BRUSSELS — When Vice President Harris met privately with Volodymyr Zelensky at the Munich Security Conference in February, she told the Ukrainian leader something he didn’t want to hear: Refrain from attacking Russian oil refineries, a tactic U.S. officials…

When April Hu heard that the admissions process at her alma mater was being legally challenged, she knew she wanted to help. She had seen affirmative action being challenged at universities around the country, but this was different. The challenge wasn’t…

People who were given incentives to exercise more for a year — including daily feedback and cash rewards — added 1,500 steps (about three-fourths of a mile) to their daily step counts, according to research published in the journal Circulation. They also…

Two years after Congress wiped more than $100 billion in obligations off the U.S. Postal Service’s books, the mail service and its allies are pressing for help again, warning the agency could face a financial crisis that affects home delivery without billions…

Q: I know someone who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. She’s in her 40s and totally healthy. Why do people like her get cancer? A: Cancer rates among people younger than 50 — called early-onset cancer — have been on the rise worldwide since 1990.…

AT&T, Charter, Comcast and Verizon are quietly trying to weaken a $42.5 billion federal program to improve internet access across the nation, aiming to block strict new rules that would require them to lower their poorest customers’ monthly bills in exchange…

If you live in a city or suburb, it can be hard to feel surrounded by nature. But next time you step outside, pause, look and listen — even in the most densely populated areas, birds are almost omnipresent. And no matter where you live, that can be a kind…

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Walking up the 18th fairway, his second Masters in hand, a regular human being might have pumped his fist or doffed his cap or smiled through his whiskers. Scottie Scheffler is not normal, not in his golf or his demeanor. It’s part of what…

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Growing up in eastern Tennessee, Jeremy Collins didn’t know many people with unionized jobs. But he remembers reading good things about unions fighting for the eight-hour work day and against child labor. That’s why Collins plans to vote…

CLEVELAND — Shakira Austin bounced back and forth near center court as Ariel Atkins lined up for a half-court shot near the end of a recent Team USA workout. The national team’s final session was held on the Cleveland Cavaliers’ practice court ahead of the…

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Marines who survived a devastating suicide bombing during the U.S. evacuation from Afghanistan were mistaken in their belief that they had the attacker in their gunsights hours before the blast, a new military review determined, disputing allegations made…

PHILADELPHIA — It was a little odd seeing Dwayne “The Final Boss” nee “The Rock” Johnson walk down to the ring at WrestleMania XL with his own title belt. He hasn’t wrestled in eight years. Not exactly the work rate of a champion. But after the Final Boss…

When Donald Trump appears for his first criminal trial on Monday, he will be flanked by two veteran New York attorneys: Todd Blanche and Susan Necheles. Over the past year, the former president has shed some of the less experienced lawyers who had attached…

President Biden plans to welcome two foreign leaders to the White House on Monday — Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, followed by Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala — while jury selection gets underway in former president Donald Trump’s first criminal…

The FBI has opened a criminal investigation focusing on the massive container ship that brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month — a probe that will look at least in part at whether the crew left the port knowing the vessel had serious…

Good morning. I’m Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, a KFF Health News correspondent based in Elko, Nev., located in the fourth-largest county in the Lower 48. I cover rural health issues from the land of sagebrush and mines. Tell me about your experiences with health…

You may know Nicholas Galitzine from the romantic comedy “Red, White and Royal Blue,” in which he plays a (handsome) British prince who struggles to reconcile his royal duties with newfound feelings for the son of the American president. Or maybe you recognize…

It’s hard to imagine how monumental Britain’s successful summit of Mount Everest was in 1953. Fourteen previous attempts, three major British ones alone between 1921 and 1924, had failed to conquer the 29,035-foot-high peak. Expeditions were military in scale…