New York City to end horse-drawn carriage rides after teenager’s death
New York City is to end horse carriage rides through Central Park following the “tragic and preventable” death of a teenager earlier this year.
EV sales rebound to their highest level in a year, and stay 40% below 2025
US EV sales rose 6.1% on the previous quarter to almost 263,000, their highest in a year, against more than 437,000 in the same quarter
Israel has detained more than 2,000 Palestinian children since 2023: report
At least 350 Palestinian children currently face ‘harsh conditions’ in Israeli prisons.
Heavy rain causes mass pileup in Brazil tunnel
Flooding left vehicles piled up and people stranded inside Sao Paulo’s Anhangabau tunnel.
X suspends 13,000 accounts, alleging foreign influence ahead of US midterms
The social platform says networks targeted US political debate across the spectrum ahead of midterm elections.
Anthropic flags revenue surge to investors ahead of stock market debut
It comes as some investors have become concerned about the amount of money being spent on AI infrastructure.
‘Nowhere to escape’ – Indonesians share footage of orange haze blanketing towns
Thick orange smog descended on the Indonesian city of Palangka Raya as wildfires continue raging nearby.
White House defends new press secretary amid questions about her legal credentials
Katie Zacharia does not appear to be registered to the legal bar in any state where she has lived.
Retired US generals call on Pentagon to cancel ‘barbaric’ execution livestream
Livestreaming the execution of Nidal Hasan “will taint the honor of the military that employs it, and a nation that allows it,” 72 former officers
Coffee drinkers had fewer repeat blood clots in a Norwegian study
A Norwegian study involving 2,071 patients found that those who reported drinking 1 to 2 cups of coffee daily before their first venous thromboembolism had
New imaging technique detects subtle skin changes in scleroderma patients
Scleroderma (systemic sclerosis) is a rare, chronic, autoimmune disease that causes the body to produce too much collagen, leading to the hardening and thickening of
Precise brain circuit targeting may improve depression treatment outcomes
Stimulation of specific brain connections was associated with sustained improvement in people receiving deep brain stimulation (DBS) for treatment-resistant depression, Mount Sinai researchers reported.
Breast milk antibodies show promise against multiple respiratory viruses
Yona Tugg and colleagues show that a polyclonal secretory immunoglobulin A preparation, purified from breast milk pooled from multiple donors, neutralized respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
OpenAI Engineer, Who Is Charged With Planting Bug, Advised Saudis
The employee, now fired, had said he advised government agencies in Saudi Arabia. He was also listed as a partner at a venture firm with