Some of Harvard’s sports teams would be virtually wiped out by a Trump administration decision that would make the Ivy League school ineligible for international student visas
Alaska city reaches $2.1M settlement with family of a teen fatally shot by a police
Alaska’s largest city has reached a $2.1 million settlement with the family of a 16-year-old girl who was holding a knife last August when she was fatally shot by a police officer
Amazon tribe says New York Times story led to members being smeared as porn addicts
An Indigenous tribe from the Brazilian Amazon has sued the New York Times over the newspaper's reporting on the community's introduction to the internet
Reproductive rights advocates sue Arizona over laws regulating abortion
Reproductive rights advocates are suing Arizona to unravel several laws regulating abortion access in the state
Trump vowed to ease sanctions on Syria. How quickly that happens is up for debate
Since President Donald Trump announced his intent to end a half-century of sanctions on Syria, a debate has developed in his administration over how quickly and thoroughly that should happen
Trump relishes uttering the outlandish. Here’s where some of his most showstopping comments stand
It may start as a casual aside, a wee-hours social media post or a much hyped announcement
Black Lives Matter street murals stand as an enduring reminder of protests
In 2020, Black Lives Matter street murals appeared in cities across the U.S. following the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery
This redundant aviation safety net helps keep planes safe when controllers lose contact
News that air traffic controllers directing planes into New Jersey’s busiest airport twice lost both their radar and radios is alarming
Seeing infrared: scientists create contact lenses that grant ‘super-vision’
Breakthrough could lead to range of wearables that extend range of vision and help people with colour blindness Researchers have given people a taste of superhuman vision after creating contact lenses that allow them to see infrared light, a band of the electromagnetic spectrum that is invisible to the naked...
Scientists solve the mystery of ginger cats – helped by hundreds of cat owners
Discovery has implications for ‘all cells and tissues’ and research bridged gap between scientists and non-scientists After decades of mystery, new research has shed light on a question that has long stumped scientists and cat lovers alike – what exactly makes orange cats, well … orange? Two studies published in...