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A service member fills out an absentee ballot in Afghanistan in 2008. Overseas voters often rely on mail-in ballots. AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool

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Military voters were at the heart of the Supreme Court’s mail‑in ballot decision

Staff Writer - July 5, 2026

Israeli soldiers patrol near the border with Lebanon on June 9, 2026. Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images

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Israel’s ‘campaign between the wars’: How strategy to contain Iran and its allies risks further straining ties with US

A farmer in Michigan spreads liquid fertilizer on a field. Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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War‑induced fertilizer shortage may be reducing US soil and water pollution

The Strait of Hormuz is just one example of a busy shipping lane where GPS signals are blocked and faked. Asghar Besharati/Getty Images

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From Hormuz to the cockpit: How warfare and criminal activity undermine GPS and the race to safeguard navigation

Buildings destroyed in Israeli airstrikes are seen in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, on May 31, 2026. AP Photo

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In Iran war’s shadow, Israel’s renewed Lebanon campaign risks repeating failed lessons – and occupations – of the past

Iranians hold national flags in Tehran’s Revolution Square on April 8, 2026, after the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images

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US ceasefire with Iran: What’s next? A former diplomat explains 3...

Staff Writer - April 11, 2026

Long-time Lebanese power broker and speaker of the parliament Nabih Berri speaks during a legislative session. AP Photo/Hussein Malla

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Lebanon’s political elites are using displacement and humanitarian crisis to delay...

Staff Writer - April 5, 2026

An Iranian walks past an anti-U.S. mural in Tehran on April 5, 2025. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images

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US and Iran: A brief history of how decades of mistrust...

Staff Writer - April 4, 2026

On Feb. 7, 2026, Iranian newspapers featured headlines on the resumption of nuclear talks between Iran and the United States, following their suspension after Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran in June 2025. Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images

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War on Iran during nuclear negotiations undermines the US’s ability to...

Staff Writer - March 29, 2026

Americans are already seeing higher gas prices, but that’s just the beginning. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

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Soaring gas prices and disrupted supply chains will ripple out to...

Staff Writer - March 26, 2026

Traditional dancers perform in front of the Buddhist Temple of the Tooth, celebrating the Buddhist festival of Esala Perahera, in Kandy, Sri Lanka, on Aug. 8, 2025. Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images

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Growing up during Sri Lanka’s civil war taught me that getting...

Staff Writer - March 25, 2026

The AN/FPS-132 early warning radar can scan a range of 3,000 miles (4,828 km). U.S. Air Force

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A web of sensors: How the US spots missiles and drones...

Staff Writer - March 22, 2026

Plumes of smoke and fire rise after debris from an intercepted Iranian drone struck an oil facility, according to authorities, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, on March 14, 2026. AP Photo/Altaf Qadri

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Overconfidence is how wars are lost − lessons from Vietnam, Afghanistan...

Staff Writer - March 21, 2026

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EXPLORING NATURE

People are often concerned about environmental risks lurking near their homes. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

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Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...

Staff Writer - July 1, 2026

Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...

Leaving the pyrotechnics to the professionals is safer and more spectacular. YinYang/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Fireworks, heat and drought make this July 4th a recipe for wildfires

June 30, 2026

Rescue workers carry a person on a stretcher in Caracas following an earthquake in Venezuela on June 24, 2026. Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images

Aid is on the way after Venezuela’s earthquakes, but it’s not...

June 27, 2026

A June 24, 2026, earthquake shook buildings to the ground, trapping and killing people in Caracas, Venezuela, and nearby communities. Manaure Quintero/AFP via Getty Images

Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes happened on a fault similar to the San...

June 26, 2026

Many yoga classes end with the instructor explaining ‘namaste’ as ‘the divine in me bows to the divine in you.’ Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Why it’s OK to say ‘namaste’ in yoga class

June 23, 2026