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NASA releases the first high-resolution color images from the largest space telescope ever built

New images from the James Webb Space Telescope show the most distant reaches of the universe in the most stunning detail ever captured.

Maya Lin, in 1988, examining inverted water table being fabricated for the Civil Rights Memorial she designed to be installed in Montgomery, Alabama.

Maya Lin doesn't like the spotlight — but the Smithsonian is shining a light on her

Heavily criticized 40 years ago for her Vietnam Veterans' Memorial design, the artist-architect-activist prefers to talk about her artistic process rather than her life

Biden administration steps up protection against student loan forgiveness scams

The Biden administration is increasing efforts to protect borrowers from student loan forgiveness scams, while still not offering further details about the application itself.

Montford Point Marines relaxing from their jobs with the 3rd Ammunition Company in Saipan circa 1944.

Black Marines were 'dogged' on this base in the 1940s. Now they're honored there

In the 1940s about 20,000 men trained on racially segregated Montford Point in North Carolina. Some of the 300 surviving Marines recently returned for the reopening of a restored museum honoring them.

Environmental agencies investigating sheen on Huron River tributary near Flat Rock

State and federal environmental agencies say they are investigating a chemical-like sheen on a tributary to the Huron River. The sheen is in the city of Flat Rock, in Metro Detroit’s Downriver area.

Scientists investigate a humpback whale by boat and by drone in the surface waters near the West Antarctic Peninsula.

The biggest whales can eat the equivalent of 80,000 Big Macs in one day

Scientists have gotten the best estimates yet of exactly how much baleen whales, the largest animals on the planet, can consume in one day. Their caloric intake is mind-boggling.

Around 218,000 customers lost power in Monday's storms.

Residential utility bills could go down 3% thanks to corporate tax cut

The corporate tax rate went from 35% to 21% on January 1. That means a windfall for the state's utilities. But because they are regulated by the…

Tribar Manufacturing in Wixom has been identified by state regulators as the source of a spill of a known carcinigen into the Huron River, as state officials warn the public not to swim or drink from the river until further notice.

Cancer-causing hexavalent chromium spills from Wixom plant into Huron River

"Several thousand gallons" of liquid containing hexavalent chromium have spilled into the Huron River. State regulators are urging people not to play in or drink from the river until further notice.

Jen Coghlan outside the home where she grew up in Perry, Iowa. Her father, Henry Ruhl, plans to leave the house to her, but Coghlan expects she'll have to sell it after he dies to settle a $226,611 from Medicaid for the care of her mother, who died in 2022. Coghlan says the family didn't realize that her mother was on Medicaid.

They could lose the house — to Medicaid

Depending on where they lived, demands for repayment can drain the assets that a patient on Medicaid leaves behind after they die. Iowa aggressively collects "clawback" funds.

Bagels, quiche, fish platters, honey cake and sweet kugel are just a few of the dishes people indulge in after completing their Yom Kippur fast.

Food experts have some surprising suggestions for dishes to break the Yom Kippur fast

From bagels to honey cake, these are a few suggestions from cooks and food enthusiasts for breaking the fast after the most solemn Jewish holiday. Also, read tips for preparing for the fast.

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