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Val Chmerkovskiy will not dance on "Dancing With the Stars" after his joke about wanting to slap Carrie Ann Inaba.

Food and medical supplies have been scarce for months in Oleshky, which sits on the Dnipro River that separates Ukrainian forces from the city’s Russian occupiers. There’s no electricity, heat or running water. The roads around it are mined.

Indiana hosts its biggest game in Memorial Stadium history as Ohio State visits with Big Ten and College Football Playoff implications at stake.

A closer look at the top games in a loaded Week 7

The 3.7m (12ft) alligator reportedly dragged the man into the water where he was fishing near Orlando.

Police have fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters in the capital, where a large-scale demonstration is under way against falling education standards and the cost of living.

Tesla's flying Roadster used 4 thrusters on Oct 15, 2026. Here's how that hardware stacks up against Apollo, Shuttle and Dragon RCS redundancy.

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano began its 55th eruptive episode since Dec. 23, 2024, just after 3 a.m. local time Saturday, following an unusually long two-month pause.

The pope waved to the crowds as he left the hospital to return to the Vatican, appearing in public for the first time since his admission.

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has exceeded expectations after engineers made incredibly tiny adjustments to sharpen its view of the universe. By moving a mirror just one-sixteenth the width of a human hair, the team helped bring its powerful instru…

Scientists have discovered that a potential new drug can reverse severe fatty liver disease in animal models by restoring gut health and blocking harmful substances from reaching the liver. The breakthrough could pave the way for new treatments for liver dise…

Intel has confirmed that its next-generation Razor Lake-AX SoCs will launch in 2028, bringing increased AI capabilities.

NVIDIA denies the discontinuation of the RTX 5090 despite reports, emphasizing its importance amid severe supply constraints as prices exceed $5000.

Qualcomm says that rumors of thermal issues and overheating problems on Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 are "inaccurate."

Doritos is releasing a new Lemon Pepper flavor in 2027. We tried it early at the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) show and here’s what we thought.

Junk bond buyers are increasingly freezing out tech startups looking for financing, as CoreWeave Inc.’s pain raises bigger questions about how artificial intelligence companies will fund themselves.

OpenAI, Meta, Google, and others are positioning AI agents as personal assistants that can perform a range of tasks online. But the web is becoming increasingly unfriendly toward agents, undermining their usefulness.

Musk said DOGE proved there's "no way we were gonna solve the deficit from within the government."

Ultraprocessed foods are an enemy of Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again movement.

This week, Kentucky Fried Chicken announced that all of KFC’s restaurants in the U.S. will be switching from PepsiCo to Coca-Cola beverages. It’s the first time the chain has changed its beverage supplier in almost 40 years.

Masayoshi Son looks to increase pace of his bets on robotics and AI

Family Farmstead Dairy recalled raw milk cheddar cheese sold in NY, NJ, and 5 other states over concerns of E.

The standard Medicare Part B premium is projected to rise by $6.60 to $209.50 a month in 2027.

GIANT stores around the region remain open. Updates on the incident will be provided as they become available.

The hiring of Peter Rice at Netflix could set up a corporate culture clash about the future of movies.

iPhone Duo is just about a week away from launching, and now that preorders have opened, Apple’s official iPhone Duo...

A fake Claude AI download scam uses Google ads and Bing redirects to trick Mac users into pasting a hidden malicious command in their Terminal.

With Alexa Tablets, Amazon is making welcome changes to its tablet strategy, and proving that it knows how to make a great Android tablet.

Microsoft is making it easier to return to Windows from Xbox mode. The latest Insider builds introduce a refreshed Gaming Task View with desktop and power shortcuts.

Attackers used a compromised ConnectWise Cloud Backup credential for unauthorized sign-ins across 173 Microsoft 365 tenants.

Grand Theft Auto VI has yet to go gold ahead of its scheduled November 19, 2026 launch, with Rockstar developers telling Bloomberg that final fixes and refinements remain underway. The report examines how the game’s complex, interconnected systems have shaped…

Wondering what's to be done with your Google Nest gadgets that have now reached their end of support? It turns out there's a few options to choose from.

As more and more companies replace their interviewers with AI, a frustrated comedian went viral by bringing his own “AI representative” to the meeting.

Deliveries of the $2,000 Duo slip to 2027 within hours of going on sale

The iconic audio brand says the three new premium Walkman models are "engineered to deliver exceptional sound."

