Medical Mystery: A baby with high fevers, hair loss and finally, a rare diagnosis The Washington Post

Recent storms washed away large sections of roads in the UK after sea defenses were damaged. For residents, it was a shock. But for coastal scientists, it was not unexpected.

Irish politicians condemn use of Shannon airport by private jet en route to Israel, owned by Trump donor Gil DezerRevealed: Private jet owned by Trump friend used by ICE to deport Palestinians to West BankPoliticians in Ireland have said the use of an airport in County Clare by planes deporting P...

This live blog is now closedAmid mounting speculation that Keir Starmer could quit over the Mandelson scandal, Gordon Brown has described the prime minister as a “man of integrity” but said he faced a “serious” challenge to remain in his role.Police officers probing accusations relating to Peter ...

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A New York man who was pardoned by President Trump for his role in the Jan. 6. 2021, attack on the Capitol pleaded guilty Thursday to making death threats against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.). Christopher P. Moynihan, 35, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated harassment in t...

Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop. The New York TimesLawyer wants new trial in earlier case involving ICE officer who shot Renée Good The Washington PostVeteran ICE officer went from fearing for his life to taking a life Star TribuneExclusive: 300+...

Public sector organizations in emerging economies could improve their performance and resilience by taking a more systematic approach to knowledge management, according to a review in the International Journal of Business Excellence.

The Trump administration is seeking to expedite the removal of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, days after a federal judge in Texas ordered their release from an immigration detention center. The federal government filed a motion earlier this week to end asylum cl...

Russia launches more than 440 drones, missiles at Ukraine overnight, Zelenskyy says ABC NewsRussia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,444 Al JazeeraUkraine’s coldest winter: Russia’s energy strikes collide with waning supplies The HillRussia launches massive attack on Ukraine's energy system,...

The Environmental Protection Agency has drastically pulled back on holding polluters accountable.

The documents confirm what many have long assumed: elites live by their own special rules and codes of immunityThe millions of Jeffrey Epstein files dumped last Friday by the US Department of Justice will provide journalists, conspiracy theorists and interested members of the public with months o...

Peaceful demonstrations force a delay in measures aimed at improving revenue collection but which many fear will be fatal for small traders Demonstrations across Malawi’s four main cities during the past week have achieved a delay in the introduction of a new tax regime that business owners claim...

At the recent World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney proclaimed "a rupture" in the global "rules-based order" and a turn to great power rivalry.

'It's about the loneliness we all feel': The painful scene that really makes Taxi Driver a classic BBCFifty years on, the anti-hero of “Taxi Driver” is eerily familiar The EconomistTaxi Driver at 50: Martin Scorsese’s film remains a troubling reflection of our times The Conversation‘You Talkin’ t...

There are some limits, even for President Trump — or so it seemed on Friday. The latest furor began late Thursday night with a social media post from the president. The post amplified a flagrant and undeniably racist clip of former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama. The firesto...

From an app on his phone, the Speaker of Ukraine’s Parliament can monitor the plunging temperatures in his Kyiv apartment — the direct result of Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. While lobbying for more support for Ukraine in Washington, D.C., Ruslan Stefanchuk shows The Hill t...

Spain and Portugal on Saturday braced for another storm heading for the Iberian peninsula, just days after the floods caused by Storm Leonardo killed at least one person in each country.

Super Bowl Halftime Is the World’s Biggest Stage. He Designs It. The New York TimesSuper Bowl Halftime Shows Through The Years ABC NewsThe 10 greatest Super Bowl halftime shows of all time The IndependentRanking the best Super Bowl halftime shows in history NBC SportsHow Super Bowl halftime momen...

DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE NPRScott Galloway calls for Americans to boycott Trump’s biggest enablers: Big Tech MS NOWWhat is 'Resist and Unsubscribe' boycott? What to know about February ICE boycott Milwaukee Journal SentinelScott Galloway on B...

Capture of rogue ship could open a new front against Moscow at a time when Russia’s oil revenues are tumblingThe UK is threatening to seize a Russia-linked shadow fleet tanker in an escalatory move that could lead to the opening up of a new front against Moscow at a time when the country’s oil re...

No front line: Russia's hybrid pressure on German army in Lithuania Euronews.comRussia’s Hybrid War on Europe NPRRussia Is Swarming Europe with Young Agents The New YorkerRussian Federation Hybrid Operations and Kinetic Escalation in the Ukrainian Theater and Suwalki Gap https://debuglies.comNo f...

Four astronauts will blast off to re-staff the International Space Station (ISS) next week, NASA said Friday, after an emergency medical evacuation of the previous crew.

Horoscope for Saturday, February 07, 2026 Chicago Sun-TimesHoroscope for February 7: These 2 Signs Are Having Especially Lucky Days TODAY.comHoroscopes Today, February 7, 2026 USA TodayThe Tarot Horoscope For Saturday, February 7 Has A Message For Your Zodiac Sign YourTangoHoliday Mathis horoscop...

Reporters say relatives in Iran have been questioned and persecuted in an effort to curb coverage of unrestExiled Iranian journalists working for the BBC have been warned their movements are being closely monitored by the state, as they said their families in Iran were being interrogated and pers...

Cyclone was expected to become a category-three system before it hit the Pilbara coast on SundayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA tropical cyclone off northern Western Australia is expected to intensify into a severe category three system.Cyclone Mitchell was offshore o...

