News from Thursday, October 15, 2026

Iraq appoints leader from Iran-backed Asaib Ahl al-Haq as deputy PM Iraq’s parliament has approved Laith al-Khazali, a senior figure from the Iran-backed Asaib Ahl al-Haq movement, as a deputy prime minister. The United…

Jeff Bacon, managing director of Oceania Precision, has been described by the NSW party’s leader as ‘my go-to man on the firearms industry’A firearms manufacturer hoping to represent One Nation in New South Wales wants…

A 16-year-old opened fire at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, killing three children aged 5, 8 and 11, and a teacher. The suspect was found dead, while another child and a teacher were critically injured.

Houthis claim Saudi reconnaissance drone downed over Marib Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree has said the group shot down a Saudi Wing Loong II armed reconnaissance drone over Marib governorate. In a statement poste…

Saudi-led coalition destroys drone headed towards Eastern Province, spokesman says A drone launched towards Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province was intercepted and destroyed, Saudi-led coalition spokesperson Major General T…

'The Palestinian question is the greatest historical injustice of this century,' China's foreign minister said.

A bystander has filmed residents of a condemned building in Peru throwing flaming gasoline on eviction workers.

The suspect was shot dead by a local community member who followed him into the school, said police.

China says Israel should stop 'forced establishment' of West Bank settlements Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Israeli President Isaac Herzog that Israel should stop and reverse its "forced establishment" of West B…

Judge fines the government for failing to fund universities as protests over Milei's cuts turn violent.

Thousands gather for funeral prayers in Pakistan’s Peshawar after a school rooftop collapse killed at least 34 children.

Saudi Arabia calls Houthi attacks on civilian facilities 'full-fledged war crimes' Saudi Arabia's Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed Elkhereiji has said Houthi attacks on civilian, economic and airport facilities in the kin…

US President Donald Trump called Ukraine's renewed strikes on Russian oil refineries a "disgrace" after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected his calls for an "energy ceasefire." Zelensky sought support from E…

Three children aged 5, 8 and 11 and a teacher were killed after a 16-year-old suspect opened fire in the city of Bend, local police say.

The remains of Edward Lelburian Jackson were first discovered in 2022, and an initial autopsy revealed he was killed decades agoAfter four years, a piece of the haunting mystery uncovered in the waning waters of drought…

ASEAN leaders are embracing Min Aung Hlaing, but critics warn it emboldens a military still bombing civilians.

Baqaei hits back at Miliband over 'Iranian aggression' remarks Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei has accused the United Kingdom of reversing the roles of "aggressor and victim" after Foreign Secretary Ed…

Protesters in Buenos Aires demanded the government implement a law to boost university funding.

Two air strikes target Houthi positions south of Taiz city, report says Two air strikes have targeted Houthi positions in the Dhi al-Barih and Jaba areas of al-Misrakh district, south of Taiz city, Al Jazeera reported,…

Houthis claim attack on government headquarters, call it 'Saudi war room' Yemen's Houthis have claimed responsibility for the attack on the government headquarters in Aden, with its spokesperson, Yahya Saree, describing…

Nineteen people were injured Thursday when a minibus carrying truck drivers crashed into a vehicle shuttle train at the French entrance to the Channel Tunnel near Calais, forcing a 90-minute suspension of shuttle servic…

Fresh Iran sanctions target 16 individuals, 10 entities The Trump administration has issued fresh Iran-related sanctions targeting 16 individuals and 10 entities, according to a notice posted on the US Treasury Departme…

Iraq's parliament has finalised key minister appointments five months after al-Zaidi's government took office.

West Bank: Palestinian youth injured, settlers attack cars, steal olive harvest A Palestinian youth suffered injury to the head due to a live-fire shrapnel during a raid by the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank…

UKMTO says threat to Hormuz shipping 'severe', further attacks 'highly likely' The threat to merchant shipping in the Strait of Hormuz remains "severe", the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) centre says, warning furt…

Saudi Arabia calls Houthi attacks 'full-fledged war crimes' while the US warns of possible attacks on Saudi airports.

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan appeared together in a trio of charity visits Thursday, their first joint public appearance since moving back to England, as they seek to rebuild their brand in Britain after walking awa…

France and Germany have backed looser EU emissions rules for carmakers and agreed to include Britain in a “made in Europe” scheme, in a provisional deal reached Thursday that could reshape the bloc’s automotive and clim…

Seized explosives 'belong to resistance against Israel', Hezbollah MP says A Hezbollah Member of Parliament has acknowledged that a 500-kilogram shipment of explosives seized last week by Lebanese authorities belonged t…

Romanian authorities launched search and rescue operations off the Black Sea coast Thursday after a drone struck a ship which then caught fire, the latest in a spate of strikes that has raised fears that Russia's war in…

In early June, the White House contracting documents detailed “urgent” work to install the chandeliers

Fuel theft cited in Baniyas-Homs leak as gas export line in Hasakah catches fire.

'Main suspect in a massacre': Syria arrests Assad-era paramilitary leader Syrian authorities on Thursday said they had arrested a paramilitary leader who backed ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad during the country's civil wa…

France's prime minister has suggested that student anger is being weaponised, as the unions and other protesters prepare to take to the streets too.

The escalation between the Saudis and the rebels in neighboring Yemen has exposed the kingdom's challenges in intercepting the attacks in the latest front in the Iran war, while further rattling global markets.

Canada advises citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Saudi airports Canada has advised its citizens to avoid all travel to King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and non-essential travel to other Saudi airports…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sought European backing Thursday after vowing to resume strikes on Russian oil refineries despite US President Donald Trump’s demands, as tensions with Washington escalated over sa…

A minibus carrying truck drivers has crashed into a train in the Channel Tunnel between France and England, injuring 19 people

Three people are dead and multiple people are injured following a fire involving a city transit bus in Calgary, police said

Katie Zacharia tells Guardian her first, widely panned, press briefing followed six-day sprint to appoint her to key roleDonald Trump’s new White House press secretary says it is “unknown” how much she will engage with…

IRGC says forces ready while US in ‘shaky’ position Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday its forces have established a "strong defensive front" and are prepared to confront threats across the…

The tense alliance between Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and President Trump is nearing a new low point. After days of bitter back-and-forth between the two leaders, Ukraine has resumed strikes on Russian energy targets…

Authorities have indicated that the shooter was killed by gunfire, though details remain scant about the attack.

For perspective on the tensions between President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, Amna Nawaz spoke with former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor. He's now a distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Council.

Rubio spoke to Lebanese president about confiscated Hezbollah explosives, says official US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Lebanon's president Joseph Aoun during a phone call on Thursday that he should not return th…

Four victims were killed in the shooting, according to reports

Palestinian youth injured by Israeli shrapnel during raid of occupied West Bank city A young Palestinian was injured after receiving live-fire shrapnel to the head on Thursday evening during an Israeli raid on the city…

At least two people have been hospitalized, and police say suspected shooter was killed at the sceneMultiple people, including children, were injured in a Thursday shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, polic…

The halt to commercial shipments, including fruit and winter clothing, cuts off a key source of critical supplies.

Lebanese president asks Rubio to press Israel to halt attacks on country's south Lebanese President Joseph Aoun asked US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to pressure Israel to halt attacks on southern Lebanon in a phone c…

Lawsuit comes weeks before midterm elections and follows debunked claims of noncitizens voting in various states.

Fires burn in central Tirana as protesters throw stones and police respond with tear gas and water cannon. Student-led demonstrations demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama's resignation enter their third day.

Sanctions to continue until Iran’s ‘coffers empty’, says US Treasury US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday that his department "will not relent until the Iranian regime’s coffers are empty" after it annou…

Following reports of an active shooter at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, emergency responders are on the scene, according to the Bend Police Department.

A 2021 study found that mass shootings were more common in states with higher rates of gun ownership, and gun homicides were more common in states with looser concealed carry law

Three people have died and several are reported missing after torrential rain triggered severe flooding across Istanbul

Irish author Sally Rooney can no longer sell her books in the UK because of her support for the activist group Palestine Action, her publisher Faber said Wednesday. Rooney has previously expressed her support for the gr…

Two people were severely injured and evacuated by helicopter but no one's life appeared to be in danger, officials said.

An Israeli spyware disguised as a digital advertisement firm has targeted journalists’ devices at Al Jazeera.

Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary has suggested that authorities are examining potential crimes related to her family’s immigration paperwork

Polls have found that Trump's hardline immigration enforcement effort has divided voters before the 2026 midterm race.

Ansarallah now controls all entry points to Taiz, tightening a siege on Yemen’s third largest city and causing skyrocketing fuel prices, food shortages, and panic among residents.

More than a year into a declared ceasefire in Gaza — and three years into the war — Israel still hasn't allowed foreign media independent access to Gaza.

US, Iranian military issue contesting claims over control of Strait of Hormuz US Central Command (Centcom) dismissed "Iranian claims" to control the Strait of Hormuz, alleging that the US and its regional partners "cont…

Warnings come as Californians have already in autumn felt brutal heatwave and storm surge that battered coastCommunities across California are bracing for more dangerous weather this week, with strong winds and high tem…

El Niño will likely shift weather patterns to bring more rain, but much snow still isn’t forecast for the northern satesWinter in the United States looks like it will generally be wetter and warmer, but not necessarily…

François Picard is pleased to welcome Layla Abdelké Yakoub, Tax Justice and Inequality Advocacy Officer at Oxfam France. "Today in France a billionaire pays less taxes proportionally than a nurse or a firefighter," expl…

White House prepares plans to use 'mother of all bombs' on Iran, says official The White House has prepared plans to use a Massive Ordnance Air Blast, dubbed "mother of all bombs", to hit military sites in Iran if order…

Five people seriously hurt after incident involving vehicle carrying HGV drivers in Calais, say French authoritiesNineteen people have been injured after a minibus was involved in an accident at the loading platform of…

Gulf states have downplayed damage caused by Iranian strikes: Report Arabian Gulf monarchies have “suppressed” information about the extent of damage done to their physical infrastructure by attacks from Iran and its al…

Several major sporting events in Saudi Arabia have been cancelled or postponed as a result of repeated deadly attacks from Iran-backed Houthi rebels against the Kingdom's airports and infrastructure. FRANCE 24's Mark Ow…

At least 33 pupils and a teacher were killed according to hospital officials, and more than a dozen were injured.

US President Donald Trump’s deal to lift restrictions on Russian diesel sends a “very bad signal” and is driven by dubious business motives, MEP Rihard Kols told Euronews’ Special Report.

Emergency teams are searching for 7 missing crew after two chemical tankers were attacked in the Black Sea.

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s cell phone confiscated, family members subpoenaed Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 10/15/2026 - 20:21 Critics have called the investigation a witch hunt, citing President Donald Trump's past rem…

Despite public assertions that he was paying for the project himself, internal records list no financial contributions from Donald Trump

The minibus was carrying truck ⁠drivers who were preparing to board the Le Shuttle service

The pastor allegedly inflated his tech company’s success with misleading press releases, falsely claiming it had 20 employees when it only had three

EU leaders stuck to their red lines on the next long-term budget at Thursday's summit, with several now rejecting the presumed December deadline. Council President António Costa is now expected to take over the negotiat…

Gulf states have downplayed damage caused by Iranian strikes: Report Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 10/15/2026 - 20:33 The UAE characterised damage to Fujairah port as caused by falling debris, but experts and satellite…

Poll shows right-wing candidate with two percent advantage over Lula going into second round of voting on October 25.

Critics say unilateral decision to call polls is a recipe for more conflict.

Rescuers searched on Thursday for seven missing sailors after drones struck two chemical tankers near Romania's Black Sea coast, setting them ablaze and raising fresh security concerns along a vital shipping route used…

The weather agency is forecasting that parts of all of 39 states will see a wetter-than-usual winter

Witnesses report at least six explosions near palace used by Yemen's internationally recognized governmentAt least six explosions struck on Thursday near the palace used by Yemen’s internationally recognized government…

At least five people were killed and 16 wounded Thursday in a Houthi missile and drone attack on the palace located in Yemen's interim capital – the southern port city of Aden, used by the country's internationally reco…

Palestinian documents 21 Israeli attacks against farmers in 12 hours The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission (CWRC) said on Thursday that they had documented 21 attacks carried out by Israeli forces and settlers…

Saudi Arabia civil defence issues alert for potential danger in Jazan Saudi Arabia's civil defence issued an early warning to citizens for "potential danger" in the kingdom's Jazan province on social media on Thursday.…

A separate Treasury license on Thursday also authorized certain transactions involving Lukoil's Bulgaria entities through April 24, 2027.

