A U.S. official disputes the White House account of the deadly Caribbean boat strike. And, a person familiar with the National Guard shooting suspect says he was suffering a personal crisis.

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Young adults who took just a one-week break from social media showed improvement in depression, anxiety and insomnia symptoms, a new study says. Plus, tips for how to take a break from your feed.

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The allegations in the multibillion-dollar case sound familiar: A voting-tech company accuses Fox News of defamation for false claims it broadcast about rigged votes in the 2020 presidential election.



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Tuesday's special election for Tennessee's 7th Congressional District between Democrat Aftyn Behn and Republican Matt Van Epps has attracted outsize attention and spending from both parties.

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West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Monday said he received word from Andrew Wolfe's family that the 24-year-old was responsive to a nurse and wiggled his toes.

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A Florida-based company is charging military veterans as much as $20,000 for help with disability claims, even though the VA has said that may be illegal and the service should be free. But so far nobody's stopping the company and others like it.

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Joaquín Guzmán López, the 39-year-old son of former Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, pleaded guilty to two counts of drug trafficking and continuing criminal enterprise in federal court in Chicago.

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The TSA has announced that U.S. air travelers without a REAL ID will face a $45 fee starting in February. The Department of Homeland Security says 94% of passengers are already compliant.

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A faith-based center will challenge an investigation into whether it misled people to discourage abortions. The facilities known as "crisis pregnancy centers" have been on the rise in the U.S.

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Canadians usually head south for the skiing, shopping and nightlife in American ski towns. But due to cross-border politics, tourism to the U.S. is down, and some resorts are worried.

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The reforms are being brought in to tackle unprecedented delays in the Crown Court.

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The report, four years after the 33-year-old's murder, says urgent action is needed to prevent violent, sexual attacks against women.

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Prof David Miles tells MPs the messaging given by the chancellor was "not inconsistent" with the situation she faced.

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Meg Draper was enjoying the social side of student life - within weeks she had died from meningitis.

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When you should put the tree up and how whether it's real or fake should change how you decorate it.

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The strikes, authorised by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, have raised fresh legality questions - but the White House says laws have been followed.

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The releases happened in the past three weeks, coming on top of 91 prisoners who were freed by mistake between April and October.

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Robin Smith was a key figure in the England side in the late 1980s and 1990s.

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Growth in the UK economy is expected to slow next year, an influential global policy group predicts.

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Designers, models and celebrities gathered at the Royal Albert Hall for the glitzy ceremony.

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2025 Xmas knitware nightmare could be yours if you make us smile: When was peak Microsoft?

Free Wear It's that time of year again when Microsoft dispatches its latest Ugly Sweater to The Register, and we spoil a lucky reader that makes us smile by sending you the garment in time for Christmas.?

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We're getting it baked into Windows whether we like it or not

Opinion Making software would be the perfect job if it wasn't for those darn users. Windows head honcho Pavan Davuluri would be forgiven for feeling this of late as his happy online paean about Windows becoming an "agentic OS" was met by massive dissent in the comments. "Agentic schmentic, we want reliability, usability, and stability" was the gist.?

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Brit astro Tim Peake's much-vaunted mission to the ISS a distant memory

Nearly ten years after Brit astronaut Tim Peake visited the International Space Station (ISS), the UK has slipped behind Spain in European Space Agency funding rankings.?

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Whether you want a studio rig or a featherweight desktop, MX Linux spins have you covered

AV Linux and MX Moksha are a pair of distros tweaked for audio and music production, each using a different branch of the Enlightenment family of desktops.?

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Corrected document clears up rollout timeline and confirms switch well ahead of deadline

The UK's Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed its £312 million Windows 10 laptop refresh was, in fact, followed by a Windows 11 upgrade after an earlier letter to Parliament misstated the department's operating system timeline.?

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Paying Ingress NGINX maintainers for their work might have avoided this outcome

Opinion There were lots of announcements about Kubernetes at KubeCon North America in Atlanta. I should know, I was there from beginning to end. But the biggest Kubernetes story of all didn't get much attention. Kubernetes is retiring its popular Ingress NGINX controller. Ingress NGINX goes to that big bit farm in the sky in March 2026. After that, "there will be no further releases, no bugfixes, and no updates to resolve any security vulnerabilities that may be discovered."?

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Buyers get a one-time discount on screen repairs, which hardly screams ?we nailed this three-screen thing?

Samsung has revealed its first tri-fold phone, and it runs the Korean giant?s DeX desktop environment without the need for an external monitor.?

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Would not massively deplete IPv6, might challenge internet governance

Early in the history of the internet, the powers that be granted amateur radio operators over 16 million IPv4 addresses. Now a proposal has emerged suggesting the same community be granted a substantial chunk of the IPv6 numberspace.?

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'Sanchar Saathi' shares data to help fight fraud and protect carrier security

India?s government has issued a directive that requires all smartphone manufacturers to install a government app on every handset in the country and has given them 90 days to get the job done ? and to ensure users can?t remove the code.?

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Zig prez complains about 'vibe-scheduling' after safe sleep bug goes unaddressed for eons

The Foundation that promotes the Zig programming language has quit GitHub due to what its leadership perceives as the code sharing site's decline.?

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One of Vladimir Putin's favorite sabres to rattle seems to have lost its edge.

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Justices want Cox to crack down on piracy, but question Sony's strict demands.

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OpenAI risks increased fines after deleting pirated books datasets.

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Uncontrolled mining in areas of Myanmar ruled by powerful ethnic armies has boomed.

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CD Projekt Red says shift to Unreal Engine allows for more rapid development.

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Microsoft has not one, not two, but three new sweaters available for $60 to $80.

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Voyager Technologies Chairman Dylan Taylor checks in with Ars from the space station frontier.

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Netflix will only support Google Cast on older devices without remotes.

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Today we celebrate the resurrection and return of Optimus Prime...by buying things!

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The assassination of a Hungarian duke, why woodpeckers grunt when they peck, and more.

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