EU lawmakers fail to agree on watered-down AI Act, talks pushed to May
EU member states and the European Parliament failed to agree on changes that would have softened the bloc’s AI Act and pushed back its toughest
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‘Lifelong monogamy’ and ‘half orphans’: DNA analysis reveals clues about life on the Roman frontier after the fall of Rome
Burials from over a millennia ago are revealing how people lived in part of the Roman Empire after it fell.
Mount Etna is like no other volcano on Earth, representing ‘a new type of volcanism,’ new research reveals
Mount Etna’s strange lava has long perplexed scientists, but new research reveals that the volcano formed in a bizarre way — making it unlike any
‘I violated every principle I was given’: AI agent deletes company’s entire database in 9 seconds, then confesses
An AI agent designed to speed up a company’s coding instead wiped out its customer data in seconds, showing potential weaknesses in AI programming.
What we know about Kash Patel’s history of alcohol-related arrests
The FBI director faced scrutiny for his alleged “excessive drinking” following the publication of an April 17, 2026, article in The Atlantic.
Did Irish priest pray the Lord would ‘take’ Trump?
A clip from a parish church sermon in rural Ireland circulated far beyond the county limits.
Pentagon says Iran war has cost $25 billion so far
Pentagon says Iran war has cost $25 billion so far
These conservative accounts posted about White House ballroom after correspondents’ dinner shooting
A variety of conservative commentators posted about the need for a ballroom after the alleged assassination attempt against Trump.
Supreme Court rules 2024 Louisiana redistricting map is unconstitutional
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that a congressional map in Louisiana was a racial gerrymander even though it was drawn to comply
Trump said ‘I’m not a rapist’ and ‘I’m not a pedophile’ on ’60 Minutes’
Trump appeared on the CBS News program to discuss the attack on the 2026 White House correspondents’ dinner.
Seismic data captured the sound of awe during a solar eclipse
From the hush of people coming to a standstill to the reverberations of fans, seismic data can capture the ebbs and flows of human activity.
Supreme Court assailed by experts for ‘grotesque’ ruling that just ‘gutted civil rights’
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a major blow to voting rights by striking down struck down a majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana. The 6-3 decision
GOP handed brutal ‘2%’ polling figure as ‘final nail in the coffin’ delivered: expert
The Republican Party is facing down a brutal polling figure which could mark the beginning of the end for their midterms cycle, an analyst has
Iran has highly enriched uranium at Isfahan complex, UN nuclear agency believes
The majority of Iran’s highly enriched uranium is likely still at its Isfahan nuclear complex, which was bombarded by airstrikes last year and faced less