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A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck West Texas on Saturday night, part of a swarm of earthquakes to rock the area near the Texas border with New Mexico, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The temblor struck at 7:47 p.m. about 35 miles south of Whites City, New Mexico, the USGS said. …

SINGAPORE — Singapore’s long-ruling People’s Action Party won another landslide in Saturday’s general elections, extending its 66-year unbroken rule in a huge boost for Prime Minister Lawrence Wong who took power a year ago. The Election Department announced the PAP won 82 Parliamentary seats after vote counting ended. The party …

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, disgraced by a corruption scandal that landed him in prison yet heralded by some for clearing the state’s death row, has died. He was 91. Kankakee County Coroner Robert Gessner, a family friend, said Ryan died Friday afternoon at his home in …

Canada holds an election, a legislator gets disciplined, and oh boy are we doomed if this geologic event happens.

Three good Samaritans — including two Army reservists — saved a woman who was being attacked during an attempted carjacking in Camden County, New Jersey, officials said. The incident unfolded Thursday around 8:30 a.m. on Jackson Road near the intersection of Waverly Avenue in Waterford Township. Police said a man, …

After the Trump administration dismissed hundreds of authors working on the next National Climate Assessment, two science societies announced an effort to publish a special collection of climate change research in its stead.  The Trump administration notified researchers earlier this week that their work was no longer needed on the …

As lawmakers take aim at hard-to-recycle plastic and foam, a California packaging company is introducing a new shipping cooler made of woven paper fibers that could transform how temperature-sensitive products like pharmaceuticals and laboratory reagents are moved across the world. The introduction of the new “RecyCoolers” containers, which are made …

From a drama standpoint, the 151st Kentucky Derby has a tough act to follow after last year’s three-way photo finish. But Saturday’s edition features an intriguing handicapping puzzle, with the possibility of a wild result and a nice payday for those who can figure it out.  I’d love to be …

DAMASCUS, Syria — Israel’s air force struck near Syria’s presidential palace early Friday, hours after warning Syrian authorities not to march toward villages inhabited by members of a minority sect in the southern part of the nation. The strike came after days of clashes between pro-Syrian government gunmen and fighters …

WASHINGTON — Emily Stenson’s life changed forever when she learned that her daughter, Charlie, then 3, had stage four germ cell cancer.  Charlie, now 5, is cancer-free. But the clinical trials sponsored by the National Institutes of Health that Stenson says saved her daughter’s life are at risk, with the …