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The countdown clock got within 40 seconds of the launch before the decision to scrub was made.

A series of problems forced the delay as SpaceX prepares to go public in what could be the largest IPO ever.

The premier of the Canadian province of Alberta, Danielle Smith, says voters will be asked this fall whether it's time to leave Canada.

In a primetime address Thursday night, Smith said the referendum will not trigger separation.

but rather it would start the legal process toward a binding vote, she said her preference is to remain.

AI is quietly making its way into some therapy offices as tools to record sessions and generate clinical notes.

Critics worry AI could undermine trust, as NPR's Winston Johnston reports.

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Comic Stephen Colbert took the stage as host of CBS's The Late Show one last time Thursday night.

Colbert took over the show from David Letterman in 2015.

Last year, CBS announced its cancellation, citing financial reasons.

Many suspect political pressure from the Trump administration playing a role.

Judges in Tennessee will soon decide whether the state's new congressional map will stay in effect for the midterm elections.

The court heard arguments Thursday in the first of four legal challenges to the new map.

Mariana Bacchial, Member Station WPLN reports.

Senate Republicans have left Washington for the Memorial Day holiday recess amid a backlash to President Trump's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization settlement fund that could grant money to January 6th rioters and his desire for $1 billion in taxpayer money for his ballroom project.

Voting abruptly called off Thursday on a measure to fund immigration enforcement agencies for three years.

Venezuelan officials have released a few dozen political prisoners far short of the hundreds ahead of the country's National Assembly announced would be freed by week's end.

Among those released, though, have been three of the longest held political prisoners in Venezuela.