General

A hygiene worker helps a doctor put on personal protective equipment before entering an Ebola treatment centre in Bunia, northeastern DRC KINSHASA – The head of the World Health Organization…

Aug. 6, 2026, 9:33 a.m. ET With above normal high temperatures soon predicted to land in the Empire State, it’s smart to plan ahead and determine the best temperature to set the…

We don’t know who is leading whom this primary. That might be a good thing. On the evening of Aug. 11, 2012, I was at the former 99 Ranch Market…

Tickets for sports competitions in Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly are priced between CFA 1,000 and CFA 3,000, while tickets for the Opening Ceremony at Abdoulaye Wade Stadium in Diamniadio on…

When Reddit significantly changed its user interface way back in 2018, there were widespread protests from those who preferred the original. The company has retained access to this at old.reddit.com,…

Getting on social media too young may cost children in the classroom. A large new study has found that pupils who joined the platforms early went on to earn worse…

“I’ve never been in a big building like this in school,” Byron Holly, a rising freshman at Duke Ellington School of the Arts, said. This page contains a video which…

Google announced on Thursday that Google Maps’ “Ask Maps” feature is gaining a slew of new agentic capabilities, including the ability to order food, book hotels, and find event tickets….

Thousands of people turned out for the 10th World Dog Surfing Championships over the weekend, an annual event in Pacifica, California, south of San Francisco. And the photos from the…

A younger and higher-educated base were pivotal to Abdul El Sayed’s Senate Primary win, an analysis shows. The CDC says a salmonella outbreak has spread to 27 states. And, how…

We take a monthly fee from nearly every renter in Hawaiʻi and hand about $5,000 to households that already own a roof. In 1923, William Bailey sold the patent rights…

John Smith is Director of Enterprise Business Development at Gummicube, an app store optimization agency founded in 2010 and credited with pioneering the eCommerce approach to ASO. Clients span major…

Set against the bluffs on La Crosse’s southeast side, the former corporate headquarters of Trane Technologies has largely sat unused since the COVID-19 pandemic sent office workers home. Trane, which…

This launch comes amid growing demand for elevated, hassle-free travel. A recent study of more than 8,000 travellers across the UK, Australia, the U.S., and Canada, commissioned by Intrepid, revealed…

The Elite II will be on static display at LABACE 2026 from August 4 to 6 at Campo de Marte Airport in São Paulo. Honda Aircraft said it has made…

Dillon Brooks has agreed to a three-year, $73 million contract extension with the Suns that will keep him in Phoenix through the 2029-30 season, according to multiple reports.  The deal…

This feature is part of our Dunedin Scene Report. In the middle of July — the week of July 10th-17th to be exact — the Official Aotearoa Music Charts had…

For decades, the semiconductor industry has tackled growing complexity the same way: add more engineers, throw more compute at the problem, and extend schedules. That approach worked when complexity increased…

The Sun doesn’t just fuel almost all life on Earth. It’s also our astrophysical laboratory, the only star close enough to observe in sufficient detail. This enormous ball of hydrogen…

Once in a while, a scientific paper poses a question that we already know the answer to. That’s the case with a new study in Nature Medicine titled, “Is AI…

SPOKANE, Wash. — Hundreds of firefighters are working long shifts to slow the Spokane Complex Fire ahead of hotter and drier conditions this weekend. More than 1,500 firefighters from two dozen…

A $1 million donation from Autodesk will fund the equipment, renovations, and technical support behind the new Autodesk Design and Make Laboratory at the University of Florida, helping prepare students…

Prime Agent is an open-source self-improving coding and research agent (harness) released by Prime Intellect on August 5, 2026. It is built for coding workflows and long-running autonomous tasks. It…

London and Islamabad —  The sons of the imprisoned former leader of Pakistan Imran Khan say they fear for their father’s health, claiming authorities in the South Asian country are preventing…

Want more news about the environment? Sign up for the Harvest newsletter for our latest reporting, plus behind-the-scenes exclusives. What’s black, white and being considered for endangered species status? According to new…

CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A Canton Township man accused of stabbing three of his family members in 2025 has pleaded guilty to one count of assault with intent to murder….

Iran says it’s in the final stage of drafting an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz waterway with Oman, while two Israeli soldiers have been killed in Lebanon. Here’s a…

Aug. 6, 2026, 5:05 a.m. CT Plenty of family-friendly festivals in downtown Milwaukee and Menomonee Falls, art and cars in the park, and the country comes to West Allis at…

After Uber and Waymo ended their partnership in Phoenix earlier this year, experts and robotaxi watchers wondered whether the companies’ improbable bromance was fraying. Not so, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi…