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Marie Curie (left), French physicist and winner of the 1903 Nobel Prize for physics, Canadian Donna Strickland (middle), who won the 2018 prize for her work with lasers, and physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer (right), who won for her work in atomic physics in 1963.

The Nobel Prize In Physics: 117 Years, 3 Women And Counting

Donna Strickland is the first woman to win the prize in a generation. Other women in physics are not surprised, but some hope change may be coming.

Advisers to the CDC are recommending that people with weakened immune systems get a third shot of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. The vote follows the authorization of such use by the FDA.

CDC Recommends 3rd Vaccine Dose For Immunocompromised People

The CDC is officially recommending a third dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine for people with weakened immune systems. It follows the FDA authorization a day earlier.

A New York City police officer looks over the center of Columbia University ahead of a large graduation ceremony in May, following weeks of pro-Palestinian protests.

3 Columbia deans ousted for texts about Jewish students

The three were texting each other during a panel discussion on Jewish life on campus last May, mocking and disparaging students’ complaints of antisemitism.

Coronavirus Victims: Students From 3 States Remember Their Teachers

Across the country, teachers, coaches and counselors have died from COVID-19. Current and former students share their memories of educators lost in Georgia, Texas and New York.

Rescue workers put out the fire of a destroyed car after a Russian attack in a residential neighborhood in downtown Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Monday.

3 people are killed, and scores injured, in Russian attacks on Kharkiv

A Ukrainian official says Russian shelling and missile strikes in Kharkiv hit only civilian buildings such as a shopping center, a a school and a shopping center, and are "absolute terrorism."

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks in Wilmington, Del., during Night 3 of the Democratic National Convention. She spoke about her upbringing and her family and her background as a prosecutor.

4 Takeaways From Night 3 Of The Democratic National Convention

Kamala Harris used her prime-time speech to introduce herself and excoriate President Trump. Former President Barack Obama launched a rare attack on his successor. And Democrats urged people to vote.

Ariel Castro, center, listens to the judge during court proceedings Friday, July 26, 2013, in Cleveland. (Tony Dejak/AP)

Ohio Man Gets Life Term In Kidnapping Of 3 Women

One of three women kidnapped and repeatedly raped for a decade before their escape, told her abductor today that her years in hell are over, while his are just beginning.

A marijuana bud at a marijuana dispensary in Denver. Colorado, Oregon and Washington could become the first to legalize marijuana this fall.

3 Ballot Measures Would OK Pot Beyond Medicine

This November, three states will vote on ballot initiatives to legalize marijuana for recreational use. The legalization effort is getting support from U.S. attorneys and a Republican candidate for Senate. Some of the most intense opposition is coming from earlier legalization pioneers.

Central American immigrant families walk after crossing from Mexico into the United States to seek asylum in Texas.

Inside The Trial Of 3 Guatemalan Mothers Separated From Their Children

Last month, they waded across the Rio Grande with their eight- and nine-year-old sons. One woman testified that she believed she and her boy would be released until their court date.

Armed police and an ambulance are seen outside the Field's shopping center in Orestad, Copenhagen, Denmark, on Sunday.

A gunman killed 3 people and wounded others at a Copenhagen mall

A 22-year-old suspect was arrested after the shooting at the Field's shopping mall in Denmark's capital. Police said the victims included a man in his 40s and two young people.

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