The Pentagon's internal watchdog says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin "unnecessarily" increased risks to national security by keeping his illness and hospitalizations secret in late 2023 and early 2024. In a report released after a yearlong investigation , the office of the Pentagon's inspector general criticized Austin and his team for... Read more »

There's getting weak-kneed at the sight of Brad Pitt on the silver screen, and then there's falling hopelessly in love with Brad Pitt, conducting a yearlong online romance, and sending hundreds of thousands of dollars to the down-on-his-luck actor for cancer treatment. As the BBC reports, a Frenchwoman known to...... Read more »

Meta founder, electric hydrofoil surfer , and now ... inaugural party host? It's already been announced that Mark Zuckerberg, whose company donated $1 million to President-elect Trump's inaugural fund, will be joining fellow billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos on the platform at the president-elect's inauguration Monday. Zuck "has graduated... Read more »

In its waning days, the Biden administration is angling to make a big move against cigarettes' addictive nature. On Wednesday, the FDA released a proposed rule that would slash the allowable nicotine in cigarettes to 0.7 milligrams per gram of tobacco, reports USA Today —levels that "could no longer...... Read more »

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal, mediators announced Wednesday, pausing a devastating 15-month war in the Gaza Strip and raising the possibility of winding down the deadliest and most destructive fighting between the bitter enemies. The deal, coming after weeks of painstaking negotiations in Qatar, promises the...... Read more »

An effort to arrest South Korea's president on Jan. 3 failed . A second attempt on Wednesday succeeded —with the help of what the BBC reports was a 1,000-person-strong arrest team. Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol is under criminal investigation for insurrection after declaring martial law on Dec. 3, and...... Read more »

The World Monuments Fund, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving cultural heritage sites around the world, is for the first time looking beyond Earth—to the moon. Since 1996 , the organization has released biennial lists of at-risk sites to raise awareness and help spur action. Its 2025 list of 25 monuments...... Read more »

It's been well documented how much President-elect Trump enjoys a good Diet Coke , and on Tuesday, Coca-Cola honored the president-elect with a special gift reflecting that. Atlanta News First reports that "the first ever Presidential Commemorative Inaugural Diet Coke bottle" has been bestowed on Trump—at least according to a...... Read more »

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A Chinese woman recently celebrated her 124th Birthday, according to local civic documentation. Crediting her longevity to a “love of lard” and an optimistic personality, her big day was celebrated on January 1st in her home of Nanchong city amid a horde of relatives. Whether or not Qiu Chaishi really... Read more »

An Olympic-level kite surfer for Brazil happened to be testing out some video equipment on his board when he suddenly became the only hope of rescue for a stranded, exhausted swimmer. 31-year-old Bruno Lobo described the rescue as “the day that God used me as an instrument to save this... Read more »

A curious Viking age graveyard has been uncovered in southwest Norway containing jewelry and evidence of continental connections. Three high-status women, though perhaps not Scandinavians themselves, were, or perhaps were not, interred there, and these uncertainties have raised interesting hypotheses. Located near the coast in a Norwegian town called Fitjar... Read more »

24 years ago today, Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger launched Wikipedia. The collaborative online encyclopedia created and maintained by a community of volunteer editors, Wikipedia is one of the most-visited websites on the internet. The nonprofit funded primarily through donations has 6.2 million articles in English—and also features articles in... Read more »

This is the heartwarming moment a groom broke down in tears after hearing a surprise message from his young daughter as he waited to marry her mom. The tear-jerking footage of Elliot Gwilliam’s daughter Evie has gone viral with over 120 million social media views and simply must be heard... Read more »

Embodying the phrase “I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine,” a public-private partnership has commercialized the world’s first toilet paper made from used diapers. Currently available in seven retail locations in Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan, the paper is enthusiastically seen as an environmentally friendly alternative for the island nation’s... Read more »

A weather enthusiast and passionate community volunteer saved a Pasadena neighborhood by broadcasting two simple words to his social media channels in early January: “Get out.” Wherever the chips fall in the aftermath of the recent spate of wildfires in northern LA, and whoever gets the book thrown at them—and... Read more »

Norway is on the cusp of bidding farewell to internal combustion vehicles forever now that the automotive transition in the country has reached highway speeds. Tax incentives and other perks like free parking, a diverse market of foreign and EU-made vehicles, and a vast charging network have steered almost all... Read more »

125 years ago today, Tosca debuted in Rome. A mainstay on opera calendars around the world, Giacomo Puccini’s enduring tale of feminine resilience and defiance in the face of corruption has featured some of the best-known singers in the art. Puccini’s arias in Tosca are some of his finest, and The Three Tenors... Read more »

