A New York appeals court says Fox News can get access to some internal documents at the voting-technology company Smartmatic as part of its effort to defend itself against a $2.7 billion civil defamation lawsuit over its coverage of claims of voting fr...
Moment of heart’s formation captured in images for first time
Time-lapse footage reveals cardiac cells in a mouse embryo begin to organise themselves during early development The moment a heart begins to form has been captured in extraordinary time-lapse images for the first time. The footage reveals cardiac cells in a mouse embryo begin to spontaneously organise themselves into a...
Chimpanzees use leaves to wipe bums and clean up after sex, study finds
Research looking at hygiene and healthcare habits of the primates finds implications for understanding origin of human healthcare Humans are not unique in having a host of hygiene and healthcare habits, researchers have found: chimpanzees also wipe their bottoms, tend each other’s wounds and even clean up after sex, according...
Gov. Gavin Newsom urges California cities and counties to ban homeless encampments
Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging California’s local governments to begin clearing homeless encampments, escalating the state’s efforts to ban makeshift camps that line streets up and down the state
Iowa’s lone Democratic statewide officeholder Rob Sand announces 2026 bid for governor
Democrat Rob Sand has announced a bid for the open Iowa governor’s race
Georgia becomes 2nd state to shield Roundup weed-killer maker from some cancer claims
Georgia has become the second state to provide a legal protections to the manufacturer of a popular weed killer
What is the Emoluments Clause? And how might it apply to Qatar giving Trump a plane?
President Donald Trump’s readiness to accept a luxury jet as a gift from the ruling family of Qatar for conversion into a presidential aircraft has revived the conversations around emoluments and the notion of a president otherwise allegedly profiting ...
Trump administration promises Illinois it will pay to keep carp out of the Great Lakes
Illinois is getting set to close on property that officials want to buy to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes
Harvard says it won’t abandon ‘core’ principles to meet Education Department demands
Harvard University has responded to threats from the Education Department to halt grant funding to the Ivy League school
Four arrested in West Africa for extortion scheme linked to California teen’s suicide
Three years after a California teenager died by suicide, four men in West Africa have been arrested on suspicion of participating in what investigators are calling an “international sextortion scheme” that targeted people in the U.S., Canada and Europe