A baby born at 21 weeks' gestation in Iowa City, Iowa, has celebrated his first birthday, earning a Guinness world record for being the most premature baby
Early Hawaiian petroglyphs on a beach are visible again with changing tides
Early Hawaiian petroglyphs have resurfaced on a beach in Waianae, Hawaii
New sentencing dates set for 5 former Memphis, Tennessee, officers in Tyre Nichols case
A judge has scheduled sentencings in December for five former Memphis police officers convicted of federal charges in the beating death of Tyre Nichols
Air Force pauses M18 pistol use after airman’s death at Wyoming base
The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command has paused the use of a pistol after a Security Forces airman died at a Wyoming base
The US fertility rate reached a new low in 2024, CDC data shows
New federal data shows the fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman
National Science Foundation staff decry Trump’s ‘politically motivated’ cuts
Workers allege illegal terminations, censorship and collapse of scientific review standards Almost 150 workers from the National Science Foundation (NSF) have lambasted Donald Trump’s cuts to the agency as “politically motivated and legally questionable”, joining colleagues at three other federal research agencies in warning that the administration is destroying innovation...
Tens of thousands knocked offline after software failure at Musk’s Starlink
SpaceX’s powerful internet system suffers rare disruption in one of its biggest international outages SpaceX’s Starlink suffered one of its biggest international outages on Thursday when an internal software failure knocked tens of thousands of users offline, a rare disruption for Elon Musk’s powerful satellite internet system. Users in the...
Menstrual cycle data ‘underused’ and should be on health records, experts say
Period characteristics can indicate medical conditions and could inform preventive care, study finds Menstrual cycle data should be routinely documented by healthcare professionals and researchers as it can be used as an indicator for other health issues, experts have said. This information – which includes cycle length, regularity, intensity and...
Felony charges dropped against 2 Ohio journalists arrested during immigration protest
Prosecutors in Kentucky have dropped felony rioting charges against two journalists arrested at a protest that originated in Cincinnati over the detention of an Egyptian man by immigration authorities
Flood waters race through New Mexico community, prompting rescues
At least 20 people had to be rescued as flood waters raced through a New Mexico community near the Texas state line overnight