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Brazilian markets suffered steep losses after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pulled off a stunning comeback to defeat Flávio Bolsonaro, the right-wing candidate that many investors preferred.

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BALTIMORE — Maryland officials still cannot say how much taxpayer money the state spends on private lawyers, three months after the Comptroller’s Office said it would try to add up those costs.

In July, the ...Read more

On the evening of Oct. 11, just weeks before the 2026 midterm elections, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to stop airing taxpayer-funded television advertisements praising President Donald Trump.

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It may not be as shocking as rogue AI agents hacking another system, but the current political resistance to data centers has taken a surprising turn: It’s bringing together strange bedfellows, from democratic ...Read more

It’s easy to stereotype older adults as tech-averse or novice tech users. Yet a growing number of adults age 60 and older are embracing artificial intelligence, using it for entertainment, planning trips and even ...Read more

Hurricane Belle was barreling toward New England in August 1976 when an editor from Foreign Affairs called. Physicist Amory Lovins took the call on a payphone in a shack in the Maine woods, where he spent summers as a ...Read more

It turns out you can rent a Steinway piano and have it delivered pretty much anywhere – including the lecture hall of a major working hospital.

In October 2025, I had one delivered to UPMC Magee-Womens ...Read more

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.

Why are people still getting polio in some countries and ...Read more

Jalen Hurts is 28, a Super Bowl MVP and an elite athlete in peak physical condition. He was also recently diagnosed with blood clots in his leg and both lungs.

After a cleat to the left calf during a game ...Read more

Vincent Paterson feels "honored" to have worked with Michael Jackson.

The 76-year-old choreographer worked with Michael for more than 15 years, developing the dance routines for his Super Bowl halftime show, the Bad tour,...Read more

Ozzy Osbourne's family were "terrified" before he performed his final concert.

The Black Sabbath frontman passed away on July 22, 2025, aged 76, and Sharon Osbourne, his widow, has now recalled her concerns before his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries knows Democrats need to finish the work, but just over a week before the midterm elections he sounds like a man preparing to be the next speaker.

Jeffries, D-N.Y., ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Global warming likely intensified the wildfires that raged for months this summer in the Boundary Waters and Canada, according to new research from the University of California, Merced. The intensity, in ...Read more

For months, Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot has pitched himself as a modest alternative to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, campaigning more on reliability than a markedly different approach to the country’s ...Read more

Alexander Skarsgard will "never forget" wearing full costume on the set of Wicker for the first time.

The 50-year-old actor plays the Wicker Husband - who begins an unlikely romance with a fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) - in...Read more

Max Minghella "learned so much" working with Tom Rhys Harries on Clayface.

The 41-year-old actor plays Gotham City police detective John Borrelli in the DC Universe (DCU) body horror thriller and was impressed by the way ...Read more

If you’ve watched TV lately, you’ve probably seen this ad. Put out by Byron Donalds’ campaign, it features footage of a restaurant server, a utility worker and a senior-citizen couple, followed by a contemptuous ...Read more

Having failed to keep the trust of voters he needs to keep Congress red while barring all others from casting ballots, Donald Trump is now setting the stage for midterm chaos.

This state’s cozy relationship with the ...Read more

Britney Spears was "on top of the world" when she recorded the I'm a Slave 4 U music video.

The 44-year-old singer's striking music video marked her evolution from teen pop icon to mature, provocative superstar, and Brian...Read more

Paula Abdul will "always be grateful" for working with Janet Jackson.

The 64-year-old star choreographed Janet's music videos for Control, her 1986 album, and Paula still feels proud to have worked with the chart-topping ...Read more