Just 10 years ago, ransomware was the domain of mostly small-fry hackers encrypting files to squeeze a few hundred dollars out of random individuals. Today it’s an urgen...
COVID-19 is a nightmare that has left more than 600,000 people dead in the United States alone. But from the very start it was also a clear dress rehearsal for the loomi...
TOKYO — Before the women’s marathon was added to the program at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the longest race for female runners was the 1,500 meters — and that became...
The emergence of a bipartisan infrastructure deal in Washington was rightfully lauded as potentially addressing long-neglected needs around the country.
Predictions that...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is coming in for criticism over its most recent change of guidance on masks in the fight against COVID-19. Some of these c...
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories of the week.
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Because 14 people in Pfizer's placebo group died and 15 people in the vaccinated ...
President Joe Biden's decision to bypass Congress and extend the moratorium on evictions for two more months may be unconstitutional, but as a practical matter, keeping ...
It started out as a social experiment, but it quickly came to a bitter end. Microsoft's chatbot Tay had been trained to have "casual and playful conversations" on Twitte...
After having his 2020 concerts fall through because of the coronavirus-fueled shutdown, blues-rock guitar star Joe Bonamassa is counting on his rescheduled 2021 summer, ...
If you’ve watched any of this summer’s Olympic Games, you’ve likely marveled at the tremendous speed, strength and precision of the world’s best athletes.
It can be hard...