YouTuber Sur Ronster issued with two traffic infringement notices for negligent driving in relation to the bridge ride-outGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales police have fined an American social media personality and issued two traffic infringement notices f...

Thirteen state and federal NSW MPs appeal to police to allow planned march protesting against the visitGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe NSW government has invoked special powers ahead of the Israeli president’s visit next week with the premier, Chris Minns, warning w...

The case in Bangladesh, where Nipah cases are reported almost every year, follows two Nipah virus cases identified in neighbouring IndiaThe World Health Organization said on Friday that a woman had died in northern Bangladesh in January after contracting the deadly Nipah virus infection.The case ...

Tucson TV station KOLD said on Friday it received a new message, via email, tied to the Guthrie case. The station said it couldn’t disclose its contents.

Luigi Mangione speaks out in protest as judge sets state murder trial for June 8 AP NewsView Full Coverage on Google News

4 people have died from eating death cap mushrooms as they spread in California after rains AP NewsView Full Coverage on Google News

They offer independence, reduce emissions and congestion. But they are also endangering livesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAfter the Sydney Harbour Bridge was swarmed by 40 or so ebikes and e-motorcycles on Wednesday, the Australian government said the country faced a...

Single-engine Cessna crashed into water at Long Bay near Goolwa South on Friday afternoonGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree people have died after a light plane crashed into the ocean near Goolwa South in South Australia on Friday.Police responded to reports of the s...

As Europe moves to address its shame, it’s highlighting the comparative lack of accountability in the U.S.

Claims of penis injections in ski jumpers has fillers spewing into the news.

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) implored President Trump on Friday to take down a racist video posted to the president’s Truth Social account showing former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama depicted as apes, according to a source familiar. The post was removed after the call, the sour...

Pastor Mark Burns, an ally to President Trump, said Friday that the White House staffer who posted a since-deleted racist video depicting former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes “should be fired immediately.” “The President made it clear to me that this post was made b...

Incident is at least the third time the exchange has been targeted by thieves.

In early January, authorities from South Australia's Department of Primary Industries took to the streets of Adelaide on the hunt for a suspicious individual.

Can Disney’s Josh and Dana Honeymoon Last? PuckA viral outbreak at the Winter Olympics, and Disney names Bob Iger's successor (again): The news quiz NBC NewsFive problems awaiting Disney’s new CEO cnn.comBehind Disney’s Search for a Lasting Successor to Bob Iger The Wall Street JournalInside Josh...

Kid Rock offered a preview of what to expect Sunday when he headlines the “All-American Halftime Show,” an alternative Super Bowl performance hosted by Turning Point USA. In a video posted Thursday with conservative media pundit Benny Thompson, the “All Summer Long” singer sought to dispel concer...

An investigation has uncovered a sprawling network of hidden cameras in Chinese hotel rooms that livestream guests -- including couples having sex -- to paying subscribers on Telegram. Over 18 months, the BBC identified six websites and apps on the messaging platform that claimed to operate more ...

Who might succeed Sir Keir Starmer as Britain’s prime minister? The EconomistIt’s tragic that a decent PM will be brought down by Mandelson’s sleaze – but it’s a matter of when, not if | Polly Toynbee The GuardianKeir Starmer fumes as Labour leadership rivals splinter into civil war The TimesStar...

Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee launched a probe Friday into the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) arsenal of “less lethal” weapons, citing a string of serious injuries, including during protests over the death of Renee Good. “It is clear that something is rotten at DHS, ...

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), one of six Democrats who appeared in a taped video message reminding military service members they can refuse illegal orders, accused the Trump administration of trying to intimidate her through the legal process. “They really are using this legal intimidation, phys...

Police investigating whether blast that injured at least 169 at Friday prayers in Islamabad was suicide attackAn explosion has ripped through a Shia mosque on the outskirts of Pakistan’s capital during Friday prayers, killing 31 people and injuring at least 169 others, according to officials. Pol...

Spain and Portugal hit with torrential rain while flash floods in Morocco force more than 100,000 people to evacuateThe Iberian peninsula has been placed under severe weather alerts as Storm Leonardo continues to batter parts of Spain and Portugal with torrential rain and strong winds.Since Tuesd...

Amazon has booked 10 more launches with SpaceX, citing a "near-term shortage in launch capacity."

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrag...

Residents of New Zealand capital advised not to enter the water, collect seafood or walk their dogs on local beaches after wastewater plant failureA sewage leak in New Zealand’s capital Wellington has been described by local authorities as an “environmental disaster,” with repairs to the city’s w...

Dozens of people have died, including two Australians, as record-breaking snowfall blankets the northDozens of people have died in Japan after record-breaking snowfall blanketed northern regions of the country, while officials warned that warmer temperatures could trigger a new wave of accidents....

The country’s first female PM is the object of a personality cult revolving around everything from her outfits and snacks to her favourite pink pen Just eight months ago, Japan’s ruling party appeared to have reached the edge of the electoral abyss. It had lost a parliamentary majority for the se...

The emphasis is on "mid-turn steering and frequent progress updates."

Umar Bio Salihu, 53, the local head of Woro in Kwara state, says gunmen ‘just came in and started shooting’The traditional chief of a village in western Nigeria where jihadists massacred residents earlier this week has recounted a night of terror during which the attackers killed two of his sons ...

