The requirements helped end the public health emergency. But they also prompted a politically charged debate.WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will end most federal Covid-19 vaccine requirements next week, rolling back a vast assertion of government power ... More »
Trovants are spherical and slightly irregular-shaped rocks. They can be as small as less than an inch, or a couple of millimeters, in diameter and weigh only a few grams, or they can soar up to 15 feet (4.5 meters) high and weigh several tons. These odd, gravi... More »
You’re streaming the Sims to your loyal Twitch followers, when suddenly, a fire ignites in the middle of your virtual home. As you scramble to put out the fire before the Sim firefighters arrive, another flame appears out of nowhere. In the Twitch chat, your f... More »
Kevin McCarthy, the California Republican who became House speaker in January, made a public promise on Monday to continue supporting Ukraine’s war effort, walking back previous suggestions that the new House majority might curtail U.S. military and financial ... More »
Diablo 4, the latest installment of the popular dungeon crawler, comes out on June 6, but players can try out some of the game in an open beta happening in May.The third Diablo 4 open beta -- which developer Blizzard Entertainment is calling a Server Slam -- w... More »
WASHINGTON — Congressional hearings are frequently acrimonious, but they rarely descend into the kind of personal attack that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., waged against teachers’ union leader Randi Weingarten at a House hearing last week on pandemic-rel... More »
Most cannabis products that you can buy legally list the amount of THC they contain. However, if you’re consuming an edible that isn’t packaged, it’s almost impossible to tell how much THC, the psychoactive ingredient, is in food, drink, or smoking products. G... More »
The Filipino leader’s four-day visit is meant to send a message to China amid conflict over Taiwan and the South China Sea.WASHINGTON — President Biden will meet with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. of the Philippines at the White House on Monday, a visit th... More »
Pilots at American Airlines voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike as they try to reach a new contract ahead of the summer travel season.The likelihood of a work stoppage remains low, however, because airline industry workers face several hurdles before th... More »
Participants in a Heroes’ Harvests hunt in Idaho stop and call to distant male turkeys, or toms, to locate them. Nate Akey, That’s Wild Media LLCAfter 11 deployments overseas with the United States Army, Mitch Vazquez was h... More »
WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House passed a debt limit increase last week tied to spending cuts and a rollback of President Joe Biden's agenda, sending it to the Democratic-led Senate before it left town for recess.The bill is doomed in the Senate. A... More »
Last month, at a livestreamed Tesla investor event that went short on new cars and long on grandiose narratives, a minor detail in Elon Musk’s “Master Plan Part 3” made big news in an obscure corner of physics. Colin Campbell, an executive in Tesla’s powertrai... More »