Indiana state senators are gathering in Indianapolis to finally weigh in on mid-cycle redistricting
Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic
More than 1,000 words used as far back as 325BC to be collected for insight into past linguistic landscape It is not likely to be a hefty volume because the vast majority of the material has been lost in the mists of time. But the remnants of a language spoken...
Winning numbers drawn in Saturday’s Powerball
The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 13-14-26-28-44, Powerball: 7
The Supreme Court weighs another step in favor of broad presidential power sought by Trump
Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court’s conservative majority on a steady march of increasing the power of the presidency
Soon no Pearl Harbor survivors will be alive. People turn to other ways to learn about the bombing
Survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have long been the center of a remembrance ceremony held each year on the military base’s waterfront
High school student charged with arson in fire that burned subway passenger
A New York City high school senior has been jailed on a federal arson charge days after authorities say he set a fire that severely burned a sleeping subway passenger
Florida kicks off first black bear hunt in a decade, despite pushback
For the first time in a decade, hunters are fanning out across Florida to legally hunt the Florida black bear
San Diego considers $30M settlement in police-involved shooting death of Black teen
The San Diego city attorney’s office has agreed to pay $30 million to the family of a 16-year-old youth who was fatally shot by police last January in what would be one of the largest settlements of a police-involved killing case in U.S. history
Louisiana is shrinking. Some tribes are fighting to protect what’s left of their communities
Louisiana is shrinking
How many spiders and pseudoscorpions does it take to make one of the world’s greatest taxonomists?
Former Perth curator Mark Harvey is one of the few people on Earth to have described 1,000 new species, many of them arachnids. Colleagues say his legacy is ‘unquantifiable’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast For most people around the world, 16 August 1977 was...