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House Speaker Tina Kotek said the tobacco lobby has pushed connections between the death of Eric Garner and cigarette taxes.

A spacecraft named Beresheet is set to be Israel's first spacecraft to land on the moon. It came about because Israeli scientists lost a contest — but continued with the work anyway.

Venezuela's opposition leader says his supporters will get U.S. food aid across the border and into their country on Saturday. Venezuela's president says it's not going to happen.

Online matchmaking emphasizes appearance over shared interests and connection. So now a ski resort in Wisconsin is trying a new tack: speed dating on a chairlift.

In the most highly anticipated college basketball game of the season, Duke star Zion Williamson was injured when his sneaker ripped apart at the seams — an embarrassment for Nike.

The Vatican started a four-day summit on Thursday that focuses on clergy sex abuse. Pope Francis called for the event following revelations of abuse and cover-ups around the globe.

A U.S. District judge in Oakland, Calif., will hear a lawsuit filed this week by 16 Democratic attorneys general against the Trump administration's national emergency declaration.

Emperor Akihito of Japan will abdicate Tuesday. He is 85 and will be the first Japanese monarch to retire in over 200 years.

It took more than 30 years to develop. The hope is it will eventually save tens of thousands of lives each year. But there are a few issues.

The senator's higher-education proposal for her 2020 presidential run goes further than just free college and would forgive hundreds of billions of dollars in existing loans.