Coral reefs have become the first environmental system to cross a climate tipping point, a new Global Tipping Points report warns, calling the crisis unprecedented. University of Exeter researchers say warming oceans have pushed reefs into self‑perpetuating dieback, with bleaching now the most extensive and intense ever recorded and an...
All living hostages held in Gaza returned to Israel as a ceasefire plan advanced by US President Donald Trump drew praise in the Knesset. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he is committed to this peace, lauding Trump’s leadership and asserting the proposal ends the war and opens a path to...
Woody Allen mourned Diane Keaton, 79, in a tender essay for The Free Press, recalling the shy spark that became a romance after auditioning her for Play It Again, Sam. He described making films for “an audience of one,” praising her fearless taste and wide-ranging talents, from acting to photography...
Sweeping layoffs by the Trump administration gutted the Education Department’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, sources say, leaving a handful of top officials. The cuts, part of 466 department layoffs amid a broader 4,200-job reduction during the shutdown, threaten oversight of $15 billion in special education funding for...
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics for explaining innovation-driven growth and 'creative destruction.' Aghion, of the College de France and the London School of Economics, said he was 'shocked' and will invest the prize money in his research laboratory. The committee praised...
After years of tinnitus, fatigue, high blood pressure and muscle spasms following a tick bite, Oliver Moazzezi turned to AI for answers when doctors suggested anxiety. The tool pointed to Lyme disease; a private antibody test was positive, and treatment has eased some symptoms. He feels vindicated yet frustrated with...
The United States urged China to free 30 leaders from one of the country’s largest underground church networks after overnight raids in several cities, including the arrest of Zion Church founder Jin Mingri, according to ChinaAid. Zion Church called the detentions “systematic persecution,” while U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio...
Lions defensive back Brian Branch said he sparked a post-game fight, admitting it was “childish,” after growing frustrated that Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster blocked him in the back without a flag. Branch said the hit happened in front of an official and could have injured him, and he felt...
Congressman Derrick Van Orden railed against the Nobel Peace Prize after Donald Trump was passed over, as the Norwegian committee awarded Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. On Newsmax, host Henry cast Trump’s lobbying in spiritual terms and speculated he could end the war in Ukraine, saying recognition wouldn’t matter....
In an urgent telephone vote, the government approved amendments for a soon-to-be released terrorist. The main change to the list centers on two security prisoners who will be swapped for Hamas-linked terrorists not facing life sentences. A Reuters photo from Khan Younis shows freed Palestinian prisoners reacting after release during...
