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Pat Schroeder speaks to a reporter during an interview at the Los Angeles Convention Center on April 30, 1999. Schroeder, a former Colorado representative and pioneer for women's and family rights in Congress, died March 13, 2023, at the age of 82.

Former Rep. Pat Schroeder, a pioneer for women's rights, dies at 82

Schroeder took on the powerful elite with her rapier wit and antics for 24 years, shaking up stodgy government institutions by forcing them to acknowledge that women had a role in government.

An artist's impression of an aging star swelling up and beginning to engulf a planet, much like the Sun will do in about 5 billion years.

This star ate its own planet. Earth may share the same fate

For the first time, astronomers have caught a star in the act of swallowing a planet, providing a glimpse into how the sun may eventually eat up Earth.

Student performers at the Detroit NAACP Freedom Fund dinner.

In Detroit, Hillary Clinton calls for tackling racism, gun violence as "American problems"

Hillary Clinton’s campaign for President took her through Detroit this weekend.Clinton was the keynote speaker at the Detroit NAACP’s annual Freedom Fund…

President Joe Biden signs the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 into law on Thursday.

It's a cliché to call an election-year Congress do-nothing. The history doesn't match

There's no law against making laws in an election year. There are special challenges, but the hurdles may loom larger in lore than in reality.

A ship carrying grain from Ukraine arrives in Istanbul, Turkey in Nov. 2022. On Monday, Russia again said it would pull out of the U.N.-backed deal.

Russia suspends Ukraine grain deal. Here's what it means for the rest of the world

The U.N.-backed Black Sea Grain Initiative allowed Ukraine to ship food to other parts of the world during the war. Russian President Vladimir Putin says he's suspending the deal for now.

This 2019 aerial photo provided by ConocoPhillips shows an exploratory drilling camp at the proposed site of the Willow oil project on Alaska's North Slope. President Biden will prevent or limit oil drilling in 16 million acres of Alaska and the Arctic Ocean, an administration official said on Sunday.

As Biden weighs the Willow oil project, he blocks other Alaska drilling

The move to limit oil drilling in 16 million acres in Alaska and the Arctic Ocean comes as regulators prepare to decide on the Willow project, a controversial plan pushed by ConocoPhillips.

Left: Jean's perfect kimchi. Right: Eric Kim and his mom, Jean, making and tasting kimchi.

The one recipe you'll need to make your first batch of kimchi

This recipe for kimchi is from Eric Kim's debut cookbook, Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home. He wrote it, and perfected it, with his mother, Jean.

Former Snyder, Engler officials back Whitmer for governor

Former top-level state officials with the Snyder, Engler, and Milliken administrations are among a group of Republicans and independents publicly…

Catherine Clinch plays Caít in <em>The Quiet Girl. </em>

This tender Irish drama proves the quietest films can have the most to say

A withdrawn 9-year-old spends the summer with two distant relatives in this Oscar-nominated film. The Quiet Girl's main character may be unassuming, but there's nothing insignificant about this film.

Zurich is expanding its district heating system, which delivers hot water and steam through underground pipes. With more buildings relying on this system for heat, there's less demand for natural gas.

To fight climate change, and now Russia, too, Zurich turns off natural gas

Zurich, Switzerland, is shutting down the gas supply to some neighborhoods. Originally aimed at fighting climate change and saving money, it's also a step to cut gas imports from Russia.

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