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Webb finds a hidden atmosphere on a molten super-Earth

Webb’s latest observations reveal a hellish world cloaked in an unexpected atmosphere: TOI-561 b, an ultra-hot rocky planet racing around its star in under 11 hours. Despite being blasted by intense radiation that should strip it bare, the planet appears to host a thick layer

Ten killed in Hanukkah shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach

By Kirsty Needham, Stella Qiu and Alasdair Pal SYDNEY, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Ten people were killed and around a dozen wounded after two ​gunmen opened fire during a Jewish holiday event at Sydney's Bondi Beach ​on Sunday, Australian officials said. One suspected gunman was dead

Trump AI order fuels GOP divide over state laws

Republicans are facing growing fissures on artificial intelligence (AI) standards as President Trump moves to impose a federal approach to regulating the growing industry. The president Thursday an executive order that seeks to institute a national AI standard by pushing back

The Memo: Trump’s hold on GOP loosens, a bit

A dramatic defeat on redistricting in Indiana is the latest sign that President Trump’s grip on the GOP is loosening – slightly. Hoosier-state senators on Thursday voted emphatically against a redistricting plan that Trump had pushed with fervor. More than half the 40

Inside Chicago’s Neighborhood ICE Resistance

Lucy says she starts early because ICE starts early. It’s around eight o’clock one Thursday morning in late October, at a coffee shop in Back of the Yards , a neighborhood on Chicago’s Southwest Side. Taped inside the shop’s glass door, a sign warns ICE not to enter without a