Federal drug enforcement investigators targeted Jeffrey Epstein and 14 others in a yearslong probe first reported by CBS News.

Prehistoric humans had a surprisingly sophisticated understanding of geometric rules, as this study suggests.

Internationally isolated, restrained in Gaza, and unravelling at home, Israel sees another war as the only way to maintain its aggressive regional agenda.

Black Mississippians won a key ruling last year in a case that challenges how the state elects supreme court justices. But the U.S. Supreme Court may soon weaken the Voting Rights Act and erase their ...

CEO Dario Amodei said start-up ‘cannot in good conscience’ agree to government’s terms for military use of its AI

Scientists believe they have found evidence of written thoughts of Stone Age people on ancient objects.

An increasing number of journalists were killed by drones, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. The IDF said it “strongly rejects” the group’s findings.

As humans, we store and share information. This allows us to distribute knowledge necessary for survival and to coordinate large groups. Our homini...

Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

A small object called the Adorant figurine discovered in a cave in Germany in 1979 - crafted roughly 40,000 years ago by some of the earliest people to establish a distinct culture in Europe - bears i...

The AI "homework agent," called Einstein, will even complete assignments while you sleep before you even realized they were assigned, the company

An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

New crypto trading and wallet application, created in partnership with Magic Eden, invites fans of President Trump to buy his memecoin

Senate Bill 10 requires schools to purchase posters or framed copies of the Ten Commandments, and display them in a manner that is visible.

OPM’s new hiring memo imports the authoritarian playbook—quietly, bureaucratically, and by design.

Limiting trade, travel and freezing foreign reserves would show the EU is willing to act independently of the US

The 2025 class president of MIT was barred from attending her graduation ceremony on Friday after delivering a speech denouncing the war in Gaza at a commencement event the day before.

Steep fall in energy storage prices proves a game-changer for businesses

Federal workers from six agencies tell WIRED that DOGE-style work is escalating in their departments as both new and familiar DOGE faces have appeared in meetings and at new office.

Contemporary cultural style boosts transparency and instantaneity. These are values absorbed from our current economic conditions of "disintermediation": cutting out the middleman. Like Uber, but for ...

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The media world is splintering into a mililion different fragments. Is that good for humanity?

OPM’s new hiring memo imports the authoritarian playbook—quietly, bureaucratically, and by design.

In the wake of ballot measures that increased abortion access and improved sick leave for workers, a coordinated effort is unfolding across the country to restrict direct democracy — and shift power…

Fake stories about real politicians sometimes get more views than real-world reporting that’s not built for the algorithms.

Authorities in Manitoba, which shares a border with the U.S., issued a state of emergency. Winds will likely blow wildfire smoke into Midwestern states.

Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland demanded that President Trump turn over the names of the guests at the White House dinner for top investors in his meme coin.

The superbly alert and flexible drummer formed a swirling current in modern jazz for more than 60 years. He was 82.