Trump pushes the US to adopt pDST, but Canadian researchers say darker mornings come with costs for sleep, learning, and productivity

Last night, on October 4, U.S.

ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”

On Friday night, just before 11:00, Trump announced that his administration “will, immediately, begin sending ‘Checks’ of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicar...

Operation Vivaldi, Even More Robots; The Trump-Putin Quid Pro Quo

On Saturday, October 3, the Power to the People festival, organized by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, took over the stage at the Merriweathe...

Florida is experiencing its largest dengue outbreak in decades, with over 250 locally acquired cases reported this year.

Trump held a campaign rally tonight in Mobile, Alabama, the city where, as Shawn McCreesh of the New York Times recalled, his MAGA rallies really took off in August 2015, when more than 30,000 people ...

Mostly 'routine research tasks,' and 'some involved government websites, which our models often use,' AI giant tells The Reg

John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Mid...

Congo’s Ebola outbreak has now recorded more than 4,000 deaths, authorities said as they struggle to contain the spread of the virus.

A Washington Post headline today read: “U.S.

Yields on 10-year Treasuries soar half a percentage point in worst month in four years

The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S.

It has become routine for Trump to spend the weekend posting wildly on social media, and this weekend was no exception.

A friend tells me that when I take a night off, other people feel they can take a night off, too.

The more we learn about how AI does business, the more unfair it looks

Russia’s Most Effective Campaign; The Trump Rehabilitation Campaign Continues

Trump’s war on the free press is continuing.

I learned late this afternoon that, in addition to being Dolly Parton Day, today is National Lobster Day, honoring the cultural and economic history of the lobster industry.

After a hearing yesterday about Trump’s Friday ban of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House campus, very early this morning—I was still awake writing yesterday’s letter—U.S.

Yesterday, William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden, and Kirsten Berg of ProPublica published a blockbuster story reporting that the anti-corruption group of the Federal Bureau of Investigatio...

In 1945, still reeling from World War II, representatives from 50 nations reached back to the U.S.

Schrems campaign raises specter of another legal challenge as legislators propose changes to GDPR

On Total War and Individual Responsibility, 2/2

All signs are pointing toward a record-breaking El Nino this year, which experts say raises the risk of droughts across Asia that may drive food prices higher across the globe.

On September 18, while White House chief of staff Susie Wiles was out of town, Trump suddenly announced he was banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House.

On Total War and Individual Responsibility (1/2)

Thousands of people gathered outside the John F.

On September 19, 1676, three hundred and fifty years ago today, Nathaniel Bacon and his followers burned Jamestown, the capital of the Virginia Colony.

According to the American Automobile Association, diesel hit its highest recorded average price today at just above $6.44 per gallon.

It’s more complicated than it sounds. Well, sort of.

In 1761, 55-year-old Benjamin Franklin attended the coronation of King George III and later wrote that he expected the young monarch’s reign would “be happy and truly glorious.” Fifteen years later, i...

Yesterday U.S.