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New federal rules mean Arizona will be getting a lot less water from the Colorado river. City leaders say they've been planning for years and no one will run out, but keeping taps flowing is expensive.
Humans have been observing the sky for thousands of years. Our ancestors were undoubtedly fascinated by it, but observing the heavens also had practical uses: It helped people measure time, both over the course of the day and through the changing seasons, and became especially important with the spread of agriculture. What is now seen as scientific frontiers, such as cosmology and astrophysics, are in fact only the latest chapter in an evolving history of observing and interpreting the sky.
A search and rescue operation is under way after a ferry carrying nearly 270 people turns over after leaving port.
Trump says Iran's Kharg is being 'blown to smithereens', but gives no details Reuters
15 people may be missing after Grand Canyon flash flooding The Washington Post
Iran says the attack killed two people and injured two others, in the first known US strike on Iran since late July.
Sílvia Orriols is transforming Catalan nationalism.
The Notting Hill Carnival, Europe's biggest street party, is under way and is expected to attract millions of visitors to west London.
Indian shares slip at open as higher oil prices weigh Reuters
Only a fraction of the over 2,500 missing are turning up among the dead, underscoring a bleak reality: The death toll is likely to keep rising for days to come.
At least 62 people were evacuated on Saturday after flooding destroyed footbridges and damaged a campground and cabins near Bright Angel Creek in Arizona, the National Park Service said.
NATO's Arctic moves pose 'direct threat' to Russia, foreign minister Lavrov says Reuters
Argentina has produced some of the world's greatest soccer players. Could its youth system offer lessons for the United States?
For 30 years, the world wide web has run on a surprisingly profound social contract: most sites are free for search engines to access, but if you use … Source
Every negotiation assumes that both sides will honour what they agreed to, or that someone else — a court, a regulator, a contracting authority — can … Source
Europe pays for Ukraine’s war and offers a safe base, offsetting Moscow’s superior firepower.
Approximately 15 people may be missing or unaccounted for after a significant flash flood occurred in the Grand Canyon, the National Parks Service (NPS) said Sunday. The flood ripped through Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch area on Saturday, the Grand Canyon National Park’s communications office said in a release. The Bright Angel Trail…
There are approximately 85 Americans still missing after flash flooding on the border of Nepal and Tibet, State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said Sunday. “This morning, I can say we now have 85 Americans, approximately, that are unaccounted for. We’ve also now seen nine Americans be safely evacuated,” Pigott told host Martha Raddatz on ABC’s…
American forces later defended against missiles launched at Jordan, which hosts nearly 4,000 U.S. troops, U.S. military officials said.
Record heat withered crops, strained businesses and upended everyday life. The changes happened faster than anyone expected.
Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro appeared in his first photos from a New York prison, smiling as he awaits trial on federal drug trafficking charges.
GM's Canadian workers approve deal adding truck to Ontario plant amid US trade war Reuters
Over 24 federal agencies oversee billions in U.S. defense aid to Ukraine as Zelenskyy dismisses officials amid widening anti-corruption probes, expert says.
For generations, wheat planting has followed predictable seasonal patterns. But this year, unseasonably warm weather in March and April accelerated wheat growth, pushing the crop into a vulnerable growth stage when widespread freezing temperatures hit.
Google has updated its maps application to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America" for users in the US.
"It was a beautiful day - and then people were screaming," one hiker who was airlifted to safety tells the BBC.
Bessent expects new US secondary sanctions weekly, aiming to increase pressure on Iran Reuters
Four days after catastrophic floods wiped out villages along the Nepal-China border, thousands are still missing. Families look for answers but hear nothing.
Iran's IRGC says it launched attack on two US bases in Jordan Reuters
G20 countries should consider more trade barriers on China to cut imbalances, Bessent says Reuters
Morgan Murphy says U.S. neutrality on Falkland Islands sovereignty is unchanged but warns Washington may squeeze Britain on NATO defense spending.
And their union is fighting back. Uber and Lyft drivers in Atlanta are fed up with Waymo robotaxis. The Atlanta Rideshare Drivers Union is claiming … Source
Iceland has voted against resuming talks on joining the European Union 13 years after they were broken off. Public broadcaster RUV reported that 52.8% of the more than 225,000 people who voted had rejected the government's proposal, while 47.2% had backed it. Some 12,600 votes separated them. Prime … Source
Measles outbreaks continue to expand across parts of the United States as health officials respond to growing clusters in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Georgia. The outbreaks come during the nation's worst measles year in more than three decades. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says … Source
President Trump said Sunday the U.S. will “fill up” the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as a result of the oil deal his administration reached with … Source
AMD (AMD) just hit a milestone that would have seemed unlikely a few years ago. For the first time, it controls more than 30% of the market for x86 … Source
Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick pushed to … Source
Oil jumps more than 2% after US attack on Iran's Larak island Reuters
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Sunday denied a report in The New York Times about harsh treatment of migrants in immigration detention facilities. “Another day and another hoax about ICE detention from the @nytimes,” DHS wrote on social media. “The media is clearly desperate for these false allegations to be true.” The Times…
Cut content from Portal 2, hints of Half Life 2: Episode 3, and so much more.
Yet the article inexplicably makes no mention of judge shopping in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
The Vice President's argument for more governmental intervention in the economy is based upon a morass of misunderstandings.
NASA’s newest telescope blasts off to answer universe’s big questions The Washington Post
Freedom Fuel gas stations, which the Trump administration promoted last month, sold fuel that its supplier never paid for, a lawsuit filed earlier this month claims. The suit, which attorneys for Mansfield Oil Company filed in U.S. District Court in Eastern Pennsylvania on Aug. 19, alleges that foreign corporation KRSM obtained in excess of 1.1…
A massive landslide and glacial collapse may have caused catastrophic flooding even without heavy rainfall. More than 3,000 people remained missing.
