The former West Virginia senator was a lifelong Democrat before deciding to register as an independent two years ago. He now wants to create similar pathways for other politicians in both parties.

South Asia's leaders have long boasted about their demographic dividend. But the region's young people are turning it into a political reckoning.

A mass shooting at a Seattle festival has left three people dead. And, the U.S. and Iran have been exchanging diplomatic messages after nearly tw weeks of intense fighting.

In southern France, a wildfire in the region of Gironde is still active, while two major fires in central Spain are finally coming under control, ahead of the fourth heat wave of the summer.

The influx of federal agents into the city last fall led to widespread immigration arrests – a majority without criminal convictions. President Trump has said he wants to replicate it elsewhere.

The spat between the leading prediction market company and a key battleground state could be a glimpse into the next major fight between states and the fast-growing industry.

Baltimore is rethinking what it means to call 911, and who responds. Callers who don't need police will get help finding social services and healthcare before they actually fall into crisis.

Three people were killed in a shooting at a Seattle food festival Sunday, U.S and Iran pause airstrikes, with less than 100 days left until Election Day, a look at how the midterms are shaping up.

The U.S. military has paused its airstrikes on Iran after nearly two weeks of intensifying bombing, while diplomatic efforts have pushed forward to try to avert a return to all-out war.

For Democrats to take control of the U.S. Senate, they have to flip four seats currently held by Republicans. Republicans, meanwhile, are playing defense and pickup opportunities are harder to find.

Thomas Cazenave says they are preparing if further evacuations are issued, as the mayor of a nearby town called the situation "catastrophic".

A blaze near Bordeaux has torn through more than 162 sq miles (420 sq km) in less than four days, while the Madrid region is seeing its worst fires ever.

The sentencing hearing of Robert Bush hears how the funeral parlour was likened to a "horror scene".

The post included a photo of a man wearing a top featuring the name "Nigel" alongside an image of a guillotine.

Aaron Strachan was told he may never be released from prison after abducting and raping the girl in Edinburgh last year.

The Ukrainian president became the new prime minister's first international visitor since taking office.

The singer also reveals she has received treatment for skin cancer, but vows to keep singing.

Iran has reacted with fury to the assault on the vessel, with Tehran's foreign minister saying it "cannot go unanswered".

His agent pays tribute to the "multi-talented" broadcaster, comedian and conservationist.

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

The Open Security AI Alliance says the Hugging Face/OpenAI mess proves frontier labs can't be trusted to properly secure sensitive systems

Is there a simulator for the wail when you realize your precious one-off bootleg has just been chewed up?

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One bug disabled the security service on restart, another blocked installation on hardened RHEL systems

History's biggest infrastructure build-out is pushing up hardware and software prices, analyst says

Tekever AR5 drone regarded as more up-to-date answer to provide battlefield surveillance for soldiers

If you think OpenAI and Anthropic are the only ones with these capabilities, think again

£270M ValueLicensing case remains mostly paused while Redmond pursues permission to appeal

Trump's unpredictability is pushing governments and businesses toward open source while Britain remains glued to US tech

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Age verification is okay, but filtering is preempted by Section 230, judges find.

Telecom expects AI revenue from dark fiber deals and retrofitted data centers.

NASA has not made substantial investments in thermal protection research for decades.

New behavior capturing a writer's "broad qualities" could have legal implications.

The government says destroying his own data during an airport interrogation was illegal.

Framework's latest modular laptop trades one set of problems for another.

Sometimes, compelling stories beat medical evidence.

Meme generator may have screwed up by using templates in outputs, expert says.

Plus Mike Flanagan's Carrie teaser, trailers for Dark Matter S2 and Matchbox the Movie, and Marvel news.

Also: Forging the One Ring in Rings of Power S3 teaser; new Lanterns trailer; Spaceballs: The New One panel.