A bat that was found in downtown Minneapolis last week has tested positive for rabies, according to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH).Health officials are working to identify anyone who may have had contact with the bat, and they are urging those people to contact a healthcare provider.The bat was found on Sept. 15 around … Read more
A man fired a shotgun and seriously injured a police officer parked outside a synagogue in Ontario on Sunday, Canadian authorities said, as worshipers gathered for Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. The officer managed to return fire, and another officer also fired a gun, Kristy Denette, spokesperson for the Special Investigations … Read more
Derek Spencer, 44, is believed to have killed Cheryl Macy, 76, and had been on the run for nearly 20 hours, the Placer County sheriff said. Wayne Woo said during a press conference. Spencer was first wanted after pointing a firearm at people in Placer County, in addition to other alleged felonies. The sheriff’s office … Read more
“I want my pictures to hurt you, I don’t want you to get free rides, I’m there to bother you and make you feel uncomfortable like I feel when I go to bed at night, otherwise there’s no point in me going in the first place.” That’s what legendary British war photographer Sir Don McCullin … Read more
Shares of Meta (META) rose more than 10% in intraday trading after Wells Fargo raised its price target for the company and its Meta Muse AI agent app hit the top spot in Apple’s (AAPL) App Store. In a note to investors, Ken Gawrelski raised his price target for the company from $640 to $796. … Read more
Your smartwatch may not lie to you about how many calories you burn when you exercise. But it’s almost certainly overstated, according to a revealing new study. Scientists asked 58 men and women of different ages and body weights to wear different smartwatches for the study, which was funded by the National Science Foundation. (The … Read more
Jim Harbaugh is no longer in Ann Arbor. Harbaugh’s third year with the Chargers has started as poorly as it could have, with two home losses against a pair of the league’s worst teams last season. In both games, against the Cardinals and Raiders, the Chargers finished on the wrong side of a 26-14 score. … Read more
The moon’s surface experienced a violent encounter with a comet or asteroid, and it has a massive battle scar to prove it. The space rock, estimated to be the size of a three- to six-story-tall building, crashed into the moon’s eastern edge two years ago, between April 11 and May 22, 2024, although researchers did … Read more
A cancer treatment has reached a remarkable milestone. While Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has shown promising effects on blood cancers, like particular types of leukemia or lymphoma, its effects are limited when treating solid tumors — until now. A 3-year-old boy battling chemo-resistant cancer that had spread from his liver to his lungs … Read more
A Rwandan man, who has been living in north London, has become the first person to be charged in the UK with offenses relating to Rwanda’s genocide against the Tutsi in 1994, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said. Dr Vincent Brown, formerly Dr Vincent Bajinya, 65, has been charged with one offense of conduct … Read more