In one of the country's most competitive districts, a Democrat tries to keep her seat
In a highly competitive Washington congressional race, the incumbent Democrat has angered part of her party base and the Trump-backed Republican challenger faces backlash against the party in power.
Reshaped civil rights mission at Justice Department transforms its work, workforce
Harmeet Dhillon has pushed out hundreds of longtime attorneys, replaced many with inexperienced ideological allies, and used the division's enforcement powers to pursue the president's agenda.
It's taking longer to find a new job after losing one
People who lose their jobs in this economy are taking longer to find new work. Nearly four in ten people exhaust their unemployment benefits before they land a new job.
Attack on Riyadh airport killed 12 people and wounded over 300 more, Saudi authorities say
Saudi authorities say the latest attack on the international airport in the capital, Riyadh, has killed 12 people and injured over 300. Their statement says the dead on Saturday included four Saudi citizens as well as two Bangladeshi nationals, a Palestinian, a U.S. citizen, an Egyptian, a Jordanian, a Syrian and a Sudanese. It said some of those injured were in critical condition. The attack — the latest of several in the past week on King Khalid International Airport — is expected to increase Saudi pressure on allies including the United States to provide military support for the kingdom.
Christa Pike discharged from the hospital and back in prison
Pike's attorneys say she is grateful for the care of first responders and her medical team.
Bayeux Tapestry's London tour spurs enthusiasts to Battle of Hastings reenactment
A reenactment of the Battle of Hastings, which took place almost a millennium ago, is drawing crowds of enthusiasts in the UK.
Trump weighs joining the fight against Houthis after Riyadh airport attack
The surge in attacks, including against other Saudi airports, military facilities and oil infrastructure, has come in the week since a Saudi-led coalition launched a major military offensive against the Houthis.
The Kennedy Center names new artistic director, amid concerns
The center's executive director has named an agent who has worked with ZZ Top and Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee as the head of programming for the arts institution.
At least 2 deaths attributed to Isaias after hurricane bashes Florida and Alabama
Hurricane Isaias is blamed for at least two deaths, after the storm made landfall on the Florida coast and ran through Alabama. There are numerous reports of downed trees, with hundreds of thousands of people without power.
Opinion: Can I keep the baseball I caught?
What would you do if you caught a baseball during the MLB playoffs? Give it to a kid nearby or keep it? This very scenario played out this week, with a fan deciding to keep the ball.
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'Time for Ukraine to get new president,' says Trump after Zelensky condemns diesel deal
Ukraine's leader had said the deal with Russia to release diesel into the US would help Moscow fund the war.
Man dies after tiger attack at wildlife park
The man was reported to have entered the tiger enclosure before he was attacked, police say.
US justice department investigates TV networks over Trump pool coverage
The White House had blocked access for CNN, MS Now and Politico, leading them to restrict pool coverage.
MPs seek to overturn ruling that stops police being sued for failings
MPs are seeking to stop immunity applying when police fabricate evidence or are dishonest or negligent.
Delhi sees more protests as 'cockroach' group's leaders released
Police say they will keep restricting access to the city centre after thousands of people were detained and released on Saturday.
Northern Lights dazzles skies across the UK
The natural phenomenon, known as the Aurora Borealis, is the result of increased solar activity.
Three friends on their student debt: One paid off, one chipping away and one creeping up
Lizzy, Charlotte and Libby studied at the same time, but their student debt now looks very different.
Inside the room: What it was like to be with Blackpink's Lisa as race scandal erupted
Film-maker Sue Kim talks about having unprecedented access to K-Pop idol Lisa Manobal at her most candid.
AI is creating a 'human premium' for art made by people, but will it hold?
Amid a surge in AI content, many are placing extra value on art that's obviously made by a human. But can that last, asks Ros Atkins
Toxicity and uncertainty await Man City as they prepare to take on Liverpool
Manchester City visit Liverpool on Sunday with a lot of uncertainty hanging over them. Phil McNulty looks at what lies ahead.
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Researchers work out how to control 2D semiconductor growth for future chips
Korean boffins use oxygen to stop crystals forming in the wrong places, aiming to get tech to commercial sector by 2030
Two characters open up a world of typosquatting opportunities in Chromium browsers
Attackers abusing rare Cyrillic and Latin letters to impersonate popular websites
EC users should be afraid of a US kill switch - not some new software
EU executive branch is building a sovereign backup with
Element, not replacing Teams. Not yet anyway
Stack Overflow survey finds devs hooked on AI, but not totally sold on its judgment
Source attribution matters to 79% of respondents – handy for a company licensing its Q&A archive to model builders
Microsoft leans on open weight model from Chinese AI lab to challenge Jev
The first version of Microsoft-Decision-1 is based on Qwen3.5-9B, but the next will sport homegrown tech, Redmond reassures
AWS AgentCore security undone by prompt requesting credentials
Tokens transmitted in metadata, weak VM isolation, and expansive permissions make hacking a lot easier
Microsoft 365 subscribers set to lose up to 4 TB of OneDrive storage
What Microsoft giveth, Microsoft taketh away, again and again
SpaceX to buy key spectrum that could help Starlink Mobile become major US cell carrier
Low-band frequencies can reach devices inside buildings, while 2 GHz orbiters could extend coverage beyond cell towers
Growing pains: how distributed AI training changes the network between datacenters
SPONSORED FEATURE: While linking the GPUs in a datacenter is a challenge, coordinating thousands of them to work efficiently over hundreds of kilometers presents a new set of difficulties.
Oracle lets AI agents do the work, provided you stay in Big Red's world
Analysts welcome Fusion Claw's tighter controls but warn of early adoption and cloud lock-in
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One with the world? A new look at brains transformed by psychedelics.
Participants meditated inside an MRI tube, with and without psilocybin.
Neanderthal wooden tools from Spain found preserved in stone
Dissolved rock precipitated around the tools, which then decayed.
Ukraine’s drones knock out AI data center belonging to "Russia’s Google"
One damaged data center has supercomputers used for training Yandex’s AI model.
A Cray-1 supercomputer replica from 30 "obsolete" Mac Minis
Stylish upcycling, with a retro flair, at Spain's Museo de Historia de la Computación.
NASA issues long-awaited call to industry for private space stations
"We’ve made it clear that NASA will never give up its presence in low Earth orbit."
What's been driving Hawaii's lava fountains?
Before the lava fountains started, the ground was expanding by half a meter a day.
AI coding agents generate more code, but not more software
Study finds coding efficiency gains get "absorbed" by human review "bottleneck."
Outrage grows as CDC reportedly poised to fund "unethical" vaccine trial
CDC allocated $1.6M for study on alleged harms of hepatitis B vaccine.
PC shipments fall 20.1 percent in “sharpest decline” since Q1 2023
"The current decline may be just the beginning of a new downward cycle."
AI disqualification yields new Nikon Small World in Motion winner
New winner is Nguyen Nam Nhat of Vietnam for video of a roundworm and single-celled Dileptus.