'Candyman' star Tony Todd dies at 69
The versatile actor had hundreds of screen credits to his name, including Platoon, The Rock and Final Destination.
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Officials say Qatar has decided to suspend its mediation efforts on Gaza
Qatar has decided to suspend its key mediation efforts between Hamas and Israel, officials said Saturday. The announcement comes after growing frustration with the lack of progress on a deal.
Donald Trump wins Nevada
Former President Donald Trump has won Nevada's six electoral votes, according to a race call from the Associated Press. This is the first time in 20 years that Nevada has elected a Republican in a presidential election.
Dinosaurs unearthed in China may have ended with a collapse, not a catastrophe
There's an area in China that's home to a huge trove of dinosaur fossils. It used to be thought it was formed through a Pompeii-like volcanic eruption, stopping dinosaurs in their tracks. But new evidence has come to light about how it likely came to be.
Opinion: Witnessing my daughters' first votes was a moment to remember
NPR's Scott Simon accompanied his daughters to the polls, as they voted in their first presidential election.
Foreign influence efforts reached a fever pitch during the 2024 elections
While some fake videos made by actors with Russian ties received millions of views, researchers say there's so far no indication that these efforts swayed U.S. election results.
From Taiwan to technology, China ponders what's to come under Trump 2.0
Chinese business people may be able to find creative ways to avoid U.S. tariffs, but for Beijing, its concerns for the incoming Trump presidency go beyond trade.
New DNA evidence upends what we thought we knew about Pompeii victims
The findings, which used DNA from the plaster casts of people who died in the Mt. Vesuvius eruption two millennia ago, challenge the traditional gender and familial assumptions about the Pompeiians.
The transition to the Trump administration is underway. But it's already behind
The presidential election is over, and the complicated two-month sprint has begun to hand over the levers of power from one administration to the next.
Mail ballot challenges are dropped in Pennsylvania shortly after Election Day
Within two days after Election Day, right-wing activists and two Republican state lawmakers in Pennsylvania withdrew thousands of last-minute challenges to voters’ absentee ballot applications.