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The exit of more than a dozen staffers follows turmoil at Heritage and the larger conservative movement over the role of right-wing influencers who've promoted antisemitic and other extremist ideas.

Since Trump took office, officials have transferred ten of the 37 men Biden spared from execution to the "Alcatraz of the Rockies." One prisoner still awaiting transfer has attempted suicide.

Nobody paying attention for the past 24 months would be surprised to see Indiana — yes, Indiana — leading the way into this year's College Football Playoff.

Erivo says she found parallels between her life and the experience of her Wicked character, Elphaba. Her new memoir is called Simply More: A Book for Anyone who Has Been Told They're Too Much.

For some would-be ant queens, the easiest way to take over a colony is to dupe its worker ants into committing regicide.

Ecuadorians have decisively rejected a series of referendum measures, including plans for U.S. military bases and constitutional changes, handing President Daniel Noboa a major political setback amid rising gang violence.

A tribunal in Dhaka sentenced Sheikh Hasina to death for her involvement in the use of deadly force against protesters last year. She fled to India and was sentenced in absentia.

Some senior living communities are caring for people with dementia alongside other residents, not segregated behind locked doors.

A growing number of 20-somethings are trying to freeze time with preventative Botox treatments. Here's what's behind the trend.

Rural school district superintendents are trying to find the best use of limited resources. Taking on the state's unmaintained buildings, they say, will only increase their burden.