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Police officials say an NYPD officer shot and wounded an unarmed man who “charged” at officers during a chase in Brooklyn ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum on Friday that seeks to reduce the size of the Department of ...

The Houston Astros lineup is going to look vastly different in 2025 than it has in recent years. Two more homegrown stars moved on this past offseason. Third ba ...

Tampa Bay Rays infield prospect Chandler Simpson went 3-for-6 at the plate with a run during the Triple-A season opener against the Norfolk Tides. Simpson tallied three singles. He was able to score ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) is proposing to reduce staff numbers and the scale of its work as it slashes its budget ...

Elon Musk is pushing to improve the image of his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), suggesting the Tesla CEO is ...

Burn or slash piles are piles of debris like branches and fallen small trees that are burned to manage fuel loads and reduce fire hazards.

The phrase “wipe your nose” has become common parlance in hip-hop. In 2019, media outlet Genius produced a video noting that while NLE Choppa and YoungBoy Never Broke Again use the term and gesture, ...

Senator Markey to host press conference condemning Trump’s attempts to slash Social Security ...

The cost-cutting strategy of the group, led by billionaire Elon Musk, has played out at more than 30 agencies so far.

The Department of Education is the latest victim in President Trump’s slash and burn downsizing of the federal government. It ...