Local and federal officials are continuing to investigate the deadly explosion Wednesday morning of a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, including whether it was motivated by terrorism or linked to the killing of 15 people in New Orleans hours earlier. The explosion outside the president-elect’s property near the iconic Las […]
A driver deliberately crashed his truck into a crowd of New Year’s Day revelers in New Orleans and then opened fire, killing 10 people and injuring more than 35, in an attack the FBI said it was investigating as an act of terrorism. The suspect died after a shootout with police, law enforcement officials said. […]
An investigation is underway after a popular restaurant in Boston was robbed at gunpoint on Sunday night, authorities said. Officers responding to a call for an armed robbery at Cava at 125 Summer Street in the city’s downtown section just after 10:30 p.m. spoke with a victim who said he was closing the restaurant when […]
Editor’s note: This is a developing story and will be updated as new information emerges. An unidentified, flu-like illness has killed dozens of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to news reports. The deaths were reported in the Kwango province, which is located in the southwestern portion of the country and […]
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Israel says it is investigating after Hamas released photos purportedly showing the body of a female hostage in Gaza. Speaking during his weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at this point Israel could not verify the images. “We are in contact with the family, and a relevant notice has been issued […]
“There are rumors that have come up to the Hill of a secretive project within the Department of Defense involving the manipulation of human genetics with what is described as nonhuman genetic material potentially for the enhancement of human capabilities,” Boebert said. Boebert did not explain the source of the “rumors” but what she described […]
Two people died in separate fatal shootings Saturday night within roughly three miles of one another, bringing out Stockton detectives for the 43rd and 44th investigations this year. The first shooting happened at about 6:33 p.m. near Martin Luther King Boulevard and Aurora Street, according to the Stockton Police Department. When officers arrived on the […]
The US is investigating a leak of classified documents describing an American assessment of Israel’s plans to attack Iran, House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson has confirmed. The documents were reportedly published online last week and are said to describe satellite imagery showing Israel moving military assets in preparation for a response to Iran’s missile […]
Extreme-mass-ratio binary inspiralling in an environment of dark matter. The movement of small black holes creates a dense wake trail that slows it down, affecting the gravitational wave signal. Credit: Beatriz Oliveira and Rodrigo Vicente. A recent study in Physical Review Letters explores the effects of ultralight dark matter in extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs), which could […]
