A new study uses physics to uncover why sneakers squeak on the basketball court. Scientists slid a shoe against a smooth ...

A federal appeals court has overturned a judge’s finding that BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people in a ...

So many hopes and dreams were stolen on Dec. 6, 2025. That’s when a bus was carrying the Central High School wrestling team ...

Blood pressure might not be something you think about often, but it plays a huge role in your overall health. Known as the ...

A telescope in Chile has revealed the swirling splendor of star-forming gases at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. The European Southern Observatory released the picture Wednesday. It zeros ...

Polls indicate majority support for abortion rights in most states, but laws differ greatly between places that uphold such rights and those that ban the procedure.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2026 list of nominees, and it mixes pop, rap, metal, R&B and more. The Hall ...

Emperor penguins shed all their feathers once a year, a precarious ritual that may have become deadly as climate change pushes them into shrinking patches of Antarctic sea ice, researchers ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday, hoping to bolster ties with his country's largest trade partner and high-tech rival as Europe's biggest ...

British luxury carmaker Aston Martin Lagonda on Wednesday announced plans to cut up to 20 percent of its workforce after ...

Republican Jeff Hurd has run afoul of President Donald Trump for voting to rescind the emergency declaration the ...

Residents in a Southern California city want local police to stop letting federal immigration agents train at a publicly owned firing range. Some residents of Escondido say Immigration and Customs ...