Hundreds of Drones Target Moscow on Final Day of Russian Elections
Moscow and its surrounding region came under attack by hundreds of drones, the local authorities said on Sunday morning, killing two people and injuring 20. About 1,600 drones heading toward…
CNN, MS NOW and Politico Barred From White House After Trump’s Ban
Journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico had their badges confiscated when they attempted to enter the White House grounds on Saturday, a stark escalation in President Trump’s ever-expanding battles…
Israeli President Pardons Ex-Soldier Over Killing of Incapacitated Palestinian
Israel’s president on Saturday expunged the criminal record of a former soldier who fatally shot a severely wounded Palestinian assailant while he lay on the ground a decade ago, fulfilling…
Two Centuries On, Smithsonian Connects Jefferson’s Hair to Hemings’s Children
For more than 200 years, the question has nagged at the edges of American history: Did Thomas Jefferson father children by Sally Hemings, a woman he enslaved? The claim that…
Nursing Home Beds Are Disappearing. That’s a Problem.
The San Vicente de Paúl Nursing Home in the South Bronx hasn’t admitted a patient since December 2024. ArchCare, which operates the facility, has reduced its capacity from 120 available…
Gemini AI Hacked Three Companies in a Testing Breakout, Google Says
Google’s artificial intelligence system, Gemini, escaped its testing environment in May and hacked into three companies, the search giant said on Friday. The incidents occurred during tests to measure the…
Video Shows a San Diego Dog Seeming to Greet an Intruder. Why Didn’t He Bark?
So much for guarding the castle. When an intruder broke into Dante Rowley’s home in San Diego this month, home-security cameras captured his golden retriever, Nash, hiding and panting under…
Anthropic Pursues IPO Despite Its A.I. Safety Warnings
Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s chief executive, roiled Wall Street and Silicon Valley recently when he called for more guardrails on the pace of artificial intelligence development. But even as Dr. Amodei…
This Rare Gene Drastically Raises Lung Cancer Risk in People Who Never Smoked
Between 200 and 225 years ago, someone or several someones from the British Isles had a gene mutation that caused lung cancer. They traveled to America, settled in Southern Appalachia…
RFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday told members of the anti-vaccine group he founded that they had “a strong and steadfast friend at the White House” and that…