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NEW YORK (TNS) — If Kirsten Gillibrand wasn’t already a household name, a Twitter war with President Donald Trump earlier this month may have made her one.

Last year, Barbara’s husband thought it would be fun to learn more about their family’s history, so he bought 23andMe gene-testing kits for himself, Barbara and their three daughters for Christmas.

AUSTIN, Texas (TNS) — Honeybees usually take winters off. But when it’s 50 degrees and sunny, the bees are flying — and dying faster.

In report after report after Donald Trump’s election, career staffers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration kept saying the same thing: Climate change is real, serious and man-made.

After years of studying the causes of asthma, a pediatrician-turned-public health sleuth thinks there’s a way to substantially reduce its impact.

Growing up on Key Biscayne in the 1970s, Paul Zuccarini had no idea the commonplace green iguanas he loved to chase were as exotic as the tourists that descended every winter.

WASHINGTON (TNS) — After a year of legislative fits and starts, the Republican-led Congress can claim victory on an agenda of tax cuts, judicial confirmations and a substantial regulatory rollback.

When you see how the stresses of being commander-in-chief has aged most of the men who have taken office, it's no surprise many presidents needed a stiff drink at the end (or beginning) of the day.From stronger spirits to lighter…

The wave of sexual misconduct allegations that toppled Hollywood power brokers, politicians, media icons and many others was the top news story of 2017, according to The Associated Press' annual poll of U.S. editors and news directors. The No. 2…

In "The Intelligence of Dogs," University of British Columbia psychology professor Stanley Coren examined rankings from dog obedience judges of 110 breeds. Using that information, we then looked at the least intelligent dogs by obedience intelligence.The breeds that make up…