A spokesman said the 41st president fell at his home in Maine. As a precaution he was admitted to a hospital.
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Scientists have long wondered what's in the wispy cloud of gas floating in the space between the stars, absorbing starlight. Turns out it's a form of carbon named after architect Buckminster Fuller.
Read More »Caitlyn Jenner At ESPYs: Transgender People ‘Deserve Your Respect’
Jenner, who made her transition to becoming a woman public earlier this year, accepted the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the sports ceremony Wednesday night.
Read More »Grand Jury Testimony In Cold War-Era Rosenberg Case Released
David Greenglass' courtroom testimony helped execute his sister Ethel Rosenberg and her husband, Julius Rosenberg, in 1953. But he later suggested to a reporter it was his own wife who played a role.
Read More »Strange Worlds At The Edge Of Our Solar System Finally Come Into Focus
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has beamed back its best photos of Pluto and its moons. Scientists will puzzle over them for years to come.
Read More »Obama: ‘No Precedent’ To Revoke Bill Cosby’s Presidential Medal Of Freedom
The president said: "If you give a woman — or a man for that matter — without his or her knowledge a drug, and then have sex with that person without consent, that's rape."
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The agreement with the country's creditors passed with support from the opposition. The vote allows Greece to begin negotiations with its creditors on a third bailout.
Read More »Undercover Video Targets Planned Parenthood
Activists say the video of a Planned Parenthood official is evidence the group is selling parts from aborted fetuses, which is illegal. Planned Parenthood says tissue is donated for medical research.
Read More »Obama Says Iran Nuclear Deal Meets U.S. National Security Interests
In a news conference that lasted over an hour, the president urged Congress to evaluate "this agreement based on the facts, not on politics." The deal faces much skepticism in Congress and in Israel.
Read More »Motorcycles Can Now Run Problematic Red Lights In Kentucky
A new law that takes effect today was prompted by motorcycles' inability to trigger sensors at traffic signals, forcing them to wait long periods at red lights.
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