Apple’s HomeView is available to pre-order now and ships November 13. Here are the Apple apps you’ll be able to use on HomeView at launch.

The Belmont's Curse version of "Bloody Tars" is more restrained than it should be

The bug is fixed, but privacy concerns remain.

Researchers have recently discovered that people who perform this cruel disappearing act are often beset with guilt, shame and remorse.

Dietitians explain why carbohydrates belong in a diet that supports weight loss, alongside their top pick for which carb takes the cake (and why!).

From processed meats to sugary drinks, here are the foods and drinks to cut back on If you have hypertension.

Experts explain what types of stools aren't normal and how to tell if something unusual could be a sign of a more serious problem.

Learn how dietary fat, coffee, legumes, spinach and alcohol may affect vitamin D absorption and levels, plus tips for taking your supplement.

A recent study may reshape our understanding of brain evolution and open new avenues for studying neurological diseases.

New research suggests that the flu shot could lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease.

Scientists have discovered a surprising two-way relationship between sleep and growth hormone, revealing how the brain carefully balances physical recovery with wakefulness. The findings could help explain why poor sleep harms metabolism and brain health, pot…

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Cladophialophora bantiana, a neurotropic black mold with a 60%-70% fatality rate, surged nearly fourfold in U.S. detections between 2023 and 2025.

Being a woman means being fierce, resilient, and capable of handling more than people sometimes realize. But hey, even the strongest women have their moments of chaos, overthinking, and doing things that make absolutely no sense to anyone else.

The Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts has confirmed a cat has tested positive for rabies.

Flu season is off to an early start this year, particularly on the West Coast. Is this year’s flu shot a good match for the virus?

New research points to a "possibly overlooked mechanism" for how microplastics can harm people's health.

Data from mouse brains and 13 human brains show a link between levels of a lipid-degrading enzyme and cognitive resilience.

For the first time since 2014, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has updated its guidelines for the treatment of symptoms commonly associated with menopause.

The human brain is constantly taking in information about the world through sight, touch, hearing and the other senses. Influential theories in neuroscience and psychology suggest that it also anticipates incoming sensory information, preparing to process wha…

A study out of South Korea found that those who turn to vapes after quitting traditional cigarettes still face significant cancer risks.

Colorado health officials are warning those with potential exposure to watch for symptoms

West Nile virus causes symptoms similar to the flu, which can make them hard to differentiate. Here's what doctors want you to know.

ABC15 sat down with Dr. Rachna Shroff in February 2025 to talk about her time attending the Oscars --but the conversation quickly transitioned into how much she loved her patients.

Astronomers using China's FAST radio telescope have discovered a compact cloud of hydrogen with no visible stars or galaxy around it. This could be one of the strongest candidates yet for an isolated "dark galaxy," containing nearly 500,000 times the sun's ma…

Thwaites glacier has been losing ice for decades. Now there are concerns of rapidly accelerating loss.

Trailblazing computer scientist whose software saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing

Scientists have discovered a gene that determines whether Japanese snails develop shells that are left- or right-coiling—with implications for understanding the underlying handedness of our own bodies. The researchers from the University of Nottingham and Toh…

Scientists explain the bizarre phenomenon of internal waves, invisible underwater giants that can rival skyscrapers in height.

Stanford researchers confirmed that contact with healthy coral can revive bleached coral in as little as eight weeks.

Proteases are naturally occurring enzymes that break down proteins into peptides and even single amino acids. They are useful in medicine and industrial processes, where they clean tissue, digest waste and help in the manufacture of everyday products.

From dinosaurs to continents (or, rather, continent), things seem to have been so much bigger back in prehistoric times.It should, therefore, come as no surprise that the largest lake ever to have graced the Earth’s surface existed some 11 million years ago.S…

They weren’t keeping a kitten. Their dog had other plans.

The mitoproteomes of five parasites and a plant hold medical potential — and reignite the question of just when the mitochondrion evolved.

Glimpses of the "gallium anomaly" were first seen in the mid-1990s, but it was first clearly discovered and stated in 2007 by neutrino physicist Carlo Giunti of Italy. The problem is simple to state but potentially very important: about 20% fewer electron neu…

Stellar remnants called white dwarfs ‪appear to come in a rainbow of colors, according to a new study.