U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a state of the union address that by his standards came across as relatively focused and disciplined, giving a preview of how the Republicans may try to campaign ...

They’re real, but I haven’t seen them, and they’re not being kept in… what is it? Area 51,” he quipped.Within hours, the clip ...

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Our fascination with the cosmos has led to many great UFO movies being produced, some of which never got the audience they ...

The Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark tells Ezra Klein what he sees coming in the new era of A.I. agents. This is an edited transcript of “The Ezra Klein Show.” You can listen to the episode wherever ...

Laurel High’s Maggie Alfera upgraded her WPIAL bronze medal from last year to gold on Saturday. Alfera, a senior, took first place in the WPIAL Class 2A girls individual championship in the 136-pound ...

AI such as ChatGPT is giving mental health advise to users. What impact will this have over the long term? Will society be better off or worse off, say 5 years from now?

Senators must still give the measure a final vote before a legislative deadline Tuesday.

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We don’t need fewer opinions. We need fewer systems that profit from turning disagreement into identity warfare.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Constanze Stelzenmüller of Brookings Institution, about the outcome of the Munich Security Conference and the state of U.S.-European relations.