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A Russian Biologist Wants To Create More Gene-Edited Babies

A Russian Biologist Wants To Create More Gene-Edited Babies

  CRISPR technology already allows scientists to make very precise modifications to DNA, and it could revolutionize how doctors prevent and tr ...
US-Mexico tariffs and markets

US-Mexico tariffs and markets

  What we're covering here today Markets check: US stocks tumbled and the Dow closed below 25,000 after Trump threatened tariffs on Mexico. ...
Today’s biggest story has zero to do with Robert Mueller

Today’s biggest story has zero to do with Robert Mueller

That's not news. Or new. Every 10 years, the government counts -- or attempts to count -- all US residents. We do this for lots of reasons, but one bi ...
Mueller speaks about the Russia investigation   

Mueller speaks about the Russia investigation  

  Earlier today: Special counsel Robert Mueller made his first statement about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 electio ...
Utah judge suspended for criticizing Trump on social media and in court

Utah judge suspended for criticizing Trump on social media and in court

  Judge Michael Kwan talks with a defendant in Taylorsville, Utah, in 2010. A Utah judge has been suspended for six months without pay afte ...
Jayme Closs’ kidnapper sentenced to life in prison

Jayme Closs’ kidnapper sentenced to life in prison

  Jake Patterson sentenced: The 21-year-old Wisconsin man, who admitted to kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents, was sen ...
Don McGahn skips House hearing on the Mueller report

Don McGahn skips House hearing on the Mueller report

  A no-show: Former White House counsel Don McGahn was scheduled to testify before the House Judiciary Committee about the Mueller report — bu ...
There is more CO2 in the atmosphere today than any point since the evolution of humans

There is more CO2 in the atmosphere today than any point since the evolution of humans

That was the reaction of meteorologist Eric Holthaus to news that atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have reached heights not seen in the entirety of h ...
‘Pikachu’ tries to dethrone the ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ but just misses

‘Pikachu’ tries to dethrone the ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ but just misses

Three weeks into "Avengers" dominance, the market finally had some room for another film to make a substantial impact.   LOS ANGELES — "Pok ...
Chickenpox is a lifelong herpes virus that comes with a serious side effect

Chickenpox is a lifelong herpes virus that comes with a serious side effect

  Recovering from chickenpox doesn't mean the virus is gone or that the patient is immune from later serious health problems. The Kentucky ...