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Mueller, a decorated veteran and long-serving prosecutor, returned to public life to lead the most-watched — and yet lowest-profile — Washington investigation in a generation.

The Senate majority leader told an audience in Kentucky that if a vacancy were to occur in the election year, “we’d fill it.” He had refused to allow a vote on President Obama’s nominee in 2016.

Mueller underscored that his report did not exonerate the president. In his first public remarks, he said that he did not believe the Justice Department could charge a sitting president with a crime.

Iran has been developing drones for both itself and its proxies. In recent months those drones have been used for targeted assassinations, military strikes and to sow chaos in the region.

A British court is ordering Boris Johnson to face accusations that while holding public office he repeatedly lied by saying Britain paid £350 million each week to be in the EU.

The Fire and Fury author offers surprising stories about the president. But there may never have been a more polarizing president, nor an author less likely to be read as a neutral recorder of facts.

A report released Wednesday concludes government troops are instigating violent clashes, extrajudicial executions, conducting arbitrary arrests, torturing prisoners and destroying historical sites.

More than half of Americans contacted about an overdue bill said it related to medical debt. Some consumer advocates say newly proposed limits on debt collectors don’t do enough.

The massive tornado skirted the metropolitan area but struck several towns to the west of Kansas City, Kan., leaving damaged houses “for a mile in every direction.”

Authentic Brands Group is buying the iconic magazine in order to take advantage of licensing opportunities. Meredith Corp., which acquired it in 2018, will continue to publish the magazine.

For teens who’ve experienced childhood trauma, playing team sports may help them avoid depression and anxiety later in life. But the cost of teen sports puts them out of reach for many could benefit.

Scott Warren of the humanitarian group ‘No More Deaths’ faces three felony counts for harboring migrants. The number of U.S. citizens arrested for harboring is on the rise.

The World Health Organization has updated its handbook of diseases to include an expanded definition of burnout. It closely links it to workplace stress and says it can lead to reduced productivity.

“We each come by the gifts we have to offer by an infinite series of influences and lucky breaks we can never fully understand,” Bezos said as she signed the Giving Pledge.

Anthony Rostain and B. Janet Hibbs say college students today face an “inordinate amount of anxiety” — but parents can help their kids cope. Their book is The Stressed Years of Their Lives.

Staff at the Paris museum went on strike Monday, citing deteriorating conditions for tourists and staff amid record-setting attendance. It’s unclear whether the galleries will re-open Wednesday.

Unpredictable moments involved the cost of drugs, the fight against snakebites and kissing bugs … and reproductive rights.

Secretary of State David Whitley was behind an effort to remove alleged noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls. He resigned Monday as the Texas Legislature’s session came to a close.

Regulators give many cancer drugs a fast track to market while requiring drugmakers to do more studies after approval. Researchers have found the follow-up studies frequently come up short.

Horwitz’s publisher says he died of apparent cardiac arrest. A Pulitzer Prize winner for covering the hardships of low-wage workers, the peripatetic writer sought truths obscured by history’s cliches.

Two former presidents of MSU have resigned since January 2018. Each were caught up in the trial and sentencing of former university sports doctor Larry Nassar, who sexually abused his female patients.

Across tea-drinking cultures, writers have milked hot tea for all its worth to add a splash of narrative panache to comic or erotic scenes or to build mood, momentum and character.

The court did not take up the part of the law that banned abortions because of fetal abnormality or race or sex of the fetus, which a lower court had knocked down in addition to the burial provision.

Bunch, the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, will assume the mantle of leadership — and in so doing, make history at the 173-year-old organization

David Epstein’s book, though it doesn’t rely heavily on science, is an engaging survey of research and anecdotes supporting that a thoughtful, collaborative world is a better and more innovative one.

Social media is helping drive more people to visit national parks. While it’s getting folks out there, it’s also causing traffic jams and congestion in places valued for solitude and reflection.

Fourteen presidential candidates will descend on San Francisco this weekend, underscoring California’s new role as a key early primary state.

A knife-wielding man attacked a group of elementary school children as they were boarding a school bus at about 7:45 a.m. local time in the city of Kawasaki, according to news reports.

The dangerous twisters, which began late Monday night, caused considerable damage. Dayton is now under a boil-water advisory.

The pharmaceutical industry is facing hundreds of lawsuits around the country from state and local officials, who want the industry to help pay to tackle the opioid epidemic.

The former All-Star and Gold Glove winner spent 22 years in the Major Leagues, but his career was overshadowed by a fateful mistake in the 1986 World Series.

Oklahoma’s trial is the first in a wave of litigation attempting to bring claims against opioid manufacturers. The state is seeking millions of dollars in damages and penalties.

The number of acres of U.S. farmland held by foreign-owned investors has doubled in the past two decades, raising alarm bells in farming communities.