Former Vice President Kamala Harris used a high-profile speech in San Francisco to deliver a sharp-edged critique of President Donald Trump's administration, accusing him of “wholesale abandonment” of American ideals
Memorial wall to fallen USAID staffers is removed from the agency’s former building
Contractors hired by the Trump administration have removed a memorial wall to fallen staffers from the now-closed headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development, with no immediate word on where it will wind up
Ex-FBI informant who made bribery story about Bidens will stay in prison, judge rules
A federal judge in Los Angeles has denied the U.S. government's request to release a former FBI informant while he appeals his case
Kuwait frees 10 more Americans in the second release in as many months
U.S. officials say Kuwait has released 10 more American detainees in an apparent goodwill gesture
The home of Elon Musk’s SpaceX could become an official Texas city called Starbase
Elon Musk has for years made Texas his business home and playground as he launches rockets and builds cars in the Lone Star state
3 workers killed and 2 injured when scaffolding gives way at Texas construction site
Authorities in Texas say three workers were killed and two others injured after a scaffolding gave way at a construction site
US inflation cools and Americans step up spending as they brace for tariff impact
A closely watched inflation gauge cooled last month in a sign that prices were steadily easing before most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs were implemented
Scientists use live human brain tissue to speed up hunt for dementia cure
Exclusive: British team exposed live cells to toxic proteins to gather rare insight into how dementia develops Scientists have used living human brain tissue to mimic the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, in a breakthrough that will accelerate the hunt for a cure. In...
UK among lowest-ranked countries for ‘human flourishing’ in wellbeing study
Findings of survey on happiness, health, finances, meaning in life and relationships raise concerns for young people Britain ranks among the poorest countries for “human flourishing”, according to a major study that raises questions about the nation’s wellbeing and younger people in particular. The survey, which spanned 22 countries on...
Scientists hope sequencing genome of tiny ‘functionally extinct’ frog could help save it
Corroboree frog belongs to 100m-year-old family of amphibians but is now found only in the puddles and peat bogs of Kosciuszko national park Scientists have sequenced the genome of the critically endangered southern corroboree frog – one of Australia’s most threatened amphibians – in hope that the information could be...