If you’ve been meaning to spend more time under the night sky, June is a great month to start. A mix of bright planets and a striking lunar event will give skywatchers plenty to look at, according to NASA. Right after sunset on Tuesday, look toward the western sky and you’ll spot Venus and Jupiter appearing […]
Air raid sirens sounded across parts of Israel after missiles were launched from Iran toward Israeli territory, the military said Sunday. The Israel Defense Forces said it had identified incoming missiles and activated defensive systems to intercept the threat. Authorities did not immediately provide details on damage or casualties, but warned residents in affected areas to […]
The next time a major tech company releases a new artificial intelligence model, open three different news websites. Chances are, the stories look familiar. While it didn’t take off immediately, news coverage of AI exploded in 2023, outpacing other major tech stories like cryptocurrency. But as coverage has expanded over the years, researchers, media critics […]
Can you tax social media? A bill on Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk would do just that, but it’s getting some immediate pushback. This proposal would essentially tax social media companies based on the number of users they have in the state. Some of the language in the tax also leaves a lot for interpretation. […]
Police in Toledo, Ohio are searching for suspects who shot 12 people at a festival Saturday evening. The victims’ ages range from 14 to 61, police said, but most were in their early 20s. Two people were in critical condition as of Saturday and 10 were stable. Around 5:37 p.m., police got a report of […]
The Archdiocese of Washington has removed a prominent Catholic exorcist and cut ties with a local ministry following comments linking unidentified flying objects to demonic activity. The Archdiocese announced Monsignor Stephen Rossetti was being removed from his role as an archdiocesan exorcist. The archdiocese also ended its affiliation with the St. Michael Center for Spiritual Renewal, […]
Democrat Xavier Becerra, who served as Health and Human Services secretary under the Biden Administration, nabbed one of two spots in the California governor’s race Friday evening, according to The Associated Press and Decision Desk. But right now, it’s still not known who he will face in the general election, as ballots are still being […]
Iran fired seven ballistic missiles toward Bahrain and Kuwait, Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry said Saturday. Initial assessments in Bahrain and Kuwait indicate six of the missiles were intercepted, and a seventh did not reach its intended target, U.S. Central Command said. Kuwait’s Ministry of Defense, Brigadier General Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi, said there were no human casualties, […]
President Donald Trump announced on Saturday the Lincoln Reflection Pool project is complete. He described the redesigned basin as having a “Dark Blue surface” and filled with “CLEAN, BEAUTIFUL WATER.” “All work is complete!” he wrote, adding that the pool “never functioned properly — now it does!” The administration informed a federal court last week that resurfacing […]
One week after the Wall Street Journal reported that the wife of the presumptive Democratic Senate candidate in Maine found evidence he had sent “sexually explicit texts with several women,” and just one day after that candidate told his would-be colleagues in Washington that no new credible allegations about his admittedly complicated life were expected, […]
