Secretary of State Marco Rubio is praising Qatar for helping the U.S. secure the release of an American held by the Taliban for more than two years
Facing anti-DEI investigations, colleges cut ties with nonprofit targeted by conservatives
The U.S. Education Department says it has investigated dozens of universities for alleged racial discrimination, citing ties to a nonprofit organization that has helped Black and Latino students pursue business degrees
Man gets prison in US for helping pressure Chinese expat to return home
A real estate businessman who aided a Chinese effort to pressure an expatriate to return home has been sentenced to over a year in a U.S. prison
Man grabs Philadelphia police officer’s gun outside hospital, shoots him before being fatally shot
A man who had voluntarily agreed to be taken to a psychiatric hospital by Philadelphia police grabbed an officer’s gun outside of the facility and wounded him before being fatally shot by another officer
Amtrak CEO abruptly resigns from the nation’s passenger railroad
Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner abruptly resigned from his top post at the U.S. passenger railroad this week
The family of an airplane safety whistleblower is suing Boeing over his death
The family of a former Boeing quality control manager who police say took his life after being questioned for days by company lawyers for whistleblowing has sued the company
Georgetown scholar has been detained by immigration officials, prompting legal fight
A Georgetown University scholar has been detained by immigration officials, prompting his lawyer to seek urgent relief in federal court
New brain scan method could help people with drug-resistant epilepsy
Researchers develop technique that can accurately pinpoint lesions, increasing chances of successful surgery Researchers have developed ultra-powerful scans that could enable surgery for previously treatment-resistant epilepsy. Globally, about 50 million people have epilepsy. In England, epileptic seizures are the sixth most common reason for hospital admission. About 360,000 people in...
AI-driven weather prediction breakthrough reported
Researchers say Aardvark Weather uses thousands of times less computing power and is much faster than current systems A single researcher with a desktop computer will be able to deliver accurate weather forecasts using a new AI weather prediction approach that is tens of times faster and uses thousands of...
Crisis in Antarctica: can science teams ever prepare for isolated assignments?
Alleged assault at polar base shows the importance of research on cabin fever – including on future Mars missions South Africa has a tight regime for scientists wanting to “overwinter” in Antarctica. The 13-month assignment to an isolated research base on the top of a cliff edge is, as the...