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LOS ANGELES — A cruise ship employee was rescued off Santa Catalina Island early Saturday after spending more than nine hours in the water, authorities said.

A fishing vessel found the man, a crew member from Royal ...Read more

U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen is leaving open the possibility of challenging Chuck Schumer for Senate Democratic leader, a shift that could put the Maryland senator at the center of a fight over the party’s direction as ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to build a border wall through the scenic and rugged Big Bend sector of west Texas.

The justices on Monday granted an emergency appeal from...Read more

NASA has only 32 active astronauts right now, and the agency wants more.

“There is no single résumé that makes somebody an astronaut,” said NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, standing in front of a gaggle of ...Read more

Philadelphia’s glass-faced Riverwalk apartment towers offer an infinity pool, hardwood floors and an on-site Starbucks. One unadvertised feature surprised residents: windows that can spontaneously explode.

Now the ...Read more

Chicago can look tantalizing from the window of an airplane on its descent into O’Hare International Airport.

But much to the chagrin of air travelers who might glimpse the city’s skyline rising over Lake Michigan on ...Read more

BOSTON — Lindsay Clancy has lost her bid to toss her triple murder case, as a judge ruled that a retrial can move forward.

Clancy, who’s accused of killing her three children, was trying to dismiss the murder charges ...Read more

DETROIT — A statement by U.S. Attorney Jerome Gorgon likening a group of pro-Palestinian protesters facing federal charges to Adolf Hitler is "very concerning," a judge said while reminding prosecutors about the risk of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES – AI music generator Suno faces two more copyright lawsuits, and one of them tests a law named after the plaintiff.

The new lawsuits are from a group of Elvis Presley’s music rights holders and Eight Mile ...Read more

Provided he’s got enough of his voice left by the time he walks offstage, Hudson Westbrook will occasionally keep the night going after a gig by rolling to a nearby karaoke joint. He might do something by John Mayer; if ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado’s senior immigration official testified Monday that he wanted to rectify a series of illegal arrests when he ordered his staff to re-detain people as soon as they were released from an Aurora ...Read more

Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy has sent the company’s stock plunging, become a focus of internal and government investigations and is now threatening to ...Read more

HAMTRAMCK, Mich. — After a yearlong election dispute, a new Hamtramck mayor has been sworn into office after his opponent led the Wayne County community.

Mayor Muhith Mahmood was sworn in during a ceremony at Hamtramck ...Read more

When the voice came over the plane’s PA system, it seemed familiar yet surprising: “Hello, everybody.”

“What?!” a passenger shouted, shocked. Others laughed and rose from their seats as former ...Read more

Imagine sitting down with your family at a restaurant. Conversations at your table overlap with those of patrons seated nearby. Utensils clink on plates. Waitstaff weave between tables. Music plays overhead.

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Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.

Why do farts smell so bad? – Daisy, age 7, New York, ...Read more

Public lands are intricately woven into the fabric of America. Years of data confirms that a majority of Americans, regardless of their political beliefs, want public lands to remain in federal hands – though not ...Read more

Cancer isn’t the leading cause of death in the United States; heart disease ranks first in that regard. But it’s cancer that strikes fear into the hearts of many Americans.

Cancer can take an excruciating ...Read more

There were lots of surprises on the evening of Nov. 3 when the picture of the Democratic midterm success began to be painted on network news touch screens.

The maps kept getting bluer. Eventually, it was clear ...Read more