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The UK's planned Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant reached a major milestone on Friday, with the installation of a steel dome that will cover its first reactor building, operator EDF said.

Despite national and state border closures during the pandemic, the global aviation market has been growing steadily since 1995, at nearly twice the rate of global GDP each year.

Although Steve King has not endorsed Ramaswamy officially, he did express his intention to caucus for the Ohio businessman — and the support has been welcomed by Ramaswamy with open arms.

Elia Toledano was attending the Supernova music festival in the southern Israeli desert when he was kidnapped by Hamas militants on Oct. 7.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council's annual report, which was released Thursday, identified 14 potential vulnerabilities to the financial services sector.

A man armed with a shotgun fired two rounds into the air outside Temple Israel in Albany, authorities said.

The bill does not include language blocking the Pentagon's abortion travel policy or restricting gender-affirming health care for transgender service members and dependents.

More than a third of people in the U.K. can't afford renewable energy technology such as solar panels or heat pumps to help the country meet its climate targets, a new study shows.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky hails the decision as "a victory" for his country and Europe.

In August 2023, the White House announced a plan to bolster cybersecurity in K-12 schools—and with good reason. Between 2018 and mid-September 2023, there were 386 recorded cyberattacks in the U.S. education sector and cost those schools $35.1 billion. K-12 schools were the primary target.

California's plans to tackle climate change will lead to a significant decrease in state funding for transportation over the next decade, according to a report by the state legislative analyst's office.

LA County District Attorney George Gascón announced the exoneration of two men who spent decades behind bars for crimes they did not commit.

US efforts to transition to cleaner energy carry risks of mass layoffs in mature industries, say experts, who warn that policies to cushion the blow may not live up to hype.

The measure, pushed by Republican lawmakers, limits diversity positions at the system's two dozen campuses in exchange for money for staff raises and construction projects.

Lawmakers crammed overnight like students to reach a deal.

Woll, 40, the president of Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, was found outside her home in the Lafayette Park neighborhood on Saturday, Oct. 21.

A jury will decide how much Giuliani will have to pay Ruby Freeman and ArShaye Moss in damages after he falsely claimed they engaged in voter fraud in the 2020 election.

In a bid to improve working conditions for people who deliver food and offer rides through smartphone apps, the European Union gave provisional approval Wednesday to rules that determine who should get the benefits of full-time employees and restrict the way online platforms use algorithms to manage their workers.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is helping lead a new Stanford University initiative to provide "one-stop shopping" for government, businesses and the public to obtain timely information about new and evolving technologies.

In California's vast northern rural school districts, with their mountain passes and long, snowy winters, the typical electric bus' range is not nearly enough. West Valley is one of Lassen High's nearest athletic opponents. One of the farthest, Yreka High, is 169 miles away.