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Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel are shown on the screen as they are awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, as announced during a press conference at the Nobel Forum at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, Monday.
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Trio wins medicine prize for breakthrough in brain research

STOCKHOLM (AP): The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works. Dr Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and…
Physicist Francis Halzen reacts in his hotel in Turin, Italy, Tuesday, after he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.
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Ghost-particle hunter wins physics prize

STOCKHOLM (AP): Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that researchers believe…
Japanese chemist Kenso Soai receives a bouquet of flowers from a university staff member before the press conference at Tokyo University of Science in Tokyo, Wednesday, after winning the Nobel Prize in chemistry.
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Mirrored-molecule discoveries earn chemistry prize

STOCKHOLM (AP): Scientists Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for untangling mysterious mirror images in molecules, a discovery that has been used to develop…
South African-born jurist and former UN human rights chief Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay, sits at the Nuremberg Forum in Nuremberg, Germany, Friday, following the announcement that she had been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
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South Africa-born jurist wins Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO (AP): Navi Pillay, a South African-born jurist and former UN human rights chief whose career has spanned from defending the rights of an imprisoned Nelson Mandela to leading a panel that found…
The price of a gallon of diesel fuel is shown electronically on a pump at a QuikTrip station, October 1, in Greenwood Village, Colorado.
10 Oct, 2026 0

US to get diesel from Russia

WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump said that he has struck a deal to obtain diesel from Russia, a stunning reversal of years of US pressure on Moscow over its war with Ukraine and an attempt to…
Vice President JD Vance speaks with reporters at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in Hebron, Kentucky, on Friday before departing for a rally in Lima, Ohio.
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Vance expresses doubts about plan to livestream execution

EBRON (AP): Vice President JD Vance cast doubt on whether the Pentagon will livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan in December but told reporters that if it is livestreamed,…
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10 Oct, 2026 0

Carney rejects Musk's call for Canadian break-up

SHERBROOKE (AP): Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that Canada’s future will be decided by Canadians, pushing back on Elon Musk’s call for Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan to separate…
Experts say there are small steps individual caregivers can take themselves to prevent burnout.
10 Oct, 2026 0

Caregivers need to take care of themselves, too

CONCORD, New Hampshire (AP): For Jessica Renda, the breaking point was a particularly chaotic Christmas season. Consumed by her eldest daughter's mental and behavioral health struggles, she…
Protesters gather after the reported death of María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked nationwide protests, in Puerta del Sol square in Madrid, Wednesday.
09 Oct, 2026 0

87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked protests dies

MADRID (AP): María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her longtime Madrid home sparked nationwide protests across Spain and unleashed a political crisis, died on Wednesday…