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President Trump said he has instructed the Department of War to start testing nuclear weapons "on an equal basis" with other countries.
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Giant skeletons have crept their way to massive popularity. -
The Ambler Road would give mining companies access to a vast trove of untapped copper, cobalt and rare-earth minerals, but environmental groups and some Alaska Natives oppose the project. -
State lawmakers across the country have been trying to pass new maps for their congressional districts.
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Before Richard Rodgers revolutionized Broadway with songwriting partner Oscar Hammerstein, he and Lorenz Hart crafted some of the most indelible showtunes of the 1920s and 30s. -
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Rates of colorectal cancer are rising, especially for people younger than 50. But it's hard to raise awareness for a cancer that a lot of us find hard to talk about.
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Will-o’-the-wisps are an unexplained natural phenomenon that legend says are the spirits of those who died in the swamp.
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In Greece, like much of Europe and the world, birth rates are sharply declining and populations are quickly aging.
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Millions of Americans will lose federally funded benefits such as food help starting Saturday.
