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Robert Jarvik, who co-designed the first permanent artificial heart, dies at 79

05/30/2025 7:02pm
Dr. Robert Jarvik, who was a key designer of the first permanent artificial heart implanted in a human, died on Monday in his Manhattan home at age 79.

Oreo maker Mondelez sues Aldi, alleges packaging confuses customers

05/30/2025 5:05pm
Snack food maker Mondelez is suing the Aldi supermarket chain, alleging the packaging for Aldi's store-brand cookies and crackers "blatantly copies" Mondelez products.

PBS sues Trump over funding cuts

05/30/2025 4:17pm
PBS sued Donald Trump on Friday over the U.S. president's order to cut its federal funding, calling it an unprecedented attack that would "upend public television."

Loretta Swit, Emmy-winner who played Houlihan on TV series 'M-A-S-H,' has died at 87

05/30/2025 2:45pm
Loretta Swit, who won two Emmy Awards playing Major Margaret Houlihan, the demanding head nurse of a behind-the-lines surgical unit during the Korean War on the pioneering hit TV series "M-A-S-H," has died. She was 87.

Man charged in New York with 3-week kidnapping to try to steal Bitcoin

05/30/2025 9:50am
A grand jury has indicted a 37-year-old cryptocurrency investor on suspicion of kidnapping a business partner in Manhattan's Soho neighborhood for three weeks, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Judge extends block of Trump ban on Harvard's international students

05/30/2025 6:49am
A federal judge said on Thursday she would extend an order blocking the Trump administration from revoking Harvard University's ability to enroll international students.