Three-Quarters of U.S. Adults Are Now Overweight or Obese
A sweeping new paper reveals the dramatic rise of obesity rates nationwide since 1990.
Why Do People Cry? Here’s What We Know.
We’re the only species that sheds emotional tears, but much about them remains an enigma.
In Moscow, Trump’s Victory Is Welcomed, But Warily
Donald Trump’s re-election victory has dominated media coverage in Russia, where there is restrained optimism about the prospect for better relations.
Why North Korea Is Building Drones
Analysts say the low-cost weapons are attractive to Mr. Kim, who is intent on modernizing North Korea’s military.
What Andy Kim’s Senate Victory Means to a Hub of Korean American Life
Mr. Kim will be the first Korean American senator. Nowhere in the United States is his community’s imprint more clear than in northern New Jersey.
Bluesky experiences outage as users flock to the platform
Reuters The social media platform Bluesky was hit by an outage on Thursday, amid a rising wave of popularity for the app, which is often described as a friendlier alternative…
Donald Trump meets Javier Milei ahead of conservative summit
Donald Trump has said it was an “honour” to meet Argentina’s President Javier Milei in Florida ahead of a conservative investment summit. The right-wing leader is the first foreign leader…
CDC says US drug overdose deaths have declined
The number of people dying from drug overdoses in the US has decreased, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a new report. Overall, overdose deaths declined…
Suspects nabbed for ‘man in bear suit’ insurance scam
Four people have been arrested after allegedly filing fake insurance claims stating that a bear had damaged the interiors of three luxury cars. Video footage submitted to insurers as evidence…
The Onion buys Alex Jones’s Infowars at auction
Satirical news publication The Onion has bought Infowars, the media organisation headed by right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, for an undisclosed price at a court-ordered auction. The Onion said that…