Understanding whale sounds could help prevent strikes from ships and even aid in search for extraterrestrial life If you stand on certain shorelines and listen carefully you might just hear deep rumbling noises. Sharp-eared fishers, lighthouse keepers and sea kayakers have been haunted by these late-night sounds for centuries and...
Somerset detectorist strikes gold with ‘spectacular’ Roman ring find
Kevin Minto’s discovery near Ilminster, showing goddess Victoria, has been acquired with coin hoard for £78,000 When Kevin Minto, a lorry driver, former soldier and keen metal detectorist, came upon something glinting in a Somerset field, he thought at first it was a coin – potentially quite interesting, probably not...
Musket balls and a burnt hull: evidence of real pirates of the Caribbean found in Bahamas
Exclusive: First shipwrecks found in Nassau harbour on New Providence, once the hideout of Blackbeard and Calico Jack The first shipwrecks linked to the real pirates of the Caribbean in the Bahamas have been discovered by an international team co-directed by a British marine archaeologist. Blackbeard and Calico Jack Rackham...
Hawaii’s Kilauea sets record for lava fountaining episodes
Hawaii’s Kilauea has hit a record number of lava fountaining episode for any one eruption from the volcano
Mental fitness exam ordered for man charged with murder in 3 ‘heinous’ killings in Hawaii
Prosecutors say the killings of three men on Hawaii's Big Island were “especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel.”
New Mexico voters choose party nominees for governor as revenue soars from oil boom
New Mexicans are choosing Democratic and Republican nominees for governor as the state grapples with high rates of violent crime, chronically underperforming schools and cuts to federal safety net programs
Man who killed his girlfriend’s baby is set to be Florida’s eighth execution of 2026
A 53-year-old Florida man is set to be executed for the murder of his girlfriend’s infant daughter in 1996
Iowa Democrats to settle a tense Senate primary
Iowa Democrats will settle one of the party’s last competitive Senate primaries in the nation
California holds crowded primary in race to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom
California voters are deciding who will advance in the race to replace Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom
Rubio to testify before Congress for the first time since the start of the Iran war
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to face a litany of questions about the Trump administration’s fragile and stalling diplomatic efforts around the world when he appears for back-to-back hearings on Capitol Hill for the first time since the Iran wa...