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As the Trump administration clamped down on the country’s medical research funding apparatus in recent months, scientists and administrators at the National Institutes of Health often privately wondered how much autonomy the agency’s director, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, had.After all, the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk’s signature cost-cutting project, helped drive decisions to cancel or delay research grants. Other projects fell victim to President Trump’s face-off with universities over antisemitism. But given an opportunity before a Senate panel on Tuesday to dispel suspicions about who wields influence at the N.I.H., Dr. Bhattacharya did little to claim ownership of perhaps the…

Niede Guidon, a Brazilian archaeologist whose work called into question a longstanding theory of how the Americas were first populated by humans, and who almost single-handedly transformed a hardscrabble region of northeast Brazil into the Serra da Capivara National Park, died on Wednesday at her home near the park, in São Raimundo Nonato. She was 92.Marian Rodrigues, the park’s director, said the cause was a heart attack.Dr. Guidon was perhaps best known in international scientific circles for her disputed findings that human beings arrived in the Americas 30,000 years ago or more. But few questioned her accomplishments in tracking down…

Jin: check. J Hope: check. And on Tuesday, RM and V: check.That leaves only three members of the K-pop boy band BTS still doing their national service: Jimin, Jungkook and Suga. And when they too are discharged this month, their fans’ long wait will be over. BTS will be civilians again, and a vastly lucrative reunion can follow.RM and V emerged from a base in Chuncheon, South Korea, on Wednesday in military fatigues. V, 29, carried flowers, while RM, 30, had a saxophone on which he gave a brief impromptu performance on one knee.“There were tough and painful moments, of…

Qantas has announced it will close Jetstar Asia, its Singapore-based budget airline after two decades in the air, as it looks to focus on the domestic market.In an announcement to the ASX Qantas said the closure of Jetstar Asia will enable the airline to recycle up to $500m in capital and support its fleet renewal program.The airline said it would redirect 13 Jetstar Asia Airbus A320 aircraft to be progressively redeployed to Australia and New Zealand bringing more low fares and more local jobs.The decision will not affect any flights in Australia.Camera IconQantas announces it is axing its Jetstar Asia…

As protests in Los Angeles against the Trump administration stretched into their fifth day on Tuesday, social media creators have at times outnumbered the traditional press corps at rallies and have played an outsize role in sharing media about what has happened on the ground.Outfitted with their own makeshift press helmets and vests, many creators — many of whom lean conservative — have livestreamed entire days of coverage and posted to social platforms like X and streaming sites like Twitch and YouTube. During some of the week’s most violent moments, Trump officials like Stephen Miller and billionaires like Elon Musk…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Newly crowned French Open champion Coco Gauff said she was surprised by comments opponent Aryna Sabalenka made after the women’s final, citing her poor performance for the American’s victory.Sabalenka, who lost to Gauff in the finals of the 2023 U.S. Open, was emotional after her loss at Roland Garros Saturday, calling her performance the “worst tennis” she’s played in months.  Coco Gauff of the United States poses with the trophy after winning the women’s singles final against Aryna Sabalenka at Roland Garros Stadium. (Susan Mullane/Imagn Images)But Sabalenka failed to give credit to Gauff, saying…

Tourists and locals enjoy a warm spring day with high temperatures in El Postiguet Beach.Marcos Del Mazo | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesU.S. tourists seem to be cutting back on summer trips to Europe — but Chinese travelers are more than making up for it, a study found.Data from the European Travel Commission (ETC) published Tuesday showed that just 33% of U.S. survey respondents were planning to visit Europe this summer, some 7% below the levels of last year.The decline appears to largely relate to funding, with 54% of those polled citing high travel costs as a barrier.But political concerns, including…

The announcement marks the first time direct Libyan involvement in Sudan’s ongoing war has been alleged.The Sudanese army has accused the forces of eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar of attacking Sudanese border posts, the first time it has accused its northwestern neighbour of direct involvement in the country’s civil war, now in its third year. The war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), whom the military also accused of joint involvement in the recent attack, has drawn in multiple countries, while international attempts at bringing about peace have so far failed. Early in the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) was hit with a federal indictment for allegedly obstructing Homeland Security agents during the May 9 incident outside a Newark immigration detention facility in a move her attorneys call political payback.U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced the three-count indictment, charging McIver with forcibly impeding federal officers during the attempted arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka at the Delaney Hall immigration facility.According to a DOJ press release, McIver and two other members of Congress were conducting a congressional oversight visit that coincided with an immigration protest. After Baraka entered the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Leon County, Texas, rancher was airlifted to a hospital and another person was taken by ambulance after being attacked by what officials called “an unhappy cow” on Monday morning.In a post on Facebook, Leon County Emergency Management (LCEM) said “AirMed 12 N” picked up an injured rancher who had been “attacked by an unhappy cow.”FOX 26 in Houston reported that EMS responded at about 9 a.m. to the area, which is located nearly 90 miles east of Waco, Texas, and nearly half-way between Houston and Dallas.Responding units included LCEM and other…