The Draconid meteor shower will peak tonight, meaning stargazers have the best chance of seeing some of its shooting stars if the skies are clear. If the weather is cloudy, however, it should also be visible for the next two evenings. But with meteor showers appearing in the night sky all year long, how can you tell your Draconids from ...
Thirteen US states and Washington DC are suing TikTok over claims it is harming children’s mental health and not doing enough to protect them. The lawsuits allege the video-sharing app is designed to be addictive and keep teenagers glued to the screen. TikTok said the claims were “inaccurate and misleading” and pointed to features such as default screen time and ...
A young bear born to parents rescued from a Spanish circus will today undergo pioneering brain surgery. Boki, a two-year-old European brown bear, has been suffering seizures and vision problems for the last five months. MRI scans show he has hydrocephalus, a build up of fluid inside his skull that is putting pressure on his brain. It’s a condition that ...
US officials have confirmed they are considering breaking up Google’s “illegal monopoly” of internet searches. The tech giant could face restrictions on its own products – including its Chrome browser, Play Store and Android operating system, the US Justice Department said. It comes after a judge found in August the company had broken anti-trust laws to ensure its dominance of ...
The Supreme Court seemed poised on Tuesday to uphold a major gun regulation imposed by the Biden administration that requires background checks, serial numbers and sales records for the nearly untraceable firearms known as ghost guns. A majority of the justices seemed skeptical of arguments by gun owners, parts makers and Second Amendment groups that the government exceeded its authority ...
Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday announced a plan for Medicare to cover long-term care services at home, a significant expansion of the program that would be aimed at helping tens of millions of Americans who are caring for aging parents. Harris’s announcement was designed to address the growing number of elderly Americans with serious medical needs who hope to ...
Bob Woodward’s “War,” set to be released next week, is the author and Washington Post associate editor’s fourth book since Donald Trump’s upset victory in 2016. The new book opens the aperture to reveal how a years-long political contest between Trump and President Joe Biden — and now Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee — has ...
Monday evening saw dueling television interviews between the two major-party candidates for president. Originally, both interviews were scheduled to take place on the same network, CBS, on its flagship news program “60 Minutes.” But Republican candidate Donald Trump balked at the idea that “60 Minutes” would correct his false claims on the program so he declined to participate. So CBS’s ...
Among the placards dotting lawns in northern Westchester County, N.Y., in the weeks before the November election are ones that do far more than simply remind passersby about the names of local candidates. Over the past few weeks, scores of white signs have appeared that instead prominently feature a pithy slogan: “Save Girls Sports.” Only below that, in much smaller ...
Vice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday that she could not think of a difference with President Joe Biden over the past four years, quickly attracting criticism from Republicans who have been working to make her answer for the unpopular president she replaced as the Democratic presidential nominee. Harris made the comment during an interview on “The View” when asked if ...