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The Supreme Court’s decision to invalidate many of President Donald Trump’s tariffs threw into doubt a series of trade deals that the administration struck in recent months, including with some of...

Marily Oppezzo, a dietitian and researcher at Stanford University, said she was occasionally shocked by the number of supplements her clients take. A “stack” in the morning and another at night,...

In the United States, nearly half of adults have high blood pressure. Known as a 'silent killer,' hypertension can contribute to heart attack, stroke and heart failure without ever causing...

For nearly 20 years, Anderson Cooper has had a rare double billing in the TV industry: anchor on CNN and correspondent for “60 Minutes,” the celebrated newsmagazine on CBS.Now, he’s back to...

Five years ago, Facebook shut down the facial recognition system for tagging people in photos on its social network, saying it wanted to find “the right balance” for a technology that raises...

ELIZABETHTOWN— The electric vehicle battery factory that Ford Motor and a South Korean company opened on 1,500 acres of Kentucky farmland last year was the biggest thing, economically speaking, that...

For people looking to lose weight quickly, limiting carbohydrate-rich foods (like fruits, starchy vegetables and grains) and prioritizing those high in protein and fat (like meat, eggs and cottage...

For many spouses, smartphone use is a point of tension. But for David Duda and Hong Liang, a couple in New Haven, Connecticut, the technology is so essential that they own eight external battery...

A brawl broke out on a Jet2 flight from Turkiye to Britain on Thursday, forcing the pilot to land in Brussels and resulting in the removal of two passengers.The fight, captured in dramatic videos...

YouTube argued on Tuesday that it was not social media and was not addictive, on the second day of opening statements in a landmark social media addiction trial.YouTube, its lawyers said, is an...

A shooter killed nine people and injured 25 on Tuesday at a high school and a residence in Tumbler Ridge, a remote community in British Columbia, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said.A person...

LOS ANGELES — In a crowded Los Angeles courtroom on Monday, Mark Lanier pulled three wooden children’s blocks from his bag and stacked them on top of each other.“This case is as easy as ABC,”...

Passengers don’t need much of a reminder that the golden age of commercial aviation is well behind us. Climate change has worsened some types of turbulence, meal service has shrunk to the size of a...

Celebrations broke out in front of Miami’s Versailles restaurant nearly 20 years ago after Fidel Castro announced that he was so sick he had to temporarily step down as president of Cuba.Cuban...

Will Lewis, the embattled CEO and publisher of The Washington Post, has stepped down, the company announced Saturday, days after the newspaper came under widespread criticism for laying off hundreds...

Q: I hate my phone. I hate how large it is. I hate that it takes up so much of my energy. I hate how much of my time it sucks.But I also have a job. The nature of my job (like most jobs) requires me...

President Donald Trump said Friday that talks between Iran and the United States had gone well and would continue early next week, in comments that mirrored those of Iran’s foreign minister, who...

In 2013, a British journalist and a doctor introduced an obscure dietary protocol to the wider culture. The idea was simple: Two days a week, eat almost nothing — fewer than 600 calories. The rest...

He was a surgical oncologist at a hospital in a Southern city, a 78-year-old whose colleagues had begun noticing troubling behavior in the operating room.During procedures, he seemed “hesitant, not...

In 2020, Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president, outlined an ambitious plan to conserve water at the company’s growing fleet of data centers that power the internet. He pledged to cut use, support...