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An astronomer explains why artificial black holes are pure science fiction - at least for now.

If you want to help, an aid expert advises you to donate cash to nonprofits involved in local rescue and recovery efforts.

Israel has long sought to gain a military advantage by degrading its adversaries' military capabilities outside of times of direct conflict.

Two recent Supreme Court rulings suggest the high court is so pro-gun it has decided it must also be pro-drugs.

The uncertainty of Haitian TPS status in the US is a significant source of stress for Haitian migrants, particularly women.

College tuition has not significantly risen since 1990, at least compared to tuition changes over the previous decades.

Landor v. Louisiana highlights the religious rights of the nearly 2 million people imprisoned in the US - and how challenging it can be to protect those rights.

This is not a one-year blip. The US has been underperforming in terms of health, education and more for the past 25 years.

Detroit's repeat tourists help spread understanding of techno's local roots as the music industry continues to commercialize the subculture.

From the Civil War to the Cold War, existential fears have fueled claims that America is a Christian nation, a historian of US Christianity explains.