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Associated Press cutting dozens of staffers

The Associated Press is planning to cut dozens of positions as part of a broader restructuring of the media company, The Hill confirmed Monday. "Even though we’ve evolved in the U.S. over the past few years, too much of our operations are still tied to large U.S. newspaper

Trump Calls Biden the R-Word—Twice

President Donald Trump called former President Joe Biden “mentally retarded” twice. Speaking at a press conference Monday, Trump repeatedly threw around the slur while bragging about his relationship with Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s reclusive authoritarian leader. “Do you

Rating community resilience with a deep learning framework

An understanding of community resilience and risk analysis is vital when it comes to protecting civilians and infrastructure from natural hazards, such as hurricanes or earthquakes. Artificial intelligence is an efficient way to rate a community's resilience and vulnerability.

Origins of Earth's most powerful ocean current revealed

It transports far more than 100 times as much water as all of the Earth's rivers combined: The Antarctic Circumpolar Current rushes around the southern continent unhindered by land masses and is therefore a fundamental component of the climate system. In a recent study

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