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North Macedonia to hold presidential runoff with center-right candidate in the lead

Fox News - 3 minutes ago

How US workers could be affected by changes to 'noncompete' agreements and overtime pay

Fox News - 13 minutes ago

Search ongoing for man who may have taken homemade raft down Colorado River

NBC News - 25 minutes ago

Silicon Valley roundabout has drivers in a spin -- Accidents at intersection quadruple

Tupac's estate threatens to sue Drake over diss track using what appears to be late rapper's AI-generated voice

NBC News - 36 minutes ago

14 RECENT SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS -- In Depth -- From photos of the infant universe to an energy advancement that could save the planet -- By Devika Rao, The Week US

The Week - 49 minutes ago

Runaway horses filmed racing through central London. Video, 00:00:25 -- , -- published at -- Runaway horses filmed racing through central London

BBC News - 1 hour ago

Cicadas are so loud that South Carolina residents are calling police - "Although to some, the noise is annoying, they pose no danger to humans or pets," the sheriff wrote. "Unfortunately, it is the sounds of nature." 13H ago

CBS News - 1 hour ago

Emperor penguins are on the pathway to EXTINCTION: 99% of birds could be wiped out by 2100 if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise at current levels, study warns

Daily Mail - 1 hour ago

Russia blocks UN resolution on peaceful use of outer space

Voice of America - 1 hour ago

Massachusetts-based marine scientists attach camera to great white for intriguing 'shark's-eye view'

Fox News - 1 hour ago

USDA orders dairy cows to be tested for bird flu if moved across state lines

NBC News - 1 hour ago

This Is One Of The Biggest Threats To Democracy — And It's 'Underappreciated'

Huffington Post - 1 hour ago

Food waste depot to open despite vermin fears -- , -- published at -- Food waste depot to open despite vermin fears

BBC News - 2 hours ago

UK approached Botswana to take 'unwanted immigrants,' African country's foreign minister says

Fox News - 2 hours ago

Toxic chemicals used in laptops, baby seats and smartphones can easily pass through human skin and leach into bloodstream, scientists show for first time

Daily Mail - 2 hours ago

Man arrested in connection to death of trans woman outside Miami City Ballet

NBC News - 2 hours ago

Mother describes leaving Idaho for an abortion as Supreme Court considers its ban

NBC News - 3 hours ago

Fair in Ontario, flurries in Labrador: Weather systems make for an erratic spring

CTV News - 3 hours ago

Why the Fed keeping rates higher for longer may not be such a bad thing

NBC News - 3 hours ago

Science News - China to launch 3 astronauts to Tiangong space station as Beijing's lunar plans progress - April 24 (UPI) -- China will launch three crew members into low-Earth orbit Thursday for a six-month mission at Tiangong space station, as China prepares to put astronauts on the moon before the end of the decade.

UPI - 3 hours ago

Speaker Johnson calls on Columbia University president to resign and threatens federal funding for colleges

NBC News - 3 hours ago

Hummingbird spring arrivals spark appreciation and pre-summer excitement

CTV News - 3 hours ago

How one state is trying to make weight loss drugs cheaper

NBC News - 4 hours ago

More cows are being tested and tracked for bird flu. Here's what that means

AP News - 4 hours ago

More than 44m Americans are living in areas with toxic levels of pollution linked to asthma attacks and strokes

Daily Mail - 4 hours ago

US government reportedly ponders crimping China's use of RISC-V -- Permissive licenses may be about to collide with geopolitics

We may have spotted the first magnetar flare outside our galaxy

Ars Technica - 4 hours ago

Giant prehistoric salmon had tusk-like spikes used for defence, building nests: study

CTV News - 4 hours ago

Biden just signed a bill that could ban TikTok. His campaign plans to stay on the app anyway

CTV News - 5 hours ago

5 Takeaways From the Supreme Court Arguments on Idaho's Abortion Ban

New York Times - 5 hours ago

A Megaraptor Emerges From Footprint Fossils

New York Times - 5 hours ago

TikTok bows to European pressure and halts reward feature on new app in France and Spain

Star Tribune - 5 hours ago

Federal government 'believes' virus found in grocery store milk is safe for consumption

Los Angeles Times - 5 hours ago

Minnesota TikTokers react to app's ban in the U.S.

