SpaceX launched its 13th Super Heavy-Starship rocket Friday, with the giant booster chalking up an on-target but “hard” splashdown off the Texas Gulf Coast while the Starship upper stage carried out a successful suborbital hop to the Indian Ocean. Powered by 33 methane-fueled Raptor engines, the 397-foot-tall two-stage rocket blasted off from SpaceX’s Starbase, Texas,…
This isn’t just a bad year for measles. It looks to be the start of a bad era. Confirmed measles cases just hit a 35-year high, and it’s only July. Together with last year, the number of cases has exceeded the combined total over the previous 25 years. The vast majority of cases stem from…
A Florida man sued OpenAI on Wednesday, alleging ChatGPT’s medical advice discouraged him from seeking treatment for symptoms that preceded a life-threatening pulmonary embolism, nearly costing him his life. Scott Winters, a former pastor, filed suit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman in San Francisco County Superior Court on Wednesday, claiming the chatbot made inaccurate…
A woman was attacked and injured by a bear while hiking with a friend and three dogs in southern Alaska, authorities said. The attack happened Saturday at around 5:30 p.m. local time, according to Anchorage Police, as the woman hiked along what the Alaska Department of Fish and Game called “a social trail” in an…
The man who was attacked by a bison at Yellowstone National Park earlier this month is opening up about the terrifying moment he was thrown 8 feet into the air by the animal. “Even though I was on the ground, he could have stomped me. He could have gored me. He could have done anything,”…
Athens, Greece — A man stabbed two tourists Tuesday morning near the ancient Acropolis in Athens, Greece’s top tourist attraction, police said. The assailant attacked a man and woman, both Greek Americans, with a knife near the entrance of the Acropolis Museum, which lies at the foot of the Acropolis hill. The woman suffered light…
Produce giant Taylor Farms is under renewed scrutiny after it voluntarily recalled iceberg lettuce linked to the nation’s unusually large cyclosporiasis outbreak. Food safety experts say that while recalls are inevitable for a produce supplier the size of Taylor Farms, the current outbreak is unusual because of its scale and the number of people sickened….
Former Mexican drug kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was sentenced in a U.S. court Monday to life in prison, seven years after his Sinaloa cartel co-founder Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán was handed the same sentence. Zambada’s sentencing in Brooklyn federal court was the culmination of the U.S. government’s yearslong fight to bring the long-elusive cartel…
Nine people were wounded in a shooting in Tucson, Arizona, early Sunday morning, police said. The suspected gunman was shot by officers at the scene and taken to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries. The incident took place at around 2 a.m. local time in downtown Tucson, where officers patrolling the area heard gunfire and…
She can command a stadium crowd, but spend some time with Shania Twain and you’ll see she may be most herself with the horses. “I just love being with them,” she said. “I ride in my pajamas in the mornings! … It’s just a great escape.” Shania Twain and Seth Doane riding in Hyde…
