Will Lawrence, a progressive Democratic congressional candidate in Michigan, is trying to harness unease over the rapid pace of artificial intelligence development to defeat Republican Rep. Tom Barrett
Knife attack on Sikh trucker in Wyoming stirs fresh fears in community
The stabbing of a Sikh truck driver at a Wyoming rest area has the U.S. Sikh community newly on edge
Tech billionaires trying to live for ever? That’s a waste of time, says physicist
Exclusive: Prof Jim Al-Khalili says he will offer solution to ‘arrow of time’ problem in Royal Institution lectures Tech billionaires attempting to live for ever are, quite literally, wasting their time, a leading physicist has said. While some normal people are turning to unregulated peptide injections, cold plunges and supplements...
Dramatic videos capture the moment 2 officers were wounded in a deadly Minneapolis shooting
Dramatic videos show the moment two Minneapolis officers were shot after racing to an upper floor of an apartment building in pursuit of a shooter
Japan’s central bank raises benchmark interest rate to 1.25%
Japan's central bank raises benchmark interest rate to 1.25%
Military: An F-16 crashes during training in Michigan; pilot ejects safely
A military spokesman says an F-16 fighter jet from Texas crashed in rural Michigan during a routine training exercise
Jury convicts woman of negligent homicide in death of reporter covering Super Bowl in New Orleans
A Louisiana jury has convicted a woman of negligent homicide in the death of a television reporter who had been visiting New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl
Claims for unemployment benefits drop to 196,000, lowest since mid-July
The number of people applying for unemployment benefits dropped sharply last week, another sign that layoffs remain rare and most Americans enjoy job security
‘A map is never neutral’: meet the cartographers who took on centuries of western bias
Equal Earth projection, adopted by the UN last week, provides an alternative to 16th-century Mercator display Three cartographers have spoken of their astonishment at the UN’s near-universal adoption of a map they created to more accurately show the sizes of Africa and Europe, even though they have received a few...
Improved air quality linked to better mental development in toddlers, study finds
Long-term research in New York shows efforts to reduce air pollution associated with higher cognitive test scores Improvements in air pollution are leading to brighter, smarter toddlers, according to a new study from Columbia University in New York. For more than two decades, Prof Frederica Perera and a team from...