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Moving on from MAGA: 2028 GOP presidential field is suddenly getting crowded

As President Trump's approval ratings dip, the list of Republicans considering a 2028 White House bid is expanding as some look ahead to a post-MAGA party.

Europe Turns to Ukraine's Battlefield-Tested Weapons as Joint Production Accelerates

The Germans came to Ukraine over the weekend with another infusion of much-needed cash for the Russian-battered country, but this trip wasn't just another charity-flavored aid drop-off.

A crowd of students protests Cornell's response to gang rape complaint

Cornell students thronged a campus plaza to protest the university's response to allegations of sexual assault at a fraternity house, and the school's main administration building was splashed with graffiti and damaged overnight.

How timing meals changes sleep, according to researchers

Sleep researchers can watch a late espresso or a nightcap play out on a brain wave monitor, which is why the published literature on food and sleep is far more precise than the wellness version of it.

Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in physics for work on high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin

Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that scientists believe offer clues to how the universe evolved.

Jim Bakker, who lost his 'PTL Club' televangelism empire in sex and money scandals, dies at 86

Jim Bakker, who along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful "The PTL Club" TV show, only to lose it all over a sex scandal and financial crimes, has died. He was 86.

Trump allows cheaper, dyed diesel on highways to blunt historic fuel-cost spike ahead of midterms

The U.S. national average price of diesel topped $6 a gallon in September for the first time ever, as fuel supply disruptions pushed up transportation costs in the country.

'Red' Diesel to Hit U.S. Highways

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order allowing diesel normally reserved for off-road use to hit U.S. public roads and highways.

Partita By Barbara Kingsolver Review

The sex writing threatens to throw the novel off-kilter, but there are rich rewards in this tale of music and middle-aged compromises

The pest I’ll never forget: the cockroaches I still dream about

My student house in Manchester had several thousand other occupants. Despite pest controllers regularly dousing the property, the glossy, greasy, relentless insects marched onwards, endlessly reproducing

'There’s always been a belittling of African women': honouring history’s invisible heroines

Congolese photographer Pamela Tulizo uses costume and vivid scenery to celebrate women’s strength and give a new perspective on slavery

The Lost Children of Tuam review

Monica Dolan is superb as the amateur historian who uncovered the horror of mass graves at a mother and baby home in this Liam Neeson produced drama