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Serious water contaminants such as nitrate may not have any detectable taste or odor. Willie B. Thomas/Digital Vision via Getty Images

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Millions of people across the US use well water, but very few test it often enough to make sure it’s safe

Staff Writer - October 12, 2024

Will local Republican Parties again serve as megaphones for election disinformation, as they did in 2020? AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File

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Swing-state GOP leaders amplified election denial in 2020 − and may do so again

All eyes on the CPI. Sila Damrongsaringkan/Getty Images Plus

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US inflation rate fell to 2.4% in September − here’s what that means for interest rates and markets

Nearly $11 billion is projected to be spent on political advertising in the 2024 fall election season. PM Images/DigitalVision Collection via Getty Images

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Blitz of political attack ads in Pennsylvania and other swing states may be doing candidates and voters more harm than good

Who will define the limits of the Oval Office occupant’s immunity? AP Photo/Alex Brandon

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Presidential immunity has clear limits, special counsel filing says, and Trump should be tried for efforts to overturn 2020 election

Iranians mourn the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Sept. 27, 2024. Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

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Iran’s strike on Israel was retaliatory – but it was also...

Staff Writer - October 5, 2024

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on July 25, 2024. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

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Israeli actions have the cover of ‘moral hazard’ − a touch...

Staff Writer - October 3, 2024

Smoke rises after shelling near a seaport in Berdyansk, Ukraine, after the reported sinking of a Russian navy ship. AP Photo

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Bottled up in the Black Sea: Russia is having a dreadful...

Staff Writer - October 3, 2024

Political surveys conducted for CNN and other major media outlets can shape the nation’s perception of a presidential race. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

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Why CNN is changing up its polling for 2024

Staff Writer - October 2, 2024

Many rockets fired from Iran are seen over Jerusalem from Hebron, the West Bank, on Oct. 1, 2024. Wisam Hashlamoun/Anadolu via Getty Images

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Iran’s strikes on Israel are the latest sign that the conflict...

Staff Writer - October 1, 2024

A black plume of smoke spreads out from burning railcars. AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar

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Toxic chemicals from Ohio train derailment lingered in buildings for months...

Staff Writer - September 30, 2024

New York City Mayor Eric Adams leaves after appearing at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Court House in New York on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. AP Photo/Andres Kudacki

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NYC’s ‘Eric Adams Show’ heads for a final curtain, with echoes...

Staff Writer - September 30, 2024

A picture of the secretary-general of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah is seen among the rubble following an Israeli air strike. Str-/picture alliance via Getty Images

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Does Hezbollah represent Lebanon? And what impact will the death of...

Staff Writer - September 29, 2024

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Biobots could one day be engineered to deliver drugs and clear up arterial plaque. Kriegman et al. 2020/PNAS, CC BY-SA

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Biobots arise from the cells of dead organisms − pushing the...

Staff Writer - September 15, 2024

Peter A Noble, University of Washington and Alex Pozhitkov, Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences at City of Hope

In Colorado, many people run, bike and climb in mountain lion habitat. DEA/ C. Dani I. Jeske/De Agostini via Getty Images

Colorado voters weigh a ban on hunting mountain lions as attitudes...

September 14, 2024

Sunflowers use tiny movements to follow the Sun’s path throughout the day. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

Sunflowers make small moves to maximize their Sun exposure − physicists...

September 13, 2024

A white-shouldered bumblebee, Bombus appositus visits the flowers of a goldenbanner. Julian Resasco, CC BY-ND

I’ve visited the same Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow weekly for a...

September 10, 2024

The Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project, under construction, will be one of India’s largest hydropower dams. Nayan J. Nath, CC BY

India’s new mega-dam will roil lives downstream with wild swings in...

September 4, 2024