A giant Russian national flag flies behind apartment blocks in St. Petersburg, Russia, on February 19, 2025. Anton Vaganov | ReutersNearly 200 people have been placed under medical observation in Russia’s Irkutsk region in eastern Siberia for suspected exposure to the plague, according to local media reports. The report said 189 people were being monitored … Read more
With home energy prices rising, LIHEAP heating benefits may fall short this winter. Nearly 5 million American households receive heating assistance through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. But this winter, these households could struggle to pay their heating bills and risk falling behind on utility bills. American households are projected to spend an … Read more
Tens of thousands of people have demonstrated across Spain as protests have spread since the conservative-dominated parliament rejected a bill proposing measures to address a housing crisis. On Friday, Parliament rejected two decrees proposed by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s minority left-wing coalition government that aimed to address the housing crisis. capital, Madrid. María del Carmen … Read more
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, USA, September 29, 2026. Jeenah Moon | ReutersStock futures were little changed on Sunday night as elevated Treasury yields dented investor sentiment, focusing on the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting for clues about the central bank’s next interest rate move. Futures … Read more
At GCW Homecoming in August, Drake Wuertz made a surprise appearance, helping Joseph Sawyer win the GCW Title. Wuertz returned the next night, competing in a deathmatch and apologizing for his past actions, which included pushing QAnon views, publicly arguing against requiring masks, calling PRIDE month “woke propaganda,” and more. On social media, Dark Sheik … Read more
MILWAUKEE — Come October, the Padres were always going to sink or swim with their bullpen, the best in baseball all summer. They haven’t sunk them yet. But they are sinking after a surprising 4-3 loss to the Brewers on Sunday afternoon at American Family Field in Milwaukee. Brewers left fielder Jackson Chourio hit a … Read more
Sign up to see the future, today Unmissable innovations from the cutting edge of science and technology. Brought together by Trump’s funding cuts, Julia Van Etten and her ragtag team of biologists continued their research in a motel room. And it was in this makeshift laboratory that they made an incredible discovery: two new microscopic … Read more
A new study of over 2.5 million children provides evidence that receiving the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine before age two is not associated with an increased risk of developing autism. The findings, published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, indicate that the precise timing of the immunization was not linked to a child’s likelihood … Read more
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of President Trump, and Brazil’s veteran president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, will face off in a second round on October 25 to elect the top job in Latin America’s powerful economy. The country’s electoral court in Brasilia said that neither the 80-year-old incumbent, seeking his fourth non-consecutive term, nor … Read more
As Senator Thom Tillis leaves the Senate, he criticizes many of the advisers President Trump has surrounded himself with as “sycophants and calls on his colleagues to confront the executive branch as the co-equal branch of government that they are.” The North Carolina senator, 66, talks about what he calls the “WTF moments” of the … Read more