Trump’s latest lengthy soliloquy in the Rose Garden evoked memories of the last octogenarian to occupy the Oval Office. Andrew Feinberg explains why

In an exclusive interview with Euronews, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's deputy chief of staff confirmed that the Ukrainian leader has been invited to Budapest on 23 October, as Zelenskyy and Magyar are set fo…

A number of states have confirmed they were targeted by the mailings, including Oklahoma, Ohio and Louisiana.

A migration ecologist called the discovery of the barn owls’ nest ‘shocking’

Exclusive: ITV investigation shows leader stood by mayoral candidate who said Labour MP should ‘go home to the Caribbean’Nigel Farage was told by a senior Reform official that he was “protecting” a high-profile mayoral…

Romania reported seven people missing on Thursday after two drone attacks on ships in the Black Sea, where several vessels have been hit recently in suspected fallout from the Ukraine war. The attacks are the latest in…

Ismael Ayala-Uribe was one of 53 people to die in ICE custody during Trump’s first 500 days back in office.

Trump's lawyers agreed to a 16 October deposition but later sought to postpone it until January.

Nature lovers watched Jackie and her partner, Shadow, for more than a decade via an online video feed

Europeans ‘far more united’ on tougher China trade stance after German shift, top expert Noah Barkin tells Euronews

NYC comptroller backtracks on buying Israeli bonds by saying they aren't a good investment The comptroller of New York City, an avowed supporter of Israel, has backtracked on his pledge to purchase the country’s bonds,…

The European Central Bank has ruled that UniCredit may exceed the 30 percent shareholding threshold in Commerzbank. From 2027 the Piazza Gae Aulenti lender will take control of the German bank.

Saudi-led coalition command centre in Aden hit in alleged Houthi attack A missile attack on the presidential palace in Aden hit a command centre of the Saudi-led coalition fighting against Yemen's Houthis, a Saudi-backe…

The Rapid Support Forces were accused of the attack, which killed over 30 children, women, and elders.

The futuristic drone can carry up to 330 pounds and reaches speeds of up to 65 mph

Widespread voter disillusionment and pocketbook anxieties set a volatile stage for the GOP weeks before election night.

NYC comptroller backtracks on buying Israeli bonds by saying they aren't a good investment Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 10/15/2026 - 18:13 Mark Levine said New York City is still assessing Israeli bonds, but for now,…

The dream rock band called Fathom travelled roughly 700km across Australia by car, helicopter and plane to play nine shows in 12 hours.

UK defence secretary trying to cool tensions and is arguing it is in America’s economic interests to support KyivWes Streeting urged the US to stand by Ukraine on his visit to the American capital and sought to cool ten…

US judge bars Trump from punishing rights groups for liaising with ICC A federal judge this week blocked the Trump administration from potentially imposing civil or criminal liability on two US-based human rights groups…

Experts say seeking alternatives that deliver the same dose of oestrogen by the same method is keyWomen in the UK are again facing shortages of some HRT products, with warnings they could persist for weeks. We take a lo…

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said he felt “betrayed” on Wednesday after access was seemingly restricted to US intelligence and Space X satellite services, raising new questions about US commitment to Ukraine.…

UN agency warns Hormuz shipping disruption starting to hit harvests Disruption to fuel and fertiliser shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is beginning to impact agricultural harvests, the head of ‌a United Nations rur…

Demonstrators clashed with police overnight in Porto, after officers moved in to remove tents. Protest organisers say at least 35 people were injured.

The customer allegedly called the teenage employee a ‘scumbag’

Catholic leader met top Vatican aide, as doctors say recovery proceeding after lung surgery to remove cancerous growth.

Delegations from over ten countries walk out of Israeli president's CICA summit speech Representatives from more than 10 countries, including Turkey, walked out of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building M…

Prosecutors say Adan Manzano was victim of Danette Colbert’s operation targeting New Orleans touristsA woman involved in a New Orleans criminal enterprise that targeted tourists and led to the death of a reporter has be…

Election officers in Louisiana and Oklahoma receive a powdery substance, prompting evacuationsThe FBI and the US Postal Inspection Service are investigating letters sent to state officials and election offices across th…

Fault Lines investigates the soaring death rates in immigration detention centres following President Trump’s crackdown.

Nato source says drones came from Russia, while Romania’s president says attacking commercial ships ‘is unacceptable and has to stop’Seven sailors are missing after drones struck two tankers near Romania’s Black Sea ⁠co…

Israeli spyware targeted 'hundreds of millions' through zero-click ads, researchers find Millions of people's devices have been infected with Israeli mercenary spyware called Candiru through zero-click digital advertise…

Being a prime minister is tough, with daily schedule packed with meetings and hourslong parliamentary sessions

US Treasury releases new Iran-related sanctions The Trump administration has issued fresh Iran-related sanctions targeting 16 individuals and 10 entities, according to a notice posted on the US Department of Treasury we…

Turkish police raided the Istanbul headquarters of an important pro-opposition television station on Wednesdazy, the day that jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was set to start his defense against corruption charges.

Being a prime minister is tough, with daily schedule packed with meetings and hourslong parliamentary sessions

The hot air balloon company has claimed that it did not damage the farm’s trees

Prime Minister Edi Rama condemns 'chaos' as protests continue for third day in the capital and spread to other cities.

Yemeni government-allied forces say they are repelling Houthi attack on Dhubab airport Forces allied with the Saudi-backed Yemeni government said on Thursday that they are repelling an alleged Houthi attack on the Taiz…

The juror said he was struck by Lindsay Clancy’s ‘thought process’ during the killings

During the 2024 presidential election, the USPS handled 99.2 million ballots sent to and from voters

Israel strikes house in Gaza’s al-Maghazi refugee camp An Israeli air strike targeted a residential house in al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, causing extensive damage to neighbouring homes, Al Jazeera's correspo…

The home secretary said the east African country has ‘refused’ to accept the return of its criminals

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Palestinian activist Samer Sinijlawi called the postponement of the first legislative elections in 20 years to September 2027 "a terrible disappointment" for a generation that has never h…

Exclusive: Chancellor to target sector in his first budget to help offset damage caused by Iran war on public financesJohn Healey is poised to tax Britain’s banks in his 28 October budget to help offset the damage infli…

Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted drone in Khamis Mushait The spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, Turki al-Maliki, said on Thursday that coalition forces intercepted and destroyed a hostile drone ta…

Protests have taken place over the rules which have seen pupils wearing hijabs turned away from schools.

Water company tells creditors it will not survive long enough to agree refinancing deal without more moneyThames Water has asked its creditors for another £2.4bn as the embattled water company comes close to running out…

Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Peter Zalmayev, Founder and Director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative, LIVE from Kyiv. As Zelensky declares Ukraine "done" with Trump's self-declared energy ceasefire and resumes…

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Maduro and wife appear in New York City court after new 'conspiracy to commit torture' charges.

Iran said monitoring teams found the unnamed vessel ablaze after it entered a prohibited zone with its tracking systems disabled, two days after the container ship GFS Pride sank following a fire and the cargo ship Cape…

Leader of CREC church – whose pastors have advocated death penalty – says he ‘prefers public executions to private’Donald Trump announced on Thursday he was cancelling Pete Hegseth’s recently announced plans to livestre…

Change of council leadership hands reprieve to residents of architecturally celebrated developments in LambethTwo architecturally celebrated council estates in south London that have been under threat of demolition for…

US media reports military considering plans to use GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB)

Flamingo protests escalate in AlbaniaProtests in Albania turned violent Wednesday night as rioters attacked government buildings and set storefronts ablaze in the capital, Tirana. More peaceful demonstrations began seve…

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are back in the public eye in Britain. The couple greeted crowds, met children and visited community projects in Nottingham, the city where they first appeared together after their engagem…

Through the weekend, Trudy is expected to produce 4-8 inches of rainfall, with isolated totals around 12 inches across the southwestern Mexican states

After more than two weeks of camping in Puerta del Sol, demonstrators are battling exhaustion and the challenges of living outdoors, while solidarity keeps the protest alive and Madrid's regional government continues to…

Iranian navy says 'violating' oil tanker on fire in Strait of Hormuz An oil tanker is on fire in the eastern part of the Strait of Hormuz after “violating” the Iranian blockade restricting transit through the waterway,…

UK MP John McDonnell raises 'alarm' about arrest of journalists at Palestine Action protest Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 10/15/2026 - 15:15 The Labour lawmaker tabled a motion that described the arrests in Leicester a…

Israel’s security doctrine sees Arab states as ‘collections of tribes’, says ex-intelligence chief Israel’s security policy since the 7 October attacks has been guided by an unwritten “concept” holding that most Arab st…

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Two security guards killed in suspected Houthi attack on Aden presidential palace The Saudi-backed Yemeni government reported on Thursday that two security guards were killed in a suspected Houthi attack near the presid…

Court rulings concern violence and killings during March 2025 uprising by pro-Assad forces and retaliatory attacks.

OpenAI ‘will engage constructively with the FTC and continue working with regulators,’ the firm said

German chancellor Friedrich Merz said meanwhile that giving up on Kyiv would have ‘an enormous impact on the entire political order of this continent’

Trump’s deeply unpopular war is one of the most pressing concerns for Americans ahead of the midterms

West Nile virus is spreading in Europe, with cases rising and the virus moving further north, the ECDC has warned.

A 14-year-old charged with attempted murder in France after wounding a principal and a teacher in a school shooting this week said he acted out of revenge for bullying, prosecutors have said. The incident, at a middle s…

US consumer inflation was hotter than anticipated in September, government data showed Wednesday, as Washington's continued war with Tehran pushed energy costs higher, deepening strains on American households ahead of n…

The former head of Israel's Shin Bet domestic security agency on Wednesday sued Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for defamation weeks before elections in a row over responsibility for Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack. Ne…

Residents speculated much of the bear’s natural habitat was lost in the 2025 Eaton Fire

Santiago Caputo cites election of Sagal Abdi-Wali as MP and calls UK a threat to the west in post shared by Argentina’s presidentThe chief adviser to Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, has cited the election of Sagal…

Michael Desronvil tells Fox News he never had reasonable doubt Clancy was guilty but didn’t back up his claimsMichael Desronvil, the sole holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial has spoken in his first interview since…

US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was cancelling plans to livestream the firing squad execution of a convicted military base shooter – a project that had sparked outrage in the United States. Nidal Hasan i…

Apocalyptic orange skies engulf Palangkaraya in Indonesia, while Singapore's famous Marina Bay Sands nearly disappears behind thick smoke. Months of wildfires have triggered an air pollution crisis across Southeast Asia.

In this ‘ask ian,’ Ian Bremmer explains how the US blockade of Iran and Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia are driving disruptions of global energy and shipping across the Middle East.Ian says the US blockade has been effec…

Illinois teen who allegedly said he 'couldn’t wait' to kill Indians is arrested over a Hindu temple attack plot.

The AI hub will bring selected Swedish start-ups and Nvidia staff under the same roof, alongside a biotechnology demonstration lab.

Four MPs raise conflict of interest concerns over Samantha Jones’s past links to a big provider of ADHD assessmentsA senior civil servant should play no part in ministers’ crackdown on private ADHD and autism clinics be…

The planned execution of Nidal Hasan is scheduled to be the first military execution in more than 60 years.

