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Britain swings to the center-left in historic U.K. election landslide
MPR News· 2 days agoWith far-right politics ascendant across the English Channel in France, the United Kingdom has swung in the opposite direction. Official election results Friday showed a landslide victory for ...
Exit poll shows landslide win for Britain's Labour Party amid frustration with Conservatives
MPR News· 3 days agoBritain’s Labour Party was headed for a huge majority in a parliamentary election on Thursday, an exit poll suggested, against a gloomy backdrop of economic malaise, mounting distrust in institutions ...
Naomi Osaka wins her first Wimbledon tennis match in 6 years
MPR News· 5 days agoNaomi Osaka won her first Wimbledon match in six years Monday, defeating French player Diane Parry. Osaka scored a 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 victory, winning the final two games of the third set. “It felt ...
‘I’m not leaving,’ Biden says in a fundraising email
MPR News· 4 days agoPresident Joe Biden said in a fundraising email Wednesday that “he’s not leaving” as speculation about his future as the Democratic nominee continues to grow. The email follows a meeting with ...
DeSantis touts results from anti-illegal immigrant moves, as ‘sanctuary’ cities struggle with...
AOL· 7 days agoFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis is touting results in his efforts to make sure Florida is not an attractive destination for illegal immigrants, as new data show that the state’s Medicaid spending ...
Rapamycin may slow aging. Here's one way the drug will be tested
MPR News· 6 days agoA few years back, Matt Kaeberlein was diagnosed with a frozen shoulder. Feeling frustrated, he decided to try rapamycin. In recent years, some high-profile longevity scientists have started ...
The explosive history of fireworks, from ancient China to Revolutionary America
MPR News· 3 days agoOn any July Fourth or New Year’s Eve, it’s common to experience the loud pop of a firework or see it colorfully explode into the sky and hang there briefly. Pyrotechnic amusements from sparklers ...
'Love is Blind' is mired in lawsuits. What does that mean for reality TV?
MPR News· 5 days agoThe hugely popular Netflix reality show “Love is Blind” purports to be an experiment where contestants have a chance to fall in love — sight unseen. “There are a lot of problems with this show,” TV critic Emily Nussbaum says of “Love is Blind.”
Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark will play on the same team for the WNBA All-Star game
MPR News· 4 days agoAngel Reese and Caitlin Clark will play on the same team in this year’s WNBA All-Star game, as they take on members of the U.S. women’s basketball Olympic team. The game will be broadcast July 20 on ABC at 8:30 p.m. ET, the league announced Tuesday.
A new way to prevent HIV delivers dramatic results in trial
MPR News· 4 days agoFor over a decade, taking a pill like Truvada every day has been the standard of care for HIV prevention efforts. In clinical trials, this type of preventive drug, called pre-exposure prophylaxis ...