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CHICAGO -- The handwriting is messy, the spelling faulty. Some cried as they wrote. Others were so excited that they struggled with what to say. Some did not know how to write at all, and, in those letters, only a few ...Read more

CHICAGO -- By the time one of Chicago’s immigration judges was called in to the court supervisor’s office and asked about a case they had recently shelved, the city’s immigration court had replaced Operation Midway ...Read more

BOSTON -- Federal prosecutors are renewing a motion to call three witnesses who allegedly had affairs with ex-Stoughton cop Matthew Farwell to the stand during his federal murder trial.

A judge had ruled against admitting...Read more

Mr. V felt tightness across his chest. His deepest breaths felt shallow. He sought help at an emergency department, where a resident physician found several worrying signs, including swelling of his hands and legs as ...Read more

When Belgian American particle physicist Francis Halzen was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of ...Read more

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.

How much rain can a hurricane make, and how much do big ...Read more

A wave of anti-transgender legislation has appeared in statehouses across the country over the past few years. Now, transgender issues are a recurring topic on the 2026 midterm campaign trail.

As a scholar of ...Read more

More than 119 million Brazilians voted on Oct. 4, 2026, in the national elections to select the country’s next president and the governors of all 27 states, among other government officials.

That’s nearly 75...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Every Tuesday, Naman Shah sees tuberculosis patients at a small public clinic in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley. Shah, a physician and epidemiologist at the Los Angeles County Department of Public ...Read more

At St. Paul City Hall, October is shaping up to be the autumn of our discontent, to quote the bard, with the “our” in question being the mayor’s office, the police chief, the city council and more. Navigating the ...Read more

India is bracing for a third straight day of tensions in its capital, with opposition parties on Monday planning a march to the Supreme Court and a youth-led movement pressing ahead with protests over a contentious ...Read more

Remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel hit San Diego County harder than expected before dawn Sunday, sending surf crashing into beachside cottages in Oceanside, flooding parts of Highway 101 near Carlsbad, and triggering ...Read more

North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile off its east coast Monday, days after warning Seoul of retaliation if its territory were violated.

The launch comes after Seoul stepped up a demining operation along the ...Read more

Mayor Mamdani on Sunday compared videos of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shooting a man in a car with his 5-year-old boy in the backseat last week to recordings of mass shooter killings in a scathing rebuke of...Read more

With the midterm elections just over three weeks away, the fight for control of the U.S. Senate is intensifying in battleground states, as Democrats push into red regions and Republicans pour money into key contests.

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Saudi Arabia’s main airport came under renewed attack from Houthi rebels, a day after a strike on the facility killed 12 people and heaped pressure on the Middle East’s biggest economy as it prepares to host major ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an “energy ceasefire” effective immediately.

“Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!” he wrote on his Truth Social platform. He didn’t...Read more