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Black bear populations are bouncing back. Here's how these Texas towns are coping - 2025-12-09T06:00:00-05:00
Historically, Black bears were the biggest predator to travel the Big Bend area of Texas. But overhunting and habitat loss led to their decline.

The GOP has allowed Trump to expand his authority. Here's where they're pushing back - 2025-12-09T05:00:00-05:00
Republicans in Congress have shown some willingness to push back on President Trump, but it is not clear how far they are willing to push back against the leader of their own party.

A 101-year-old runs the largest nutcracker museum in the U.S. Here's a look inside - 2025-12-09T05:00:00-05:00
Arlene Wagner has been collecting nutcrackers for nearly 50 years. Now, she's got one of the largest collections in the world, housed at the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum in Washington.

After NIH grant cuts, breast cancer research at Harvard slowed, and lab workers left - 2025-12-09T05:00:00-05:00
Amid NIH funding delays, reversals and uncertainty, a scientist at Harvard who studies breast cancer has lost one-third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her research experiments.

Honduras seeks arrest of ex-President Hernández after Trump pardon - 2025-12-09T01:32:56-05:00
Honduras' attorney general said Monday that he had ordered Honduran authorities and asked Interpol to execute a 2023 arrest order for Juan Orlando Hernández, pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump.

When Christmas is a little too bright ... look to Krampus - 2025-12-08T17:43:53-05:00
If Santa Claus is the good cop of Christmas, then Krampus is the bad one: a creature from European folklore who scares children into behaving themselves, complete with goat horns and gnashing teeth.

Syria marks a year since Assad fled, but struggles to heal - 2025-12-08T16:21:24-05:00
Syria is struggling to heal a year after the Assad dynasty's repressive 50-year reign came to an end following 14 years of civil war that left the country battered and divided.

Former Trump attorney Alina Habba resigns as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey - 2025-12-08T16:10:29-05:00
Habba's decision comes as the Justice Department has lost a string of court cases ruling that U.S. attorneys have not been appointed legally, including in Nevada, California and Virginia.

Trump administration announces $12 billion in one-time payments to farmers - 2025-12-08T14:17:03-05:00
The payments are targeted at row crop farmers in the wake of this year's tariff hikes.

FBI agents sue after being fired for kneeling during racial justice protest - 2025-12-08T12:39:02-05:00
The FBI agents kneeled during a protest in 2020 not to reflect a left-wing political view, but to de-escalate a volatile situation, they say in court papers. The FBI fired them in September.