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The former Texas governor once wanted to eliminate the Department of Energy. Perry and Donald Trump have doubted climate science, an key area of research at some of the department's 17 national labs.

The Senate confirms the Republican congressman from Texas as the director of national intelligence in a vote along party lines. His detractors say he lacks experience for the job.

By studying the number of all current deaths compared to those in previous years, researchers have found that high-poverty, crowded areas where people of color live have been hard hit by the pandemic.

America's librarians award Tae Keller's When You Trap A Tigerthe Newbery Medal andWe Are Water Protectorsillustrated by Michaela Goade and written by Carole Lindstrom won the Caldecott medal.

President Joe Biden said a strike carried out by the U.S. has killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, a top Al-Qaida leader and key plotter in the 9/11 attacks.

Fresh Air's critic looks back on a fruitful year and lists his favorite music releases of 2011.

Magnus Carlsen, the No. 1 ranked chess player, quit the World Rapid Chess Championship in New York on Friday after refusing to change out of jeans to conform to a strict dress code.

The All Songs Considered host had his mind blown by Rosalía's LUX and his heart broken by Patrick Watson's uh oh, and was taken for a wild ride by Geese.

As The Life of a Showgirl's numbers dwindle, some fresh voices liven up the song and album charts this week.

Over the weekend, Ngugi wa Thiong'o's odds went from 75/1 to 6/1, Ladbrokes reports. He is the second favorite, behind Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer.