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During times of crisis, relationships are tested. This is probably doubly true when one has a disability

Filmmaker Brea Grant spoke to Salon about finding humor and eating chocolate "in the midst of chaos and sadness"

We barely know anything about the bottom of the ocean. Nations are racing to mine it anyway

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The FDA has encountered an old nemesis: a “miracle” solution made of chlorine dioxide

From Afghanistan to vaccines to the 2020 election, Republicans petulantly pick childish fantasies over reality

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has been pleading for money from the Republican National Committee

"Trump is a compulsive liar who suggested we could fight COVID-19 by injecting people with bleach"

Trump was convinced COVID-19 was nothing — and now it's in the White House. He's a desperate, dangerous man

The "Empire" actor was found guilty in December of fabricating a racist and homophobic hate crime