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Hormone therapy drugs have carried box warning labels for years. The Food and Drug Administration is removing them, saying the risks were overstated. -
A car exploded near the 17th century Red Fort in New Delhi on Monday, killing at least eight people, injuring others and triggering a fire that damaged vehicles parked nearby, New Delhi police said. -
President Ahmed al-Sharaa once had ties to al-Qaida and had a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head. Then he led the rebel forces that toppled former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad last year. -
This week, President Trump pardoned allies accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election. It is part of an uptick in "insider pardons" issued in his second term, one legal expert says. -
Several Senate Democrats break ranks to join Republicans in a deal to reopen the government. And, world leaders gather in Brazil for a major climate conference, but the U.S. is not expected to attend. -
The pardons include 77 allies tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, including Rudy Giuliani, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and former Trump attorney Sidney Powell. -
The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big hurdle: experts can't agree on what they are and which to target. -
Alaska's public schools are being used as emergency shelters, though many of the buildings are crumbling. -
As President Trump's call for National Guard deployments rings out across the U.S., a small contingent of Ohio guard members is quietly expressing concern in an encrypted group chat. -
Under President Trump, the U.S. has taken steps to roll back climate policies. Here are six significant changes. -
Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the Philippines after setting off floods and landslides, knocking out power to entire provinces, killing at least four people and displacing more than 1.4 million. -
The Senate voted late Sunday evening on a compromise that could reopen the government following the longest shutdown in history.
