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President Trump said Friday that he was suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms, which he called "a direct and blatant attack on our country." ...

The deep ocean covers most of the planet. Gerard Barron wants his company to be the first to mine it. That's been his dream since 2001, when Barron's then-tennis partner asked him to invest in a first ...

People who have lost the ability to move or speak may soon have a new option: surgically implanted devices that link the brain to a computer. More than two decades after researchers first demonstrated ...

PARIS — A restrictive outdoor smoking ban has come into force in France, a country where café culture, which often includes a glass of wine and a cigarette, is a way of life. As of Sunday, smokers are ...

Jack Moran was born in Superior, Wisconsin, in 1925. Andrew Roth was born on the other side of the world, in Penészlek, Hungary, in 1927. Earlier this month, the two men met in Los Angeles. It was not ...

The Justice Department is aggressively prioritizing efforts to strip some Americans of their U.S. citizenship. At least one person has already been denaturalized in recent weeks. On June 13, a judge ...

This year, more than 2 million Americans will hear the scary words: "You have cancer." Let's say it's someone you know. You may be wondering, What's the best thing to do or say? … Or not say? All too ...

The number of homicides is falling dramatically nationwide. In Detroit, for instance, city officials say the number of homicides is at its lowest since 1965, and Police Chief Todd Bettison says that ...

NPR's Michel Martin asks Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin why he made an eleventh-hour decision to join the Senate majority in voting for President Trump's spending agenda.

One year after the Supreme Court ruled that cities are allowed to remove homeless encampments, Grants Pass — the Oregon city that gave name to the case — can't legally remove an encampment there.

China's electric car makers are aggressively slashing prices in an effort to boost sales — and a glut of electric vehicles on the market is just part of the problem.