Experts warn against drinking raw milk after New Mexico baby's listeria death BBCNew Mexico warns against consuming raw milk after newborn dies from listeria NBC NewsNew Mexico warns raw milk linked to infant death, while FDA announces new testing of baby formula CIDRAPNew Mexico newborn dies fro...

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Local politician says armed men rounded up residents, bound their hands behind their backs and shot themMore than 160 people have been killed in two villages in western Nigeria in the country’s deadliest armed assaults this year, as communities reel from repeated and widespread acts of violence p...

During his first show back, Bongino attempted to skewer his old enemies and reconnect with the audience that, years ago, launched his name into the MAGA stratosphere.

Officials say calm restored to province day after dozens killed in suicide and gun attacks in at least 10 citiesPakistan’s security forces have intensified their operations against separatist militants in Balochistan province who launched a large-scale assault on Saturday in which at least 31 civ...

Five years after the junta’s coup, the civil war devastating Myanmar has reached a turning point. The military is carrying out large-scale counter-offensives across the country to reclaim territory seized by pro-democracy rebels of various ethnic and religious backgroundsIn Tanintharyi, the south...

Sen. Susan Collins’ announcement of ICE’s drawdown relieved some of the pressure in the blue state. But Democrats still say it’s not enough.

The ad uses footage of the Maine governor criticizing the agency in a speech this week.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that the U.S. set a June deadline to reach a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, hoping to bring an end to the nearly four-year-long war in Eastern Europe. Zelensky added that the Trump administration proposed another round of trilateral t...

For American firms, full decoupling from China’s most advanced technologies is neither practical nor competitive.

Ukrainian president says Trump administration has proposed to host next round of trilateral talks in USVolodymyr Zelenskyy has said the US has given Ukraine and Russia yet another deadline to reach a peace settlement, and is now proposing the war should end by June. The Ukrainian president also t...

The U.S. and India announced a framework for an interim trade deal in a joint statement Friday, an agreement the two nations said reaffirms their commitment to broader bilateral trade negotiations. President Trump announced earlier in the week that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had pledged ...

President Trump on Friday called the recent talks between the U.S. and Iran “very good,” but said the consequences would be “very steep” if a deal is not reached. Despite the pressure, Trump acknowledged that negotiations take time, telling reporters late Friday that “we’re in no rush.” “You have...

Pressure mounts on American Airlines CEO as carrier lags rivals CNBCAmerican Airlines Pilots Weigh Vote Of No Confidence In Management Forbes"Shame On You": American Airlines Flight Attendants Call for Shareholder Coup to Oust CEO PYOKAmerican Air Pilots Seek Meeting With Board on Underperformanc...

US gave Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach agreement to end war, Zelenskyy says AP NewsUS wants Russia and Ukraine to end war by June, says Zelensky BBCExclusive: US aims for March peace deal in Ukraine, quick elections, sources say ReutersZelenskyy says U.S. gave Ukraine and Russia a Ju...

Trump envoys met directly with Iran foreign minister in Oman AxiosTrump confirms more talks with Iran as Tehran stands firm on nuclear enrichment. Here’s what to know cnn.comIran says talks with US in Oman ‘a good start’, more discussions expected Al JazeeraIranian lawmaker calls Trump a ‘liar’ o...

Robert Lloyd Schellenberg was detained on drug charges in 2014 before Canada-China ties nosedived in 2018China has overturned the death sentence of Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, a Canadian official said on Friday, in a possible sign of a diplomatic thaw as prime minister Mark Carney seeks t...

Donald Trump says another meeting set for next week while warning of ‘very steep’ consequences if Tehran doesn’t make a dealIndirect talks between Iran and the US on the future of Iran’s nuclear programme ended on Friday with a broad agreement to maintain a diplomatic path, possibly with further ...

Just four months ago, Timor-Leste formally became a member of the Association of Southeast Asian States (ASEAN). This week, the tiny country took an unprecedented step: its judicial authorities appointed a prosecutor to examine the Myanmar military's responsibility for war crimes and crimes again...

Scoop: White House plans Board of Peace meeting in D.C. on Gaza reconstruction AxiosTrump’s ‘Board of Peace’ to convene in Washington, discuss Gaza: Report Al JazeeraTrump’s ‘Board of Peace’ and the multilateral order BrookingsTrump Plans for Board of Peace to Meet in Washington This Month Bloomb...

President Trump on Friday said he “of course” condemns a since-deleted racist video posted on his social media account depicting former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes, but declined to apologize for the post. Trump told reporters on Air Force One while heading to Palm...

Initial announcement sparked fury from US cattle ranchers as economists say change will have little impact on pricesDonald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation to hike the US’s low-tariff imports of Argentinian beef, though economists have said the attempt to lower costs for US consumers will li...

The State Department announced it will initiate the delivery of an additional $6 million in supplies to Cuba as tensions between the two countries continue. The new round of supplies comes in response to a humanitarian crisis in Cuba partly driven by Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlant...

Billie Eilish’s brother and musical collaborator, Finneas O’Connell, on Wednesday ripped into “powerful old white men” who criticized his sister’s comments about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Grammy Awards on Sunday. “Seeing a lot of very powerful old white men outraged about w...

