Tommy John, namesake for a pioneering elbow surgery that saved his career, dies at 83
The left-handed MLB pitcher was 31 years old when he tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow in 1974, an injury that had been a death knell for pitchers' careers up to that point.
A good – and bad – week for Italy's art police and museum security
On Friday, Italian police said they'd recovered three paintings stolen from a museum near the city of Parma. By Saturday night, thieves in Sicily had made off with four more masterpieces.
Lala is again a tropical storm, sending drenching rain and winds across Hawaii
Hurricane Lala weakened to a tropical storm Sunday after skirting Hawaii without making landfall, but it wasn't done punishing the Big Island with hurricane-force gusts.
What really happened in Ceuta? Why we may never find out
Hundreds of migrants have again attempted to cross from Morocco into the Spanish territory of Ceuta. This time, Moroccan officials fended them off, raising new questions about the crossing of July 30.
'What are we going to do?' The mom of a trans teen grapples with Trump's Medicaid move
A longtime Republican living in California says the Trump administration's continuing actions to target transgender youth take a personal toll.
Ukraine launches one of its largest aerial attacks of the war, killing at least 6 people in Russia
Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv's largest aerial attacks of the war.
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Billions of sea stars have died. A Northwest tribe is trying to save the species
Sunflower sea stars are critically endangered in the Pacific Ocean. University of Washington researchers are working with the Samish Indian Nation to bring this 24-armed creature back from the brink of extinction.
Lindsay Clancy's trial highlights gaps in understanding, treating postpartum psychosis
The high-profile murder trial of Lindsay Clancy's has put the condition in the spotlight. Women who have had it call for more research and understanding of a difficult mental illness.
Are you a senior with a story? Submit your podcast for a chance to hear it on NPR
This fall, we're asking seniors to send us their stories in audio form. Our judges will pick the best ones and air them on NPR.
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Russia says at least seven killed in largest Ukrainian attack of 2026
Moscow also launched deadly strikes against Ukraine overnight, sparking fires across the capital Kyiv.
Watch: BBC visits smouldering market in Ukraine after strikes
Six people were injured in the strike on the market selling second-hand records, posters, toys and tools.
Emergency phone alert put domestic abuse victims at risk, campaigners say
The alert took many by surprise when it was sent to millions of phones on Friday night - but it may have also put vulnerable people at risk.
Murder inquiry after man bitten by dog dies
Police appeal for two people who stopped to help the victim in Wakefield to come forward.
Calls for public inquiry into Jason Arday 'witch hunt'
Lord Simon Woolley said Arday had been "hounded" by the media and pursued relentlessly.
Changing pubs into homes to be made harder under new rules
The rules will come into force on Monday along with other changes to planning policy.
Two dead and hundreds evacuated after twin fires break out on Greek island
About 200 firefighters worked to keep the fires from converging on Salamina, with one now under control.
Watch moment police arrest wanted man while he slept on roof
Two police officers suffered minor injuries during the incident, Greater Manchester Police say.
People who fled Stourbridge fires start to return home
Many families are only just discovering the extent of damage to their homes for the first time.
Four 'extraordinary' Renaissance paintings stolen from Italian museum
The works were taken overnight without alarms being triggered, raising suspicion of a professional hit.
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Stopping a cyberattack while walking your dog - defensive AI security CEO says it's not ruff to do
Corma CEO tells The Reg it's building 'One ring to rule them all, for the defenders to have this power'
The what, why, and how of pull requests and source comments
Microsoft veteran on knowing the difference and convincing approvers to accept a change
ChainDrop worm crawls into npm supply chain, evades standard defenses
Shai-Hulud variant poisons 444 packages, spreads via tarballs and dev-tool hooks
Lego's supersized Hubble deserves a little more shine
Excellent internal detail cannot entirely disguise some penny-pinching choices
Anthropic says text watermarking scheme relies on inconsequential words
'Shall I compare thee to a summer's afternoon' is the sort of thing this will make, and others look likely to adopt it
DeepSeek's innovative harness treats everything as a plug-in
Chinese AI labs keep moving forward while US labs play defense
1.6M RingCentral accounts' data dumped after ShinyHunters extortion attack
Another one bites the dust
Russian missile uses Nvidia AI chip to help target Ukraine
Kyiv wants tighter controls to keep foreign silicon out of Moscow's weapons
Trump sends the US Navy back to the steam age
Troublesome electromagnetic catapults look set to be replaced with old-fashioned technology
French tax authority admits data heist after crook touts 2M records
Government disputes claims of continued access as investigators measure damage
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Wildfire smoke now bigger prenatal threat than human sources of air pollution
Regulations reduced prenatal exposure to harmful emissions, but wildfire smoke is erasing gains.
VisionQuest trailer kicks off Disney's D23 fan event
Also: Ahsoka S2 teaser, Doomsday trailer, news about MCU's X-Men and Star Wars: Starfighter
Ukraine strikes major Russian rocket factory with cruise missiles
"Flamingo missiles were used. A good achievement."
So much solar: Digging into the list of every US power plant that went online this year
Utility-scale solar leads by a mile, followed by batteries. Fossil fuels, not so much.
Vulnerability giving attackers full control of Macs is under active exploitation
Screen-sharing bug lets remote hackers log in without a password.
First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity
Airline-backed venture aims to develop a hybrid-electric commercial aircraft.
Suspecting court of using AI, man injected prompts in filings to try to win case
Judge warns pro se litigants are using chatbots wrong and getting desperate.
State judge orders Kalshi to stop offering sports bets and other wagers
Kalshi ordered to stop offering bets in Washington, must implement geofencing.
PBS station fears losing 50TB of data after being ghosted by cloud storage provider
"We don't have access to the data on the hardware/servers," Iron Mountain told Ars.
Policy experts: Europe stuck between "rock and a hard place" on launch
It turns out that the economics of rocket reuse are pretty, pretty good.