Olympic Canoeist Arrested for Touching Reflecting Pool Liner Sees Charges Dismissed
A Curious Cyclist, a Crumbling Pool, and a Felony Charge Three-time U.S. Olympian David Hearn told ABC News that police arrested him after he touched a piece of blue coating partially detached from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool — a stop he made during an…
A Dead Star 13,000 Light-Years Away May Have Cracked a 90-Year-Old Quantum Mystery
A magnetic star known as a magnetar may help scientists finally answer a question that has puzzled physicists for nearly a century: whether empty space is truly empty. Researchers believe the extreme magnetic fields surrounding these exotic stellar objects could reveal hidden properties of the quantum vacuum, offering a rare cosmic laboratory to test fundamental laws of nature.
Settlers Besiege Palestinian Families in the West Bank, Prompting US Outrage
A Family in Ohio, a Home Under Siege Loui Ridi had built a home in his native town of Qusra, in the occupied West Bank, for his two daughters — girls who grew up in Ohio but fell in love with their father’s Palestinian roots…
Detroit Murder Suspect Caught in West Virginia After Nine-Month Manhunt
A Fugitive’s Trail Ends Hundreds of Miles From Home A Detroit man wanted in connection with a homicide at an “unauthorized after-hours” barbershop has been captured in Huntington, West Virginia, according to federal authorities. The arrest closed the book on a nine-month manhunt that stretched…
Trump Signs Vaccine Order While Repeating Debunked Claims About Autism
A White House Event Built on Misinformation President Donald Trump made numerous false or misleading claims about vaccines and autism at a White House event during which he signed an executive order recommending that U.S. children receive fewer vaccinations over a longer period of time….
Kansas Mom Fights for Her Life After Suspected Brown Recluse Spider Bites
A Campfire Night That Nearly Turned Fatal A mother is grateful to be alive after multiple spider bites quickly became a life-changing medical emergency. What started as a peaceful evening outdoors with family ended in surgery, fear, and a long road to recovery that has…
Russia Hammers Ukraine With Missiles as Air Defense Crisis Deepens
A Nation Under Fire, Nearly Defenseless Against Ballistic Missiles The numbers are stark and alarming. Ukraine intercepted only 29 of the 195 ballistic missiles Russia launched at the country in July as air defenses faced a critical shortage of interceptor missiles, the Defense Ministry reported…
Three Medical Headlines Shaping Healthcare From Fraud Crackdowns to Cancer Breakthroughs
A Medicare Money Launderer Caught Fleeing the Country Elnar Zarbailov, 42, of Staten Island, New York, and a dual citizen of the United States and Azerbaijan, served as a fixer and money launderer for a foreign-based organization that spearheaded the largest health care fraud case…
USA Network’s Anna Pigeon Brings Crime and Wilderness Together in a New Drama
A Park Ranger With a Dark Past Steps Into the Spotlight Nevada Barr’s beloved crime-solving national park ranger has finally hit the trails to solve mysterious murders in USA Network’s new TV series, based on the New York Times best-selling book series. The show premiered…
Florida’s Leprosy Surge Is Being Linked to a Common Backyard Animal
A Disease From the Past Is Making a Modern Comeback Cases of leprosy are rising in Florida, with officials working to understand what’s behind the spread of the rare 4,000-year-old bacterial infection. While many Americans associate leprosy with ancient history or far-off regions of the…
