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Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled that the commonly used abortion drug mifepristone can only be picked up in-person.

A 39-year-old man has been arrested in Austria for his alleged involvement in an attempt to blackmail a German baby food manufacturer.

Philadelphia beat Boston in a series for the first time since 1982, and it was the first time the 76ers ever came from 3-1 down to win.

Trump is seriously considering ordering new military action against Iran to try and break the current stalemate.

Carolina faces Philadelphia in the second round of 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Dannielynn Birkhead, daughter of the late Anna Nicole Smith, debuted a bold, gothy new look at a Kentucky Derby gala this weekend: 'I feel like a vampire.'

Microsoft's critical Secure Boot security is about to expire on more than 1 billion PCs.

Rates climbed back from a three-year low. Contracts are rising. Something shifted in the American homebuyer's head.

Officials with the District’s Department of Health announced a confirmed case of measles in the city on Thursday.

LG UltraGear 32GX870B-B brings fourth-gen Tandem OLED to 4K 240Hz gaming LG Japan has opened pre-orders for two new UltraGear OLED gaming monitors, the

SCOTIA — Linda Bucciferro remembers the day her life changed forever.

Reports from Chinese industry forums and leakers claim Nvidia will restart production of the GeForce RTX 3060 12GB in June 2026, with add-in board partners targeting a July launch to offset delays and uncertainty around an entry-level RTX 50-series release am…

More patients will be able to take the pill while it is under review, as the agency cited the dire need for a drug to fight one of the most lethal cancers.

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If you’ve been snagged in Spirit Airlines' now-defunct flight schedule, here are some things to know on how to get home, and get whole.

The 60-year-old chain has been shrinking for nearly a decade as it struggles with falling store counts.

With Spirit Airlines shuttered after more than three decades in operation, was the decision to block the JetBlue-Spirit merger in 2024 really the right one?

New Mexico kicks off its public nuisance trial against Meta on Monday, arguing for changes to its business to better protect kids in the state.

Who trains lawyers in the AI era?

Lack of pressure-relief feature is behind food holders, beverage bottles getting yanked

Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and colleagues argue that Claude Mythos will break enterprise deployment in ways that cannot be undone—without key fixes.

Mark Zuckerberg broke his silence at an internal meeting and left employees with questions.

Walmart has been rolling out digital price tags across the US. I visited two stores to see how the tech works for employees and customers.

The Pentagon has signed agreements with leading AI firms, including Microsoft, Amazon and Google, advancing military capabilities amid a dispute over safeguards.

Big changes to GitHub’s Copilot AI subscriptions are a sign of things to come for flat-rate ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini users.

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Reggie Fils-Aimé has opened up about the time an Amazon executive gave him a phone call and asked Nintendo to do something "illegal" during the era of the Nintendo DS.

The QR code menu trend is frustrating boomers who prefer printed menus, as scanning codes at restaurants can disrupt connection and the dining experience.

Qualcomm confirmed during its latest call with investors and analysts that Samsung's next Galaxy flagships are expected to use a dual-chipset strategy again in 2027. What is new for 2027, however, is a fourth Galaxy S27 model, which will likely launch as the …

Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto has shared some insight into why The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is so fast-paced. One of the complaints surrounding the film is that it doesn’t give viewers much of a chance to breathe. There’s a lot that happens in the roughly 90 mi…

Samsung gives iPhone users a reality check before new iMessage update goes live.

AI are inherently large, but Google now has a more detailed explanation of why Android AICore storage occasionally spikes.

Motorola’s latest is the first major U.S.-focused smartphone brand to use a carbon-silicon battery.

The $7.8 million will be distributed as "credits" to the PSN accounts of those who are eligible

Watch the Subnautica 2 Pre-Launch Showcase live and claim in-game rewards through Twitch Drops.

Designer Ben Brode said the mobile card game's roadmap hasn't changed

Amazon is offering a few all-time low prices on Apple's M5 Pro/M5 Max MacBook Pro, with up to $216 off select models.

Researchers have created an AI model trained exclusively on books, newspapers, and other text sources from before 1931.

Local discovery feels more like advertising, making it difficult to find trustworthy results

It was another jam-packed week of Apple news this week, with fresh rumors on the touchscreen "MacBook Ultra" and the foldable "iPhone...

If you're heading to the emergency room, there's a good chance you're not doing it just for kicks. It's not exactly a fun place to hang out on a Friday night and make new friends.

A large-scale brain imaging study of over 800 incarcerated men reveals that highly psychopathic individuals possess an expanded cortical surface area and a compressed physical brain organization, offering new clues into the biology of empathy and antisocial b…

Sleep research has come a long way in the last decade. Here’s what you need to know to help make your slumber better.