Party chair calls on Labour groups to end local deals if Green councillors do not reject motion attacked as ‘antisemitic’UK politics live – latest updatesLabour councils who share power with the Greens have been told to…

To discuss the ongoing conflict between the Houthi rebels and the Saudi-backed coalition, we speak to Jules Grange Gastinel, a researcher at France's CNRS research body specialising in the Houthi movement. He tells us w…

More than 1,300 people were interviewed and over a dozen individuals were questioned under polygraph throughout the investigation, police said

Welsh parliament drops poet from opening ceremony after Gaza reference in poem Submitted by Imran Mulla on Thu, 10/15/2026 - 13:56 Hanan Issa, the Welsh national poet, was invited to give a recital attended by King Char…

Visitors to Frieze London in the UK are becoming part of the artworks themselves, climbing a giant interactive spider, entering virtual worlds and taking part in installations that turn spectators into participants.

Police responded with tear gas and water cannons and detained several demonstrators.

Iran’s army said that the ‘rogue tanker’ was attempting to pass through the restricted area in the Gulf of Oman

Madeleine King told press club emissions from NT fossil fuel basin ‘are accounted for and offset’ but research found 95% of emissions this decade would not have to be offsetSign up for climate and environment editor Ada…

The controversial legislation may end up placing large sections of its suburban support – critical to the party’s lead in the polls – on the bonfire For almost t…

He also celebrated Mass with other priests in a special chapel set up for him near his room on the 10th floor of the hospital

Brazilian authorities are investigating whether a recent surge in Amazon wildfires was orchestrated

A small dog named Luna has been on the loose in Yellowstone National Park since September

Data investigation casts doubt on claims that Israeli counter-documentary to 'NAZA' received 40 million views.

Kenya has confirmed its second Ebola case, a close relative of the country’s first victim, as the outbreak in Congo continues to grow.

Ukraine relies on Starshield, the military-grade version of Elon Musk's Starlink satellite service, to fight Russia.

Companies face growing cyber risks and wider threats, warns Marcelo Rodriguez, President of the International Security Management Association (ISMA), in an opinion piece for Euronews. Europe's businesses, executives and…

Artificial intelligence is "changing the security landscape". That's according to Ledger, a French unicorn of cryptocurrency that's seeking a bigger role in digital security. Chief Technology Officer Charles Guillemet s…

Ukrainian drones attacked a refinery in Russia's Ryazan region early Thursday, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a brief truce spurned by Moscow was over amid deepening tensions with Washingt…

Move comes as Senator Elizabeth Warren condemns Barclays response to questions over ex-boss’s ties to sex offenderUS lawmakers have unveiled a new bill to hold Wall Street’s “Epstein-connected” bosses to account for hel…

I have been struck by a recurring challenge, writes Charity Gladstone. We have evidence, expertise and innovative solutions, but are we prepared to change how we invest, who we listen to and who gets to make decisions?

Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest with assets of more than €2 trillion, may once again be allowed to invest in firms that make nuclear weapons under a proposal published on Thursday.

Mauritius is extending a curfew for two more nights and tightening security after unrest sparked by police shooting a woman during protests over water shortages and the cost of living

Ukrainians accuse the US of gambling with their lives as Russian strikes devastated residential buildings in the capital

President’s top aide has been left out of the loop on several major decisions in recent weeks

European Union leaders are voicing strong opposition to a new proposal for the bloc’s long-term budget

The banks of the Gauja River are transformed into a sea of orange during the cooler months.

Officials issue guidance saying the ammonia in animal urine should be watered down to stop it corroding barkA neighbourhood in Vienna has introduced guidelines for dog walking, including the use of bottled tap water to…

Exclusive: Portsmouth Historic Dockyard’s new £15m permanent display tells tales of courage from conflicts such as Crimean and both world warsThey tell tales of bravery under fire, may lead to conversations about the UK…

Designed to bring internet access to remote regions, Elon Musk's Starlink has become vital in crisis regions and war zones. But Ukraine also shows the risks of depending on the service.

The New Yalu River Bridge connects Dandong, China, and Sinuiju, North Korea, enhancing regional trade and collaboration.

UK legal regulator dismisses complaints against UK Lawyers for Israel patrons Submitted by Areeb Ullah on Thu, 10/15/2026 - 12:49 The investigative complaints were filed earlier this year against three senior barristers…

Publisher Faber says withdrawal due to 'circumstances where Faber cannot pass on UK earnings to Sally Rooney'.

The United States dropped GBU-57s on underground nuclear facilities last year but US intelligence claimed the strikes only set back operations by months

Discovery of grenades prompted a neighborhood lockdown and a visit from the Austin police department’s bomb squadA buyer at a Texas estate sale discovered several second world war-era grenades in a box of newly bought i…

Israel bars US contractor from Gaza, blocking base for Moroccan and Kosovan troops Submitted by Elis Gjevori on Thu, 10/15/2026 - 12:38 Israel’s refusal to admit a contractor exposes the Board of Peace’s dependence on I…

The recent disruption of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine comes as Washington steps up pressure on Kyiv to halt its strikes on Russian oil refineries. The system plays a key role in Ukraine’s long…

Last July, Chad announced plans to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, accusing it of inefficiency and of disproportionately targeting African nations. The decision could complicate future investigations int…

Ukraine will no longer abide by US President Donald Trump's demands not to strike Russian oil refineries, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in remarks published Thursday, amid deepening tensions between the two leaders…

Rescue officials fear more people are buried under the debris in the north-western city of Peshawar.

The student protests have been building since late September, sparked by complaints of staff shortages and dilapidated schools. A major strike action is planned for this Saturday, and more public figures are expressing…

Elon Musk says the United States owns and controls the military-grade version of Starlink, which both Ukraine and Britain use

The euro slid this week to its weakest level against the US dollar since mid-May 2025 and the British pound since early June 2025, as an energy shock, France’s debt crisis and a resurgent US dollar outweigh two interest…

Authorities say suspect, 19, was allegedly planning a mass shooting and had shared a white supremacist manifestoA man arrested in a Chicago suburb had shared a ⁠document expressing white supremacist views and outlined a…

China and North Korea formally opened the Yalu River Bridge on Thursday, connecting Dandong in China with Sinuiju in North Korea. Beijing says the bridge will promote economic and trade cooperation.

Iran said that the vessel hit a mine while transiting the route

Some reservoirs in south-east and south-west at critically low levels as water companies call for non-essential user bans on businessesA severe drought has been declared in six areas of England with some reservoirs at c…

All over the globe – from the Mexican border to Syria to the Sahel – companies are renting out planes equipped with powerful sensors to armies and intelligence services for political missions. The market may be discreet…

Iraqi Kurds suggest peace process between Iran and Iranian Kurdish opposition Submitted by Wladimir van Wilgenburg on Thu, 10/15/2026 - 09:48 Iranian Kurdish groups unaware of proposal that could see end of Iranian stri…

Both South and North Korea have tested weapons feared by military planners for their speed and ability to maneuver in flight.

Voters’ opposition to the state of Trump’s economy is well established – despite his desperate attempts to deflectOur reporters answer your questions about the US economy and the midterm electionsIt’s indisputable that…

Speaking at IMF meeting, chancellor says he will stick to fiscal rules while recognising business and living costsUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesJohn Healey has promised to use his first…

President Zelenskyy accused Donald Trump of taking Russia’s side after access to the vital system was throttled. Plus, a happy ending for a dog that was missing for a monthGood morning. Ukraine’s president has said he f…

Reduced missile warnings increase threat to civilians as Trump pushes an 'energy ceasefire' and peace negotiations.

Trump has ruled out attacks before the midterms. Analysts weigh what he could do next, and at what cost.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is calling for de-escalation in the Horn of Africa amid renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia

Social Security benefits are set to get a boost to offset rising consumer prices. And, streamer Hasan Piker says the GOP's "guilt-by-association politics" won't drag Democrats down in the midterms.

Sally Rooney's books to be withdrawn from sale in UK over Palestine Action support Submitted by Imran Mulla on Thu, 10/15/2026 - 11:25 Bestselling author has expressed support for the direct action group the UK governme…

Locals say ‘unique ecosystems’ are vanishing and rivers are losing water as Slovenia’s last glacier melts away.

Two chemical tankers have caught fire in Romanian territorial waters in the Black Sea. The blazes occurred after Russian drones were sighted in Romanian airspace.

Known formally known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, they posed for selfies, hugged members of the crowd and accepted flowers.

After Russian energy attacks left Ukrainians without heating and electricity last winter, Kyiv has in 2026 sought to disrupt Russian daily life in response. Its attacks on datacentres may be the most comprehensive disru…

As one of only two doubly landlocked countries globally, Uzbekistan faces unique water and food security challenges.

🇺🇦🇺🇸 As Ukraine reports slowdowns in the Starlink system used for battlefield communications and frontline logistics, Elon Musk says that "any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS…

Marine Le Pen is the frontrunner to win the French presidential election next year

Restaurants elsewhere in the country will have to wait, after South Australia struck its own deal to bring Michelin inspectors to the region

Four-month suspension of runway operations at Chios State Airport "Homer" aims to complete works by 28 February 2027 and boost flight safety.

A search and rescue operation is under way in the Black Sea after the latest attack in the area.

Ali Kayali, also known as Mihrac Ural, was apprehended as he tried to cross the border, state media reported.

Israel’s security doctrine sees Arab states as ‘collections of tribes’, says ex-intelligence chief Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 10/15/2026 - 10:10 Director of Tel Aviv think tank writes that policy since 7 October tre…

Exclusive: Aleksandar Vučić personally intervened to push plans for controversial $500m Trump Tower in Belgrade, which sparked protests and a criminal caseSerbia’s authoritarian ruler personally intervened to advance an…

Houthis attempt to raise the cost of the Yemen war for Saudi Arabia as attacks, fighting intensify.

More than 12,000 people filled a major venue in the city to hear the former US president's take on the challenges the world is facing. .

Family express concerns about William Chapman’s contact with mental health services before his deathA man who was killed by a tiger at a South Yorkshire zoo had bouts of psychosis, his family told an inquest opening, as…

Kenya reported a second case of Ebola on Wednesday, about a week after recording its first ever infection of the viral disease when a Kenyan who had been living in Congo died in a Nairobi hospital ​on October 5. The ‌se…

Demonstrators are demanding resignation of Edi Rama after three days of clashes in TiranaAlbania’s prime minister, Edi Rama, has said he will not resign over student-led demonstrations, as protesters and police clashed…

Albanian students protesting over rising education costs and corruption have called for Prime Minister Edi Rama to step down

Russia reports a Ukrainian strike on an oil refinery on Thursday, after Ukraine's president says a pause is over following fresh Russian attacks.

The US president said that the war will end ‘as soon as I want it to end’ as the midterms take place under a cloud of economic uncertainty

The FSB arrested the Swedish citizen in Pskov region on terrorism charges and Japanese journalist Yuki Imai on Sakhalin on espionage charges, days after former president Medvedev wrote that Russia may need to “fill up t…

Despite widespread criticism over the Trump-Putin diesel deal, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev has broken ranks and welcomed the controversial agreement.

Romania's naval authority said it received an emergency alert from the San Marino-flagged tanker Wine Trader

Yemen's Houthis denied carrying out an attack on Saudi Arabia on Thursday, shortly after Riyadh said it had intercepted a missile targeting the region around the holy city of Medina.

Zacharia has been identified as a lawyer during 18 appearances on Fox News since March 2025, one analysis states

At least 29 people, mostly children, have been killed after the school collapsed on them in Pakistan’s Peshawar.

Moscow sends swarms of drones to attack infrastructure in central Ukraine as Zelenskyy says Kyiv will restart strikes on Russian oil refineriesEurope live – latest updatesThe White House’s unilateral effort to negotiate…

The German cabinet has approved draft legislation to tax sugar-sweetened drinks in the country from 1 July 2027. The sugar tax is intended to help fund the statutory health insurance system, easing pressure to raise con…

British Museum faces scrutiny over sponsor’s links to illegal Israel settlement Submitted by Namir Shabibi on Wed, 10/14/2026 - 14:33 Documents seen by MEE appear to show museum’s due diligence process raised ‘no concer…

SpaceX boss Elon Musk said Wednesday that any disruptions reported by Ukraine in using the Starshield satellite communications system would be the responsibility of the US government, not his company. "Starshield system…

Israel: Netanyahu and Eisenkot clash over Palestinian statehood ahead of elections Submitted by Nadav Rapaport on Thu, 10/15/2026 - 10:22 Election rivals trade accusations over support for Palestinian statehood, militar…

Demonstrators and riot police clashed in Albania's capital on Wednesday in a second straight day of violence triggered by student protests calling for better university conditions and Prime Minister Edi Rama's resignati…

Ukrainian drones attacked a refinery in Russia's Ryazan region early Thursday, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a brief truce spurned by Moscow was over.

