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NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy space rock that resembles an odd-shaped peanut. The space agency released the images Monday, a day after the close approach at a speed of more than 30,000 mph. It was considered a dress rehearsal for the more critical asteroid encounters
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Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to consider Maryland parents’ challenge to their local school board’s policy that denies them the ability to opt their elementary school-age children out of instruction featuring storybooks that address gender identity and sexual orientation. At issue in the court fight between a group of families and
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The National Institutes of Health is amassing private medical records from a number of federal and commercial databases to give to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new effort to study autism, the NIH’s top official said Monday. The new data will allow external researchers picked for Kennedy’s autism studies to study
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Washington — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said Sunday that he can “absolutely” guarantee Trump administration deregulations won’t have adverse health impacts on people and the environment. “We have to both protect the environment and grow the economy,” Zeldin said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” As part of President Trump’s pledge to unleash
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funeral has been scheduled for Saturday morning at 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. EDT) at St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican announced Tuesday after a meeting of the College of Cardinals. The coffin carrying the pope will be brought to the basilica in a procession Wednesday morning, accompanied by cardinals, from his residence at Casa
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4/21: CBS Evening News – CBS News Watch CBS News Remembering Pope Francis, the Catholic Church leader who broke with tradition; Pope Francis defied doctors to serve until the very end, aide says View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now
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A showdown in federal court in Denver could help shape the future legal landscape surrounding deportations nationwide. A high-stakes hearing concluded Monday morning in a case filed by immigrants’ rights groups against the Trump administration. Attorneys for the administration argued that people facing deportation should only be allotted 24 hours’ notice to be able to
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s chief of staff is moving to a new role at the Pentagon, a senior defense official told CBS News — the latest staffing shift after days of upheaval, after multiple top Hegseth aides were fired late last week. Chief of staff Joe Kasper will now work at the Department of Defense as
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A hearing kicked off today in Washington, D.C., that could determine whether Google remains in its current form, or if it could face penalties such as selling off its popular Chrome web browser. The so-called remedy hearing is the consequence of a court ruling last August that found Google is operating a monopoly and uses
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George Clooney is one of Hollywood’s most well-known silver foxes. But lately, he’s been sporting a new look — one he admits is not exactly his favorite. The 63-year-old actor dyed his hair to star in the Broadway adaptation of “Good Night and Good Luck,” and he knows it’s catching people off guard. Clooney pokes
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