Will the Supreme Court's conservatives bring out the 'bulldozer' on the consumer protection agency?
When the Supreme Court ruled against the federal agency that protects consumers from financial scams in 2020, it let the agency keep operating, opting for "a scalpel rather than a bulldozer in curing the constitutional defect."
2023-10-03 18:24
Nobel Prize in physics goes to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier for research into electrons in flashes of light
The 2023 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier for "experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced in Stockholm on Tuesday.
2023-10-03 18:15
A ransom note, fingerprints and cell phone pings. How New York police tracked down a missing 9-year-old girl and the suspect in her disappearance
A ransom note dropped in the mailbox at the home of missing 9-year-old Charlotte Sena before dawn on Monday provided investigators an invaluable break in the case that ultimately led New York authorities to arrest a suspect and reunite the girl with her family after a frantic two-day search, state officials announced.
2023-10-03 17:55
Hunter Biden arraignment: President's son to appear in court on gun charges
Hunter Biden, the president's son, is scheduled to appear in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, on Tuesday to be arraigned on firearms charges brought by special counsel David Weiss.
2023-10-03 17:24
Rest of hurricane season in 'uncharted waters' because of El Niño, record ocean temperatures
Experts fear an already active hurricane season could come to an eventful and exceptional end as unusually warm, storm-boosting ocean temperatures and a slow-to-emerge El Niño combine.
2023-10-03 16:59
Federal appeals court approves injunction to block grant for Black women entrepreneurs
A U.S. federal appeals court has granted a conservative group's request to temporarily block a Black-owned venture capitalist firm from awarding grants exclusively to Black women entrepreneurs.
2023-10-03 16:46
Cartoon elves and scrolls visualize Chinese military's goal of Taiwan 'reunification'
China's military released an animation on Sunday depicting the journey to reunite two halves of a torn scroll across the Taiwan Strait, a thinly veiled reference to the country's longstanding goal of "reunification" with the democratic, self-ruled island.
2023-10-03 15:57
Niger attack: Jihadists kill dozen of soldiers in deadliest raid since coup
Killings by militant Islamists have intensified since the military seized power in July.
2023-10-03 15:45
Maldives president-elect says he's committed to removing the Indian military from the archipelago
The president-elect of the Maldives says he's sticking to his campaign promise to remove Indian military personnel stationed in the archipelago state, promising he will initiate the process
2023-10-03 15:24
Sumatran rhino birth offers glimmer of hope for species almost hunted to extinction
A critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros calf has been born in a national park in Indonesia, the third successful pairing between a local female rhino named Ratu and Andalas, a former resident of Ohio's Cincinnati Zoo.
2023-10-03 14:51
How are ancient Roman and Mayan buildings still standing? Scientists are unlocking their secrets
Scientists are trying to understand how some ancient buildings have lasted for centuries in hopes of making modern buildings more durable
2023-10-03 13:18
Race issues emerge in New Zealand's election
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON Race and relations with the indigenous Maori population have emerged as issues in New
2023-10-03 13:17