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Twenty-five years after donating a kidney to her mother, an Alabama woman became the third human to receive a genetically engineered pig’s kidney, raising hopes for thousands of Americans on the waiting list for organ transplants, officials at NYU Langone Health announced Tuesday. She is the first live patient to receive a pig’s kidney with 10 gene edits designed to reduce the risk of organ rejection.

A man is lucky to be alive after walking naked for 25 miles in rain and near freezing temperatures from the Oregon border to near the Tri-Cities, say officials. BNSF railway employees spotted the nude man walking along the railroad tracks near McNary Dam on the Columbia River about 4:30 p.m. Sunday. After railroad employees alerted the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, deputies began to scour ...

The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday issued long-awaited rules requiring companies to display the full price of a hotel room, concert ticket or sporting event up front to customers, rather than hiding any extra charges – often called “junk fees” – until the very end of the checkout process.

As puzzling drone sightings continue across New Jersey and the Philadelphia suburbs, Garden State fire officials are briefing local fire departments on how to handle the potential downing of an unmanned aircraft.