Dolly Parton met Carl Dean outside a Nashville laundromat in 1964. For decades, she was as protective of her marriage as he was fiercely private.
Restructuring a molecule without rebuilding it from scratch is an increasingly important goal in modern organic chemistry. Skeletal editing is an approach that helps chemists explore new chemical structures and simplify the synthesis of molecules with potential pharmaceutical applications.
Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.
US forces strike two Iranian launchers on Iran's Larak island, US official says Reuters
A man has died after his car hit a tree following a police chase.
President Trump said Sunday he does not want U.S. businesses to import Canadian goods amid continued tariff tensions between the two countries. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said his tariffs “revived, and indeed saved” the American automobile industry, pointing to profits made by Ford, General Motors and other U.S. car companies during his…
Seven people have been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a baby girl in South Yorkshire.
When high or low tide occurs, the water does not necessarily rise and fall uniformly along the entire coastline. In fact, the height of the tide in a bay can vary by up to one meter (3 feet) from one location to another just a few kilometers away.
The country’s longest war came to an end exactly five years ago. Today it offers lessons for policymakers seeking to avoid an endless war in Iran.
A new study suggests that El Ninos—the natural climatic chaos agent that pops up periodically and spikes global temperatures—are getting stronger because of human-caused climate change.
Our general manager of commercial revenue and ‘SCOTUSblog’ answers your questions.
Five others in their twenties were injured after shots were fired at a techno event near Zurich.
With just one more major mission upcoming, NASA's science programs need a boost.
Recently, Justice Jackson warned about a "Kafkaesque nightmare" at the Supreme Court. Well, I had my own.
Mundubile had previously gone into hiding at a United Nations building in Zambia's capital.
The intestines rely on different strategies to rebuild themselves in response to diet changes versus infections, according to a new Cornell study—a finding that can shed light on how gut health adapts to harsh conditions, flourishing ecosystems of microbes and variable diets.
Soldiers tried to attack a key military base early on Saturday morning, authorities say, but were thwarted.
The closure of a crucial Rhode Island bridge for safety reasons in 2023, and the traffic nightmare that followed, have dogged Gov. Dan McKee in the Democratic primary.
What should you do to fall asleep faster? Take our quiz. The Washington Post
ESPN laid him off. He’s calling the Little League World Series anyway. The Washington Post
Tropical Storm Karina strengthened into a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday and could become a major storm this week, forecasters said. The cyclone's center was at far out sea and was not threatening land.
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created a new system to test magnetohydrodynamic aerobraking for spacecraft reentering the atmosphere. Their platform generates intense magnetic fields with a powerful electromagnet as a miniature vessel is hit with a shock wave traveling at over seven kilometers per second (4.3 miles per second). The magnets reached far higher fields than previous work with permanent magnets and are a crucial stepping stone toward tests with real vessels in the atmosphere.
After a summer of Gen Z discontent, political workers and members of the public chastised women for violating social norms.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has unveiled a giant billboard reading: "Lake Ontario — Now and Always." But tech giant Google has said it is renaming the lake for U.S. users, as President Trump demanded.
Voters weighed the nation’s security in the wake of President Trump saying he would like the U.S. to acquire Greenland.
Ship's commanding office says morale is high on the USS George Washington as it replaces the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East.
Dawn was crowned fattest marmot by popular vote.
Real economic sanctions on Canada and economic threats to countries trading with Iran may work against Republicans in the midterm elections.
Why Are So Many People Listening to a Podcast About Living in a Convent? The Atlantic
The company is testing robots on tasks that can performed by technicians.
8/30/1967: Justice Thurgood Marshall takes the oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 30, 1967 appeared first on Reason.com.
While social media is rife with AI celebrity deepfakes, videos featuring late night TV hosts like Jimmy Kimmel and Jon Stewart are are easier to create than other kinds of deepfakes and potentially more disruptive.
The shifting power status of the two leaders will be front and center on Monday, when they are set to meet in Kyrgyzstan.
The way to fight antisemitism isn’t to count Jews more precisely.
Jesús Armas in the foreground and El Helicoide Prison in the background
Tariffs continue to rile all kinds of American businesses more than a year after Trump unveiled his first set of tariffs — including a comic book store owner in Ohio.
Dolly Parton's songs traveled far beyond Nashville. Across Africa, musicians embraced her stories of hardship, heartbreak and humble beginnings — and made them their own.
The search for two missing crew members from a French-registered fishing boat which sank in the English Channel has been suspended.
The International Criminal Court finds itself snared in geopolitical conflicts after targeting the leaders of Israel and Russia.
Beijing expands purge of top generals The Washington Post
The decision goes further than other similar recent rulings.
An investigation has begun into the storage of weapons for Ukraine's military near a residential area.
Reports of forced conversions in British prisons have renewed alarm over extremist gang influence. Officials say faith-based coercion will not be tolerated.
The common heart attack symptom many women ignore The Washington Post
The post Red Sox Fan Throws Back Son Who Caught Yankees Home Run appeared first on The Onion.
Nepal's flood and mudslide death toll reaches more than 670 with nearly 3,000 missing as rain and fog halt search and rescue operations in the disaster zone.
A leaked memo revealed that U.S. diplomats are subverting efforts to limit global plastic production, doing so as worldwide plastic pollution grows to over 57 million tons annually. What do you think? The post U.S. Lobbying Against Global Plastic Limits appeared first on The Onion.
An illustration of Pikachu with tape over his mouth
Testing 100 companies found privacy requests often led to confusion and dead ends.
