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Headline News

American Airlines passengers detail "surreal" experience after plane fireOne passenger said takeoff was fine, but once the plane was in the air, an engine was making a loud noise.1H ago

American Airlines passengers detail "surreal" experience after plane fireOne passenger said takeoff was fine, but once the plane was in the air, an engine was making a loud noise.1H ago

Passengers evacuate onto wing after fire breaks out on American Airlines jet

Passengers evacuate onto wing after fire breaks out on American Airlines jet

Trump

Alien Enemies Act

Trump family is reportedly in talks to acquire stake in Binance’s US arm

Trump says Ukraine started the war that's killing its citizens. What are the facts?

Trump overstepped his constitutional authority in freezing Congress’ funding for USAID, judge says

Trump threatens retaliatory 200% tariff on European wine after EU proposes American whiskey tax

Trump says had productive discussions with Putin, war in Ukraine could end

Making fun of Trump backfired on premier, Tories say

Donald Trump Bought a $90,000 Tesla With 37 Recall Notices Against It

International News

Hamas to release American hostage Edan Alexander

US and Israel look to Africa for resettling Palestinians uprooted from Gaza

Thermal camera footage shows moment cargo ship and tanker collide in North Sea

Qatar will send natural gas to Syria to increase its meager electricity supply

Iran increasingly electronically surveils women looking for headscarf violations, UN report warns

John Lennon gets honored on UK coin collection in what would have been his 85th year

China deports Japanese tourists over Great Wall buttocks pic, reports state

Surgeon Who Amputated Patient’s Wrong Leg Is Fined €2,700

AI + Robotics

Google’s Gemini AI can now see your search history

OpenAI urges U.S. to allow AI models to train on copyrighted material

AI scientists are sceptical that modern models will lead to AGI

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Thinks This ChatGPT Short Story Is Beautiful, but It’s Just Trash

Entertainment + Sports

Optical illusion: Only those with a sharp vision can spot 5 in this image

Comedian Nikki Glaser to return as host of 83rd Golden Globe awards

Donny Osmond's admission on how he 'stole' wife from his brother

Alabama football staff recalls ‘disbelief’ when Nick Saban announced retirement

The Strange + Nutjobs

How do Chakras regulate your energy and overall well-being; tips to align them

Egyptian wrestler breaks world record for pulling a train with his teeth

Teen breaks record for HAIRIEST FACE

Understanding conscious experience isn’t beyond the realm of science

Public Safety‘Unfathomable’ horror story: Man weighed 68 pounds after years of captivity, Connecticut police say14h agoTribune News

Why I Married a Rice Cooker, and Then Divorced It

Food + Spirits

A Libyan town comes together to make a beloved Ramadan dish

Reds, whites and stellar views - this Aussie wine region ticks all the boxes

Nipsey Hussle’s legacy lives on with Marathon Burger, a new Melrose diner

Energy + Natural Resources

NexGold announces positive feasibility study update for Goliath gold complex

A paradigm shift is needed to improve the health of miners

MTM Critical Metals, Vedanta partner to recycle bauxite tailings

Metso unveils copper leaching process for enhanced recovery

Economy + Money

US stocks climb amid signs government may avert shutdown

China’s retaliatory tariffs take effect on US agricultural products

Tesla stock continues to fall as protesters target dealerships

Alphabet earnings live updates: AI, Gemini 2.0, Google Cloud, and more

A 10% drop for stocks is scary, but isn’t that rare

China orders banks to boost lending, credit card use to get consumers to spend more

Musk Melts Down as Tesla Stock Price Plunges

Johns Hopkins University slashes 2,000 jobs after Trump administration grant cut

Global Conflict

Several Ukrainian drones intercepted overnight

Turkish top officials make sudden trip to Damascus after Syria’s deal with Kurdish-led group

Azeris, Armenians agree to end 40 years of conflict

Search for Russia-Ukraine peace deal is still a long way off

U.S. steered Syrian Kurds toward Damascus deal, sources say

Kremlin told U.S. it didn't want Trump's Ukraine-Russia envoy at peace talks

What If Ukraine Hadn't Given Up Its Nuclear Weapons?

Tech + Social M

Nanoparticle Switch for Optical Tech

Meta to start testing crowd-sourced fact-checking, based on X example, next week

Electric car update debuts with simulated manual shifter

years-old viral disinformation

What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X

Politics

Barack Obama’s ‘Lonely Night’ Out

RFK Jr.’s first month as health secretary: Touting French fries and casting doubts on vaccines

Shutdown deadline

Boost for the Right WingWhy Did a German Newspaper Help Elon Musk Interfere in German Politics?

Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’

Culture

2024 YEAR END PHOTOS

9 things to know about Holi, India’s most colorful festival

Home + Architecture

modular concrete blocks

Travel

New Indy Pass Resorts Include a B.C. Sleeper and a Montana Gem

National News

American Airlines flight catches fire at Denver airport

Former US Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming dies

Man tries to take a 'hot-pot' at the Yellowstone National Park, dissolves in acidic spring, and dies

EPA likely to move to further limit federal protections for wetlands

Harvard, Yale, Columbia fall in line after funding threats

Columbia University sanctions students who seized Hamilton Hall

Pacific Northwest US volcano rated ‘likely’ to erupt within weeks or months, per scientists

Jon Krakauer and Other Prominent Climbers React to Denali's Name Change to Mount McKinley

Mysterious Antennas Are Appearing in Utah’s Hills and Officials Are Stumped

Space

Rocket Report: ULA confirms cause of booster anomaly; Crew-10 launch on tap

Unprecedented images of mysterious Mars moon captured by space probeA space probe named Hera captured images of Mars' small Deimos moon while on a mission to examine an asteroid.22H ago

Saturn now has a ridiculous number of moons

Quartz crystals on Mars could preserve signs of ancient life

Science + Nature

Scientists unlock key to reviving the 110-year-old Tasmanian Tiger – here’s how

Volcano near Alaska's largest city could erupt soon, scientists sayThe Alaska Volcano Observatory said signs indicated a Mount Spurr eruption was likely, though not certain, in the weeks or months

Why was the moon shades of red, orange and yellow last night?There was an opportunity Thursday night to catch the March 2025 "Blood Moon," a phenomenon that colors the full moon in shades of red, orange and yellow during a total lunar eclipse.1H ago

‘Devastating’: California condor dies of lead poisoning just months after release from L.A. Zoo

What is pi—and why is there an entire day devoted to it?

Health

Is it safe to eat sprouted potatoes?

5 ways to burn belly fat without gym

Is spending all day on your feet at work an occupational hazard?

Inside the government study trying to understand the health effects of ultraprocessed foods

How much sleep do you really need? Experts say it depends

Tips to avoid measles while traveling with hundreds of cases nationwide

Pill could reduce CANCER SPREAD

Are beef tallow fries any healthier? These nutritionists say don't kid yourself

Weather

Study shows rain-soaking atmospheric rivers are getting bigger, wetter and more frequent

Design + Arts + Music

In Maastricht, Danielle Mckinney's Figures Come Out of the Dark

The story behind the artwork for Radiohead’s The Bends

How the Lumineers outlived stomp-clap’s biggest hit

Stuff

Orbea Denna E-Bike

Arc’teryx Footwear: A story of Evolution and the Obsession for Pursuing the Pinnacle of Technical Design