Nelson DeMille, Blockbuster Author Who Thrilled Millions, Dies at 81

In best seller after best seller, world-weary investigators tackled military malfeasance and Russian spies, cracking jokes and beers to the delight of legions of devoted fans

What’s Next for Rate Cuts? The Fed Is Watching Jobs and Prices.

A Federal Reserve official predicted quarter point rate cuts if data looked ‘fine’. But he also set out a scenario for a pause — or faster reductions.

Cal Fire Engineer Accused of Starting 5 Northern California Wildfires

A Cal Fire employee was arrested Friday on suspicion of starting several blazes in Sonoma County.

Nasal Flu Vaccine Is Approved for At-Home Use

The F.D.A. authorized AstraZeneca’s treatment to be given outside a health care setting, although it will still need a prescription.

Earth Might Have Had a Ring 466 Million Years Ago

Impact craters found around the Earth that were made around the same time could be linked to debris falling from a ring, a new study suggests.

Kentucky Town Is Shaken After Local Sheriff Is Charged With Killing Judge

The two men were seen getting ready to go to lunch on the day of the shooting. Hours later, Judge Kevin Mullins was dead from multiple gunshot wounds.

The Power of a Smaller Breast

Breast reduction is all the rage in cosmetic surgery. Are women asserting their independence or capitulating to yet another impossible standard of beauty?

F.T.C. Accuses Drug Middlemen of Inflating Insulin Prices

The case takes aim at the major pharmacy benefit managers, agency officials said, claiming that they favored more expensive insulin products and forced patients to pay more.

The 1983 Beirut Bombings Explained

One of Hezbollah’s top military commanders, who was accused of helping plan the blasts four decades ago, was killed on Friday in an Israeli airstrike.

With Robinson Candidacy, North Carolina Republicans Fear Damage to Years of Gains

Explosive posts by the Republican candidate for governor, Mark Robinson, are sending waves of anxiety through a state party that has long been tactical and disciplined.

Your Taylor Swift Song Choices Will Reveal If You Will See Taylor Swift Live In 2025

You're on your own, kid.

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"I Didn't Have The Heart To Tell Him It Was Me": People Are Revealing The Biggest Secret They Still Haven't Told Their Current Partner, And I Can't Believe They're Taking This Huge Risk

"Let me be clear: They’re boring and I hate them!"

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Teachers Are Sharing The "Sickest Burn" A Student Ever Gave Them (And These Are Hilariously Brutal)

"A fourth grader told me she wanted to find me a husband, and when I asked her why she said, 'Because then he can buy you a whole new wardrobe.'"

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39 Products You’re Gonna Be Mad You’re Just Now Discovering

You may find yourself screaming at the heavens wondering where this cleansing oil has been your whole life.

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Clarendon, openly nonbinary WNBA pioneer, retires

Sparks guard Layshia Clarendon, a leader in the WNBA's social justice initiatives, the league's first openly transgender and nonbinary player and a 2017 All-Star, announced their retirement Friday.

Waymo’s driverless cars are coming to these cities next

Waymo, the driverless car company run by Google parent company Alphabet, already operates autonomous vehicles in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix, and will soon be available in Atlanta and Austin. 

The Georgia and Texas Waymo experiences, set to launch early next year, will be a bit different than what California and Arizona riders encounter. Thanks to a partnership between former enemies Waymo and Uber, riders in Atlanta and Austin will be required to use the Uber app to hail a...

Listen, It's About Time We Get Real And Admit That There Were Some Good School Lunches

Tell me why pizza is better when it's shaped like a floormat.

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Israeli Soldiers Throw Three Seemingly Lifeless Palestinians Off a Roof

Several videos have emerged of the gruesome scene, but it remains unclear if the three were alive or dead at the time.

Cards Against Humanity is suing SpaceX for trespassing on its ‘pristine’ property

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Cards Against Humanity sued SpaceX for allegedly trespassing on and damaging its property in Texas. The company behind the card game is asking for $15 million in damages, according to its complaint against SpaceX, filed in Texas state court on Thursday, but has also said it will “accept Twitter.com in compensation.”

SpaceX has been using the “pristine vacant property” in Cameron County, Texas, without...

OceanGate’s ill-fated Titan sub relied on a hand-typed Excel spreadsheet

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A former OceanGate contractor, Antonella Wilby, testified before a U.S. Coast Guard panel on Friday that the company’s Titan submarine, which imploded last year during a dive to the Titanic’s wreckage, relied on an incredibly convoluted navigation system.

As Wilby described it during the US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation hearing, the Titan’s GPS-like ultra-short baseline (USBL) acoustic positioning system generated data on a sub’s velocity, depth,...