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Parkinson's disease appears to disrupt a brain network involved in everything from movement to memory.
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'E-bike for your feet': How bionic sneakers could change human mobility
Nike's battery-powered footwear system, which propels wearers forward, is part of a broader push to help humans move farther and faster.
How the use of AI and 'deepfakes' play a role in the search for Nancy Guthrie
As artificial intelligence becomes more advanced and commonplace, it can be difficult to know what's real and what's not, which has complicated the search for Nancy Guthrie, according to law enforcement. But just how difficult is it?
Mikaela Shiffrin set to ski for the first time in the Olympics in team combined event
The team combined event pairs a downhill skier with a slalom skier. The top U.S. duo — the slalom star Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson, who won gold in the downhill on Sunday — is a medal favorite.
Buddhist monks head to DC to finish a 'Walk for Peace' that captivated millions
The group of Buddhist monks is set to reach Washington, D.C., on foot Tuesday. The monks in their saffron robes have become fixtures on social media, along with their rescue dog Aloka.
Trump is threatening to block a new bridge between Detroit and Canada from opening
President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to block the opening of a new Canadian-built bridge across the Detroit River, in his latest salvo over cross-border trade issues.
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A hand-knit red hat is catching on with protesters in Minnesota. It takes inspiration from a symbol of resistance to Nazi occupation.
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"Today Show" co-host Savannah Guthrie is pleading with the public for help as the search for her mother stretches into its second week.
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Weeks after Nicolás Maduro's ousting, Venezuelans cautiously test new freedoms as the country's Congress prepares to vote on an amnesty law that will free hundreds of political prisoners.
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NPR Music's Anamaria Sayre breaks down the Easter eggs and references still being unpacked from Bad Bunny's halftime show.
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Maxwell declined to answer questions from House lawmakers on Monday, but indicated that if President Trump ended her sentence, she was willing to testify that neither he nor former President Clinton had done anything wrong in their connections with Epstein. -
The 41-year-old star said her torn ACL was not a factor in her crash. "While yesterday did not end the way I had hoped, and despite the intense physical pain it caused, I have no regrets," she wrote. -
In Jewish tradition, after someone dies, the anniversary of their death is marked by lighting a yahrzeit candle. It comes in a stubby glass holder. In some families, that old glass found a new use.
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One type of cognitive training appears to reduce the risk of dementia 20 years later.
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The FBI says AI is complicating the idea of a proof of life message in the search for Savannah Guthrie's mom. Experts say AI needs just a few short clips of a person to render a convincing fake.
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At the American University of Beirut where up to 1,600 rescued cats roam the campus.
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Under pressure to reform, the Palestinian Authority is ending its payments to families whose relatives are killed or jailed by Israel.
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Biathlon is the only winter Olympic sport in which the U.S. has never medaled. But this year, the U.S. has the two standout biathletes and a coach who grew up on the doorstep of the Olympic venue.
