On Sunday 19 July, the final match of the 2026 Fifa World Cup will be played in East Rutherford, New Jersey. For one day, our community will be the center of the world. But as that moment approaches, I find myself spending less time thinking about the games at MetLife Stadium, and more time worrying…
A woman was arrested after multiple shots were fired into the Beverly Hills-area home of pop star Rihanna on Sunday with an AR-15-style rifle, according to multiple U.S. media reports citing local police. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) responded to a report of the shooting at 1:21 p.m. local time on Sunday in the…
The concrete runway barrier played a key role in a disaster that killed 179 people. An audit revealed officials skimped on construction fees and then falsified records.
A mass of writhing maggots on a decomposing murder victim is not a sight for the squeamish, but for some, it is evidence. A maggot’s age and species can give essential information to forensic entomologists investigating murders. (A single wriggling horse fly maggot, for instance, found on a dead body far from water, gave entomologists…
The U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran have intensified and the conflict has widened, shaking global energy markets.
10 March 2026 Hilary Duff felt like she “lost some serious innocence” by finding fame as a child. Hilary Duff has reflected on her early years dealing with fame The 38-year-old actress was in her early teens when she first took on the titular role in Disney series Lizzie McGuire in 2001, and she has…
In Nigeria, customs officers and conservationists are confronting the grim impacts of the $20 billion trade.
The advent of farming led to new evolutionary pressures on humans CHRISTIAN JEGOU/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A study combining the growing number of ancient genomes from living people has given us our best picture yet of how humans have evolved over the past 10,000 years or so. It shows that people in different parts of the…
Directed-energy weapons are often sold as systems that can fire forever. In practice, dwell time, heat, and the chaos of the battlefield impose strict limits on how many threats they can actually stop. High-energy laser weapons are often touted as offering decisive advantages over conventional kinetic systems, from speed-of-light engagement to a comparatively low cost…
JACKSONVILLE, FL – JANUARY 04: James Gladstone, general manager of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Liam Coen of the Jacksonville Jaguars, and Tony Boselli, executive vice president of football operations for the Jacksonville Jaguars, look on before the game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Tennessee Titans on January 4, 2026 at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Fl….
