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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanians are confronting a deluge of online disinformation ahead of a fraught presidential election redo next week , including ominous claims that the NATO member country is surging toward “imminent war” with Russia.

Emily Kramer-Golinkoff can’t get enough oxygen with each breath. Advanced cystic fibrosis makes even simple things like walking or showering arduous and exhausting. She has the most common fatal genetic disease in the U.S.

Cardinals from around the world have converged on Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis and upcoming meetings that will determine the next leader of the Catholic Church.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's environmental agency won't say if a group of hackers stole data in a cyberattack that was first announced earlier this month.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A lawsuit against Florida's ban on “lab-grown” meat is still alive after a federal judge tossed four parts of the suit on Friday but kept a fifth.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — X Corp.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. preorders for the Nintendo Switch 2 kicked off shortly after the clock struck midnight Thursday. But chaos soon ensued amid high demand.

Ashley Dayer's dream of winning a National Science Foundation grant to pursue discoveries in bird conservation started when she was an early-career professor with an infant in her arms and a shoestring laboratory budget.

The National Weather Service will resume translating its products for non-English speakers. The weather service paused the translations this month because its contract with the provider had lapsed.

NEW YORK (AP) — A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the “bone collector.” The odd insect is only found on the Hawaiian island of Oahu .