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Wellesley high schooler Andrew Song plays baritone sax in the jazz band.

With safety in mind, schools are getting their bands back together

With students back at school this fall, classes sound almost normal — they just look a little different.

A bald eagle perches on a tree at Sunset Park in Rock Island, Ill., in March. A new study says that many species of birds increasingly moved into urban areas as human activity waned during the pandemic.

Birds Thrived Where Humans Feared To Tread During The Pandemic, Scientists Say

A new study shows that as people mostly remained indoors during lockdowns last year, many bird species found less noisy and polluted cities more inviting.

Migrants are at the border checkpoint at Bruzgi, Belarus, and Kuznica, Poland, on Wednesday. They are caught in a border crisis between Belarus and its EU neighbors that began to escalate earlier this month.

Here's what it's like for migrants trapped between Belarus and Poland

Thousands of migrants are camped along the border of Belarus and Poland, trapped between the countries. EU officials accuse Belarus of luring them across the border.

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Kelsey Plum, of the United States, shoots during a women's 3-on-3 basketball game against China at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.

Poway Resident Kelsey Plum Leads US To 21-19 Victory Over China In Olympic 3X3 Basketball

The U.S. is scheduled to conclude pool-round play by facing Japan in a game set to begin at 9:30 p.m. Monday, California time.

Kevin Chen, an assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, envisions a time when his insect-sized drone could be used as a search and rescue robot — to find survivors in disaster debris that bigger drones couldn't reach.

Don't Swat This Bug. It Might Be A Robot On A Rescue Mission

Scientists are trying to build a tiny drone with the agility of a mosquito. These light but strong flying robots could be used in critical situations, such as finding people in a collapsed building.

Amid the pandemic, Americans are experiencing sleeplessness, headaches, stomach upset and more symptoms of chronic stress.

Sleepless Nights, Hair Loss And Cracked Teeth: Pandemic Stress Takes Its Toll

Reports are on the rise of symptoms such as headaches, stomach problems and flare-ups of autoimmune disorders. Here's why chronic stress can make our bodies hurt, and what to do about it.

Children's Halloween costumes hang on a wall at Spirit Halloween costume store in Easton, Md., in October 2013. The stores offer Halloween supplies for a limited time during the season.

It's spooky how fast Spirit Halloween stores pop up. Here's how the retailer does it

Seasonal retail company Spirit Halloween reopens stores across the U.S. as Halloween approaches each year. If they seem to be everywhere, that's because they are.

Katie Engelhart details the right-to-die movement in her new book, The Inevitable. She says that many patients in the U.S. are forced to act alone, without their loved one's knowledge, because they fear their loved ones will be prosecuted after the fact.

Inside The Fight For The Right To Die: Logistical And Ethical Challenges

Katie Engelhart explores the complexity of physician-assisted death in the book The Inevitable. She says patients seeking to end their own lives sometimes resort to veterinary drugs from overseas.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic kisses the winners trophy after he defeated Italy's Matteo Berrettini in the men's singles final at Wimbledon on Sunday.

Novak Djokovic Has Won Wimbledon And A Record-Tying 20th Grand Slam Title

Djokovic won his third consecutive title at Wimbledon, defeating Matteo Berrettini in four sets and putting the Serbian tennis star in an elite class of players in the sport's history.

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