Lula's supporters hope the measure will boost his popularity ahead of a presidential run-off in 10 days.

China and North Korea officially opened their most significant land border crossing on Thursday, aiming to rejuvenate trade and commerce after years of strained ties and pandemic-related disruptions. Trucks festooned wi…

Exclusive: Trump has falsely claimed Afrikaners are facing ‘white genocide’, but very few have applied to live in USThe US government could spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a media campaign in South Africa to f…

One plays the bull, the other the bullfighter, as a pair practices a dance of death in a sport that's prohibited in the Mexican capital city.

Israeli attack in Gaza City kills one An Israeli drone strike targeting a group of Palestinians in Gaza City has killed one man and wounded dozens of others, Wafa reports. According to the report, the attack struck the…

Israel’s 2026 election: Who are the main leaders and where do they stand on the key issues? Submitted by Daniel Tester on Wed, 10/14/2026 - 12:55 How Netanyahu, Eisenkot, Bennett, and Golan compare on Gaza, West Bank se…

Countries’ ties with Israel reflect local politics, defence deals and strategic interests rather than a united stance.

Houthis say no attacks against Saudi Arabia conducted today, after coalition forces report missile downed Yahya Saree, Houthi military spokesperson, has confirmed that the group have not launched any attacks against Sau…

The broadcast followed Reform UK candidates and councillors during local elections in May and at four by-election campaigns in 2025 and 2026.

El Niño turbocharged the Pacific hurricane – but climate change had an even greater impact, scientists find.

Leicester police ‘blanket arrest’ journalists under Terrorism Act for covering protest at Israeli drone factory Submitted by Katherine Hearst on Wed, 10/14/2026 - 15:21 Journalists tell MEE that move has set a 'worrying…

Charity commissioner to use speech to say there is a difference between ‘heated discussion’ and harassment or abuseQuick reminder to anyone not super across what banks have to pay in taxes, their current rate is a 3% su…

Officials say Ukraine has launched a drone and missile attack on a Russian oil refinery

Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted and destroyed missile over Medina Saudi-led coalition forces intercepted and destroyed a cruise missile in the Medina area, Turki al-Maliki, the coalition spokesperson reports.

​Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem died at the park after being ejected from the Goliath ride

Nearly 61% believe country is in recession and 65% of independents say economy is worse, according to new Harris pollSend us your questions on how the US economy is shaping the midterm electionsWith the midterm election…

Travel has been limited on Greek islands

U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall sought a $4.2 million earmark to resolve a water rights dispute in Kansas in 2024

Ukraine says its access to SpaceX's Starshield has been restored. It's the system the country uses for its offensive drone attacks on Russia.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Democratic Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois about reports that SpaceX temporarily restricted access to its Starshield in Ukraine, affecting the country's war efforts.

Move comes after east African country abruptly withdrew returns cooperation earlier this yearUK politics live – latest updatesEritreans could be stopped from coming to the UK unless the country agrees to accept more rej…

The government hopes a weaker dinar will help pay salaries, but traders face rising import costs and uncertainty.

Chip makers and tech investors such as Samsung and SoftBank plunge as global investors fret over potential interest rate hikesBusiness news – live updatesLarry Elliott: the global economy is muddling through. But a stor…

Young Palestinian artists in Gaza and the occupied West Bank bring their work together in simultaneous exhibitions.

The roof of a private school collapsed in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 28 children and a female teacher and injuring more than 50 other people.

After the procedure at Rome's Gemelli hospital on Tuesday, the Vatican revealed that the growth was cancerous and that surgeons had removed part of his right lung.

China and North Korea opened a new four-lane road bridge on Thursday, 15 October, ending a 12-year delay and creating a major new route for cross-border trade.

Ukraine president Zelenskyy said he felt ‘betrayed’ by the US after Trump’s diesel deal and the Starlink restrictionsEU leaders are now arriving for the European Council summit in Brussels and understandably they get as…

Video shows containers and debris scattered around the Strait of Hormuz due to the recent attacks on vessels.

At least 320 people detained for ‘acts against nature’ after law criminalising homosexuality toughened, HRW reportsMass arrests, forced HIV testing and barriers to legal representation are part of an escalating crackdow…

Why have Saudi air defences failed to intercept Houthi missiles? Submitted by Paul Iddon on Wed, 10/14/2026 - 21:30 Geography, interceptor shortages and evolving attack tactics may help explain why Saudi Arabia's advanc…

Coworker alerted police after receiving disturbing messages from 19-year-old suspect.

Western Australian police say woman ‘experienced numbness to her tongue’ after tasting the curry at her workplace in Perth A woman has been charged after alleged…

Britain's economy grew unexpectedly in August, official data showed on Thursday, in a boost to Finance Minister John Healey ahead of the Labour government's budget update this month.

Israeli president took Azerbaijani flight to bypass Turkey's airspace ban Submitted by Ragip Soylu on Thu, 10/15/2026 - 08:06 Flight data and footage indicate the Israeli president took a commercial flight through Turki…

Russia's Pacific Fleet has test-fired cruise missiles from a nuclear-powered submarine, striking a target 1,200km away.

The best-selling author of “Conversations With Friends” and “Normal People” is being forced to withdraw her books from sale in the UK because of her support for Palestine Action.

A heavy downpour has shut down Istanbul, flooded homes and roads and killed at least two people

Death toll in Pakistan school roof collapse increases to 28, official says

A new bridge linking China and North Korea has opened after more than a decade of delay, signaling deeper ties between the two countries

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says Ukraine’s strikes on Russian refineries are legitimate, as Kyiv vows to resume them despite Trump’s energy ceasefire.

Political and religious critics accuse India's Modi government of curbing Kashmir's freedom of religion and expression.

Timekeepers add a leap second occasionally to keep our clocks and the Earth's rotation in tune. That could now change.

More than 170 figures from France's film industry warn about the impact of the 2027 budget, fearing hundreds of films could vanish if measures like doubling VAT on Canal+ pay-TV offers go through.

U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall sought a $4.2 million earmark to resolve a water rights dispute in Kansas in 2024

President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador announces a plan to release up to 50% of those imprisoned under a state of emergency

Kaja Kallas, the EU's Foreign Policy chief, speaks exclusively to Euronews ahead of an European Summit in Brussels. Spiralling energy prices, the EU's long-term budget and support for Ukraine in the wake of Donald Trump…

Vice Adm Buckley calls incident an ‘act of sexual violence’ and a ‘despicable betrayal of trust’ The defence department says a member of the Australian Defence F…

Costa Rica has made fighting drug trafficking a main goal, inspired by El Salvador's hardline approach

Israeli settlers cut power supply to Palestinian family in West Bank Israeli settlers on Thursday cut electricity poles supplying the Soufan family’s home in the town of Burin, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank,…

'They're a selfish bunch': How Abu Dhabi shaped modern Manchester Submitted by Oscar Rickett on Thu, 10/15/2026 - 07:30 Manchester City's owners provided investment that fuelled 'Manchesterism' and helped propel Andy Bu…

Prince Harry and Meghan are making their first joint public appearances in England since stepping back from royal duties six years ago

October 27 vote could test whether Israel's ties with African countries withstand the fallout from the war on Gaza.

EU leaders meeting in Brussels will examine measures to curb the bloc's huge trade deficit with China. But they will also be looking to further agreement on the next EU budget ahead of some major elections next year.

A small dog named Luna has been on the loose in Yellowstone National Park since September

Gulf economies will not return to pre-war growth soon, IMF warns The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects Middle Eastern economies to bounce back, but not in the medium term, the organisation's regional chief said…

Inquest into death of Queensland girl denied insulin by her religious parents is told Kerrie Struhs believed God would heal her daughter Doctors were so concerne…

Ukrainian forces had their access to the technology restricted this week after Trump announced a new diesel deal with Russia

Israeli military shells several southern Lebanon areas overnight Israeli military has shelled the municipalities of al-Mansouri and Majdal Zoun in southern Lebanon’s Tyre district, the country’s National News Agency rep…

Officials meet in Thailand as conflict drives energy prices higher and casts uncertainty over global economy.

The U.S. Justice Department has agreed not to prosecute a former CIA analyst who was accused of serving as a secret agent for South Korea’s intelligence service

Latest data comes just two weeks before chancellor’s budget looks to help consumers traverse the cost of living crisisThe UK economy unexpectedly continued to grow in August despite a fall in consumer spending before ch…

US military plans to use 'mother of all bombs' if Trump resumes war The US military has developed strike plans that could include using the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, also known as the "mother of all bomb…

Kaja Kallas, the EU's top diplomat, speaks exclusively to Maria Tadeo as EU leaders arrive in Brussels for a crucial EU summit on spiralling energy prices, an unfinished seven-year budget, and Donald Trump's pressure on…

Defra promised in March to work towards free access to data on large plots in England and Wales The government has refused to say when the public will be able to freely access information about who owns large plots of l…

Prime minister presents new kind of challenge for SNP, and his Scottish visit will loom large over its big eventThis year, even Andy Burnham is invited to the Scottish National party conference. But by the time John Swi…

The incidents have renewed scrutiny of Europe's ability to protect shipping and critical infrastructure in the Black Sea, more than a year after the EU launched a strategy to strengthen security in the region.

Far-right leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said on Wednesday that France could no longer afford to fund Ukraine, citing the country's high deficit and weak economic growth.

Footage from hidden camera allegedly in female showers may have already been uploaded, senator fears

In today’s newsletter: As Russia resists a ceasefire and Trump’s shifting priorities unsettle allies, an end to the conflict isn’t getting any closerGood morning. In his usual asinine unconventional approach to internat…

Australia, New Zealand and Japan issue fresh travel alerts for Saudi Arabia Australia and New Zealand have updated their travel advisories for Saudi Arabia, while Japan advised its citizens against non-essential travel…

EU leaders are meeting in Brussels for a packed two-day summit. Energy prices, trade with China and the budget will dominate Thursday's session.

The new bridge's opening comes about a month after North Korea and Russia opened a road bridge as part of their efforts to cement relations.

Elementary school teacher Geraldine Achiah died in Cameroon after allegedly being beaten by her husband

UK's global sanctions regime against Israeli settlements comes into effect The United Kingdom's new global sanctions regime against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank came into effect on Thursday. The enforce…

Trades Union Congress urges chancellor to tackle rising additional living costs in this month’s budgetUK households have paid almost £14,000 on average in additional costs for mortgages, loans, energy and water bills ov…

Exclusive: David and Anne Moffat to meet permanent secretary after coroner found Treasury ‘materially contributed’ to employee taking her own lifeThe parents of a woman who killed herself after facing disciplinary proce…

In the final part of our series on the country, Poles tell how wages have soared – along with the cost of livingAbove the rain-soaked streets of Warsaw, the observation deck of the Varso tower overlooks Joseph Stalin’s…

US Congressman says support growing for bill to stop Israeli settlements Support keeps growing for the proposed Stop the Settlements Act, which would sanction anyone looking to take Palestinian land in the West Bank or…

A man's death on a Six Flags roller coaster in Georgia has raised questions about ride safety and regulation

At least 350 Palestinian children currently face 'harsh conditions' in Israeli prisons.

Zelensky spoke of his frustration over Trump in an interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored on Wednesday night

Alexandros Paporakis, a Taco Bell cashier from Palatine, Illinois, faces felony charges of making a terrorist threat and unlawfully possessing weapons

Having tried cloud seeding and water bombing, one pilot project will see dry ice dispersed by plane across the province of South SumatraAs fires ravage Indonesia, emitting a toxic smoke that has drawn the ire of regiona…

Flooding left vehicles piled up and people stranded inside Sao Paulo’s Anhangabau tunnel.

A deepening tech sell-off drags Asian stocks lower ahead of Europe’s open as South Korean and Japanese markets sink.

