A lab accident is said to have led to the death of a woman from pneumonic plague in the Irkutsk region of Siberia, leading to nearly 200 possible contacts being put under observation

A new study from PEN America reveals that there were nearly 12,000 book bans in public schools over the past year, the highest since tracking began five years ago.

Candidates across the spectrum are suddenly campaigning against the spread of license plate cameras.

New York attorney general brought in by governor after recent questions raised over university’s 2024 investigation

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has built a global profile by standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump.

Administration officials mocked his work, then removed it from the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic, suggesting they would auction it. Wiley offered to buy it back.

Senate Republican Leader John Thune said taxpayers shouldn’t be footing the bill for video advertisements lauding President Donald Trump that the administration has called “presidential public service...

Leo has made confronting AI concerns a key part of his papacy.

A House Democrat has introduced 26 articles of impeachment against Trump, alleging sweeping abuses across his second presidency.

A new map shows Flock has more cameras in the U.S. than was previously known. The company wants the map taken down.

A terrifying video shows an AI-piloted drone that can stalk someone.

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Stanford University is facing criticism for using generative AI to change the photo of a Hispanic male student into a non-existent Black woman for a dining hall advertisement.

It begins, "Do you remember?" — and we supply the memories. Dan Charnas tells the origin story of the Earth, Wind & Fire hit that still unites generations on the dance floor.

The day before National POW/MIA Recognition Day, Jake and Logan Paul spoke to the troops at the Pentagon.

Dear Humans,

And a witness spotted a forklift repeatedly crashing into the building’s pillars.

He said that officers also searched his phone.

McConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go.

President Donald Trump wants his name on the Kennedy Center. But a judge has ruled it cannot be placed there without authorization by Congress.

The dictionary publisher has gotten a “glow-up.”

Macklemore was dropped over his pro-Palestinian stance, amid accusations of antisemitism. Sheeran said removing the artist was not his decision but that of the tour's promoters.

The inspector also found a bottleneck in resupply, despite President Donald Trump's claims that US supplies are "virtually limitless".

The workers underpinning Amazon Prime are increasingly being subsidized by federal food and healthcare programs.

The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to allow mail-in voting restrictions under a U.S. Postal Service plan for the midterm general election.

Secretive "predictive policing" units at the US Border Patrol are analyzing American's financial activity to single out people to pull over.

Years after a water crisis rocked Jackson, Mississippi, the court finds that residents have no right “to truthful information from officials.”

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