

WATCH: Plume of Toxic Gas Envelops Ohio Town as Derailed Train Explodes
NTSBGov via ReutersOfficials detonated several train cars filled with toxic gas Monday after a derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, causing an explosion that reached several hundred feet into the air and sent a plume of black...
Read MoreThe Most Mysterious Part of the Moon Isn’t Where You Think
The far side of the moon has a certain mystique about it. It’s eternally out of view, never facing the Earth—which has earned it a misleading nickname, “the dark side,” as if sunlight never reaches its surface (it does). It’s...
Read MoreAs the detective who inspired TV’s Prime Suspect, I know this: the misogyny of David Carrick lives on | Jackie Malton
I hope the rapist’s sentencing will offer closure to victims, but fear the Met will be weeding out abusive officers for some timeJackie Malton is a former senior police officerWe have now heard for the first time from David...
Read MoreFlorida still world’s shark bite capital – but attacks on humans lowest in decade
Across the world there were 57 unprovoked shark bites in 2022, most of which occurred in the US and AustraliaFlorida has retained its title as the shark bite capital of the world, according to new figures, but globally the...
Read MoreA Machine Crushed Us at Pokémon
For a brief moment, we could taste victory. On the first turn of our online Pokémon battle against the player Athena2023, our Aegislash dealt some serious damage to Athena2023’s Gengar. One more blow like that, and Gengar, a...
Read MoreThe SNL Sketch That Left the Cast Helpless
Bowen Yang didn’t break first, but he was the cast member least able to handle the cascade of giggles that caused yesterday’s final Saturday Night Live sketch of the night to lose total control. Partway through “Lisa from...
Read MoreFrom This Hill, You Can See the Next Intifada
It’s a little after 8 p.m. on a frigid hill in the West Bank village of Beita, and Sa’ed Hamayyel is sitting in front of a crackling outdoor fire, his face framed by smoke, telling me how his son was killed. “He was 16 years...
Read MoreJeremy Hunt says focus on the ‘economically inactive’. I say he is scapegoating the sick | Frances Ryan
The chancellor’s rhetoric, echoed by the rightwing press, makes his view clear: that being too ill to work is a lifestyle choiceAs the government lurches between screw-ups, sleaze and scandals, it is ironic that one of its key...
Read MorePowerful earthquake rocks Turkey and Syria, killing thousands
A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing thousands. Click here to see original...
Read MoreThis Democrat is fired up and ready to defeat Kyrsten Sinema
This Democrat is running for Kyrsten Sinema’s Senate seat in Arizona with a blunt style.
Read MoreBlack skateboarders on the life and death of Tyre Nichols: ‘He was one of us. That could have been me’
Three skaters address their own experiences, activism and the police response to their communitiesIt has been nearly a month since Tyre Nichols died after a beating by Memphis police. Even by the standards of a country with a...
Read MoreEagles’ Jalen Hurts happy and humbled in run-up to historic Super Bowl matchup
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurt talked about the historic matchup against Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes during Super Bowl LVII opening night in Phoenix. Click here to see original...
Read MoreRussia-Ukraine war live updates: Moscow moves troops into eastern Ukraine ahead of new offensive, Luhansk governor says
Serhiy Haidai says Russian reserves are being deployed ‘in our direction’ as they prepare for a ‘full-scale offensive’ this monthWhat we know on day 349 Click here to see original...
Read MorePink Floyd Feud Spills Out Into Public As Roger Waters, David Gilmour Go At it
The two former bandmates fire off new attacks on social media.
Read MorePost Politics Now: Biden to deliver State of the Union speech this week, then hit the road
After a speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, Biden is set to travel to Wisconsin on Wednesday and Florida on Thursday. Click here to see original...
Read MoreThe Institutional Arsonist Turns on His Own Party
It’s begun to dawn on Republicans that they face a potentially catastrophic political problem: Donald Trump may lose the GOP presidential primary and, out of spite, wreck Republican prospects in 2024.That unsettling realization...
Read MoreJames Comer and former Twitter employees strike deal on subpoenas in exchange for testimony
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has subpoenaed three former Twitter employees who will testify before the panel in relation to their investigation into Twitter’s
Read MoreLos Angeles firefighters to join rescue efforts in Turkey and Syria after massive quake
Specially trained L.A. County firefighters make up one of two U.S. teams headed to assist in search-and-rescue operations in Turkey and Syria. Click here to see original...
Read MoreRiverside County deputies kill ‘mentally disturbed’ man who allegedly wielded spiked bat
Jesus Antonio Rodriguez, 33, was shot and killed by Riverside County sheriff’s deputies in a home in Moreno Valley. Click here to see original...
Read MoreOfficials update the death toll as rescue efforts continue. The US is sending two units to help.
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