The social platform says networks targeted US political debate across the spectrum ahead of midterm elections.

Prince Harry and Meghan are making their first joint public appearances in England since stepping back from royal duties six years ago

Gaza health ministry says 1,501 Palestinians killed since October 2025 'ceasefire' Israeli forces have killed a total of 1,501 Palestinians since the October 2025 “ceasefire”, Gaza's health ministry says. The toll inclu…

President Donald Trump, seeing the success of the U.S. Navy’s operation in the Strait of Hormuz in blocking most of Iran’s imports and oil exports while restoring some of the non-Iranian oil trade through the strait, ev…

Elon Musk said any restrictions on Ukraine’s Starshield satellite system are controlled by the US government, not SpaceX. Ukraine’s former defence minister called for the removal of speed limits to strengthen the countr…

Exclusive: Out-of-pocket costs for abortion care to be covered regardless of who wins November election as Jess Wilson says Liberals and Nationals ‘will not allow Labor to play politics on this issue’Victoria will becom…

A situation report in an hour instead of a day: in Africa's fight against Ebola, AI shows how it can bolster healthcare, in Germany too. But experts warn of opaque systems and unresolved risks.

Steele-John said he rejected the claims and had referred them to the Western Australian Greens for a ‘fair, independent process’Greens senator Jordon Steele-John has taken leave from the party room after complaints were…

Digital authoritarianism is not developing in isolation, but through the international exchange of technologies, standards, and practices.

Eurozone treasuries are preparing record bond sales for 2027 just as the IMF warns that borrowing costs have hit a two-decade high.

Romania on Wednesday was probing a possible fresh drone attack on a tanker off its Black Sea coast. Suspected Russian drones have hit several ships off Romania and neighbouring Bulgaria since last week in the latest spi…

The US President's ally says conservatives “cannot give an inch” in Latin America as he accepts an award in Washington.

Purpose of Genocide Convention is to prevent genocide, Navi Pillay says Former UN high commissioner for human rights and 2026 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay has said that the purpose of the Genocide Convention i…

The tests showcase North Korea's war deterrent capabilities in the region, KCNA says.

Board of Peace plan stalled as Israel blocks Gaza outpost construction, report says Israel is not allowing the construction of a key military outpost in Gaza that is part of US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, t…

‘It is a pity that we are losing a strong partner,’ Mr Zelensky said about Trump

An online petition calling for the longtime bus driver’s reinstatement has garnered more than 10,200 signatures

Talarico casts himself as a moderate who would put Texans’ needs over party allegiances amid close contest against Republican Ken PaxtonJames Talarico, the Texas Democratic nominee for Senate, sat face to face with seve…

Brazil’s Senate has approved a constitutional amendment to reduce the maximum workweek from 44 to 40 hours without cutting salaries

Congress approves constitutional amendment that bans six-day workweeks, which could effect up to 30 million Brazil’s congress has approved a constitutional amendment to shorten the working week to a maximum of 40 hours,…

EU leaders head to a summit on Thursday seeking a deal on the bloc’s nearly €2 trillion budget for 2028-2034 by Christmas, amid deep divisions over spending and fears that upcoming elections, particularly in France, cou…

Thousands of Colombians protested peacefully across the country on Wednesday against right-wing President Abelardo de la Espriella, in the opposition’s first major demonstrations since he took office in August. Former l…

The policy move comes months after an outbreak tied to imported lettuce hospitalized hundreds and sickened more than 27,000 people across 47 states

As Florida Attorney General, Ashley Moody came up empty handed investigating the work-release program abused by Jeffrey Epstein.

MP urges lifting Palestine Action ban after Sally Rooney UK book sales halt British Member of Parliament Ian Byrne has called on the government to de-proscribe Palestine Action, after Irish novelist Sally Rooney said sh…

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s party plans to file a complaint against Meta with the Organisation of American States, alleging election interference, his campaign said Wednesday. The party accuses Meta…

In our news wrap Wednesday, Iran says a cargo ship sank after hitting a mine in the Strait of Hormuz, the Vatican says Pope Leo is eating and walking again following surgery to remove a cancerous portion of his lung, th…

In tonight's edition, Kenya confirms a second case of Ebola. Also, Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay warns that international justice is facing growing pressure. And millions of people in Nigeria have been without Ti…

The Canadian prime minister is in Alberta for two days to make a final push for unity ahead of Monday’s separation referendum.

A teenage gunman opened fire in the city of Bend, killing four people and leaving two more in critical condition, before he was shot and killed by a bystanderA 16-year-old gunman opened fire at the Silver Rail elementar…

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Edward "Buddy" Jackson's body was found stuffed in a barrel in 2022, with a gunshot wound to the head. Police say he likely was killed four decades ago.

Trump’s ‘secretary of war’ has humiliated himself and so mismanaged the MAGA machinery of imperialism that it could bring down this administration. He’s also tremendously effective, his critics fear.

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An online betting site's offer on the now called off live stream raises uncomfortable questions about society's comfort with depravity.

In Alaska, Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan is set to face off against his Democratic challenger, former Rep. Mary Peltola, on Thursday as he bids for reelection.

In our news wrap Thursday, President Trump canceled plans to livestream the December execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, federal law enforcement agencies are investigating a series of letters containing what the…

The CDC has confirmed more than 4,000 cases of measles this year as the country grapples with the largest outbreak of the highly infectious virus in 35 years. Nearly a fifth of cases comprise children under the age of f…

John Brennan sought to compel the Justice Department to preserve investigative records so he could challenge any future criminal case against him.

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President Trump is cutting checks to Americans and promising more with less than three weeks left in a midterm cycle largely focused on affordability. Trump argues they're refunds for excessive healthcare costs and prom…

President Trump will travel to Georgia on Friday to stump for Republican Senate candidate Mike Collins. Collins is in an uphill battle against incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff. Liz Landers visited Georgia for a clos…

A strong majority of voters believe that President Donald Trump is falling short at home and abroad, and they want major change in the upcoming midterm elections, according to a new AP-NORC poll that raises serious warn…

Across the nation, scores of small private colleges and universities are either closing or under threat. As each school shutters, students, faculty, and the surrounding community struggle to find a way forward. Paul Sol…

During the Republican Party’s “midterm convention” last month, GOP leaders argued that a Democratic victory in November would cause a Marxist takeover of America. “It’s going to be a communist country if they win,” Pres…

Elections officials in battleground Wisconsin on Thursday approved guidance for local clerks to help them know what to do if federal law enforcement officials show up at the polls on Election Day, as some activists fear…

President Trump announced that the Fort Hood attacker's execution will not be livestreamed. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with New Yorker journalist Dexter Filkins, who witnessed a public execution.

A Georgia amusement park where a man fell to his death from a roller coaster is set to reopen amid a growing safety probe of roller coasters made by the same manufacturer

The US has only ever dropped a MOAB once before — on Afghanistan in 2017.

A New Orleans jail worker received a 2.5-year prison sentence Thursday for enabling 10 inmates to escape through a hole behind a toilet after he turned off its water

On Wednesday evening, conservative businesspeople, digital influencers, and US government officials flocked to the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC, for the Latino Wall Street-organized inaugural Hispanic H…

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The Great Pumpkin made an early visit to Cary, North Carolina, this year

A ceasefire was supposed to bring calm to a Gaza devastated by genocide. Instead, Israel not only continues to violate it, but now a "yellow line" has split Gaza in half and enabled even more violence.

The master plan for Republican domination is in danger of being Trumped

Republican Rep. Michelle Fischbach will face Democratic challenger and small business owner Erik Osberg on the debate stage Thursday.

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Democratic challenger Troy Jackson will meet on the debate stage Thursday in one of the nation's most closely watched races during this midterm election cycle.

Polling released before the announcement found only 18 percent of Americans support the livestreaming idea.

Former defense intel analyst Harrison Mann on how the brutal U.S.-backed, Saudi-led war in Yemen turned local insurgents into the minor global power they are today.

The agency plans to contract with around 142 agents to take part in domestic spying operations.

The Trump administration sued California election officials Thursday, asking a judge to bar the state from counting mail-in ballots for next month's midterm elections from people the federal government has identified as…

The FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are looking into the mailings, some of which included an unidentified powdery white substance.

Fusus software is being used in at least 324 US communities, with nearly 624,000 cameras connected to a Fusus network.

The investigation resulted in a dramatic 2022 FBI search of Mar-a-Lago that recovered classified records and later produced an indictment in federal court in Florida charging then-former President Donald Trump with doze…

A mix of science fiction and delusion distracts from the real harms that we’re seeing, says tech journalist Paris Marx.

Usually authoritarians target those on the margins before expanding their repression. That Trump and Vance are going after a sitting congresswoman, Ilhan Omar, with politically motivated deportation means they have bigg…

Congress and a federal agency are threatening to weaken the country's historic preservation law, fueling a backlash that critics say is as fiery as the one that led to the law's creation 60 years ago.

DoJ had demanded that LA county confirm citizenship of people on list in thumb drive, but officials refusedUS politics live – latest updatesThe US Department of Justice sued California on Thursday, seeking a court order…

New Mexico is finding out that successfully providing universal child care requires giving teachers a living wage.

The party has struggled with fundraising during President Donald Trump's second term, lagging behind Republicans and carrying debt into this year's campaign season.

A New York man shot and wounded by federal immigration officers while driving with his young son has appeared before an immigration judge in Manhattan

Officials conducted a raid on her home and have issued over a dozen subpoenas to her family members.

Open enrollment comes as inflation adds pressure on seniors whose healthcare costs have risen and as midterm elections are weeks away. Voters have consistently said cost-of-living is a major concern.

The nature of the investigation is unclear but comes after officials cast doubt on her US citizenship.

WHO estimates that over 5,000 people in Gaza have lost limbs since October 2023, and one in five of them is a child.

We’d like to hear about whether you feel like the US is in a recession and what you think signals such a downturnNearly two-thirds of Americans think the US is experiencing a recession, according to a new Harris Poll co…

"I reject this document entirely," Maduro said in court, responding to newly added torture-related charges.

The Atlantic writer Josh Tyrangiel says Musk and Bezos each want to colonize the moon, mine its resources and launch thousands more satellites. He says their only real competition is each other.

Elon Musk has spent $158m in a month to back Republicans in midterm races – with his efforts mostly focused on TexasTens of millions of dollars are pouring into Texas as Democrats stage an audacious bid to win a US Sena…

Federal authorities are investigating letters that have been mailed to congressional and election offices nationwide and are urging recipients to treat the mailings as "potentially hazardous."

Americans are suffering under an affordability crisis, while the climate crisis is making life more expensive. Both require urgent action — and both can be addressed simultaneously.

The Trump administration has desperately searched for evidence that Rep. Ilhan Omar committed fraud, alleging she or her late father are liars for changing her age from 18 to 17 years old on her citizenship application.…

Right-wing influencers pushed fake Talarico rumors, while report on Paxton donors disappeared

Join our final live Q&A before the midterm elections, on 22 October at noon ET on the Guardian US siteSince Donald Trump started his second term in January 2025, immigration enforcement has remained a major issue for US…

Trump, who has profited massively from his second term in the White House, is a major investor in oil and gas companies.

President Donald Trump said Thursday morning that the government will no longer livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan. The firing squad killing, scheduled for December 3, will be the first such execution carried…

The new White House press secretary is facing mounting questions about her background and resume as she transitions into her role as the public face of the Trump administration.

Throughout his campaign for Florida governor, Rep. Byron Donalds has been unapologetically enthusiastic about data centers. The Republican candidate vying to replace Gov. Ron DeSantis told a group of Miami businesses la…

Rising costs and threatened healthcare benefits are testing voters’ loyalty to Trump as Democrat Randy Villegas challenges David ValadaoVanessa Martinez used to work two jobs to make ends meet. Now she works three.In an…

The scope of the investigation into Omar is unclear, though Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has suggested that authorities were examining potential crimes related to her family's immigration paperwork.

The holdout juror who blocked Lindsay Clancy from being acquitted says he was influenced by how “methodical” he thought she was in killing her three children

Democrats got the candidate they wanted for governor in Wisconsin

Man convicted of killing 13 people in Fort Hood, Texas will still be executed, but president said ‘people would rather not watch him die’Donald Trump has shelved a widely condemned plan to livestream the execution of a…

In Baxter County, Ark., a sheriff cut off phone access at the jail. The Trump administration paid attention, and the decision could have nationwide implications.

Trudy intensified into a Category 1 hurricane as it approached the Pacific coast of Mexico, authorities said Thursday.

A decade after Bernie Sanders’s first presidential run, intraleft debates about whether to engage with the Democrats are largely settled. That campaign taught US socialists much about how — and how not — to build a powe…

“There's so much power in this fight,” says Saul Levin.

Shoppers showed their willingness to spend in September even after a better-than-expected splurge in August

The 71-year-old Leo had the lower right lobe of his right lung removed on Tuesday after doctors identified a suspected cancerous nodule.

This story is part of Gen Z at the Ballot Box, a collaboration between States Newsroom and The 19th. It was the beginning of her junior year, and 20-year-old Mia Tedesco was setting up a table for the campus open house…

When Jillian Crochet, a disabled power wheelchair user and artist in Oakland, California, waits to take the bus, she already faces delays that many other riders don’t. People are invariably blocking the wheelchair spot,…

Senior figures from Britain’s armed forces, serving or retired, are openly intervening in national politics to demand a massive increase in military spending. The media rarely mentions their ties to private firms that s…

We speak with tech journalist Paris Marx about his new book, Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires. In the book, Marx exposes the deceptive ways tech companies are taking resources from vulnerab…

The energy needs of the AI boom and the construction of massive data centers in states across the country have created a backlash from both Democratic and Republican voters. The battle against data centers is at the hea…

Alexandros Paporakis, 19, has appeared in court near Chicago after his arrest at the weekend.

The Trump administration on Friday placed sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court that target the institution as a whole. This comes on top of earlier sanctions against individual ICC judges and personnel…

WFP Warns Growing Conflict in Yemen Has Cut Off Aid Deliveries to 800,000 People, Two Cargo Ships Sunk Near Strait of Hormuz as Iran Steps Up Attacks, Ukraine Resumes Strikes on Russian Energy Sites as Zelensky Says He…

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A four-hour legislative committee hearing in June, punctuated by applause and anger, offered a…

There’s no way to shift the blame this time

The Trump administration provided few details about its process for canceling hundreds of thousands of Affordable Care Act enrollments — even as the next stage of the anti-fraud effort is underway.

America’s idiot president is wrecking the economy so bad it might end his fascist experiment – which is only getting worse.

The party is successfully linking kitchen table issues to Donald Trump's corruption

While Trump relentless promotes data centers, his super PAC is attacking Democrats for allegedly supporting data centers.

Talarico was recovering from flu. Paxton supporters said the Democrat was being treated for mental illness

Kimberly Guilfoyle’s departure has renewed scrutiny of the president’s picks for diplomatic posts, from France to JamaicaDonald Trump has appointed family members, friends and loyal political allies to represent the US…

Claims that James Talarico suffered a mental health crisis spread across rightwing media, offering a warning about disinformation ahead of the US midterm electionWhere is James Talarico? The question ricocheted around r…

The trouble at the Sprout School started when staff began to turn over faster than they could be replaced. Twenty-five full- and part-time teachers dwindled to 10, leaving behind empty spots on the bulletin board by the…

This story is part of Gen Z at the Ballot Box, a collaboration between States Newsroom and The 19th. Boise State University senior Cade Syvock opposes abortion. As president of the school’s chapter of the conservative g…

The vast majority of Americans say they are struggling to pay for gas and groceries, and are cutting back on luxuries. But what or who is actually behind these price rises? We asked you to tell us what's gotten too expe…

As the midterm elections loom, Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone travel to rural West Virginia, a Republican party stronghold, to explore how soaring gas prices, war in the Middle East and datacenter expansion are af…

Defense Secretary Hegseth's announcement of a livestreamed execution elicited reactions of disgust and condemnation from some faith leaders and politicians. But within his church, it's not an outlier.

Some key voters in Georgia say deep frustration and disappointment with President Trump are motivating their election plans just weeks before Election Day.

The fight over a FEMA program aiding some of LA's most vulnerable wildfire victims is the latest setback for hundreds of fire survivors who still haven't rebuilt after the deadly 2025 infernos.

Social Security may run short of money to make full payments to retirees as soon as 2032. The team from NPR's Planet Money examines possible solutions.

Tribes on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming are asking a Christian pastor to leave after she denigrated their native religion in a sermon.

The Since U Been Gone singer claims she was "looked at as if I couldn't afford" an item in the store.

Police in a Chicago suburb say they have thwarted a potential mass shooting at a Hindu place of worship

Ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro returns Thursday to a New York courtroom to answer a rewritten drug trafficking indictment

California is bracing for fire weather, with thousands potentially losing power as utilities aim to prevent wildfires during hot and windy conditions

The legacy of the Black Panther Party lives on six decades after its founding, in the work of a Seattle medical center started to address systemic health disparities in the African American community

According to Ukrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov, last night, without warning, Elon Musk’s SpaceX restricted the speed limits for the Starlink terminals Ukraine’s military uses, known as Starshield, debili…

The devastation goes on apace at the teeny toxic hands of the clowns and hacks in power (maybe not much longer?). Topping the abuses: An assault by Homeland Security (sic) thugs on the home of a duly elected (albeit fem…

In the midterm elections, meat has become a surprising political battleground

Katie Zacharia does not appear to be registered to the legal bar in any state where she has lived.

Livestreaming the execution of Nidal Hasan "will taint the honor of the military that employs it, and a nation that allows it," 72 former officers said in a letter.

It comes as the AI giant is expected to make a blockbuster stock market debut by the end of the year.

Rubio was once a supposedly reasonable Republican, even the GOP’s ‘savior.’ Now he’s Donald Trump’s ‘Narco Rubio’ and overseeing a level of violence his staffers are terrified to question internally.

Republican Rep. Nick Begich will face off in a debate Wednesday against independent challenger Bill Hill.

Democrats and Republicans alike are coming out against data centre development, amid growing backlash across the US.

With the midterm elections just three weeks away, a new inflation report shows prices rising faster than expected, putting more pressure on Americans struggling with the cost of everyday essentials. To discuss what the…

Plenty of people on social media didn’t think it was Talarico’s job to protect his opponents from looking foolish.

A federal judge has once again ordered the White House to restore access for three news organizations President Trump banned last month over their coverage of his administration. The judge ordered full access for CNN, M…

The latest polling for the upcoming midterms shows a tilt in Democrats' favor. For an inside view of the final weeks of the campaign, Geoff Bennett spoke with Democratic strategist Mo Elleithee and Republican strategist…

The Trump administration's crackdown on immigration may be novel in its tools, methods and scope, but it belongs to a long tradition in this nation's past. Judy Woodruff reports for her series, Crossroads: America at 25…

Federal authorities issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas in inquiry into potential immigration fraudUS politics live – latest updatesFederal authorities investigating the Minnesota representative Ilhan Omar sei…

Andrew Cathy’s recent remarks drew a flurry of backlash from celebrities and LGBTQ+ rights advocates.

As our tech overlords continue pumping more resources into AI development and innovation—responsibly, of course—they’re facing a massive trust gap: the people they want to use the tech keep asking who the technology is…

The president claimed Democrats wanted to reimpose hefty taxes on the estates of wealthy people — but it turns out the call is coming from inside the house.

“This Michigander is voting for him!!!” one X user said.

Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook's lawyers say that a committee set up by the White House last week to investigate an accusation against her is "demonstrably biased," though they did not close the door on the possibil…

The lawsuit comes as Trump’s son-in-law faces scrutiny over conflicts of interest related to his diplomatic efforts.

Police arrested Metallica Rose Harrison, 27, after reports of a ‘distressed female’ at the Great Wolf Lodge resortA Pennsylvania woman allegedly killed her husband and her three-year-old son at a resort in the Poconos M…

Speaker Mike Johnson is making a campaign swing through Maine’s picturesque second congressional district, convinced Republicans will defy history and maintain their House majority

A government report urges U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to ensure body-worn cameras are activated when needed, suggesting automatic activation in certain situations

CBS News foreign editor Shayndi Raice explained exactly why Netanyahu was removed from an Oct. 7 script. You also won’t believe what she said about the Palestinian death toll in Gaza.

Katie Zacharia's first White House press briefing was short and often halting. The new press secretary chosen by President Trump left a lot of unanswered questions, including some uncertainties about her own qualificati…

An invite-only program for content creators has accounts promoting white supremacy, anti-LGBTQ, and neo-Nazi rhetoric.

A 1988 law designed to protect the privacy of movie rentals in the age of Blockbuster Video is getting a fresh look from the Supreme Court

Katie Zacharia maintains she ‘practiced international transaction law, with all the appropriate credentials’Donald Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, has repeatedly described herself as a lawyer. But when aske…

The encounter has set off new criticism over immigration enforcement in Houston, where local prosecutors are also investigating a July fatal shooting by a federal immigration officer.

The horrific death of a man who was ejected from a Six Flags roller coaster in Georgia is drawing attention to the safety of amusement park rides that have become increasingly faster and steeper in their quest for the b…

A Downtown Pittsfield building that once was home to the renowned Highland Restaurant is for sale. The family-owned business closed at the end of August after operating for 90 years.

New York's 17th Congressional District covers all or part of Peekskill, Mahopac and Ossining.

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- October 15th is National White Cane Safety Day. For people who are blind or visually impaired, a white cane means independence, and it comes with a rule that every driver should know. "On averag…

The exponential growth of AI has sparked a debate over its role in our economy as well as in our kids’ classrooms.

Troy Mayor Carmella Mantello argued the Flock camera regulations would undermine the Troy Police and make crime more difficult to solve.

The ad also criticized Blakeman for his opposition to universal childcare.

AG James has released an updated guide “to help New Yorkers spot, avoid, and report election misinformation created by artificial intelligence.”

The situation is raising questions about how the asylum application process works.

Last week, the Siena Research Institute, in collaboration with WAMC, the Times Union, and WPTZ, published a poll showing Democrat Blake Gendebien up by 4% against his Republican opponent Anthony Constantino in the race…

AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Two more measles cases have been reported in Montgomery County, bringing the total to four confirmed cases. Director of the Montgomery County Health Department Sara Boerenko said her departme…

Voters in the 113th Assembly District will choose among three candidates this November. com NewsChannel 13.

Thomas Pest Services has added entomologist Danielle Restuccia as cooler weather brings more mice, spiders and other pests indoors. The post Capital Region pest company adds expert as fall pests move in appeared first o…

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A local man is being honored for doing something most of us do every day: going to work. But for those with disabilities, going to work can be a challenge. "I came a long way," Nathaniel Washing…

NewsChannel 13 is saluting Army veteran Anthony Lazzaro of Green Island for his service during the Vietnam War. com NewsChannel 13.

A portion of Route 50 (Saratoga Road) in Glenville is closed as a result of a crash on Thursday afternoon, according Glenville Police.

It's really starting to look like fall across New York State.

The Saratoga Springs History Museum will be celebrating the people, art and stories of the city next week.

The new caucus will be pushing ten bills in the city council next year.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani promised on the campaign trail to disband the controversial NYPD unit. Will a bill gaining traction in the City Council get to it first?

Thomas P. Giuffra says the order would stifle his client and play directly into the hands of the defendants.

An interview with the union leader on what he plans to do next about the apparent deal to ban the industry from New York City.

Albany Airport CEO Stephen Clark took the top job amid an ongoing, nine-figure renovation project and reporting on the ouster of his predecessor, Philip Calderone.

The Saratoga Springs History Museum will be celebrating the people, art and stories of the city next week.

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, and Oct. 15 is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. com NewsChannel…

Twenty years ago, while Maria Popova was working at an advertisement agency, she started sending weekly emails to her colleagues to elicit an intellectual spark. At the time, Popova had recently immigrated to America fr…

Residents in the town of Newburgh on Tuesday night wanted to hear the Town Board provide clarity about a possible U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in their community.

As the nation’s Semiquincentennial celebrations are concluding, Saratoga County is looking ahead to 2027 for a year-long celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Saratoga. “This year’s been full of all sor…

On Wednesday, October 28, the metaphors will getcha if you don’t watch out! At Saratoga’s Walt and Whitman Brewing Company, a dozen area poets will celebrate Halloween and the Days of the Dead with their original scary…

Located on Route 9 in Halfmoon, DeVoe’s Rainbow Orchards dates back to 1932, when the family began selling apples from a cellar near today’s parking lot. The post CRL Apple Cider Donut Tour: DeVoe’s Rainbow Orchards app…

For many high school seniors, the first hurdle of applying to college is not getting in; it's paying to apply.

It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month and a local beauty parlor welcomes everyone, especially patients battling breast cancer. …

Comedian and actress Patricia "Ms. Pat" Williams will be making her way to the Capital Region to end the year with multiple shows at the Albany Funny Bone.

The Plattsburgh Common Council tonight will hold a public hearing and then vote on a temporary moratorium on “certain high energy use facilities.”

The Massachusetts Health and Human Services secretary was in Pittsfield on Wednesday to hear from healthcare providers about the community’s needs. As WAMC Berkshire Bureau Chief Josh Landes reports, they had a lot to t…

Winners by Category Classic Home Amedore Homes Executive Home Belmonte Builders – Cypress Twin Home Luxury Home Urvalek Builders Estate Home Witt Construction Grand Estate Home Trojanski Builders Runners Up Classic home…

One year after voting to move to a hearing, the weapons-testing project is back before the agency. APA has until Dec. 7 to issue a decision on whether to continue the special hearing and project application process.

Winners by Category Classic Home Barbera Homes C2 Design Group Executive Home Spa City Builders Nolan Engineering Luxury Home Urvalek Builders AJA Architecture Estate Home Witt Construction John Witt Grand Estate Home T…

Meteorologist Christina Talamo is back with your weather question of the week! This week's question explains the wind chill, and what causes it to feel colder than the actual air temperature. The post Weather Question o…

2026 Saratoga Showcase of Homes Award Winners; Celebrating 30 Years of Exceptional Homes; Over 3,500 Tour the Homes in this Annual Fall Tradition! The area’s premiere new home tour, the 2026 Saratoga Showcase of Homes,…

Some healthcare professionals are using AI to help further connection.

The Schuylerville community came together once again for a great cause, raising $6,115.50 through this year’s annual Kickin’ Out Cancer fundraiser! Led by Shannon Vallee, Jennifer Pemrick, and Michele Battle, the annual…

Saratoga County History Center at Brookside Museum is proud to present a free children’s STEM program in partnership with the Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci). During this special program, children will learn ab…

Sunrise Management & Consulting announced it has finalized the construction contract and closed on construction financing with Community Bank, N.A. for The Eastline Apartments, a 136-unit mixed-use apartment community a…

Healthy Living, a Vermont-based supermarket chain that focuses on local and organic grocery products, officially opened Thursday in Halfmoon.

The Veterans Business Council of The Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce is presenting an opportunity to honor veterans, make connections and hear from an inspiring military leader at the annual VBC Veterans Breakfast.…

On Wednesday, October 14, GlobalFoundries announced plans to build a second manufacturing plant in Malta. Located next to the existing fab at the Luther Forest Technology Campus, the shovel-ready facility is expected to…

For students training to work in the towers, the question is what it will mean for their jobs.

On Saturday, October 10, Alpine Sport Shop was inducted into the New York State Historic Business Preservation Registry (HBPR). Friends, family, members of the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce, and Assemblywoman Carr…

BALLSTON Thomas Clark sold property at 19 Martin Ave to John Hart for $340,000 Lana Aufiero sold property at 12 Lakeshore Ave to Debra Avellino for $850,000 CHARLTON Nancy Farrell sold property at 262 Stage Rd to Pro Bu…

The Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission (ORES) has denied a permit application to build a 42-megawatt solar farm in Copake. According to ORES, the applicant, Hecate Energy, did not comply with en…

Capital Region travelers will soon have a new nonstop option to one of the East Coast’s most popular vacation destinations, as Breeze Airways today announced new year-round service between Albany International Airport (…

New York State Police announced that multiple law enforcement and emergency response agencies will be conducting a live training drill in Albany this weekend.

The $40 million project is expected to break ground in the spring of 2027.

Montgomery County health officials are warning residents after four measles cases were reported in separate clusters. The Montgomery County Department of Health issued the public health alert Wednesday, Oct. 14. The dep…

All aboard! Every year, a special train makes its way to the Capital Region from Canada, benefitting local food banks and bringing entertainment along the way. This year, the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train (CPKC) will m…

The weekend is almost here! From The Nightmare Market in Schenectady to the Saratoga Wing Off to the Hounds of Halloween in Albany, there are quite a few things happening on October 16, 17, and 18.

Governor Kathy Hochul announced today that several private colleges in New York State have joined the entire SUNY system in waiving their application fees.

A pattern best for fooling larger fish.

Chick-fil-A and Starbucks are among the proposed businesses slated for the southern end of the property. c…

Nature's Cafe, part of the new expansion and rehabilitation project at Nature's Storehouse, opened its doors on Oct. 6

Temperatures struggle to warm a ton, though, on account of a light breeze from up north. Expect highs in the upper 50's for most.

On Oct. 6, the Salem Central School District Board of Education appointed an interim high school principal. According to the district, Mark Doody will serve in the position while they search for a permanent leader.

On Wednesday, the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets issued a food safety alert for Starfish Seafood Premium Cold Smoked Norwegian Salmon Sliced packages. According to the alert, the product may be con…

Events this week include presentations, the annual antique outboard motor swap, North Country Heli Flight opening and more

Prime-Time Seniors! Adk. Thunder open season, will honor Melrose on Saturday. Queensbury: 6 seek 4 seats on County Board. On a split vote, GF Council imposes permit-only parking on 3 city lots plus Clinton garage. Apple…

The governor’s campaign encouraged donors to redirect their refunds to the state party, which later transferred $10 million to her campaign.

A complaint from the state Democratic Party chair cited New York Focus’s reporting on campaign finance mistakes by the GOP candidate for governor.

Grab a haunted tablecloth and turn it into a political Halloween costume.

Rep. Mike Lawler and Democrat Cait Conley may have leaned on the same points as the first debate, but it was a whole new ballgame.

A Latham hotel used by local Departments of Social Services has come under fire. A place that was supposed to be a safe haven for people turned out to be a nightmare.

GlobalFoundries (GF) announced Wednesday that it was selected to operate two new semiconductor facilities (fabs) in Malta. The expansion comes as part of a United States-Japan initiative providing up to $21 billion in f…

The Schenectady Social Security Office will be closed for three weeks. The closure began Tuesday and is expected to reopen to in-person services on November 2 after building maintenance is complete.

Just hours earlier on Tuesday evening, Hochul was in a fierce debate on Spectrum News with her Republican challenger.

The Glens Falls Common Council voted 3-2 Tuesday, Oct. 13, to impose permit-only paid parking in the Warren, Ridge and Exchange Street lots, and on the first floor of the Clinton Ave. parking garage that faces Elm Stree…

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The November General Election is fast approaching, and News10 is speaking with the candidates. In addition to the races for governor and Congress, all New York Assembly and Senate seats are up fo…

In Clifton Park, police are investigating a crash that happened last night just off Southbury Road and Montgomery Way. At 11 p.m., emergency responders found a Corvette on fire.

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The November General Election is fast approaching, and News10 is speaking with the candidates. In addition to the races for governor and Congress, all New York Assembly and Senate seats are up fo…

Some Bard College students will rally on the Annandale-on-Hudson campus Wednesday night, just hours after members of the Bard community gathered on campus at Stevenson Library Wednesday morning for Community Conversatio…

A new study is re-emphasizing just how many waterways now contain "forever chemicals" known as PFAS.

Siena University has opened a permanent free clothing closet on campus after running it through pop-up events for years. com N…

A spokesperson for the Assembly member who could lead the county party described past invoices as disputed and said they’re “under review.”

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Massry Center for the Arts center had an unsure future after the College of Saint Rose closed in 2024. But, it celebrated what comes next on Wednesday morning with a ribbon cutting. Based in…

Emily Sachar, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Catch, joined Northeast Notebook to discuss the Daily Catch's recent reporting on Bard College.

The Saratoga County Business Showcase is returning this fall with local businesses and organizations from across the Capital Region. The post Free Saratoga Springs business showcase is set for October 19 appeared first…

Schools across New York state are trying to grasp how to teach students how to use AI ethically and responsibly.

NewsChannel 13 salutes Francesca Moore of the Hamlet of Rock City Falls in Saratoga County for her years of military service. com NewsChannel 13.

The mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, says he's commissioning a feasibility study of turning a recently shuttered elementary school into a new police station.

Bob Schneider, executive director of the New York State School Boards Association, talks AI in the classroom

Semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company GlobalFoundries Inc. says it plans to open two chip-making factories in Malta, New York, financed by an investment of up to $21 billion from Japan. The company sai…

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is asking for help finding missing 17-year-old Michael Sedotto. …

Schenectady's new procedure for removing absentee City Council members comes after Councilmember Carmel Patrick suffered a stroke and took a 7-month leave of absence.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said the final steel beam is now in place for the new $1.7 billion Wadsworth Center Laboratory in Albany.

He still had all of the magic.

"Nobody at the hotel is beneath anyone."

Daniel Voshart's interpretations turn distant marble rulers into faces you'd encounter today.

When it comes to living longer, marital bliss is only half the solution.

"Those steps of action towards reckless kindness, reckless sweetness—if you take that action, then the world gets really bright quickly." The post Andy Grammer shares his fierce, joyful defense of optimism appeared firs…

The phenomenon is known as the "Kuleshov Effect."

It’s incredible how much color can tell a story.

It saves an average of 5,000 gallons of water per year.

Timm Chiusano says staring at a manhole cover one day unlocked his "superpower."

I opened X to a video of a fly playing Beat Saber.

In the last two year, local watermen of Maryland and Virginia have drudged up roughly 24,000 abandoned fishing traps.

At 84, Paul McCartney is still cheeky as ever.

The concept goes all the way back to the 18th century.

Air travel requires a bit of patience, but one passenger learned the hard way that entitlement doesn't get you far. The post A woman demanded an upgrade rather than sit next to a dog. The flight attendant upgraded the d…

There's a fine line between a community and a clique.

"We just walked away from everything."

It isn't just the hairstyles.

What's cooler than being cool?

20 years after a Washington state dam was slated for demolition, 1,100 acres of ecosystem along the Lower Elwha River is recovering, having lain muddy and dormant under the dam’s engorged reservoir for more than a centu…

British comedian Jake Lambert went viral for his breakdown of how each generation shows up at someone's house

Two weeks after launching, the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel 3C satellite has returned its first images of our world in sumptuous color. This first set of images includes stunning views of Italy, the Canad…

A sister turned her personal tragedy into a brilliant emergency safety product. Simple yet vital, the Roth ID Tag is an adhesive designed to stick forever on the fabric of a child’s car seat. If that child needs to be r…

This story was originally published in the Daily Yonder. For more rural reporting and small-town stories visit dailyyonder.com. For Michael Sayen, visiting the local library after hours is a great way to get work done,…

A Ukrainian city is preparing to hold a repair festival in an underground shelter, giving new meaning to the act of fixing broken things The post In Ukraine, the repair movement is heading underground appeared first on…

29 years ago today, NASA and ESA’s Cassini Mission, meant to gather data on Saturn and its moons, was launched from Cape Canaveral. The Flagship-class robotic spacecraft comprised both NASA’s Cassini space probe and ESA…

"The Golden Girls may have been onto something long before the rest of us caught up."

A little psychological distance creates a lot of clarity.

So that's what it's called.

This tiny, involuntary body movement might be the clearest sign that someone’s into you.

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM There’s a half-second every time you finish a carton of eggs. The lid flops open, the last two slots are empty, and you’re already reaching for the recycling bin. Before you do: card…

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM The hardest part of any early warning system isn’t the science. It’s finding infrastructure that reaches everyone, holds up under pressure, and gets maintained over years by the peop…

Welcome to “Quietchella,” where wind, moss, and moths are the headliners, good old-fashioned peace and quiet are the supporting acts, and tickets are open to anyone ready to slow down and leave no trace. The inaugural f…

"Watching Julia Stiles slay this choreo like it's 2001 again."

Planet Wild joined WWT in transforming Bristol into a “wetland city.”

Nearly 50 crime scholars convened recently to analyze the reasons for the dropping rates.

Continuing GNN’s coverage of youth nonprofit leaders, the Pedal Forward Foundation in Georgia has distributed hundreds of bicycles to low income families, and taught hundreds of children how to ride them. It’s founder,…

Residents of Pittsburgh with outstanding debt on their water utilities can see it forgiven over a 24-month period. Instituted by Pittsburgh’s water authority, certain customers have already been enrolled as of September…

Along a series of Roman fortifications cutting across Germany just north of Frankfurt, archeological excavations have revealed extensive floorplans belonging to a temple, a military camp, and craft center. The discovery…

This seismic squash was just certified as the largest ever grown by a man at a recent British competition. When volunteers at the Wargrave Nursery Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off finally hoisted the specimen onto the scale, the…

When students in Singapore looked around their school cafeteria, they could see a problem shared all over the world: Single-use Styrofoam was ubiquitous. They soon learned that the school’s 2,000 students used 72,000 pi…

This year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition has attracted a record-breaking number of entries

If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to wake up on Mars, you’re in luck. NASA’s Curiosity rover recently snapped pics of dawn on the red planet, showing us the beauty of the morning light roughly 140 million mi…

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Flu season usually builds in late fall, but this year it’s getting a jump start. During the week ending September 26, 3.4 percent of respiratory samples tested by clinical labs came…

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Most of the deep seafloor is cold, dark, and barely mapped. The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary covers more than 6,000 square miles of ocean along California’s central coast a…

Farmers are “soiling their undies” — and it makes for better crops.

For 6 years, Cards Against Humanity has donated free board games to public libraries across the United States.

Rebecca Howard’s paintings capture a wilder Britain in the making. Her exhibition celebrates nine projects restoring nature

In his first year at the University of California, Davis, Liam commuted three hours a day from his family’s home in the Bay Area to campus and back again. The round-trip train tickets were expensive, but not as pricey a…

Paying college students about $5 a night to sleep seven hours got them a quarter more nights of adequate sleep — and better grades.

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM There’s a particular kind of Sunday evening spiral that happens when you’ve spent twenty minutes reading about an ingredient you’ve never heard of, and you’re now convinced your enti…

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM When divers installed floating shade structures over 20 colonies of brain coral in the lower Florida Keys in August 2024, the corals underneath began recovering their color. The 20 c…

When you picture Nevada in your mind, you likely conjure the bright lights of the Las Vegas Strip. Kohki Yamaguchi thinks of starry skies and donkeys. The Tokyo-based photographer, 32, has explored 36 countries, snappin…

Ten million people will benefit from a more biodiverse capital, say the organisers of an ambitious project to reconnect its wilder spaces The post Putting a ring on it: the plan to green London’s beloved edges appeared…

“I’m worried if I use an em dash they’ll think it’s A.I.,” I told my mom from where I sat at the kitchen counter, trying to work on one of my college essays. Despite her reassurances to the contrary, I wasn’t convinced.…

We just talked about how the majority of the American public either believes that RFK Jr. recommends they not get the MMR vaccine that protects people from measles, or are otherwise unsure of what his stance even is on…

Tesla's Roadster event was pretty exciting, to say the least.

Tesla has finally unveiled the next-generation Roadster.

Meta says Muse excels at ‘multi-step reasoning’ and ‘complex software engineering’ as it races to catch up to Chinese rivalsMeta on Thursday launched a new open-weight AI model which it claims rivals, and in some cases…

The company generated over $30 million in revenue in two years and was acquired by MyFitnessPal for an undisclosed amount of money in March.

The move follows a review into pornography regulation in 2025 by Conservative peer Baroness Gabby Bertin

Smells from rubbish dumps and industrial facilities are being more carefully monitored.

The smart health company is gating third-party app syncing to its own subscription plan for new users.

The Metric Is Not the Mission is a ten-part examination of how Big Tech moved from building and expanding the open internet to increasingly shaping it around its own metrics, incentives and assumptions. Across the serie…

Men and women across India are being paid to record themselves doing domestic jobs as developers train AI robots to do household chores.

If the proposal is enacted, it could cost $240 a year to watch YouTube in the UK.

Law enforcement agencies across the country are increasingly relying on spying technologies—automated license plate readers (ALPR), cell-site simulators, and facial recognition, to name a few–causing an outcry in many c…

Dive into Godot – a rising star in the game engine world – with the 2026 Complete Godot Stack Development Bundle. You’ll learn to create platformers, RPGs, strategy games, FPS games, and more as you master this free and…

Representative Ritchie Torres wants the FTC to establish regulations ensuring you can play the games you've purchased.

Meta and Apple have teamed up for the launch of the social media giant's newest model, Muse Spark Open, which will run locally on Apple silicon.

Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Amazon devices chief Panos Panay described a future where ambient AI devices work in the background, anticipating users' needs instead of waiting for commands.

The FTC is investigating possible consumer harms at two major AI companies.

METR will publish its own assessments of Anthropic’s risks, incidents, and practices, and the frontier AI model maker has given up the right to block them.

Bluesky is bringing “social vibe coding” to its experimental Attie platform, allowing users to create interactive experiences like games, quizzes, and websites that can tap into the social network's audience.

This is now as common as breathing. ICE does stuff. Arrested people invoke their rights. ICE shows up in court. The court expresses its anger at ICE’s tactics and lies. Thousands of habeas cases filed by migrants have e…

E Ink's new display tech offers improved color reproduction and refresh rates.

The throwback League of Legends Classic mode may reappear as a limited-time event in the future.

This tablet is a great value, even if Android apps still aren't great on a big screen.

News that the Pentagon would livestream the killer’s execution turned him into a celebrity in Islamist and extremist circles.

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Not that anyone's terribly surprised.

Muse Spark Open is "the most capable US open-weight model to date," the company says.

From chat-up lines to social coaching, we’d like to hear from people who use AI to assist them navigating the online dating worldWe’d like to understand more about the different ways that people are using AI to assist w…

Some employees who spend as much as $1,000 on Claude usage each month are scrambling to find ways to maintain access to the tool.

"Historically, decompilation has been a brutally difficult, time consuming task." Now, AI is trivially doing it.

This is the Switch 2 gamepad for big hands.

Apparently we’re in an era where the courts just decide to ignore precedents they don’t like. And that leads us to ridiculous results like yesterday’s ruling in the Eleventh Circuit allowing Florida’s HB3 social media a…

The whole RAM price thing is partly Microsoft's fault so it's the least it can do.

FTC may fine AI firms on par with companies that delay data breach reports.

The AI music labels are rolling out now in YouTube Music and will come to YouTube soon.

We'll likely learn more about how this will work at the company's upcoming "AI & Autonomy Day" event in December.

OpenAI's ads targeting is pretty creepy, and new research confirms spyware companies are delivering potent malware through advertising networks.

The new shopping tool is available in the U.S. across Google Search and the Gemini app.

Rockstar's sixth game in the franchise is set to be the biggest game release of the year.

Elon Musk has been saying the demo might be a literal "banger."

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The company says more of its users are holding down multiple roles.

Most ChatGPT users probably don’t know you can be specifically targeted on the platform by advertisers based on your email, phone number, or unique phone identifier.

Anthropic tells investors quarterly revenue up nearly 50% to $16.8bn ahead of IPO The phrase "told investors" appears four times in this FT article, which reports on Anthropic's day of hosting investors on Wednesday. Lo…

"Why have we gotten to the point where we have permitted militaries of various states to use civilian commercial data centers for their military purposes?"

NVIDIA's RTX Spark is meant for AI fiends, but it could end up helping Windows PCs in general

There's still no camera here, so they won't be confused for pervert specs.

A new type of spyware dubbed "AdFection" is infecting phones and computers via global online advertising networks.

One of the ways Musk fraudulently goosed SpaceX stock value during the IPO was by pretending that the company would very quickly (in just a year or two) grow from just 12 million global Starlink subscribers (just 4 mill…

Amazon-owned Bee has launched its first new AI devices since its acquisition, including an updated wearable and a credit-card-sized recorder that attaches to smartphones. The devices can summarize conversations, create…

Adobe has 'rearchitected' Photoshop, Premiere and Substance 3D to work faster on computers powered by NVIDIA's RTX Spark AI superchip.

The Eclipse and Frontier are cheap and colorful, but you'll need a Pro subscription to make the most of them.

United has launched a tracker that you can use to check if your flight has Starlink Wi-Fi.

Mexico's president Claudia Sheinbaum has signed a decree ordering digital platforms to protect children from accessing harmful content.

Workers have always been monitored by their bosses, first through output targets, and then via computer software labelled ‘bossware’. But AI is transforming the capabilities of these systems, processing huge volumes of…

The famous Apple I "Hatfield" computer signed by Steve Wozniak just sold to an unknown buyer for a record $1,148,200.

YouTube is already talking to publishers about offering audiobooks on its platform, The Wall Street Journal says.

Finance ministers gathering for the IMF annual meeting know the need for multilateral cooperation to deal with many crises. There is little chance of thatNot much has gone right for the global economy this year, and ple…

Figma is also releasing its code layers feature in open beta.

Workers have always been monitored by their bosses, first through output targets, and then via computer software labelled ‘bossware’. But AI is transforming the capabilities of these systems, processing huge volumes of…

There have certainly been some bad takes on both sides of the AI in video games argument. In one corner, we have the never-AI-ers who reflexively claim that any use of any type of AI in any game is a total disqualifier.…

The founders detailed how their startup is developing AI that can design chips, learn from each iteration, and improve subsequent designs, all with the goal of automating and accelerating the chip design process.

Every day, conversations unfold across social media and websites around the world. A seemingly insignificant post—whether it involves AI-generated misinformation, hate speech, or a damaging rumor—can quickly snowball in…

A key role universities play in society is providing knowledge that can guide public action. Moreover, public universities have a legal duty to serve the public. We expect researchers in universities to produce and diss…

Langley’s comments come amid mounting scrutiny of Flock from privacy advocates, including the ACLU, and members of the public who are concerned about the misuse of its technology.

The lawsuits cover everything from the design of ChatGPT to the company's recent issues with rogue agents.

But the new "Preview" app "will have some bugs," Epic warns.

Hours before Apple and the ChatGPT maker were due to face off in court, a new allegation delayed the showdown An ⁠OpenAI employee who left the ChatGPT maker for Apple sent more than 100 files about an unreleased product…

US states sue ChatGPT maker and seek to force the company to change how its products work for young users Eight US states sued OpenAI Wednesday, alleging the ChatGPT maker is harming children en masse. Kansas, Arizona,…

Google's latest wearable seems like a Fitbit Air with a screen, but the two actually have less in common than you might think.

Lithium-ion just isn't cut out for the cosmos.

Here’s something ICE pretends has happened: ICE alleged in a statement that “Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck.” ABC13 reached out to an ICE spokesperson, who said agents were attempting to a…

Article in Atlantic claims The Blue Fighter was artificially generated, days after it won Caine prize for African writersThe Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Kundizeza has denied using AI to write a prize-winning short stor…

This is not a unique or new observation, but so many MAGA attacks on others are projection, claiming that Democrats were doing the very things that MAGA always knew they would do if they were in charge. We’ve certainly…

AI design tools make proteins that break bonds that are stable for hundreds of years.

OpenAI engineer faces 5 years and $250K fine as FBI lobs foreign spy charges.

AI is mass decompiling games. That's both awesome and scary. Indie game developer Popcar talks about the recent wave of AI-powered decompilation of existing games, enabling weird mashups between existing games, and prod…

Livestreamers used a robot to harass a woman for social media clout on the street in Germany.

New music genre just dropped. Also: A Tesla locks out cops, and more from around the web.

We got to play the The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time early. Here are our impressions of the remake and its elaborate new style.