DeepSeek has shattered basis of US AI stock market surge | The last place the tech giants expected any competition to emerge from was China, because US capitalism was the great innovator and China a mere imitator.
They Helped Save L.A. Will California Ever Pay Them Fairly? | Incarcerated firefighters play a crucial role in a state where wildfires seemingly get worse every year. But the state’s shifting politics may stymie efforts at reform.
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Pentagon Ends Policy Covering Abortion Travel Costs for Military | The Pentagon’s policy change follows Trump’s anti-abortion executive order enforcing the Hyde Amendment.
John Sullivan: Biden’s Failed Diplomat in Moscow | New memoir unintentionally lays bare his own missteps in the ‘march to war’ with Russia
5 things to know about the fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Are Atlantic Ocean currents weakening? A new study finds no, but other experts aren't so sure. | A new study suggests the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation has not weakened since the 1960s — but there's no doubt the circulation will slow in the future, experts say.
Ear muscle we thought humans didn't use—except for wiggling our ears—activates during focused listening
NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope to launch in February — it can do what the JWST can't | "We are literally mapping the entire celestial sky in 102 infrared colors for the first time in humanity's history."
Trump Hates Accountability So He Fires Independent Inspectors General
‘I curse this war’: hunger and fear in Goma after rebel takeover | M23 rebel group swept into Congolese city after a rapid advance in recent weeks
