An electronic eye implant half the thickness of a human hair enabled 84% of 38 elderly patients with dry age‑related macular degeneration to read letters, numbers and words again in a trial. The 2mm Prima chip, fitted under the retina in under two hours and paired with augmented‑reality glasses and...
The Orionid meteor shower is expected to dazzle overnight Monday, Oct. 20 into Tuesday, Oct. 21, with a new moon on Oct. 21 leaving the sky dark for prime viewing, especially in rural locations. Comets Lemmon (C/2025 A6) and SWAN (C/2025 R2) may show during a 30-minute window about 90...
With a Monday deadline looming, several universities are rejecting a proposed Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education that ties preferential access to federal funds to the Trump administration’s priorities. The Oct. 1 letter to nine schools demanded bans on transgender restroom and sports participation by gender identity, a five-year...
Morning newsletter reports President Donald Trump said the Gaza ceasefire he helped broker remains intact after Israeli strikes in Rafah amid violation claims. After days of rising tension, the strikes jolted the fragile deal, though the IDF said it had begun renewed enforcement. It details scammers posting phony job listings...
With Chicago protests simmering, a federal judge tightened limits on agents’ tactics and ordered body cameras used during encounters, citing doubts her directives were followed. U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis wants answers Monday about reported tear gas deployments; though she summoned ICE Field Director Russell Hott, he’s returning to Washington,...
The NFL’s 1,602-game streak of teams winning when up 18 in the final six minutes ended as the Broncos beat the Giants 33-32. New York led 19-0 entering the fourth behind rookie Jaxson Dart, but missed conversions and two failed PATs loomed. Denver erupted: a tipped TD to Troy Franklin,...
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky said he would join a proposed Budapest summit with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin if invited, after the US and Russian presidents announced plans to discuss the war in Hungary. In his first briefing since a White House meeting, he called the talks frank, insisted on a...
A Boeing 747 cargo plane operating as Emirates flight EK9788 skidded off a runway at Hong Kong International Airport around 3:50 a.m., veering left into the sea and killing two people on the ground, officials said. The AirACT-operated jet struck a patrol car after taxiing halfway down the runway, then...
Authorities are investigating the death of a BNSF Railway conductor struck by a passing train Sunday in Columbus, Montana, the NTSB said. Around 9:40 a.m., one train sat on one track while another moved on another; the individual was between them when the moving train struck him, said Columbus Fire...
An apology call from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Qatar’s prime minister and a candid exchange of grief between U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Hamas negotiator Khalil al‑Hayya emerged as pivotal moments toward a Gaza ceasefire, Kushner and Witkoff told 60 Minutes. After talks collapsed over Israeli airstrikes in...
