One of the most federally funded universities in America quietly removed its professor’s ties to a Chinese company, a new report found. The University of Washington maintained a years-long research relationship with Shanghai biotech firm Origincell Technology Co., Ltd., primarily through mechanical engineering professor Dayong Gao, according to a Strategy...

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Public comments closed Friday on the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to let New Hampshire leave a Northeast air pollution zone that requires car emissions testing. The EPA’s proposals, published Aug. 11, would grant New Hampshire’s petition to leave the Ozone Transport Region and conditionally approve the state’s request to drop...

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The heartbroken father-in-law of a now-deceased veteran attacked his grandson's murderer on Wednesday as the convict awaited sentencing. Alberto Ontiveros Sanchez, 55, is the father-in-law of U.S. Army Captain David Navidad-Parra, who was murdered by Abel Uribe in 2022 at the age of 27. Sanchez delivered emotional comments to the...

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America’s emergency oil stockpile has fallen to 284.6 million barrels — and the Trump administration is counting on oil companies to repay what they borrowed. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve lost about 405,000 barrels in the week ending Sept. 18 and held about 121 million barrels, or 30%, less than a...

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A self-proclaimed transgender and nonbinary Episcopal priestess in New York City went viral for proclaiming that Jesus Christ is transgender. Flourish Klink delivered a homily in March at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, and the footage went viral on social media in recent days,...

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Former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola has made fishing the centerpiece of her campaign to unseat Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska. Peltola, who is Yup’ik and grew up fishing on the Kuskokwim River, has revived her longtime “Fish, Family, Freedom” slogan from her House campaigns and is calling for a...

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The federal government is no longer just regulating American companies. It is becoming a shareholder in them. That may be a smart national-security strategy. It may even produce a return for taxpayers. But it also crosses a line that should make every believer in free enterprise ask a serious question:...

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Russia is reportedly firing repurposed training missiles at Ukraine, allowing Moscow to sustain a record ballistic campaign while Kyiv struggles with dwindling stocks of U.S.-made Patriot interceptors. The Russian military has begun deploying RM48U missiles, weapons originally intended to serve as targets during air defense training, in large numbers against...

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A new ad in the highly contested U.S. Senate race in Texas uses Democrat James Talarico’s own words to make the case that he is the wrong pick for Texas. Talarico and Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are locked in a close race for the Senate seat now held...

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Projecting confidence a day after rejecting Iranian peace terms, President Donald Trump said he expects the war with Iran will end soon, on his terms. Last week, Iran said it would open the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. drops its blockade, ends sanctions on oil sales, and enacts a...

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Households that heat with natural gas will spend about 14% less this winter, the industry’s main trade group projected Thursday. An organization representing state energy assistance directors reached the opposite conclusion Monday. Households heating with natural gas will pay 5.8% more, part of an 8.7% increase across all heating fuels...

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A lawsuit filed by parents of a pricey California prep school said that school officials knew about alleged sexual misconduct on the part of an employee more than a year before he was arrested and did nothing. Travis Shojinaga, 39, was charged in February with child molestation and possession of...

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A former climate reporter said she deliberately avoided covering positive climate developments because doing so would have complicated the narrative that climate change posed an existential threat. “When I was a climate reporter, I never covered positive climate stories because it would ‘muddy the narrative’ that climate change was an...

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Madonna is 68. On Sunday night at the MTV Video Music Awards she stood onstage, won another trophy, and admitted she was not sure why she was there. “I’m kind of unclear as to what this award is for,” she said after joining Charli XCX and Troye Sivan to collect...

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A shark was filmed swimming through flooded streets in Surf City, New Jersey, over the weekend as a nor’easter pushed bay water into Long Beach Island neighborhoods. A resident recorded the shark Saturday near a home, with its dorsal fin breaking the surface beside a driveway. ABC News obtained the...

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President Donald Trump is set to announce Monday that a $15 billion steel mill billed as the largest ever built in the United States will go up in Iowa. White House officials said the Oval Office event is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET. Mesabi Metallics is expected to name the...

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British counterterrorism officers said Monday that five men who were arrested as suspected terrorists were released near the Royal Air Force Base, which is used by American military forces. The suspects, all British nationals in their 20s, were arrested over the weekend but were later released on bail, according to...

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The United States and China announced massive tariff cuts Monday on a wide range of items from each nation. Each country is cutting tariffs on $30 billion worth of products, for a total of $60 billion, according to CNBC. Tariffs will be reduced on 77 products China sends into the...

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A stranger on a Seattle sidewalk allegedly yelled “You’re the inferior race,” spit on a woman she did not know, pulled her down, and bit a one-inch circle of skin out of her forehead. King County prosecutors charged Kamilia Chadli, 36, with second-degree assault in the Sept. 18 attack downtown....

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Disney workers are learning that AI may soon be used to job cuts as the company telegraphs its plans to reduce staff. A recent memo from Disney Chief Legal and Global Affairs Officer Horacio Gutierrez indicates that artificial intelligence may be Disney’s answer to cutting costs, according to Deadline. Deadline...

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