Star Tribune - 5 hours ago

Voldemort returns: experts find new ant species in Australia

YNET News - 5 hours ago

New Jersey woman, 54, with TWO terminal diseases is given combination of a PIG kidney and heart device to save her life in pioneering operation

Daily Mail - 5 hours ago

DNA analysis spanning 9 generations of people reveals marriage practices of mysterious warrior culture - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 24 April 24 - Researchers reconstructed the relationships among nearly 300 Avars, people from a 1,500-year-old mysterious warrior culture in the Carpathian Basin.

Live Science - 6 hours ago

Eradication of Manitoba's wild pigs 'just not realistic' expert warns, but new funding will help

CTV News - 6 hours ago

Grandmother Becomes Second Patient to Receive Kidney From Gene-Edited Pig

New York Times - 6 hours ago

First major attempts to regulate AI face headwinds from all sides

Star Tribune - 6 hours ago

UnitedHealth admits IT security breach could 'cover substantial proportion of people in America' -- That said, good ol' American healthcare system so elaborately costly, some are forced to avoid altogether

Can Private Property Be Taken Over For Common Good? Supreme Court Says...

NDTV - 6 hours ago

Review: Willie Nelson's San Diego concert defined, not defied, the passing of time. He turns 91 on April 29.

The San Diego Union-Tribune - 7 hours ago

Hidden 'biosphere' of extreme microbes discovered 13 feet below Atacama Desert is deepest found there to date - By - Sascha Pare - published - 24 April 24 - Researchers have found microbes thriving 13 feet beneath the scorched surface of Chile's Atacama Desert, marking the deepest discovery of microbial life in the region to date.

Live Science - 7 hours ago

Extinct giant salmon 'used tusk-like tooth for fighting and not catching prey'

Independent UK - 7 hours ago

Enormous explosion in 'Cigar Galaxy' reveals rare type of star never seen beyond the Milky Way - By - Sharmila Kuthunur - published - 24 April 24 - An incredibly brief, ultrabright explosion has led astronomers to a newfound magnetic star outside the Milky Way, which could be the first of many extragalactic magnetars, according to new research.

Live Science - 7 hours ago

How NASA Repaired Voyager 1 From 15 Billion Miles Away

Wired News - 7 hours ago

EXCLUSIVE - America's fight to save handwriting from extinction as IQs begin to fall for first time ever and teachers warn some 20-year-olds can't sign checks anymore

Daily Mail - 7 hours ago

New humpback whale calf spotted south of B.C. in Salish Sea

CTV News - 7 hours ago

"Not One Vote": Mamata Banerjee's Message After 26,000 Teachers Lose Jobs

NDTV - 7 hours ago

Like father, like son? Think again! People inherit surprisingly little of their personality from their parents, study reveals

Daily Mail - 7 hours ago

Giant prehistoric salmon had tusk-like teeth, just like a warthog's - By - Caroline Tien - published - 24 April 24 - The largest salmon species ever discovered, Oncorhynchus rastrosus may have used its distinctive, tusk-like teeth to compete with rivals, defend against predators and dig nests.

Live Science - 7 hours ago

Agency Defends Arvind Kejriwal's Arrest To Court. AAP Says, "Lie Machine"

NDTV - 7 hours ago

Biden considers climate emergency declaration -- The White House is considering declaring a national climate emergency to unlock federal powers and stifle oil development, according to a Bloomberg report. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is announcing several projects this Earth Week. Columbia University Climate School professor Dr. Melissa Lott joins with analysis.

CBS News - 7 hours ago

Christopher Pike / Bloomberg / Getty - Playing God With the Atmosphere

The Atlantic - 7 hours ago

TikTok bosses hit back after President Joe Biden signs bill to ban it

Independent UK - 8 hours ago

Japan's moon lander has survived longer than the space agency expected after reaching 3 months on the moon

Fox News - 8 hours ago

Trudeau won't comment on future of TikTok in U.S., says Canadian safety a priority

CTV News - 8 hours ago

Japan's SLIM survives 3rd lunar night, surprising designers

UPI - 8 hours ago

Updating California's grid for EVs may cost up to $20 billion

Ars Technica - 8 hours ago

Over a million Neighbourhood Watch members exposed through web app bug -- Unverified users could scoop up data on high-value individuals without any form of verification process

All Alberta wildfires to date in 2024 believed to be human-caused: province

CTV News - 9 hours ago

5 catastrophic megathrust earthquakes led to the demise of the pre-Aztec city of Teotihuacan, new study suggests - By - Jennifer Nalewicki - published - 24 April 24 - Analyses of Teotihuacan's three major pyramids show that the city was shaken by multiple catastrophic earthquakes - and this may have led to its demise.

