Yves here. We have been regularly harping on the fact that AI consumes substantial amounts of energy while offering at best marginal benefits over existing analytical methods. Yet the touts…
Drivers were stuck in 109-degree heat on a California highway for hours on Saturday as the authorities struggled to extinguish a fire involving an overturned truck carrying lithium ion batteries.…
The 350,000-acre Park fire in Northern California was still burning on Sunday, even as the authorities said that falling temperatures and higher humidity were reducing fire activity. More than 25,000…
As national politics reach a fever pitch, some Americans are contemplating leaving the country depending on the outcome of the 2024 election. Some are already living abroad — in part,…
A rare fire tornado has ripped through bushland in northern California, as the state’s largest wildfire this year explodes in size. The Park fire, which was started on Wednesday, has…
Boneless chicken wings do not have to be bone-free, Ohio’s top court ruled, ending a lawsuit filed by a man who fell ill after swallowing a piece of bone from…
A raging wildfire spawned a dramatic firenado near Chico, California, as emergency crews struggle to contain the blaze. A time-lapse video, captured by a camera located northeast of Chico in…
Firefighters raced to contain scores of blazes across the American West on Friday night as California’s largest wildfire of the year prompted a new wave of evacuations. Federal officials say…
In the tumultuous final weeks of Donald J. Trump’s presidency, he signed into law, with little fanfare, bipartisan legislation that gave the United States vast new powers to police doping…
American law enforcement officials arrested two top leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most dominant criminal organizations in Mexico, the Justice Department said on Thursday. The two operatives,…