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Marijuana is prescribed to help ease chronic pain and control nausea in cancer patients, but legal red tape has made more comprehensive research difficult.

The state had secured grants to protect communities from flooding before the administration attempted to cancel roughly $182 million in FEMA funds.

Jared Isaacman said nuclear power in space will be key to exploration beyond the moon, including future missions to Mars.

Isaacman was first nominated for the role year ago, but Trump withdrew his nomination months later. Then he renominated Isaacman last month.

OMB Director Russell Vought said the National Science Foundation "will be breaking up" the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado.

The discovery was striking for the number of footprints and the location that has never previously yielded dinosaur tracks, experts said.

A 33-year-old man died in Snohomish County on Tuesday. Gov. Bob Ferguson said it was a minor miracle there haven’t been more deaths.

Although the Trump administration has taken steps to scuttle or downplay other reports about climate change, this one struck a similar tone to those from past years.

Under ideal conditions, skywatchers may be able to see as many as 120 meteors per hour, according to NASA.

The species is being forced to rewire their genetics in a bid to survive as climate change dismantles their icy habitats.

It's believed to be the fourth "transplant-transmitted rabies event in the United States since 1978," according to a CDC report.