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In this April 25, 1990 photograph provided by NASA, most of the giant Hubble Space Telescope can be seen as it is suspended in space by Discovery's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) following the deployment of part of its solar panels and antennae. (NASA)

Today in History: Hubble Space Telescope deployed

April 25, 2025 at 4:00 a.m.

On April 25, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed in orbit from the space shuttle Discovery. (It was later discovered that the telescope’s primary mirror was flawed, requiring the...

FILE – This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on electron microscope imagery, depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough. (Meredith Newlove/CDC via AP, File)

Whooping cough cases are rising again in the US

April 24, 2025 at 5:04 p.m.

Whooping cough cases are rising, and doctors are bracing for yet another tough year.

Police officers pay tribute to the victims who were killed by militants near Pahalgam in Indian-controlled Kashmir, after the bodies arrived at an airport in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo)

Tensions between India and Pakistan escalate following deadly attack in disputed Kashmir

April 24, 2025 at 5:50 a.m.

Tensions between India and Pakistan were high on Thursday as New Delhi mounted a diplomatic offensive against Islamabad, blaming it for a deadly attack that killed 26 people in Kashmir...

Connie Murray, wife of slain Unabomber victim Gil Murray, and her sons, Will, left, and Gibb, unveil a plaque dedicating a Capitol Park redwood tree, background, to the former timber industry lobbyist, in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, April 28, 1998. Murray was killed in April 1995, when he opened a package bomb at the Sacramento offices of the California Forestry Association. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Today in History: Final bomb linked to the Unabomber explodes

April 24, 2025 at 4:00 a.m.

On April 24, 1995, the final bomb linked to the Unabomber exploded inside the Sacramento, California, offices of the California Forestry Association, killing chief lobbyist Gilbert B. Murray. (Theodore Kaczynski was...

Health department staff members enter the Andrews County Health Department measles clinic carrying doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, April 8, 2025, in Andrews, Texas. (Annie Rice/AP)

What you need to know about measles, boosters

April 23, 2025 at 7:44 p.m.

Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs. It is preventable through vaccines, and had been considered eliminated...

This photo issued by Sotheby’s on Wednesday April 23, 2025, shows The First Folio of William Shakespeare, which contains 36 of Shakespeare’s plays, and is “the most significant publication in the history of English literature”. It is one of four folios which are due to go on sale at Sotheby’s in London on May 23, where they are expected to fetch between £3.5 million and £4.5 million. (Sotheby’s via AP)

A set of first editions of Shakespeare’s plays could fetch $6 million at auction

April 23, 2025 at 2:16 p.m.

A set of the first four editions of William Shakespeare’s collected works is expected to sell for up to $6 million at auction next month.

Police guard as ambulances carry bodies of tourists, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, April. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

India suspends water treaty and downgrades ties with Pakistan after deadly Kashmir attack

April 23, 2025 at 1:24 p.m.

India on Wednesday closed a border crossing, suspended a water-sharing treaty and downgraded diplomatic ties with rival Pakistan, blaming its neighbor for a militant attack the previous day that killed...

FILE – Bleached coral is visible at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, off the coast of Galveston, Texas, in the Gulf of Mexico, Sept. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

84% of the world’s coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record

April 23, 2025 at 9:30 a.m.

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent listens as President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he participates in a ceremonial swearing in of Paul Atkins as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Treasury secretary says trade war with China is not ‘sustainable’

April 23, 2025 at 8:00 a.m.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a Tuesday speech that the ongoing tariffs showdown against China is unsustainable and he expects a “de-escalation” in the trade war between the...

Miami quarterback Cam Ward watches a drill at the NFL combine in Indianapolis on March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

GM says Tennessee Titans will keep — and use — the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft

April 23, 2025 at 7:49 a.m.

The Tennessee Titans know who they want to select with the first overall pick in the NFL draft, so stop asking them if that spot is available via trade.