James Talarico vs Ken Paxton: GOP strategist says Texas Senate race outcome 'a math problem' as polling enters final hours

Attendees cheer and hold signs during a campaign event with State Representative James Talarico, a Democrat from Texas and US Senate candidate on Nov. 2. (Bloomberg)

With just hours left for the polls to close in the crucial Texas Senate race, things seem to be boiling down to voter turnout in the final moments. Attendees cheer and hold signs during a campaign event with State Representative James Talarico, a Democrat from Texas and US Senate candidate on Nov. 2. (Bloomberg) No … Read more

‘We want you home’: Family of missing UMD student Dilan Ashar appeals for help as search enters 5th day

'We want you home’: Family of missing UMD student Dilan Ashar appeals for help as search enters 5th day

Dilan Ashar’s parents issues a video appeal seeking help in tracking their 22-year-old, a University of Maryland student. The family of 22-year-old University of Maryland student Dilan Shaan Ashar has made an emotional appeal for help as authorities continue searching for him, days after he disappeared from the university campus. “Dilan, we love you so … Read more

Meet Ashka Shah, the 17-year-old New York student who studied how a cancer-driving protein enters the cell nucleus and found a way to block its harmful signalling while preserving its normal function

Meet Ashka Shah, the 17-year-old New York student who studied how a cancer-driving protein enters the cell nucleus and found a way to block its harmful signalling while preserving its normal function

Ashka Shah (Jericho Senior High School, Jericho, NY) A 17-year-old student from New York has developed a targeted method to stop cancer cells from growing, earning national recognition for tackling one of the biggest challenges in cancer research. Ashka Shah, a senior at Jericho High School on Long Island, developed a method that blocks the … Read more

Search for Colombia earthquake survivors enters critical window

Search for Colombia earthquake survivors enters critical window

By Julia Symmes Cobb, Santiago Limachi, Luis Jaime Acosta and Nelson Bocanegra Search for Colombia earthquake survivors enters critical window CALI/PEREIRA, Colombia, – Colombian rescue teams raced on Wednesday to find survivors still trapped beneath collapsed buildings two days after a powerful earthquake killed close to 250 people across the nation’s western valleys and coffee-growing … Read more