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Macy’s, one of the most iconic department store brands in the country, is set to shutter 14 locations in 2026, despite seeing modest growth in 2025. Among the affected stores will be the Macy’s at La ...

If there's one thing guaranteed to get Critical Role fans hyped, it's a dramatic new opening for the company's incredibly popular actual-play Dungeons & Dragons campaigns. No matter whether you ...

The molecular clock theory posits that genetic changes happen steadily and gradually, offering a reliable means for peering into the past and theorizing when complex life first emerged. However, there ...

Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in Africa’s fossil record of human origins. By Franz Lidz Researchers on Wednesday ...

Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to unravel in 2025. Analysis of DNA extracted from the fossil electrified the ...

A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) walks around with unearned arrogance when comparing California to red states such as Texas, despite the fact that leaders from those states continue to eat his lunch on every ...

ALLEN PARK — The Detroit Lions keep giving Jahmyr Gibbs more, and the running back keeps on delivering. Gibbs, in his third season with the Lions, is on pace to eclipse 2,000 yards from scrimmage for ...