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Australia's tropical rainforests have flipped from carbon sinks to sources, the first known worldwide, according to a Nature study of 49 years of data from 20 Queensland forests. Extreme heat, atmospheric dryness, drough…
Microsoft has ended free security support for Windows 10 and is leaning on new AI-laced Windows 11 features to spur upgrades. The company unveiled deeper Copilot integration, including a hands-free “Hey, Copilot” voice m…
Guillermo del Toro's long-envisioned Frankenstein reframes Mary Shelley's tale through his signature obsessions: beauty in darkness, corrupted innocence, and a bruising parent-child bond. Told from Victor Frankenstein's …
Netflix's The Diplomat returns with Season 3, the first since the 2024 election, leaning into escapist fantasy while refocusing on its core: Kate and Hal's combustible marriage. After President William Rayburn's death el…
NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center issued a G2 geomagnetic storm watch for Oct. 16 as Earth is set to be hit by the first of several CMEs, with the strongest effects late Thursday into early Friday. The Kp index is f…
More than $120 trillion is set to change hands over the next 25 years, yet most heirs won’t stick with their benefactors’ wealth advisors, Cerulli Associates reports. Only 27% of future beneficiaries plan to keep the adv…
Nestle will cut 16,000 jobs over two years as new CEO Philipp Navratil shifts the Swiss company toward products with “highest potential returns.” Announced alongside stronger nine‑month 2025 sales, the plan targets 12,00…
As U.S. health care premiums climb—up more than 24% since 2019 and poised to rise again—some employers are absorbing costs to shield workers as paycheck deductions are expected to jump 6%–7% next year. NPR reports the av…
In a candid SiriusXM chat with Howard Stern, Jennifer Lopez admitted she turned down Adrian Lyne’s 2002 thriller Unfaithful, saying the script “wasn’t good,” though she now concedes he “made it great.” Diane Lane’s subse…
India’s goods exports to the US, its largest foreign market, plunged 20% in September and 37.5% over four months as Washington’s 50% tariffs took hold, including a 25% penalty tied to Delhi’s Russian oil purchases. GTRI …
American skier Jim Morrison, 50, became the first to descend Mount Everest’s notoriously narrow north face route on skis, completing the Hornbein and Japanese Couloirs from 29,032 feet at 7:45 p.m. local time after more …
Detroit will be without starting safety Brian Branch on Monday night against the Buccaneers after the NFL upheld his one-game suspension, sustained by hearing officer Jordy Nelson. Branch sparked a postgame brawl by stri…
Despite a torn thumb ligament, Keegan Murray agreed to a five-year, $140 million extension with the Kings on Wednesday, hours after Sacramento reportedly added Russell Westbrook on a one-year, $3.6 million deal. Murray, …
BOSTON – One day after he and the Celtics’ coaches routed local reporters 57-4 in a surprise pickup game, head coach Joe Mazzulla explained he staged it to “humanize” interactions and put both sides in the same competiti…
The Cowboys’ low-cost trade for George Pickens is paying off and complicating the future. Acquired from the Steelers for a 2026 third- and 2027 fifth-rounder, with a 2027 sixth returning, he’s making $3.656 million and h…
Kevin Federline's Oct. 21 memoir, You Thought You Knew, recounts his rise from Fresno and, chiefly, his turbulent marriage to Britney Spears. He alleges Spears drank while pregnant, used cocaine, engaged in sexual scenar…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford called for economic retaliation against the U.S. after Stellantis decided to move planned Jeep Compass production from Brampton, Ontario, to Illinois as part of a $13 billion U.S. expansion. Bla…
Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa opened Wednesday’s press conference with an apology for comments about “guys not showing up to player-only meetings” after Sunday’s loss to the Chargers. After coach Mike McDanie…
After a three-week hiatus, South Park returns Wednesday with Twisted Christian, in which Eric Cartman becomes possessed and may be the key to stopping the Antichrist. A promo shows staff warned about a student cult aroun…
Meta is rolling out group chats on Threads, letting users message multiple friends in a single conversation rather than separate DMs. Chats can include up to 50 followers and be renamed for easy identification, much like…
Back from suspension, Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice practiced Wednesday as Kansas City prepared for Las Vegas. He hasn’t played since a season-ending knee injury in Week 4 last year, but head coach Andy Reid said Rice will…
United Airlines forecast fourth-quarter earnings of $3 to $3.50 a share, above the $2.86 analysts expected, after a rocky start to 2025. Leaning into growth, it lifted third-quarter capacity 7% even as unit passenger rev…
Polar bears on Kolyuchin Island, off Russia's far eastern coast, have taken over the ruins of a Soviet-era weather station, drone footage by photographer Vadim Makhorov shows. He counted about 20 bears near the abandoned…
Democratic governors from 15 states and Guam launched a Governors Public Health Alliance to coordinate data sharing, threat messaging, emergency preparedness, and policy—casting it as a response to President Donald Trump…
Spotify on Wednesday upgraded its AI DJ for Premium users, adding text requests alongside voice. The change rolls out in English and Spanish, with Spanish-language DJ Livi now taking requests. The DJ also gains personali…