphor for the Trump presidency," critics claimed. What really happened?
And is the home of world's most famous fictional paper company real?
With all kinds of health-related behavior changes, at least half of people relapse within six months.
Europeâs largest farmers' association had argued that labeling vegetarian substitutes with designations bringing meat to mind was misleading for consumers.
Reports state that the Nigerian military killed at least 12 peaceful demonstrators.
In two debates, U.S. President Donald Trump mistakenly conflated a remark made by Joe Biden with one made by Hillary Clinton.
A subsidiary of Goldman Sachs pleaded guilty and agreed to pay more than $2.9 billion in a foreign corruption probe tied to the Malaysian 1MDB sovereign wealth fund, which was looted of billions of dollars in a corruption scandal.
A Trump spokesperson claimed the Biden campaign withdrew an ad featuring Michigan businessman Joe Malcoun because the campaign "got caught" in a lie.
Cats have a reputation for disobeying their owners â why would they start listening now?
We'll give them this: "Operation Snopes-Piercer" isn't the worst name we've heard for a smear campaign.
U.S. officials said that Russian hackers have targeted the networks of dozens of state and local governments in the United States in recent days, stealing data from at least two servers.
Conspiracies are often in the eye of the beholder.
The feline was carved into a slope by ancient South Americans before the arrival of Europeans in Latin America.
Lockdowns had a negligible effect on global temperatures. So what really happened?
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett had been described by advocacy groups as âhostile to the rights of LGBTQ people.â
Social media users twisted Biden's words from a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in 1985 by omitting their context.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell became a topic of speculation after photographs seemingly showed his hands looking bruised and discolored.
While under scrutiny for treatment of migrants, the Trump administration has been shifting blame to its predecessor.
Cats have a reputation for disobeying their owners â why would they start listening now?
News reports identified the hard drive's source as a computer repair shop owner in Delaware.
The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate's history with busing has haunted him on the campaign trail.
News reports identified the hard drive's source as a computer repair shop owner in Delaware.
A few weeks after Biden was first elected to the U.S. Senate, his wife and 1-year-old daughter were killed in an automobile accident while Christmas shopping.
Harris long ago distanced herself from the relationship.
A viral Facebook post recounted several supposed gestures of generosity by the U.S. president.
The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate's history with busing has haunted him on the campaign trail.
