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Vice President Harris boards Air Force Two in Middletown, Pa., on Oct. 30, 2024.

Not going back: How Harris failed to turn the page on Trump in her 107-day sprint

Vice President Harris started her 107-day race buoyed by Democratic optimism, but came up short against former President Donald Trump.

Matthew Whitaker, Trump's pick as ambassador to NATO, speaks during a Trump rally at Montana State University on Aug. 9, in Bozeman, Mt.

Trump picks Matthew Whitaker for ambassador to NATO

President-elect Donald Trump tapped Matthew Whitaker as his ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which Trump has long criticized for taking advantage of U.S. defense spending.

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik testifies during a House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing about antisemitism on college campuses on April 17 in Washington, D.C.

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigns after 'period of turmoil'

Shafik is the third Ivy League university president to leave her job following criticism over how she has handled campus protests regarding the Israel-Hamas war. She held the job for 13 months.

A list of half a million names shines new light on Dutch collaboration with Nazis

The names of some 425,000 suspected Dutch collaborators went online 80 years after the Holocaust ended, making them accessible to historians and descendants as the country grapples with its past.

The emergency entrance to a hospital in San Diego is shown in this photo, Jan. 3, 2018.

Health care price transparency remains a concern in California hospitals

A report reveals only 21% of hospitals in California fully comply with federal rules for providing accurate cost estimates.

A pocket gopher is seen in its home on a meadow in the Butte Camp area on the southern side of Mount St. Helens in southwest Washington state. Gophers were taken to the northern side, which had been devastated by a volcanic eruption.

Gophers needed 1 day after Mount St. Helens erupted to bring explosions of new life

Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980. But decades later, their short visit still has visible, and vibrant, effects.

Charlotte, a male green sea turtle, wears a 3D-printed harness to help him overcome "bubble butt syndrome" — a condition caused by a boat strike. Charlotte lives at the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut.

A sea turtle plagued by 'bubble butt' condition is helped by a 3D printer

"Bubble butt" can leave turtles struggling to swim normally — or unable to submerge at all. A 3D-printed harness can help.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump on Nov. 1, 2024 in Warren, Mich. Kennedy has been named to lead the Department of Health and Human Services in the incoming Trump administration. Kennedy is on leave from leading Children's Health Defense, a nonprofit that has filed more than 30 lawsuits challenging vaccines and public health mandates.

Inside RFK Jr.'s nonprofit's legal battles over vaccines and public health

The nonprofit Children's Health Defense that Kennedy led has filed nearly 30 federal and state lawsuits since 2020, many challenging vaccines and public health mandates.

People wait in line to vote outside a polling station at the Dryland United Church of Christ in Nazareth, Pa., on Tuesday.

Bomb threats disrupted what was otherwise relatively smooth voting on Election Day

Bomb threats that U.S. officials linked to Russian email domains disrupted what was generally a smooth voting experience across America on Election Day.

A bust of Alfred Nobel on display following a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Monday.

Nobel Prize in medicine honors two Americans for discovery of microRNA

The Nobel Assembly said that their discovery is "proving to be fundamentally important for how organisms develop and function."

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