‘A whole different wiring system’: the extreme athletes who pushed limits in 2024 – and why they might not be crazy after all
Have you ever dreamed of running the length of Africa? How about summiting Mount Everest three times in less than two weeks?
Virus in Louisiana bird flu patient shows mutations that could increase transmissibility to humans, CDC analysis finds
A genetic analysis of samples from the patient in Louisiana recently hospitalized with the country’s first severe case of ...
Dozens of migrants dead after boat sinks off Morocco, Mali says
At least 69 people died, including 25 Malian nationals, after a boat headed from West Africa to Spain capsized off Morocco on Dec. 19, Malian authorities said.
At least 10 killed after Nigerian military jet targeting bandits bombs civilians
At least 10 people were killed and several wounded when a Nigerian military fighter jet pursuing bandits in two villages mistakenly bombed civilians in the northwestern state of Sokoto on Wednesday, ...
New planes, new schedules, new routes: How air travel will change in 2025
Aviation developments are expected to come in thick and fast in the year ahead, with more options than ever before offered to ...
What the only battleground Democrat to do better than Trump says his party needs to learn
Josh Stein’s victory in this year’s North Carolina governor’s race was huge. And his opponent was widely seen as the weakest ...
Republicans will still have to deal with the debt ceiling in 2025. Here’s what you need to know
Although President-elect Donald Trump wanted to start 2025 without having to worry about the debt ceiling, he did not get his wish.
With space junk clouding Earth’s orbit, are we barreling toward ‘Kessler Syndrome’?
The concept known as “Kessler Syndrome” was proposed nearly five decades ago. Experts weigh in on whether the space-based disaster scenario is already unfolding.
Corporate America has never been popular. But now it’s on heightened alert for angry customers
Three weeks after the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, companies and executives are closely monitoring threats from customers and shoring up their security vulnerabilities.
North Korean soldier captured by Ukraine dies from injuries, South Korea’s spy agency says
South Korea’s spy agency said Friday a wounded North Korean soldier who was captured while fighting for Russia against ...
Family’s missing dog returns home by ringing doorbell
A missing dog returned to her home in Florida on Christmas Eve by ringing the doorbell. Athena the German Shepherd had been missing for 9 days.
Shawn Fain was Kamala Harris’ most forceful union backer. It could cost him his job
United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain was one of the most prominent union leaders backing Vice President Kamala Harris in this year’s US presidential election and one of the harshest critics ...