Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionCalifornia wildfires continue to rage Strong winds have been fuelling California's deadly fires as search-and-rescue teams begin the grim task of searching for bodies among the ashes.Winds of up to 40mph (64km/h) are expected throughout Tuesday in the state's south, where the Woolsey Fire is threatening some…
Just days before the 2018 midterm elections, a gunman shot and killed two women and wounded five others at a yoga studio in Tallahassee. Days after the election, a mass shooting at a bar in Thousand Oaks, Calif., left 12 dead. Dozens of Democratic candidates who campaigned on gun safety platforms were elected to the…
Coming May 11, 2019. A brief look at a more depressed Detective Pikachu. Only Detective Pikachu's handler can understand his voice (Ryan Reynolds). Everyone else just hears a "Pika, Pika!" shout. I'm getting some real Howard the Duck vibes from that CGI Psyduck down there. Jigglypuff, seen here flexing his "make people fall asleep" powers.…
Democratic candidate Kyrsten Sinema speaks to supporters after officially winning the U.S. Senate race at the Omni Montelucia resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S., November 12, 2018. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara (Reuters) - Democrat Kyrsten Sinema defeated Republican Martha McSally to win a close U.S. Senate race in Arizona after last Tuesday’s elections, in a Senate pickup for…
Jerome Corsi, a far-right political commentator and longtime associate of Roger Stone, said this week that the special counsel Robert Mueller told him he will be charged in the Russia investigation for perjury. "They told me they were going to indict me," Corsi told NBC News on Monday. "I fully anticipate that the next few…
THE FATE of the euro was always going to depend on Italy. With annual GDP of more than €1.6trn ($1.9trn), about 15% of euro-area output and debt of nearly €2.3trn, it poses a challenge to the single currency that Europe seems unable to manage but cannot avoid. Matters are now coming to a head, as…
The program, which focuses on the prospects of North-South integration, is led by Victor Cha, a prominent North Korea expert whom the Trump administration considered appointing as the ambassador to South Korea last year. His name was pulled back when he objected to the White House strategy for dealing with Kim Jong-un, the North Korean…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The town of Paradise and the surrounding area bore the brunt of the Camp Fire The death toll in wildfires sweeping California has risen to 31, with more than 200 people still missing, officials have said.Six more people were confirmed killed in the Camp Fire in the north of…
Former Snap executive Imran Khan is developing a new company that could, in some form, take on Amazon and Jet, according to a new report. Khan, who was Snap’s number-two executive until he left earlier this year, is working on an e-commerce company that would allow brands to sell their products on the service, Recode…
Enlarge / The sonification process involved assigning specific pitches and melodies to such characteristics in the data as brightness, color, and the elevation of the terrain. YouTube/NASANASA's Mars rover Opportunity fell silent earlier this year, but even if it never regains full function, it had one last gift to give. Scientists have transformed Opportunity's image…
