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The federal prosecutor who formerly helmed the effort to root out wrongdoing in Minnesota welfare programs has called the state “the leader in fraud.” Officials are investigating more than a dozen ...

Amateur mathematicians are using artificial intelligence chatbots to solve long-standing problems, in a move that has taken professionals by surprise. While the problems in question aren’t the most ...

If there’s one thing everyone in college football can agree upon, it is this: The sport’s calendar is broken. You have what is essentially player free agency taking place while the College Football ...

Social media and algorithmic recommendations aren’t just reflecting our divisions — they’re driving them. According to a poll conducted by Siena University and The New York Times, “most voters think ...

Sports betting technology company Outlier, which has a five-person office in downtown New Orleans, has announced the close of a $10.7 million funding round. The company, founded in 2023 in Austin, ...

We look into the mental health crisis affecting American youth. By Sam Sifton I am the host of The Morning. The numbers are staggering. Nearly one in four 17-year-old boys in the United States has ...

Hundreds of thousands of gallons of the Nile River gush through Africa’s largest hydropower plant every second, propelling turbines and generating electricity that Ethiopia hopes will fuel an ...

The NBA season is two weeks old and ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE! Well, anything, except the Indiana Pacers staying healthy, the Brooklyn Nets getting a stop on defense, the Thunder getting out-executed in ...

Running today through November 9th, the Japan Mobility Show is a fascinating biennial peek at the future of transport. It is not exclusive to Japanese brands, but they do tend to bring the vast ...

The increasing complexity of Internet of Things and modern battlefield electromagnetic environments poses significant challenges to radiation source localization, especially under electronic ...

With a yearslong court battle over partisan gerrymandering in Utah nearing its potential finale, opposing sides are attacking the congressional maps the other submitted to the court, calling the other ...