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Some 2,000 scientists, including dozens of Nobel Prize winners, have signed an open letter warning that the U.S. lead in science is being "decimated" by the Trump administration's cuts to research.

The Boston Globe is suing a former employee who has accused a top editor of sexual harassment. The paper wants more details about her accusation and is requesting unspecified damages.

The Trump administration is attempting to keep Alina Habba in her interim position as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor, despite a court's selection of another official for that role.

According to an anonymous whistleblower, a business ally of Michael Flynn exulted at Flynn's promises about the end of sanctions, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee said Wednesday.

Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment joins an ever widening scandal about past displays of racism that has engulfed the state's top Democrats

A giant sinkhole swallowed the center of a soccer complex that was built over an operating limestone mine in southern Illinois, leaving a gaping chasm where kids often play. No injuries were reported.

The team previously made headlines when their U.S. visa was temporarily denied. Now they've won first place in the "Entrepreneurial Challenge" in Estonia, at Europe's largest robotics festival.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif showed up at a recent chat and erupted over a recent hit series. "He was really mad, yelling, because he was really outraged by that TV series," says an attendee.

Also: California bans so-called gay-repair therapy for minors; Supreme Court begins a new term; European team retains golf's Ryder Cup after dramatic comeback; Russian court adjourns hearing on appeal from Pussy Riot members.

Ukraine's foreign minister told the AP that his government is aiming to have a summit, preferably at the United Nations with Secretary-General António Guterres as a possible mediator.