President Trump has struck a new deal increasing beef imports from Argentina despite facing push back from Republicans and allies in the agricultural sector. Argentina’s foreign ministry said in a statement the agreement was signed Thursday and grants “an unprecedented expansion of preferential a...

Tom Barrack has been working to stabilize Syria under the leadership of Ahmed al-Sharaa, while President Trump has supported the reintegration of the Syrian state and the Syrian Democratic Forces, in order to create a more stable and prosperous region.

Zubayar al-Bakoush is suspected in Libya attack resulting in deaths of US ambassador and three other AmericansThe US attorney general, Pam Bondi, announced on Friday the arrest of a “key participant” in the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack that killed four US government officials, including the US ...

The U.S. on Friday called for a new, broader nuclear arms control treaty with China and Russia after it accused Beijing of conducting a secret nuclear test. “China has conducted nuclear explosive tests, including preparing for tests with designated yields in the hundreds of tons,” Under Secretary...

Canada and France announced Friday they will open diplomatic consulates in Greenland, a move to side with Denmark amid tensions between the country and the U.S. after President Trump threatened to take control of the self-governed Arctic territory. Canadian officials, including Foreign Minister A...

Turkey has been in the news in recent weeks for a role it knows well: peacemaker. As tensions simmer between the United States and Iran, Turkey has attempted to bring U.S. and Iranian officials to the negotiating table, hoping to ease the threat of U.S. military action. It’s a familiar posture fo...

This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereIt is the first time the US and Iran have sat down for face-to-face negotiations since June last year, when Israel launched attacks on Iran that sparked a war marked by tit-for-tat airstrikes, with the US also joining the fray. It effec...

EU proposes 'powerful' 20th Russia sanctions package with full ban on oil maritime services The Kyiv IndependentAs West goes after Russia’s oil fleet, Moscow fears for its war funding The Washington PostEU proposes new sanctions to weaken Russia's oil and gas revenues Euronews.comEU targets Russi...

Founding of diplomatic outposts in Nuuk comes after US made efforts to secure control of Arctic islandOpposition to US has hardened in western Europe after Greenland threat, poll findsCanada and France are to open diplomatic consulates in the capital of Greenland on Friday, showing support for th...

Emails appear to show Mountbatten-Windsor attempting to introduce Epstein to UAE crown prince via foreign affairs ministerAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor vouched for Jeffrey Epstein during a UK state visit to the United Arab Emirates with Queen Elizabeth II in 2010, according to newly released emails....

NASA Selects Two Earth System Explorers Missions NASA (.gov)View Full Coverage on Google News

Beating the Americans will feel even sweeter for the U.S.’ top allies.

Miguel Díaz‑Canel says Cuba is willing to engage Washington amid the island’s deepening economic crisisAfter months of threats from Donald Trump, the president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, has said that his government is willing to talk to the United States, just so long as it is “without pressure...

Taiwanese president says ties with Washington ‘rock solid’, hours after leaders of US and China share first call since NovemberIn their first call since November, Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned US president Donald Trump to be “prudent” about supplying arms to Taiwan, according to a readout of t...

Bobi Wine’s whereabouts unknown since he fled what he said was night raid on his home by police and militaryBobi Wine, Uganda’s most prominent opposition figure, remains in hiding nearly three weeks after a disputed election, as a high-stakes social media feud with the east African country’s mili...

Concern raised over politicisation of sportBangladesh pulled out of men’s World T20 after rowBangladesh’s withdrawal from the men’s T20 World Cup could have implications for India’s 2036 Olympic bid amid concern at the International Olympic Committee over the potential politicisation of sport.Ban...

In a study published in American Antiquity, Dr. David Madsen and his colleagues address the proposition that the lower Lahontan drainage basin (LLDB), located in the Intermountain West, is "unique" for the use of caves and rock shelters as burial locations. They found that, compared with the Bonn...

Proceedings briefly halted after audio from The Rest Is History broadcast over the courtroom speakersAs the highest court in the UK, the supreme court is usually the forum for proceedings of the utmost gravity. But last week, one hearing was momentarily interrupted by an unlikely and comic interv...

President reportedly wanted Dulles airport and Penn Station to be renamed after him in exchange for continued fundingA federal judge has reversed a freeze put on funds by Donald Trump for $16bn in enhanced rail links connecting New York and New Jersey amid reports that the US president wants majo...

Members of Congress will have access to unredacted Epstein files AxiosOpinion | Now We Know What All Those People Got From Epstein The New York TimesLutnick and Epstein were in business together, Epstein files show cbsnews.comMissing records from Bondi and Patel draw scrutiny in Epstein release A...

An anonymous reader shares a report: A new bill in the New York state legislature would require news organizations to label AI-generated material and mandate that humans review any such content before publication. On Monday, Senator Patricia Fahy (D-Albany) and Assemblymember Nily Rozic (D-NYC) i...

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday accused the White House and President Trump of a cover-up for blaming a staffer for posting a since-deleted video depicting former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes. “No one believes this cover up from the White House, espec...

A federal judge has granted the New York Attorney General's Office's motion for a temporary restraining order to prohibit the shutdown of the Gateway Tunnel project.

An Arizona judge on Friday struck down three state laws that limited abortion access, including a ban on telemedicine for abortion, ruling that the laws violate the state’s constitution. Maricopa Superior Court Judge Gregory Como ruled that the restrictions predated a constitutional amendment app...