Live Science - 9 hours ago

NASA video shows the sun just blasted out 4 eruptions at the same time. The rare event may have sent plasma hurtling toward Earth.

Business Insider - 9 hours ago

BJP Minority Morcha Leader Criticises PM Modi's Remarks, Gets Expelled

NDTV - 9 hours ago

Earth's magnetic field formed before the planet's core, study suggests - By - Stephanie Pappas - published - 24 April 24 - The oldest firm age yet for Earth's magnetic field suggests that it developed before a solid planetary core, 3.7 billion years ago.

Live Science - 9 hours ago

Historical coins found under floor sell for £60,000

Independent UK - 10 hours ago

The World War Two experiments that made D-Day possible -- Under The Radar -- Scientists performed gruelling tests on themselves paving the way for the iconic invasion -- By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK

The Week - 10 hours ago

Deep-sea discovery: Ancient coral may have been the first glow-in-the-dark creatures, study finds

Fox News - 10 hours ago

Doctors Combined a Heart Pump and Pig Kidney Transplant in Breakthrough Surgery

Wired News - 10 hours ago

Why we are losing the fight to control global malaria cases

Deutsche Welle - 10 hours ago

America's toxic wastelands: More than 20 million people living near sites polluted with hazardous waste linked to infant deaths and cancer

Daily Mail - 10 hours ago

Stonehenge's mystery finally solved with breathtaking 3D 'acoustic' model - Creating a 3D scaled down model of the megalith, researchers were able to mimic what a ceremony...

Daily Express - 10 hours ago

Archaeologists identify 'holy triad' of human evolution: Water, stone and elephants

Haaretz - 10 hours ago

SpaceX has now landed more boosters than most other rockets ever launch

Ars Technica - 10 hours ago

Glasgow & West Scotland

BBC News - 11 hours ago

Tall flowers, dead shrubs, ephemeral lake: Death Valley has become a picture of climate whiplash

NBC News - 11 hours ago

China stopped taking our plastic. Now America is drowning in it.

Business Insider - 12 hours ago

Turkish uni to harness AI to track space activity, 'spy satellites'

Daily Sabah - 12 hours ago

Come fly with me! French musician Jean-Michel Jarre becomes the world's first passenger to take off in the futuristic flying 'AirCar' that can transform from a road vehicle into a plane in 90 seconds

Daily Mail - 12 hours ago

A woman with failing kidneys receives genetically modified pig organs

NPR - 12 hours ago

Cicadas Are Emerging Now. How Do They Know When to Come Out?

New York Times - 13 hours ago

Bird Flu Outbreak in Cattle May Have Begun Months Earlier Than Thought

New York Times - 13 hours ago

Soldier gets 3D printed bone after head injury

YNET News - 13 hours ago

New tech risks health care price fixing -- Julie Rovner, David Hilzenrath - KFF Health News

Salon - 14 hours ago

Fossil of great white shark's extinct 30-foot ancestor found in Mexico

Independent UK - 15 hours ago

Ancient, 30-foot relative of great white shark unearthed in Mexico quarry - By - Melissa Hobson - published - 23 April 24 - "Exceptionally preserved" fossils of an ancient shark that lived alongside the dinosaurs has finally revealed what the predator looked like - and why it may have gone extinct.

Live Science - 15 hours ago

EU launches investigation into Chinese medical device market

Voice of America - 15 hours ago

Old Windows print spooler bug is latest target of Russia's Fancy Bear gang -- Putin's pals use 'GooseEgg' malware to launch attacks you can defeat with patches or deletion

The human foods that could be making your dog fat, revealed - from grilled salmon to scrambled egg

Daily Mail - 16 hours ago

Crystalized in amber: Israeli researchers uncover a type of flea from 99 million years ago

YNET News - 16 hours ago

How to treat juvenile sex offenders -- Teresa Huizar

Salon - 16 hours ago

130 million Americans routinely breathe unhealthy air, report finds

NPR - 16 hours ago

A 'Wonderland' Adventure in the Bronx

New York Times - 16 hours ago

Beware of the Blob! 500-million-year-old slime mold set for ISS

Daily Sabah - 16 hours ago

Longest known 'extreme' Covid infection seen in 72-year-old man

Independent UK - 16 hours ago

Leicester streetlights take ransomware attack personally, shine on 24/7 -- City council says it lost control after shutting down systems

Study finds what you eat can actually make you smarter

Independent UK - 17 hours ago

Indian-Origin Man Fired After He Takes ''Free Food'' From Canada Food Banks

NDTV - 17 hours ago