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Traders and financial professionals work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. U.S. stock markets fell sharply at the open but crept higher as the day wore on after President Trump threatened to raise tariffs on imports from China. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Traders and financial professionals work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. U.S. stock markets fell sharply at the open but crept higher as the day wore on after President Trump threatened to raise tariffs on imports from China. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Boeing Knew About 737 Max Warning Light Problem A Year Before Lion Air Crash
Florida House Approves Bill That Limits Voting Rights For People Convicted Of Felonies
Satellite imagery from the company Planet shows construction of a small research reactor at the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology in Riyadh. Planet Labs Inc hide caption
As Saudi Arabia Builds A Nuclear Reactor, Some Worry About Its Motives
Actor Michael Murphy played the fictitious presidential candidate Jack Tanner on the 1988 miniseries Tanner '88. Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images hide caption
How A Fake Candidate Blended Fact And Fiction On The Campaign Trail, 30 Years Ago
Dr. Brian Chesebro (right), in Portland, Ore., has calculated that by simply using the anesthesia gas sevoflurane in most surgeries, instead of the similar gas desflurane, he can significantly cut the amount of global warming each procedure contributes to the environment. Kristian Foden-Vencil/OPB hide caption
A South Korean woman has her head shaved in a photograph taken by Jeon Bora. Having short hair and no makeup is a common symbol of the "escape the corset" movement, which aims to reject South Korea's standards of beauty and social pressure to conform. Jeon's photographs document the women involved in this movement in stark black-and-white images. Jeon Bora hide caption
South Korean Women 'Escape The Corset' And Reject Their Country's Beauty Ideals
Nick Hornby's 'State Of The Union' Is A 10-Minute Dramatic Comedy Inside A Local Pub
"Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history," a U.N. panel says, reporting that around 1 million species are currently at risk. Here, an endangered hawksbill turtle swims in a Singapore aquarium in 2017. Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
1 Million Animal And Plant Species Are At Risk Of Extinction, U.N. Report Says
Africa's Wildlife Threatened With Extinction As Natural Landscapes Wither
U.S. To Deploy Carrier And Bomber Task Force After Concerns About Iran Threat
Artificial Intelligence Can Make Our Lives Easier, But It Can Also Go Awry
Israel And Palestinian Factions In Gaza Reach Tentative Cease-Fire Agreement
Hundreds of people rally in March at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, protesting a proposal to tighten school vaccine requirements Similar rallies were held in April. Sarah Zimmerman/AP hide caption
Amid Measles Outbreaks, States Consider Revoking Religious Vaccine Exemptions
'Thunder Bay' Podcast Investigates Canada's Colonial Impacts On Indigenous People
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