Former President Bill Clinton makes case for public hearing in House Epstein probe ABC NewsClintons keep pushing for public hearings as Comer digs in his heels PoliticoClintons agree to testify on Epstein. Here's what the files say AxiosThe Clintons’ testimony is an opportunity for Democrats MS N...

Behold the most overwrought AI legal filings you will ever gaze upon.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) said it will begin allowing lawmakers to review the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files starting Monday in the wake of criticism that the administration has improperly shielded the identities of various people. “I am writing to confirm that the department is making un...

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) called for an investigation Thursday into Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson for attending the Grammy Awards, where various artists criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Jackson was nominated in the Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelli...

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Missouri’s attorney general challenging Starbucks’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. John A. Ross, the U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of Missouri and an appointee of former President Obama, dismissed the lawsuit because ...

NASA shall evaluate the "viability of transferring the ISS to a safe orbital harbor" after retirement.

Congressional Democrats urged the inspector general to conduct its review “expeditiously.”

Democrats have won 26 state legislative seats from Republicans since Trump retook office, with victories in Texas, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Mississippi, Miami, and Houston, showing that Democrats are organizing around working people and fighting for those who struggle firsthand.

The left smells blood after shocking Democratic primary result AxiosIn a Close Election, Voters Send a Sharp Anti-Trump Message The New York TimesHow a pro-Israel super PAC made a losing bet to open Democratic primary season NBC NewsNew Jersey Democratic primary contest for House seat on knife-ed...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) issued a plea to Republican leaders to denounce President Trump, after a video briefly depicting former President Obama and Michelle Obama as apes was pulled from Trump’s social media account. In a post on Instagram, Jeffries wrote, “Every Republican...

The western U.S. is a geologists' dream, home to the Rocky Mountains, the Grand Canyon, active volcanoes and striking sandstone arches. But one landform simply doesn't make sense.

Move will hit Michigan, Illinois, New York and other states with highest levels of lead drinking water pipes the hardestThere is outrage among some politicians and activists after the US Congress voted to slash $125m for replacing toxic lead drinking water pipes that are particularly a threat to ...

A new study examining education policymaking in Ireland over the last 30 years finds long-standing conservative practices have significantly constrained meaningful reform. Published in Irish Educational Studies, the research draws on perspectives from academic research, government experience, and...

Party says it has received advice that 2013 investigation of allegations against peer was ‘flawed in several respects’The Liberal Democrat peer Chris Rennard has been suspended from the party amid a new investigation into sexual harassment allegations.The party said it had received advice that a ...

Darin Smith, who was outside Capitol on January 6, decried as Senate mulls nomination as state’s top federal prosecutorA Republican former state lawmaker with no experience trying cases, a record of opposing LGBTQ+ rights, and who was outside the Capitol during the January 6 insurrection, is awai...

Republicans are digging in on their push for a partisan voting requirements bill as they aim to combat Democratic demands to reform immigration enforcement. But they face a minefield of internal division over how to get the legislation through both chambers of Congress. The House is scheduled to ...

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Former President Clinton on Friday called for a public hearing after he and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said they will testify as part of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. His call for a public hearing co...

A notable number of Republican lawmakers broke sharply with the White House on Friday after President Trump posted — and later deleted — a video on social media that included a clip of former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama depicted as apes. Republicans have generally been ca...

It hadn't been a successful morning for the Great Lakes Eagle Health team. Traveling by boat, truck, and foot, the team was searching for active eagle nests along the Wisconsin River in Nekoosa, Wisconsin. Tree one was a dud, and tree two, a heartbreaker. Dan Goltz, one of the team's climbers and...

AIPAC spent $2 million attacking moderate-leaning Tom Malinowski in a House special election — and may have handed the race to progressive Analilia Mejia.

Rep. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.) announced Friday he will retire at the end of his term, becoming the 30th House Republican to not seek reelection in an indication of what will be a difficult midterm year for the GOP. “Serving the people of Nevada has been the honor of my lifetime. Nobody is prouder of ...

North Carolina is no longer a moonshot, or the cherry on top of a good cycle — it’s a necessity.

This V8 hybrid with more than 900 hp replaces the V10 Huracán.

Virginia Democratic lawmakers late Thursday revealed a redistricting proposal that would give their party an advantage in all but one of the Old Dominion’s congressional seats this November. Virginia Democrats currently hold a six-seat majority out of the state’s 11 congressional districts, but t...

The Republican Party launched a new TikTok account Friday, a day after former vice president and 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris relaunched her campaign-era social media account KamalaHQ. The account, titled “Republicans,” had just less than 6,000 followers as of noon EST Friday. Its bi...

The state's High Court will decide if Virginia Democrats' gerrymander push can move forward.

The Pennsylvania governor is mounting an aggressive down-ballot push this year alongside his reelection bid.

A pair of June congressional primaries Mamdani has endorsed in are expected to be far more competitive than Moreno’s race.

The DNC is launching an outreach campaign to win over voters who skipped the 2024 election with a new "listening first approach."

Democrats flipped a deep-red state senate district over the weekend that has the party worried about November.

Two new reports portend a potentially bleak future for an American democracy that counts on its engaged citizenry to do everything from count votes to make laws.

