Your Guide to Seeing Spectacular Views of Mars This Weekend

Mars will appear unusually large and bright starting this Friday as the Red Planet makes its closest approach to Earth in 15 years.

The phenomenon known as Mars Opposition typically happens every two years, but this year, Mars will be closest its been to earth since 2003. Mars and Earth, like all other planets in our solar system, both orbit the sun, but do so at different speeds. Since E…

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Yes, Your iPad Can Replace Your Desktop or Laptop. Here Are 5 Things to Know First

Apple’s latest souped-up iPads, along with accessories like the Magic Keyboard and software enhancements in iPadOS, have turned the company’s tablets into bona-fide desktop and laptop replacements.

But if you really want to use your iPad as your primary computing device, there are a few things you should keep in mind. Here are five tips for replacing your PC or Mac with one of…

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French Lead and U.S. in Medal Position After Rhythm Dance at Beijing Olympics

With U.S. snowboarding legend Shaun White — now retired — in attendance, the ice dancers started their competition in Capital Indoor Stadium on Feb. 12. While the medal ceremony, and potentially the outcome of the team figure skating event, held earlier in Beijing, still hangs in the balance after the star of the gold medal winning Russian skating team, 15 year old Kamila V…

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This Could Be the Year Baseball Is Cool Again

Tomorrow is opening day in Major League Baseball, a fine time as any to get all gooey about our national pastime. Hope springs eternal, and all that jazz. Nostalgia rules the day. Every team, at this moment, has a shot at a World Series.

I count myself among the millions who love and appreciate the rhythms, the history, and the characters that define baseball. Heck, I’m so old that…

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Medicaid challenges leave many Black Americans uninsured

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Recent changes to Medicaid programs, aimed at closing a health coverage gap in the U.S., have left behind some Americans — particularly people of color.

Among the non-elderly population in the U.S. — those under age 65 — insured rates rose during the Covid pandemic, with 3.4 million Americans enrolling in health coverage between 2019 and 2022, according …

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Ford rolls out Tesla Supercharging for EVs. Here's what drivers need to know

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An all-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E at a Tesla Supercharger station charging.Ford

DETROIT – Ford Motor is rolling out Tesla Supercharging capabilities to owners of its electric vehicles in the U.S. and Canada. The launch begins Thursda…

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Birkenstock beats revenue expectations on higher pricing, U.S. demand

    Employee Mo Soto arranges a shelf at a Birkenstock store on October 10, 2023 in Venice, California. Ethan Swope | Getty Images

    Birkenstock on Thursday beat holiday quarter revenue expectations, reporting a 22% year-on-year jump, as the German sandal company benefited from higher pricing and rising U.S. demand.

    As a newly public company, Birkenstock is s…

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    American orders 260 new planes, says it will grow first class

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    American Airlines flight 718, a Boeing 737 Max, takes of from Miami International Airport on its way to New York on December 29, 2020 in Miami, Florida.Joe Raedle | Getty Images

    American A…

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    Biden says Medicare should negotiate prices for at least 50 drugs each year

    President Joe Biden speaks during an event at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, Dec. 14, 2023.Chris Kleponis | Bloomberg | Getty Images

    President Joe Biden on Wednesday said the federal Medicare program should negotiate prices for at least 50 prescription drugs each year, up from the current target of 20 medicines. 

    That's one of several new health-care policy …

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