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Judge limits federal agents' use of tear gas in Portland

A federal judge in Oregon temporarily limited federal agents’ use of nonlethal munitions against protesters outside of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland, Ore. ICE officers deployed tear gas, shot pepper balls and rubber bullets and set off flash

Trump's new ammo to toss hush money case conviction

President Trump’s lawyers are back in Manhattan this morning, vying to finally convince a 92-year-old federal judge that he should take the reins on Trump’s criminal conviction and toss it. Fresh off hearing deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s not guilty plea, U.S.

Four in ten cancers worldwide are preventable, says WHO

In 2022, an estimated 7.1 million of 18.7 million new adult cancer cases were attributable to modifiable risk factors. On the eve of World Cancer Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its cancer research arm, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, outlined new

MIT's new brain tool could finally explain consciousness

Scientists still don’t know how the brain turns physical activity into thoughts, feelings, and awareness—but a powerful new tool may help crack the mystery. Researchers at MIT are exploring transcranial focused ultrasound, a noninvasive technology that can precisely stimulate