Steve Emt and Laura Dwyer represent the U.S. in the Paralympics' new mixed doubles wheelchair curling event. They could bring home Team USA's first wheelchair curling medal ever.

Twenty-three people have died since October in ICE custody, as advocates warn about overcrowding and health care access.

More than a week of the U.S. and Israel's war against Iran has dragged in global powers, upended the world's energy and transport sectors, and brought chaos to usually peaceful areas of the region.

The psychoactive substance in magic mushrooms appears to have a powerful effect on people trying to stop smoking.

President Trump provided conflicting messages about when the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran will end. And, NPR investigates how late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein leveraged ties with scientists.

From artificial intelligence to fatalities from music streaming to the effects of immigrants on elderly health care, the Planet Money newsletter rounds up some interesting new economic studies.

A large study found that people taking GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic for diabetes were less likely to be diagnosed with substance use disorder.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon was giving President Trump "maximum options" and that the war will not be "endless," a day after the president gave mixed signals about progress.

Trump hails Iran successes but offers no end date, Lebanon wants talks with Israel, and two teens are charged in NYC attack attempt.

The Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war, but presidents assert broad authority over use of force and the military. Congress has done little to push back.

The Type 45 destroyer's main role will be protecting RAF Akrotiri, which was hit with an Iranian-made drone.

Barton is told to pay the former England footballer more than £300k over two posts he made in 2024.

An inquest hears Cherish Bean and Ethan Slater died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning.

A huge fire destroyed a neighbouring building but Network Rail staff believe the station has not been seriously damaged.

Thousands of Britons have travelled to the Costa Blanca to enjoy Cheltenham Festival, the pinnacle event of the jump-racing calendar, from a distance.

Zendaya flashes a gold band on her wedding finger as she joins the A-list set at Paris Fashion Week.

Charlotte Griffiths says she never hacked a phone or used a private investigator as she gave evidence in the privacy trial brought by figures including Prince Harry and Sir Elton John.

Valdo Calocane attacked two colleagues weeks before he killed three people in Nottingham.

Darren Jones says the scheme - originally aimed at curbing illegal working - is now about improving services.

The purchase is part of wider plans to prevent major artworks from being bought by private collectors.

Think it's hard to tell bot from human on Facebook now?

The biggest generator of AI slop on the internet has a new home, as Meta has reportedly acquired Moltbook and hired the team behind the social network for AI agents.…

Ransomware, malware-as-a-service, infostealers benefit MOIS, too

Iranian government-backed snoops are increasingly using cybercrime malware and ransomware infrastructure in their operations - not just hiding behind criminal masks as a cover for destructive cyber activity, according to security researchers.…

Study warns peak cooling demand could strain US water systems by 2030

Public water supplies in America will need billions invested to meet the peak requirements of datacenters during the hottest periods of the year, even if their overall annual consumption is relatively modest.…

Agentic 'Air' lets multiple AI agents run tasks concurrently, while loyal IntelliJ users wonder what's in it for them

JetBrains has previewed Air, a tool for agentic AI development which it describes as a new wave of dev tooling.…

Rapid7 says crims broke into more than 250 sites globally, including a US Senate candidate’s campaign page

Cyber baddies quietly compromised legitimate WordPress websites, including the campaign site of a US Senate candidate, turning them into launchpads for a global infostealer operation.…

FAA launches pilot projects starting this summer

The skies over parts of the US could soon get busier, as the Federal Aviation Administration launches pilot projects spanning 26 states to test electric air taxis and other next-gen aircraft, with operations expected to begin by summer 2026.…

Launch predictions continue to be optimistic as 2027 and Artemis III near

SpaceX has rolled another Starship super heavy booster to the launch pad as the company's boss, Elon Musk, admits the first launch of Starship V3 had slipped.…

Big Red waves new features including vector support, while skeptics await concrete timescales

Oracle has proposed a more transparent approach to developing its open source database MySQL, including new features supporting vectors.…

Low-cost computers bashed by billion-dollar investment in AI infrastructure

Chromebooks, the low-cost computing option popular with education buyers, will be squeezed hardest this year as memory prices spiral out of control.…

Don't celebrate yet – more states are considering them

As more US states push to mandate OS-level age checks, System76 is taking its fight directly to lawmakers.…

The viral social network project was created with OpenClaw.

One toggle for "fast classic search."

Anthropic says it was blacklisted for opposing autonomous weapons, mass surveillance.

It's unclear what Prasad's FDA exit means, but some drug makers are happy to see him go.

"NASA’s tracking of SpaceX’s manual control risk indicates a worsening trend."

Gemini can now pull context from your files, emails, and more to create and edit documents.

Marc Abraham: “During the past year, it has become unsafe for our guests to visit the country."

Clever polymer science and a little robotic precision created the Hakkapeliitta 01.

AWS has suffered at least two incidents linked to the use of AI coding assistants.

8GB of RAM is a bummer, but this $599 laptop cuts most of the right corners.