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An unprecedented five-year study aimed to find out whether the treatments to stop the spread of HIV in the West would work in sub-Saharan Africa.

The decision paves the way for a clothing line, FUCT, to get its trademark. But the justices were split on how far is too far and which words they would find to be the most vulgar and profane.

To acquire the venerable Caesars name and properties, Eldorado will part with $7.2 billion in cash and around 77 million stock shares.

The United States opens its round of 16 in the Women’s World Cup with a game against Spain. It’s only the second time the two teams have ever met.

“I agree with President Trump on his decision not to take military action against Iran” Carter said. The former president said peace was a choice.

Researchers say teaching seals to copy melodies might help inform speech therapy for humans.

Two attacks have left at least four officials dead, authorities say. They accuse a brigadier general who was given amnesty and released from prison.

Can time become a thing of the past? An island that sits north of the Arctic Circle enjoys 70 days of unending sunlight, and its residents argue that time is meaningless there.

After results of the March election, in which the opposition party won, residents voted again on Sunday in what is widely being seen as a referendum on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

In Jerusalem, where he’s meeting with Israeli and Russian security officials, the national security advisor says the U.S. military is “ready to go” as he warns Iran against seeking a nuclear weapon.

Federal authorities say far-right violence is the deadliest and most active form of domestic extremism. Now, a debate is heating up about how to define a threat the White House barely acknowledges.

This roasted barley flour has been a Tibetan staple for centuries. When China annexed Tibet in the 1950s, tsampa became a rallying point for the resistance. But will it catch on in America?

Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll repeats her claim that President Trump assaulted her in the 1990s, even as he tells reporters her story is “a total false accusation.”

A source familiar with the president’s decision told NPR that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called Trump on Friday night and urged him to back off the raids.

The tech giant is moving closer to a future in which customers order drones to hover around a home and scan for things like a garage door left open, a broken window, graffiti or a fire.

Without offering specifics, the president says he is increasing sanctions as Washington accuses Tehran of downing a U.S. drone and attacking foreign-owned oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.

A group of bands, artists and estates — including the estates of Tupac Shakur and Tom Petty as well as Hole, Soundgarden and Steve Earle — are suing the world’s biggest record company for damages.

“I can’t emphasize enough how horrific this is,” says Charlie St. Clair of the Laconia Motorcycle Week Association. “It’s our worst nightmare.” Three other motorcyclists were injured.

New York City Opera has commissioned Stonewall, a new opera premiering one week before the 50th anniversary of the riots that sparked the modern gay-rights movement.

A ranch in Fairbanks, Alaska, offers yoga classes with reindeer. An owner says the animals are particularly well-suited to it because they are twisty creatures.

Music historian James Karst explains his recent research into the early life of the legendary Louis Armstrong.

For the second time in weeks, the court’s five conservatives teamed up to overturn decades of precedent, to the consternation of the court’s four liberals.

In Hawaii today, nearly everyone knows how to speak a few words and phrases of Hawaiian. But the practice of primarily speaking the Hawaiian language from birth nearly died two generations ago.

Organizer Laura Bannister says no one should have to leave their community to celebrate Pride. Despite some resistance from the community, the city was overwhelmed by the turnout.

A female passenger tells a story about being overlooked when other passengers and crew disembarked an Air Canada flight to Toronto.

Trump says Carroll’s allegations, published in New York magazine, are an attempt to sell copies of her new book. Carroll says Trump attacked her in a New York City department store in the mid-1990s.

In an interview with NPR, Acting ICE Director Mark Morgan says his agency is only enforcing the law. “So what are our options?” he asked. “They’ve had due process.”

The five men were initially sentenced on the lighter charge of sexual abuse, but judges on Friday ruled they are guilty of rape and increased their jail time. The case prompted national protests.

A judge in Illinois’ Cook County says a special prosecutor should review the case “to restore the public’s confidence in the integrity of our criminal justice system.”

The pool of smaller, affordable starter houses is low. And the market for these first-time home purchases is increasingly being driven by investors who help push prices out of reach.

The St. Louis facility will continue to provide abortions for now, however, because of a judge’s order.

After three seasons, both Marvel TV shows are ending their runs with first-rate acting and storytelling that’s strong, ambitious and surprisingly satisfying.