An influencer said Senate candidate James Talarico called former opponent Colin Allred a “mediocre Black man. ” He insists he was only talking about Allred’s “method of campaigning. ”

The retiring senator is choosing a fellow progressive and lieutenant governor as her successor over moderate Rep. Angie Craig.

Trump’s support would once have been hard to imagine for the moderate critic of his. Now it further boosts Sununu as the GOP aims to flip an open Senate seat.

Competitive primaries in a few key states have helped Republicans maintain a cash advantage, according to new filings submitted to the Federal Election Commission.

The race is a crucial test for what the next generation of Democrats will look like — and whether they can prevail in a must-win race for their Senate chances.

Christian Menefee's victory will set up another generational battle for Democrats.

The tech billionaire, who once said he had “done enough” political spending, remains a significant benefactor for the Republican Party after patching things up with President Donald Trump.

Roughly two dozen states have rejected the Trump administration’s request, prompting an unprecedented legal clash between the Justice Department and state election officials.

Saturday’s oddly timed runoff is occurring after months of delays.

Election officials are preparing for the possibility of immigration enforcement activity at or near polling sites in November.

Dems have struck a fragile and uneasy peace with the president. Everyone’s holding their breath.

Eileen Gu overcomes an early fall in slopestyle to keep her Olympic dreams in tact AP NewsEileen Gu: The Winter Olympian who earns $23m a year — but just $100k of it from her sport - The Athletic The New York TimesSkier Eileen Gu sports a personalized, detail-studded ski suit at Milano Cortina Ol...

Capitalism is under attack from classrooms to town halls to voting booths. According to polls, a rising segment of the population is calling for socialism or even communism as young people embrace a radical chic in the country. And this week, another socialist looks ready to join a growing “squad...

Exclusive: Disclosures show figures cited by council leader rested on unfunded ideas listed briefly in budget papersReform UK’s flagship council has been accused of telling a “blatant lie” after its claim of nearly £40m in savings on net zero was found to be based on hypothetical projects for whi...

UK reduces funding by a third despite pledges to tackle hunger, with critics warning the move will cost livesUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has been accused of hypocrisy after cutting funding to the UN World Food Programme by a third while pledging to tackle “suffering and starvati...

NFU warn it could take years to restore Brexit losses despite efforts to smooth negotiations on farming and other elements of UK-EU resetExports of British farm products to the EU have dropped almost 40% in the five years since Brexit, highlighting the trade barriers caused by the UK’s divorce fr...

Americans aren't flocking to Florida like they used to. Higher prices are a big reason. Business InsiderAmericans are leaving Florida for Portugal: Why retirees say it's more affordable MSNState Taxes Are Quietly Reshaping Retirement Location Decisions 24/7 Wall St.Why Retirees Are Leaving ‘Cheap...

Tests on both versions of Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata were unable to detect brushstrokes of 15th-century masterAn analysis of two paintings in museums in the US and Italy by the 15th-century Flemish artist Jan van Eyck has raised a profound question: what if neither were by Van...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Friday said it is an “absolute lie” that he suggested renaming Penn Station after President Trump, a claim that the president made earlier in the day. “Absolute lie. He knows it. Everyone knows it,” Schumer said in a post on the social platform X. ...

An anonymous reader shares a report: Republicans' tax cuts shaved billions off Amazon's tax bill, new government filings show. The company says it ran a $1.2 billion tax bill last year, down from $9 billion the previous year, and even as its profits jumped by 45% to nearly $90 billion. That's lar...

Memory prices across DRAM, NAND and HBM have surged 80 to 90% quarter-over-quarter in Q1 2026, according to Counterpoint Research's latest Memory Price Tracker. The price of a 64GB RDIMM has jumped from a Q4 2025 contract price of $450 to over $900, and Counterpoint expects it to cross $1,000 in ...

Analysts expect Valve might be hit particularly hard by soaring RAM, storage prices.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 50,000 points for the first time in the 140-year history of the stock index. The Dow gained more than 1,200 points Friday, rising 2.5 percent to close at 50,115 points. The S&P 500 index rose 2 percent on the day, and the Nasdaq composite closed with ...

“It was somewhere on that street. It was a white van, full-sized, with no printing on the sides. It was parked on the street,” Brett McIntire said.

Kris Marszalek, the co-founder and CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com, has paid $70 million for the domain AI.com -- the highest price ever publicly disclosed for a website name, according to the deal's broker Larry Fischer of GetYourDomain.com. The entire sum was paid in cryptocurrency to...

Saying Goodbye to the Mass Market Paperback The New York TimesMass market paperbacks on the way out NewsNationAfter Almost a Century, Readers Close Mass Market Paperbacks NewserFarewell to the Mass Market Paperback Era FilmoGaz

An anonymous reader shares a report: KPMG, one of the world's largest auditors of public and private companies, negotiated lower fees from its own accountant by arguing that AI will make it cheaper to do the work, according to people familiar with the matter. The Big Four firm told its auditor, G...

The automaker follows Ford and GM in writing down huge sums after betting wrong.

Industry bigger than all but seven world economies, and accounts for more than third of China’s economic growthChina’s clean energy industries drove more than 90% of the country’s investment growth last year, making the sectors bigger than all but seven of the world’s economies, a new analysis ha...

Campaign finance disclosures filed late Saturday revealed details of the president’s unmatched political fundraising operation.

