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Climate change and wine grapes: Go, stay or change?

On a hot afternoon in California wine country, the sun can do more than warm a vineyard. It can scorch it. When temperatures climb above 100°F, grape clusters can heat to nearly 140° in direct sunlight. The berries shrivel. Their color compounds break down. Yields drop. And for

Cassidy, Booker urge judge to block weaponization fund

Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) urged a federal judge on Thursday to block the Trump administration’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, joining the legal fight against the payouts even as the administration pulls back on the idea. “The

JWST 'weighs' dormant black hole 10 billion light-years away

The most distant, nearly invisible dormant black hole has been detected and "weighed" by an international team of astronomers that includes researchers from UCL. The study, published in Science, identified a dormant black hole at the heart of a galaxy known as MRG-M0138 located

Unreleased Prince Songs Collected On New Album Timeless

Prince Celebration Week is currently going down in Minneapolis, and the Prince Estate has announced a new posthumous Prince album called Timeless. The LP contains 10 rare and previously unreleased recordings from Prince’s legendary Vault, and it spans from 1977 to his death in

Watch live: Trump gives remarks on new coal investment

President Trump on Thursday afternoon will give remarks from the White House on the administration’s moves to bolster coal power, including a $700 million investment. In addition, Trump is expected to announce $185 million in grant funding from the Energy Department to build

Trump cuts funding to Hawaii's Medicaid fraud unit

The Trump administration is cutting off $3 million in federal funding to Hawaii’s Medicaid fraud control program after it failed to bring a single indictment or conviction over the past four years. In a letter sent to Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez, Department of Health