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Why do artichokes look so strange? What makes okra so slimy – and how can science help you turn that attribute into a taste sensation? Two botanists take plant science into the kitchen.

Judges in North Carolina said Tuesday that there isn't enough time to approve a new map before a new session of Congress — despite finding the map to be unconstitutionally gerrymandered.

Liu Qiangdong, also known as Richard Liu, was arrested on Friday in Minneapolis on suspicion of criminal sexual misconduct. He was later released and has returned to China.

After landing, 10 people were taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, says Eric Phillips, press secretary for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. The CDC is investigating.

On a day of hearings about Big Tech and free speech, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is talking to a House panel after Florida Sen. Marco Rubio sparred with conspiracy-monger Alex Jones.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis are expected to discuss anti-terrorism, maritime security, China's influence — and India's reliance on Iranian oil and Russian arms.

An anonymous newspaper op-ed attributed to a senior official in the Trump administration suggests that some in the Cabinet have contemplated using the 25th Amendment to remove the president.

Missouri Republican Rep. Billy Long, a former auctioneer, broke into bid calling to silence a protester during hearings with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Wednesday.

The landmark decision overturns a long-standing provision in the country's penal code that dates back to British colonial rule and outlawed all anal and oral sex.

For the Democrats, these hearings are not an exercise in shaping the Supreme Court. They are a series of appeals to their supporters to sympathize with the futility of their predicament.