New Anthropic campaign suggests other AI platforms will incorporate targeted ads in their chatbot conversationsThe Seahawks and the Patriots aren’t the only ones gearing up for a fight.AI rivals Anthropic and OpenAI have launched a war of ads trying to court corporate America during one of the bi...

Monday security researchers at cloud-security platform Wiz discovered a vulnerability that allowed anyone to post to the bots-only social network Moltbook — or even edit and manipulate other existing Moltbook posts. "They found data including API keys were visible to anyone who inspects the page ...

For centuries, work with donated bodies has shaped anatomical knowledge and medical training.

Tom Brady tells Robert Kraft, "Get that 7th ring so we can match" NBC SportsTom Brady changes tone, tells Robert Kraft to get 'seventh ring so we can match' NFL.comSuper Bowl 2026: Tom Brady posts pro-Patriots message after backlash from former teammates Yahoo SportsTom Brady’s Latest Bid to Plea...

About 4% of all public commits on GitHub are now being authored by Anthropic's Claude Code, a terminal-native AI coding agent that has quickly become the centerpiece of a broader argument that software engineering is being fundamentally reshaped by AI. SemiAnalysis, a semiconductor and AI researc...

Neocities founder Kyle Drake has spent weeks trapped in Microsoft's automated support loop after discovering that Bing quietly blocked all 1.5 million websites hosted on his platform, a free web-hosting service that has kept the spirit of 1990s GeoCities alive since 2013. Drake first noticed the ...

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Waymo's robotaxis have racked up at least 24 safety violations involving school buses in Austin since the start of the 2025 school year, and a voluntary software recall the company issued in December after a federal investigation has not fixed the problem. Austin Independent School District initi...

Hollywood's recent attempts to build entertainment around AI have consistently underperformed or outright flopped, whether the AI in question is a plot device or a production tool. The horror sequel M3GAN 2.0, Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoning, and Disney's Tron: Ares all disappointed at...

Albert Breer’s NFL Awards Ballot: Drake Maye for MVP, Matthew Stafford for First-Team All-Pro Sports IllustratedPatriots’ Drake Maye Wins Quarterback Award Over Matthew Stafford NESNThe key to this Super Bowl quarterback's success? Being a little brother NBC NewsHey Drake | By Luke, Cole and Beau...

The $20,000 experiment compiled a Linux kernel but needed deep human management.

The European Union (EU) on Friday accused TikTok of violating the bloc’s tech laws with its “addictive design” features. The preliminary finding from the EU’s executive arm, the European Commission, points to features like infinite scroll, autoplay and push notifications, as well as the platform’...

New York state lawmakers have proposed a bill to pause the construction of new data centers for three years to study the environmental and economic impact of AI technology.

With Genie 3, Waymo wants to explore rare and even impossible driving conditions.

Salesforce is essentially shutting down Heroku as an evolving product, moving the cloud platform that helped define modern app deployment to a "sustaining engineering model" focused entirely on stability, security and support. Existing customers on credit card billing see no changes to pricing or...

An anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activist from Minneapolis is facing charges including cyberstalking after he allegedly threatened federal law enforcement officers on social media, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Kyle Wagner, 37, was arrested Thursday and made his i...

An anonymous reader shares a report: Amazon, Google, and Microsoft each reported hundreds of billions in RPO (remaining performance obligations) -- signed contracts for cloud computing services that can't yet be filled and haven't yet hit the books. Collectively, the big three cloud providers rep...

Regulators say design choices that hook users could breach EU's digital rules.

TikTok's endless scroll of irresistible content, tailored for each person's tastes by a well-honed algorithm, has helped the service become one of the world's most popular apps. Now European Union regulators say those same features that made TikTok so successful are likely illegal. From a report:...

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Production source says it takes "weeks" to produce just minutes of usable video.

Claude Opus 4.6 and OpenAI Frontier pitch a future of supervising AI agents.

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Hamster Corp.'s new "Console Archives" does what Nintendon't.

From dyes to pharmaceuticals to emulsifiers—ethylamine (EA) is a versatile component used in many industries. The downside of EA is that its production is terribly complicated and energy intensive. However, it is not a simple task to simplify EA production in a way that can also be scaled up to i...

A group of US astronomers may have uncovered the first evidence for a dark matter sub-halo lurking just beyond our stellar neighborhood. Reporting their findings in Physical Review Letters, a team led by Sukanya Chakrabarti at the University of Alabama in Huntsville suggests that an unseen clump ...

In medicine, security, nuclear safety and scientific research, X-rays are essential tools for seeing what remains hidden. The materials used to create X-ray detectors can be rigid, expensive and laborious to produce. But new research led by FSU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor B...

European coastal areas are under increasing pressure. Researchers are investigating ways to reverse this trend and help communities adapt to climate change. From Arctic fjords to Mediterranean seagrass meadows, centuries of human activity have damaged habitats that were once full of life.

The world is warming. This fact is most often discussed for Earth's surface, where we live. But the climate is also changing from the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean. And there is a clear fingerprint of humanity's role in causing these changes through greenhouse gas emissions, pr...

In collaboration with international partners, researchers at the University of Stuttgart have experimentally demonstrated a previously unknown form of magnetism in atomically thin material layers. The discovery is highly relevant for future magnetic data storage technologies and advances the fund...

