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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s new commission to slash government spending began soliciting applications for staff jobs Thursday, saying it wants to hire “revolutionaries” who score highly on IQ tests.

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist who dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Trump, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Shares of Moderna, Novavax, Pfizer, BioNTech and GSK closed lower on Thursday.

Republican senators are preparing for a robust vetting of Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department, with a keen interest in details from a House Ethics Committee investigation into the former congressman from Florida.

A growing number of areas without OB-GYN care could further drive up the number of preemie births in the U.S., experts say.

A human head that washed ashore on Key Biscayne this week belonged to a man whose identity remains unknown, police said.

Steve Lee Hayes had carved letters onto a pillar of a gate of a shrine in Shibuya and was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of property damage, Tokyo Metropolitan Police said.

“I’d begin each conversation (with a potential date) by disclosing that I had a child. That way they could decide if they wanted to proceed.”

Former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson’s first sanctioned professional fight in almost 20 years is set for Friday against YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul.

The Rays will play their 2025 home games at the Yankees’ nearby spring training ballpark amid uncertainty about the future of hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field.

Adidas has signed high school basketball phenom Kaleena Smith.

Worn at Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953, the 300-carat diamond necklace sold Wednesday for more than twice its estimate at an auction in Geneva.

Chick-fil-A is bringing back a wintertime favorite that’s cool in more ways than one.