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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court opens a historic term Monday by welcoming its first Black woman to the bench as it faces challenges to past liberal rulings on race, affirmative action and voting rights.

As research into psychedelics and their medical uses makes a comeback, scientists are having to deal with the legacy – both scientific and social – of a 40-year nearly total freeze on psychedelics research.

We know what we need to do to reduce our risk of getting cancer, right? Wear SPF, stop smoking, avoid processed foods, keep fit, lose weight and get enough sleep. But what if much of what causes cancer has already happened in our early years, or worse still, before we…

I didn’t go to an Ivy League college. In fact, I never even thought of applying, and you probably didn’t either.

President Joe Biden is going to spend several hundred billion dollars to cancel the debts of millions of college students. This big outlay will probably bolster his standing among graduates in the up-to-$125,000-a-year salary range who populate the deep-blue voting grounds of urban America.

Stelter will convene discussions about threats to democracy — and possible responses by the media.

Harvard researchers say people with psychological distress before catching COVID-19 are significantly more likely to develop 'long COVID'.

Lee was a diorama-maker, criminal investigation educator and the first female police captain in the US.

The Oscar-winner and Dior Beauty ambassador talks to Richard Godwin about her hopes for the next generation, moonlighting on a hit Aussie cartoon and challenging the norms of the female body