This week in science news: Nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, may break down more rapidly in the atmosphere than previously thought due to climate change. A new, experimental pill dramatically reduces bad cholesterol. And physicists believe they detected an exploding black hole, representing...

Calling a friend "cousin" might not be just a term of affection among some African Americans. Now, a mathematical model shows that there is a good chance there is some type of family connection between 185 and 410 years ago for many pairs of African Americans of the same age.

Eucalyptus trees, laden with flammable oils, could spread into Portugal's south-central region by 2060 if changing climate conditions make the area more hospitable to their growth, creating wildfire hotspots that would evade detection by conventional prevention approaches.

Hybrid climate modeling has emerged as an effective way to reduce the computational costs associated with cloud-resolving models while retaining their accuracy. The approach retains physics-based models to simulate large-scale atmospheric dynamics, while harnessing deep learning to emulate cloud ...

Passerine (perching) birds make up 60% of all bird species, including some familiar Australian favorites, like the superb fairy-wren and willie wagtail. Until now, they were believed to only be capable of shallow reductions in body temperature, with deeper and longer torpor restricted to a few no...

European nations voted Friday to allow for chemical recycling to play a larger role in the production of plastic bottles, overcoming reservations about the energy-intensive technology.

A new study by researchers at Kiel University and MPI-EvolBio describes how more efficient protein production drives the adaptation of fungi to the human body, potentially turning previously harmless species into emerging pathogens. In the wake of global change and the associated rise in temperat...

A soft layer of white snow blankets the grounds of the Chicago Botanic Garden. The air is chilly, the sky gray.

Special pods at Chester zoo helped conservationists breed and release more than 100,000 greater Bermuda snailsA button-sized snail once feared extinct in its Bermudian home is thriving again after conservationists bred and released more than 100,000 of the molluscs.The greater Bermuda snail (Poec...

With the departure of the research vessel Polarstern from Punta Arenas (Chile) scheduled for this weekend, the "Summer Weddell Sea Outflow Study" (SWOS) international expedition will commence. Up to early April, a multidisciplinary international research team will investigate the northwestern reg...

When and how quickly can ecosystems "tip" and how will they develop in the future? Researchers from the University of Potsdam, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and the Technical University of Munich have developed a new method for measuring how close an ecosystem is to a catastr...

Sometimes we humans get ahead of ourselves. We embark on grand engineering experiments without really understanding what the long-term implications of such projects are. Climate change itself is a perfect example of that—no one in the early industrial revolution realized that, more than 100 years...

'Invisible scaffolding of the universe' revealed in ambitious new James Webb telescope images Live ScienceJames Webb Space Telescope's view of 800,000 galaxies paints a detailed picture of dark matter SpaceScientists just mapped the hidden structure holding the Universe together ScienceDailyNew c...

Less pollution meant lower amounts of a methane-destroying chemical.

Controversial 2025 study "represents the encroachment of pseudoscience into the heart of biological research."

"Our two worlds that on paper wouldn't seem connected, made a lot of sense to connect."

Every major galaxy is speeding away from us, except one — and we finally know why Live ScienceMilky Way’s ‘Central Black Hole’ is Compact Object Composed of Fermionic Dark Matter, Study Says Sci.NewsDaring Theory Challenges the Black Hole’s Reign Over the Milky Way’s Core GizmodoMilky Way’s centr...

When lasers cross: A brighter way to measure plasma Phys.org

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For the first time, the official guidelines read less like a math problem and more like common sense.

Fresh, affordable and nutritious food is an essential human need. But for many city-dwellers, accessing it can be difficult and time-consuming, especially for those who are elderly or have mobility challenges. This is true even in Montreal, a city that prides itself on its active transportation n...

Woman shares unlikely survival journey after migraines led to glioblastoma diagnosis: "I am truly an outlier" cbsnews.comFrom Migraines to Miracles: How Becca Valle Survived a Glioblastoma Diagnosis Against the Odds USA HeraldWoman shares survival journey after migraines led to glioblastoma diagn...

The Trump administration will reapprove the controversial herbicide dicamba for use on cotton and soybeans with some restrictions. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the decision to reapprove the chemical for two years in a statement late Friday afternoon. Dicamba has been spraye...

A new job posting suggests the debate may be swinging back toward reusing GS2.

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) blasted the direct-to-consumer (DTC) TrumpRx platform launched by the administration Thursday, denouncing it as a “glorified coupon book.” The Trump administration launched its DTC discount drug portal TrumpRx.gov Thursday evening. The website allows patients who are not o...

Martin Luther King III, the son of civil rights advocate the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., accused the National Park Service on Thursday of “sanitizing history” amid reported changes at a Mississippi house museum commemorating civil rights activist Medgar Evers. Evers, the Magnolia State’s first N...

The importance of updating the VA’s dated record system with precision cannot be overstated.

German newspaper Bild reported in January that some ski jumpers have been injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid ahead of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics -- the theory being that temporarily enlarged genitalia would yield looser-fitting suits when measured by 3D scanners, and those looser...

Adult with measles visited grocery stores, restaurant, animal shelter in Northern Virginia WTOPHealth officials investigate confirmed measles case at Virginia airport WSETMeasles exposure possible at stores, restaurants in Fairfax County, Virginia WJLAPerson with measles traveled through Dulles a...

The US attorney previously said anyone who brought a firearm to Washington would go to jail.