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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) P. Richard Hahn, Arizona State University(THE CONVERSATION) “Data science” is hot right now. The number of undergraduate degrees in statistics has tripled in the past decade, and as a statistics professor, I can tell you that it isn’t because freshmen love statistics. Way back in 2009, economist Hal Varian of Google dubbed statistician the “next sexy job.” Since then, statistician,

Italy's winless streak reached five matches following a 1-1 draw at home with Ukraine in a friendly on Wednesday _ extending the Azzurri's poor run of form following their failure to qualify for the World Cup

Newark Liberty International Airport's smallest and most antiquated terminal is getting a major upgrade

Federal officials say staff members at a Phoenix-area shelter for unaccompanied migrant children physically abused three children, leading to the closure of the shelter

California judge says she will order a new trial for cancer-stricken man awarded $289 million in Roundup case

The 15 Catholic dioceses in Texas early next year will release the names of clergy who have served in a parish since 1950 who have been "credibly accused" of sexual abuse of a minor

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President Donald Trump is taking his campaign blitz to Pennsylvania, rallying Republicans as Hurricane Michael pounds Florida's Panhandle

Sierra Leone's matches with Ghana in African Cup of Nations qualifying canceled, unclear if will be re-scheduled

A Minnesota state lawmaker is apologizing after he yanked a microphone from the hand of his Democratic challenger during a forum that was livestreamed over the internet

Planned Parenthood has launched a campaign to protect access to abortion as much as possible even if the Supreme Court, now joined by conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh, moves to curtail a woman's right to undergo the procedure

A man charged with opening fire and killing three people at a crowded Walmart in suburban Denver has pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder in a plea agreement that calls for him to serve a life sentence

A massive pipeline explosion in British Columbia risks cutting off the flow of Canadian natural gas to Washington State and companies are urging customers to conserve

The Los Angeles County coroner says diminutive actor Verne Troyer died last April of suicide by alcohol intoxication

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mark Bourassa, Florida State University and Vasu Misra, Florida State University(THE CONVERSATION) Hurricane Michael, an unprecedented Category 4 hurricane, has made landfall in the panhandle region of Florida. Hurricanes can cause immense damage due to the winds, waves and rain, not to mention the chaos as the general population prepares for severe weather. The latter is getting

A contest that could determine the balance of power in the U.S. House is being fought in a vast, rural district in Maine.

A Louisiana-based home health and hospice company says it is buying a nationwide hospice company based in New Jersey, and will become the nation's third-largest hospice provider

Local news reporters are working in the dark as Hurricane Michael comes ashore in Florida's Panhandle

Colombia's foreign minister is urging leaders of the leftist rebel group that signed a peace deal with the government to return to camps for ex-guerrillas "and not get lost, once again, on the path of violence and illegality."

A grand jury in New Jersey has indicted former baseball star Lenny Dykstra on drug and other charges