A former New York City police officer has been sentenced to three to nine years in prison for tossing a picnic cooler full of drinks at a fleeing suspect, who then crashed his motorized scooter and died
Man ends fight to reclaim Albert, his 12-foot alligator seized in 2024
A Buffalo-area man has given up his legal battle to reclaim his seized alligator, Albert
New Yorkers flock to Manhattan park for lovable woodcocks’ bobbing strut
American woodcocks continue to attract onlookers in a New York City park
Well-timed bets on Polymarket tied to Iran war draw calls for investigations
Calls are increasing inside Congress for investigations into the prediction market platform Polymarket
Protesters rally against planned Maryland immigration detention facility
Protesters are rallying against a planned immigration detention facility in Maryland
Hawaii doctor accused of trying to kill his wife convicted of attempted manslaughter
A Hawaii doctor who was accused of trying to kill his wife on a cliffside hike has been convicted of attempted manslaughter
Nasa meteorologists trialling model to produce ultra local, short-term forecasts
Improved short-term forecasts could be a lifesaver for Nasa and important for organisers of events such as Wimbledon Meteorologists are working on ever longer-range predictions, but they have not neglected ultra local, ultra short-term forecasts for specific purposes. This month, meteorologists at Nasa’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia announced trials...
Artemis II crew hails ‘golden age of space travel’ as they prepare for return
Crew fielded questions of trip with ‘limitless potential’ from members of the Congress ahead of splashdown With the crew of Artemis II set to return to Earth on Friday following its historic 10-day lunar flyby mission, the astronauts celebrated their lunar expedition and hailed the “golden age of space travel”,...
Wild chimpanzees recorded waging ‘civil war’ with coordinated attacks between two groups
New study describes what may be the first case of a unified community of chimps, in Uganda, turning on itself On a June day in 2015, primatologist Aaron Sandel was quietly observing a small cluster of the Ngogo chimpanzee group in Uganda’s Kibale national park when he noticed something strange....
Woman with three deadly diseases has ‘remarkable’ recovery after cell therapy
Treatment reset wayward immune system of patient with life-threatening conditions, say scientists, in a world first A woman who lived with three life-threatening autoimmune diseases for more than a decade has returned to a near-normal life after a cell therapy reset her wayward immune system. The 47-year-old had had nine...