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NASA launched a telescope named after Nancy Grace Roman, the pioneering astronomer whose work helped make Hubble and generations of space telescopes possible.

A corn dog may look like lunch. But to an economist, the price is a bigger story about food prices and inflation.

The U.S. has pledged 3.5 million in flood aid for Tibet and Nepal, with the first $500,000 distributed by Catholic Relief Services. An aid worker with the group explains what flood survivors need now.

Insanity defenses are notoriously difficult to win. But Massachusetts law could give Lindsay Clancy a better chance.

For more than 50 years, Noel Godin went after famous and powerful people with cream pies. His targets included politicians, philosophers, filmmakers and, famously, Bill Gates.

Dolly Parton built a movie career on top of an already huge music career. Other singers have tried, with mixed results.

Researchers are looking at new ways to use psychedelics to treat depression. Science journalist Marcelo Leite says there's also a lot to learn from indigenous people who have used them for generations.

What happens when Russia arrests civilians in the Ukrainian territories it occupies? New Yorker writer Joshua Yaffa followed a group of women through the Russian prison system.

Would $10 convince you to walk up to a stranger and tie their shoe? One Minneapolis artist turned that question into delightfully public chaos.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has unveiled a giant billboard reading: "Lake Ontario — Now and Always." But tech giant Google has said it is renaming the lake for U.S. users, as President Trump demanded.