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How Groundhog Day came to the U.S. — and why we still celebrate it 138 years later

Punxsutawney Phil predicts more winter ahead. Groundhogs may not have a great track record when it comes to weather forecasts, but experts say the tradition sheds light on our culture and environment.

Computers have been used in rocketry for half-a-century, so it's possible to think that the new AI programs could help. They struggled to grasp the basics.

We asked the new AI to do some simple rocket science. It crashed and burned

Computers traditionally excel at rocketry, so why do new artificial intelligence programs get it wrong?

The lawyer for a leading accuser of R. Kelly says prosecutors shouldn't have dropped charges against Kelly before his appeals of federal criminal convictions were resolved. The singer is seen here in a courthouse in Chicago.

An R. Kelly victim says Chicago prosecutor made a mistake in dropping sex abuse case

Jerhonda Pace, who was part of a successful federal case against Kelly in New York as well as the case in Illinois, says Kelly is still fighting to appeal his federal conviction.

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, leads his panel's first meeting in the new Republican majority — a hearing Wednesday titled, "The Biden Border Crisis — Part I."

In first GOP-led hearing about the border, witnesses paint sharply different pictures

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee blamed Biden administration policies for the record number of migrant apprehensions. Democrats accused them of fear-mongering and spreading misinformation.

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was discovered by astronomers using the wide-field survey camera at the Zwicky Transient Facility in March 2022.

The once-in-a-lifetime green comet threatens FOMO sufferers everywhere

For one night only! Meet C/2022 E3 (her friends call her the green comet for short).

Black History Month 2024 has begun. Here's this year's theme and other things to know

The annual celebration started out in 1926 as Negro History Week and expanded to Black History Month in the 1970s. This year celebrates "African Americans and the Arts."

Emmitt Glynn teaches AP African American studies to a group of Baton Rouge Magnet High School students on Jan. 30 in Baton Rouge, La. It was one of 60 schools around the country testing the new course.

Revised AP African American Studies class drops controversial topics after criticism

The official curriculum for the new Advanced Placement course released Wednesday removed topics like Black Lives Matter that drew criticism from conservatives including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Wegovy has been called "a major breakthrough" given how well it works to reduce body weight. But the injection drug is extremely expensive and when people can't afford to stay on it, they experience rebound weight gain that's hard to stop.

Wegovy works. But here's what happens if you can't afford to keep taking the drug

The new weight-loss drugs can be life-changing for people facing health conditions worsened by obesity, but price and spotty insurance coverage may keep them out of reach.

In the video game and HBO show <em>The Last of Us</em>, an infectious fungi turns humans into zombies.

The zombie fungus from 'The Last Of Us' is real — but not nearly as deadly

This species of fungus, Ophiocordyceps, is known for using "mind control" on insect hosts. Humans, however, are immune.

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