Minneapolis residents are resisting as federal immigration agents surge into their city, creating what some locals describe as an atmosphere of fear and siege on the streets.

More than 550 people have contracted measles in Spartanburg County, S.C., in a fast-growing outbreak. Like a majority of U.S. counties, nonmedical exemptions to school vaccination are also rising.

Abigail Spanberger, a former CIA officer and three-term congresswoman, is breaking long-held traditions on inauguration day. She says she wants her swearing-in to showcase the state's modern vibrancy.

Many jails and prisons around the country don't provide medication treatment for opioid use disorder. Studies show that medication makes recovery more likely and reduces the risk of overdose death.

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All 16 drug companies that inked deals with the Trump administration over the past few months still raised some of their prices for 2026.

President Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota to stop protests happening in Minneapolis. And, the president unveils what he calls a new healthcare plan.

A hospice in Uganda asked itself: Can we do more than ease the pain of dying? Can we actually prevent deaths from cervical and breast cancer?

Breaking with the United States, Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday.

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The former UK prime minister and US secretary of state will sit on the "founding executive board", the White House says.

Craig Guildford blames the "political and media frenzy" as he confirms his decision to step down.

Abiraterone will be available in a matter of weeks and will be offered to 7,000 men a year.

A judge says the hospital chiefs' changing room policy created a "hostile" environment for women.

The president made the threat while a bipartisan group of US lawmakers were visiting Denmark in the hope of easing tensions over the territory.

Reza Pahlavi, a US-based opposition figure, called on the world to target Iran's Revolutionary Guards leadership.

Despite the bloodbath of recent weeks, Ayatollah Khamenei might think he must plough on with an iron fist.

Grace Keeling, 15, was swept into the sea at Withernsea along with her mother Sarah on 2 January.

The president said several air defence systems were without missiles until a shipment on Friday morning.

The UK is set to be in the centre of a battleground of competing weather systems, but which will win?

Does that kind of time saving actually pay for itself?

Researchers at Dakota State University, in partnership with regional insurance carrier Safety Insurance, devised an experimental chatbot called "Axlerod" to assist independent insurance agents. Whether that assistance was substantial is up for some debate.…

Chipmaker claims the four-fab site could expand US-based DRAM production by a factor of 12

Micron broke snowy winter ground in New York on Friday to begin building a chip fab that promises to bring up to 50,000 jobs and much-needed computer memory production to US shores, as the AI boom continues to push memory prices up.…

Microsoft claims it's a Secure Launch bug

We're not saying Copilot has become sentient and decided it doesn't want to lose consciousness. But if it did, it would create Microsoft's January Patch Tuesday update, which has made it so that some PCs flat-out refuse to shut down or hibernate, no matter how many times you try.…

First sign-in restore aims to cut rebuilds when users skip setup options

Microsoft has quietly tweaked Windows Backup for Organizations to include restore at first sign-in.…

Newer kernel, newer Cinnamon, new tools, and even new icons

The timing is right if you're looking to try out Mint. New improved "Zena" is here – still based on Ubuntu Noble, but now with Cinnamon 6.6 and improved Wayland support, plus better internationalization, new System Information and System Administration tools, and clearer icons.…

Ransomware kingpin who escaped Armenian custody is believed to be lying low back home

German cops have added Russian national Oleg Evgenievich Nefekov to their list of most-wanted criminals for his services to ransomware.…

That went well

Imagine changing your popular brand to capitalize on an emerging tech trend that never emerged. Mark Zuckerberg did just that, and now Meta is backing away from the virtual reality business in which it invested billions.…

Analyst: We'll hit a spot where 'we go from that was a great idea to where's my revenue?'

Software vendors and cloud providers are bearing the burden of the expected trillion-dollar increase in AI spending this year, as investment hits $2.52 trillion, according to Gartner.…

Gold phone more like fool's gold as none show up six months later

Senator Elizabeth Warren is leading calls for the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Trump Mobile for failing to ship gold phones, months after collecting deposits.…

Check Point observes 40K+ attack attempts in 4 hours, with government organizations under fire

A critical HPE OneView flaw is now being exploited at scale, with Check Point tying mass, automated attacks to the RondoDox botnet.…

Reseller says Rackspace plans to charge it 706 percent more.

The sunken ship reveals that the medieval European economy was growing fast.

WorldCat operator hopes default judgment will convince web hosts to take action.

Hypervirulent germ nearly destroys man, invading brain and blowing out an eye.

Ads coming to free tier and new $8/month ChatGPT Go plan in US.

Windows laggards still using the vulnerable hashing function: Your days are numbered.

GPU makers may prioritize more profitable models; large SSDs are harder to find.

Verizon touts "expanded reach of almost 30 million fiber passings" across US.

Amid fears of bubble, world's top chipmaker TSMC says customers just keep asking for more.

Regulators want to know why Tesla's system ignores red lights and runs into traffic.