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A spring spike in rattlesnake run-ins across California has logged another victim. A woman hiking in Santa Barbara County on Sunday reported being bitten on the ankle, prompting... newser.com/story/387493/t…

Iran has reopened the Strait of Hormuz, and world markets were celebrating. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced on X that the waterway is once again open to commercial... newser.com/story/387524/i…

Utah has become the epicenter of the nation's measles problem, logging more than 600 cases in an outbreak that shows little sign of slowing. State health officials say 602... newser.com/story/387522/u…

Carnival Cruise Line must pay $300,000 to a former passenger after a federal jury in South Florida found the company was negligent in serving the woman more than a dozen shots... newser.com/story/387494/c…

Connecticut just logged a first in its bear boom: a mother black bear roaming with five cubs in tow. State wildlife officials say it's the largest litter ever documented there,... newser.com/story/387492/m…

Freshwater mussels have been dying out in North America, and the people who study them still don't know why. The continent once hosted 300 freshwater mussel species—many... newser.com/story/387464/m…

A sweeping new analysis seems to throw cold water on a once-promising approach to fighting Alzheimer's. A major review of 17 clinical trials involving more than 20,000 people... newser.com/story/387519/r…

Looks like NPR's latest pledge drive was a massive success: NPR on Thursday announced two donations totaling $113 million, including the largest gift it has ever received... newser.com/story/387510/a…

Seven months after the fatal shooting of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, the man accused of killing him still hasn't entered a plea, and he now wants the cameras turned... newser.com/story/387511/c…

President Trump and his team had scheduled Thursday to promote his "no tax on tips" provision and other elements of last summer's sweeping tax cuts, a key midterm... newser.com/story/387516/t…

New York's mayor is still bringing in a side income from a past life. Zohran Mamdani, who once released socially minded tracks under the names "Young Cardamom" and... newser.com/story/387491/m…

Cameron Hamilton may be headed back to the job he was pushed out of last year. President Trump plans to tap Hamilton to once again lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency,... newser.com/story/387517/e…

The man who put wheels in kids' sneakers and sent them gliding through malls and school hallways has died. Roger Adams, inventor of Heelys , died March 24 at his residence... newser.com/story/387487/h…

Australia's most decorated living soldier will fight war crimes charges from outside a prison cell—for now. Ben Roberts-Smith, a Victoria Cross recipient facing five... newser.com/story/387513/a…

The House early Friday approved a short-term renewal until April 30 of a controversial surveillance program used by US spy agencies in a post-midnight vote after Republicans revolted... newser.com/story/387509/2…

Police in suburban Cleveland went from worried to bemused after a welfare check's happy ending. Around 6pm on April 9, police in Westlake, Ohio, were alerted when a 91-year-old... newser.com/story/387471/w…

Cuba apparently tried to get a message to President Trump the old-fashioned way: by hand. The grandson of former leader Raul Castro enlisted a wealthy Havana businessman to personally... newser.com/story/387495/r…

Democrat Analilia Mejia won a New Jersey special election for the US House on Thursday, defeating Republican Joe Hathaway on a message of standing up to President Trump and defending... newser.com/story/387507/p…

Singer D4vd has been arrested on suspicion of killing a 14-year-old girl whose decomposed body was found seven months ago in his apparently abandoned Tesla, authorities said... newser.com/story/387498/s…

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Todd Lyons, a key executor of President Trump's mass deportations agenda, will resign at the end of May, federal officials... newser.com/story/387497/i…