For years, plastic bottles were seen as harmless objects of convenience. They were light, practical, cheap and available everywhere. But growing research into microplastics has changed the way scient…

The morning routine is automatic: open the cabinet, swipe, go. Yet that familiar stick or spray has long sat in the crosshairs of a publichealth debate, especially among breast cancer researchers who…

Just 10 minutes of daily floor exercises may improve balance, flexibility and agility, according to a study conducted by researchers in Japan.

Eating yogurt every day will benefit your bones, gut, and muscle growth, say nutrition experts. It will also support muscle repair and satiety, helping you stay full for longer. For the most health benefits, the recommend plain and unflavored yogurt.

A major health crisis may be rooted in an unlikely source.

Scientists have identified a mechanism through which coffee compounds can help the body against age-related decline.

Observational research suggests that certain foods may lower or raise Parkinson's disease risk, though experts caution that diet is just one factor among many.

Scientists have discovered a way to help the brain clean itself of harmful Alzheimer’s plaques by activating its own support cells. By increasing a protein called Sox9, researchers were able to boost the activity of astrocytes, star shaped cells that help mai…

Hospitals in New Jersey and New York, along with millions of their medical personnel, have been undergoing intense training for the past two years to deal with the 1.2 million people from around th…

The ability to detect viruses and other harmful pathogens is highly advantageous for animals, as it can guide their behavior and prevent them from illness, and—in severe cases—death. When it comes to species that live in organized groups, such as bees, ants a…

Ophthalmologists finally have a supplement formula proven to delay blindness. The catch is knowing exactly when to take it and which version to trust.

After years of worsening pain, irregular periods and soaring hormone levels, doctors discovered it wasn’t her reproductive organs driving her illness.

For adults with ADHD, staying focused is often a daily struggle. New research suggests these attention lapses occur because the waking brain frequently slips into brief, sleep-like states, blurring the biological boundary between sleep and wakefulness.

An artificial intelligence model from the Mayo Clinic detected early signs of possible pancreatic cancer on scans up to two years before patients were diagnosed.

Research is revealing surprising new insights about how much our genes do – and don't – make us who we are.

Not too long ago, I wrote about an op-ed in the New York Times by a Georgetown professor arguing that “junk food” (a term he used for the ultra-processed slop that is TikTok and the like) is eroding our attention spans. Now, just a couple of weeks later, rese…

Rockets can take humans far into space, but their curved trajectory might seem counterintuitive. However, physics can explain why it's actually beneficial.

A new study reveals that volcanoes can remain dangerously active beneath the surface even after tens of thousands of years of silence.

Tucked away in the cracks of everyday walls, researchers have uncovered a tiny spider with abilities that seem far beyond what its size would suggest.

A natural sugar may stimulate hair regrowth by boosting blood flow to follicles, early research in mice shows, offering a potential new treatment path.

A newly discovered network of light-year-long filaments near the Milky Way’s core reveals unexpected clues about the past activity of Sagittarius A*.

We're focusing on space news this week, but we did cover the usual amount of local news down here in Earth's gravity well: A new Tokamak reactor regime sustained stable plasma fusion for one full minute. An anomaly in global sea level rise turns out to be due…

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new layer of complexity in Cannabis, identifying dozens of previously unknown compounds—including the first-ever evidence of rare molecules called flavoalkaloids in its leaves. These compounds, prized for their potential…

At this point, most people are familiar with how, 66 million years ago, a meteor fell to Earth in the vicinity of the Yucatan Peninsula setting off a cataclysm of fire, flood, molten rock…

A powerful tsunami seen from space is overturning what scientists thought they knew about how these waves travel.

Ohhhhh dear, Richard Dawkins: Is AI the Next Phase of Evolution? Claude Appears to Be Conscious. “My conversations with several Claudes and ChatGPTs have convinced me that these intelligent beings are

A newly uncovered property of light suggests it may be far more self-sufficient than previously believed.

Artificial intelligence can undoubtedly help scientists with their academic papers by summarizing research and helping to improve writing. However, one downside is that it has led to a wave of poorly written submissions and reviews, according to a new study p…

Predators are typically larger, faster, and more powerful than the animals they hunt. Yet in nature, most attacks fail. A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, by researchers from the University of Amsterdam Institute for…

What if a distant dinosaur-ruled world still shapes how fast we age today? A surprising scientific idea suggests our lifespan may have been limited long before humans even existed.

Different hunting patterns seem to dictate different distributions of metal.