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Texas was found to be the state with the fewest personal freedoms, according to the Cato Institute's new Freedom Index.

Hirox, a leading provider of 3D digital microscope technology, has painstakingly created the world’s largest 3D scan, a super-detailed 108-gigapixel scan of Johannes Vermeer’s iconic painting, “Girl with a Pearl Earring.”

Acclaimed psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, author of "The Body Keeps The Score," discusses the widespread existence of trauma and how it manifests in our bodies.

Manhattan's Grid is a defining feature of New York City's Map, but the origins are pretty mysterious. The author of "The Greatest Grid," Gerard Koeppel gives some insight.

In their jiggles and shakes, red giant stars encode a record of the magnetic fields near their cores.

The House this year has been mired in chaos, punctuated by a 15-round speakership vote, an eight-person regicide, flirtations with government shutdowns and policy stagnations. Next year's elections could determine if the Senate follows suit.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Private intelligence firm says an oil tanker tied to Israel has been seized off Aden, Yemen, by an unknown force.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An unknown force has seized an oil tanker linked to Israel off the coast of Aden, Yemen, a private security firm said Sunday.

A recently released Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) document titled “Domestic Terrorism Symbols Guide”* links common protest symbols to “terrorism” — another marker in a common theme of conflating militant protest for social justice with deadly terrorist violence within the United States. Groups like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Brennan Center have raised warnings about such documents, citing inadequate protections for people’s constitutional rights.

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — Russia on Saturday launched its largest drone attack against Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv since the start of its invasion, according to local officials.

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A former aide to ex-New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who previously claimed Cuomo groped her breast, is filing a lawsuit against him alleging sexual harassment and abuse, according to a summons filed this week.

A former executive assistant to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who had accused him of groping her has filed a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment.