Madeline Walkermegapanalo, 27, was talking to a close friend about how chaotic Election Day can be, especially in Atlanta, where they both live. “We were talking about the election and how crazy it is voting here, and we agreed how much it stinks to...

Former Vice President Mike Pence has called on Republican senators to reject President-elect Donald J. Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Servicesye7, citing his record in support of abo...

When oil and gas companies made ambitious commitments four years ago to curb emissions and transition to renewable energy, their businesses were in free fall. Demand for the fuels was drying up as the pandemic took hold. Prices plunged. And large We...

Whether or not you believe in the phantom coach and horsesps88, the screaming man, the “watercress lady” engulfed in flames or the legend of the highwayman killed at “fright corner,” it’s hard to ignore ghost stories in Pluckley, England. In this qu...

Over the weekend, people who pay close attention to political polls received a November surprise: a well-respected poll showing Vice President Kamala Harris leading in Iowa by three percentage points. Iowa has not been considered a swing state in th...

The gas station is nestled on the side of the roadmega swerte, a lone hive of liveliness in an otherwise deserted stretch of eastern Lebanon. By 9 a.m., a steady stream of cars is already pulling up to its pump, and the station’s owner, Ali Jawad, w...

At 6.95 tiny millimeters in length7xm, this creature could fit on your fingertip. It is smaller than several ant species. While it sounds like a cricket, it’s not an insect: It’s an extremely small frog. The recently discovered animal is one of the...

In February 2023jilipark, a half-dozen techies introduced a social network prototype in an invitation-only launch. They deliberately debuted their creation, Bluesky, with little fanfare so that they could closely manage its growth. But lately, it ha...

Elon Musk has amended a lawsuit he brought this year against OpenAI, escalating his yearslong feud with the maker of the online chatbot ChatGPT. The amended complaint, filed on Thursday in federal court in Northern California, makes new antitrust cl...

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