A Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man evade U.S. immigration authorities is set to enter a plea in federal court
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka set to appear in court on charge of trespassing at immigration facility
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is set to appear in federal court for a status conference on the Trump administration’s charge he trespassed at an immigration detention center in the city last week
Harvard’s ‘cheap’ copy of the Magna Carta turned out be extremely rare
Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30
Alabama lawmakers approve additional legal protections for police officers
Alabama lawmakers have approved enhanced legal protections for police officers accused of misconduct
A look at the status of US executions in 2025
Fifteen men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 12 other people are scheduled to be put to death in eight states during the remainder of 2025
Toxic wildfire pollution infiltrates homes of 1bn people a year, study finds
Dangerous indoor pollution could be tackled with air purifiers but costs are too high for many, researchers say Toxic pollution from wildfires has infiltrated the homes of more than a billion people a year over the last two decades, according to new research. The climate crisis is driving up the...
Feathered fossil provides clues about how earliest birds first took flight
‘Beautifully preserved’ Archaeopteryx has tertial feathers that appear to have been key to making it aerodynamic An exquisitely preserved Archaeopteryx fossil has delivered fresh insights into how the earliest birds first took flight 150m years ago. The fossil is the first Archaeopteryx in which scientists have been able to identify...
My husband and son suffered strokes, 30 years apart. Shockingly little had changed
I was told my husband would never talk again, while physiotherapy was dismissed entirely. My son was failed in similar ways, but for the brilliance of some medical staff who refuse to believe a stroke is the end On the night before the accident, John and I and our son...
‘Turning point’: claw print fossils found in Australia rewrite story of amniotes by 40 million years
The discovery by two local fossil hunters on a river bank in Victoria has ‘potentially far-reaching implications’, scientists say Fossilised claw prints found in Australia suggest amniotes – the ancestors of reptiles, birds and mammals – evolved about 40m years earlier than thought. The footprints, in sandstone dated 354m to...
AI can spontaneously develop human-like communication, study finds
Groups of large language model artificial intelligence agents can adopt social norms as humans do, report says Artificial intelligence can spontaneously develop human-like social conventions, a study has found. The research, undertaken in collaboration between City St George’s, University of London and the IT University of Copenhagen, suggests that when...