A suspect is charged with arson in a fire that burned through a synagogue in Mississippi. Flames and smoke destroyed its library, housing Torahs.

The Justice Department has subpoenaed the Fed over chair Jerome Powell's testimony over the central bank's headquarters renovation. Powell calls it part of a pressure campaign over interest rates.

The brightest stars in TV and film kicked off the 83rd annual Golden Globes tonight in Beverly Hills, Calif. with Ariana Grande, Noah Wyle, Teyana Taylor and George Clooney are just some the names who walked the red carpet.

A new portrait of President Trump is on display at the National Portrait Gallery's "America's Presidents" exhibition. Text accompanying the portrait removes references to Trump's impeachments.

As Iran's protests enter a third week, the country's president blames foreign powers for the unrest, and warns it will retaliate if the US intervenes militarily.

The U.S. Figure Skating National Championships brought the who's who of the sport to St. Louis. St. Louis Public Radio Visuals Editor Brian Munoz left a new fan of the Olympic sport.

A memo from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, obtained by NPR, instructs her staff that visits should be requested at least seven days in advance.

The result marks the first time in 117 years that a side from outside the major national leagues has eliminated the reigning FA Cup holders.

Latin America's left is in disarray after the seizure of Nicolas Maduro and the U.S.'s pledge to take over Venezuela's oil industry. Many on the left are changing their rhetoric about President Trump.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Peter Krause of Boston College about the Trump Administration's willingness to act unilaterally against other countries and what this means for international relations.

President Trump said on Sunday that the US military was considering "very strong options" in Iran.

Powell called the probe "unprecedented" and came after his refusal to lower interest rates after demands by Donald Trump.

Nicki's eye had collapsed in on itself, but a new gel injection method has saved her vision.

Three teenagers and a man in his 50s died in the crash in Bolton, says Greater Manchester Police.

Detained without trial in 2006, Zubaydah is one of 15 people who remain at the US military prison.

The delayed discharge challenge throws up deeper questions about the care system and co-ordination.

The Golden Globes, one of Hollywood's leading awards ceremonies, is taking place in Los Angeles.

Marty Supreme, Sinners and One Battle After Another are the films competing at this year's ceremony.

Children who spend the most time on devices or in front of screens find conversation and learning harder, the government says.

Existing law could be used to approve the use of military force to stop sanction-busting ships operated by Russia and Iran.

PLUS: Cambodia arrests alleged scam camp boss; Baidu spins out chip biz; Panasonic’s noodle shop plan; And more!

Asia in Brief The governments of Malaysia and Indonesia have suspended access to social network X, on grounds that it allows users to produce sexual imagery without users’ consent.…

PLUS: Veeam patches critical vuln; Crims bribing dark web insiders; UK school takedown; And more

infosec in brief Meta has fixed a flaw in its Instagram service that allowed third parties to generate password reset emails, but denied the problem led to theft of users’ personal information.…

Poison Fountain project seeks allies to fight the power

Alarmed by what companies are building with artificial intelligence models, a handful of industry insiders are calling for those opposed to the current state of affairs to undertake a mass data poisoning effort to undermine the technology.…

Call for Evidence casts FOSS as a way to break US dependence

The European Commission has launched a fresh consultation into open source, setting out its ambitions for Europe's developer communities to go beyond propping up US tech giants' platforms.…

Ministers promise equivalent standards just without the legal obligation

ANALYSIS From May's cyberattack on the Legal Aid Agency to the Foreign Office breach months later, cyber incidents have become increasingly common in UK government.…

Sandia National Labs cajole Intel's neurochips into solving partial differential equations

New research from Sandia National Laboratories suggests that brain-inspired neuromorphic computers are just as adept at solving complex mathematical equations as they are at speeding up neural networks and could eventually pave the way to ultra-efficient supercomputers.…

Let the bots figure out what to sell for how much

Accenture is betting that the future of retail will run through AI with an investment in Profitmind, an agent-based platform that automates pricing decisions, inventory management, and planning. …

Remember when government agents didn't wear masks?

While watching us now seems like the least of its sins, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was once best known (and despised) for its multi-billion-dollar surveillance tech budget.…

Developer survey from Sonar finds AI tool adoption has created a verification bottleneck

Talk about letting things go! Ninety-six percent of software developers believe AI-generated code isn't functionally correct, yet only 48 percent say they always check code generated with AI assistance before committing it.…

There's a lot of bad ideas set to create literal waste and be a waste of money

From disposable electric candy to voice-activated refrigerators without physical handles, CES was crammed full of enshittified, intrusive, insecure, and wasteful technology this year – just like it is every year. …

Footage of the 2024 discovery appears in NatGeo's new documentary series Pole to Pole with Will Smith

For the eighth year in a row, the world’s oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat in 2025.

Half the country has enacted age-verification laws to prevent minors from viewing porn.

Including previous approvals, Starlink can now deploy 15,000 Gen2 satellites.

ArianeGroup is still trying to catch up to where the bleeding edge of the launch industry was 15 years ago.

With so many exposures sites, officials can't figure out where people were infected.

Google says creating for people rather than robots is the best long-term strategy.

Italy fines Cloudflare 14M euros for not blocking pirate sites on 1.1.1.1 DNS service.

Crazy, but that's how it goes.

"That level of openness and transparency is exactly what should be expected of NASA."