From Arizona comes the remarkable “timeless” story of a man who got to try on his varsity letterman jacket decades after he ordered it. Unable to afford it at the time, Jed Mottley and the jacket went their separate ways, only to reunite after a spur-of-the-moment, serendipitous visit to a... Read more »

In traditional Chinese astrology, your birth year is especially unlucky, but this year there’s no need for snakes to keep a low profile. Every year, GNN generates a horoscope based on averages of several major Chinese horoscope providers and Feng Shui masters to help those who don’t follow this ancient... Read more »

A team at Northwestern University has transformed an industrial waste product into a battery for storing sustainable energy. While many iterations of these batteries are in production or being researched for grid-scale applications, using a waste molecule, in this case, triphenylphosphine oxide, (TPPO) has never been done before. The batteries... Read more »

This year marks the 130th anniversary of the founding of the UK’s national preservation society, called the National Trust, and to mark the occasion they’re setting a goal which they make no bones about calling a “moonshot.” The trust has always stepped up to face the challenges of the day,... Read more »

240 years ago today, The Times of London published its first-ever broadsheet. Originally founded as The Daily Universal Register, The Times used contributions from significant figures in the fields of politics, science, literature, and the arts to build its reputation. For much of its early life, the profits of The Times... Read more »

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GTA 6 fans think the game's second trailer will come from Rockstar Games any day now after spotting a pattern of January announcements from the developer in recent years... Read more »

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both 32, have not been seen or heard from since the early hours of Tuesday when they were last seen walking along a path near the River Dee in Aberdeen... Read more »

A Kremlin source said that Putin has begun trialling a North Korea-style internet coverage to block out 'enemy' influence but so far it's been 'unsatisfactory'... Read more »

EXCLUSIVE: “You can’t use the bathroom without it being out in the open in a lot of places, it’s just stuff you deal with that should never be normalised that becomes part of your normal day", says ex-inmate Ian Eastman... Read more »

EXCLUSIVE: Glasgow have made a historic step by introducing the UK's first drug consumption room where those struggling with addiction can safely administer drugs and access support - here's one business owner's thoughts... Read more »

Michael Hinsley was left horrified after discovering a garage worker had urinated on the front of his Mercedes while it was being washed at the Mercedes dealership... Read more »

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An international team of researchers has identified 29 blood vessel 'fingerprints' in the retina that are significantly associated with increased risk of stroke... Read more »

Jeff Hardy's battle with the icon Sting at TNA's Victory Road in 2011 is one of wrestling history's most infamous moments, and now Hardy has opened up about what happened... Read more »

Gordon Ramsay has been known for his angry outbursts over the years but the former Hell's Kitchen star has turned over a new leaf as he looks to bring harmony to the world... Read more »

Officials were worried after a suspected outbreak of a nearly-fatal virus broke out in a new country, with chiefs at the World Health Organisation announcing they were monitoring the situation... Read more »

Many of the UK's worst criminals have been on the run for several years with some having huge bounties on their heads, as Crimestoppers hopes to see them locked up... Read more »

EXCLUSIVE: “Kim Jong Un will have his eyes glued to the window because just as Putin wants Ukraine and thinks he should have it – so Kim Jong-un thinks he should have South Korea", an expert believes... Read more »

Chocolate enthusiasts believe they've found the right way to eat a creme egg - but is your way included in the top ten?... Read more »

After a Brit shared a snap of his parents' front garden to show off the plant, others had to explain its meaning.... Read more »

A partially deaf pug called Loulou has warmed hearts after her owner shared a clip of her running after hearing a certain sound - and it wasn't her name.... Read more »

The man overdosed on drugs and was declared clinically dead in an ambulance en route to the hospital.... Read more »

A dog owner has taken to social media to share their dog's new hairstyle - admitting it's so bad, it's funny... Read more »

There has long been a debate about where eggs should be stored - but now the experts have settled the argument once and for all.... Read more »

It's a true test of observation and attention to detail.... Read more »

From 'rocket-type objects' to 'cigar-shaped craft', the skies have been filled with unidentified flying objects spotted across the country.... Read more »

Federico Cola encountered an octopus whilst holidaying in the Seychelles in East Africa - and it's fair to say it left a lasting impression on him.... Read more »

A man who was seated one row in front of a fussy toddler on a flight has slammed the child's parents for bringing them on board while they were sick.... Read more »

"Things happen in the world, but you don't actually feel like it's going to happen to you."... Read more »

The Brooklyn native is expected to interview virtually with the Jets on Friday.... Read more »

President-elect Donald Trump praised the new Israel-Hamas cease-fire and hostage exchange deal that his special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff pushed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept, officials say.... Read more »

The bizarre surge in popularity for Chinese social media app RedNote has sparked alarm among policy experts who warned it carries even greater security risks than TikTok.... Read more »

The pop star owns two homes in Nashville, a mansion in Rhode Island, an estate in Beverly Hills and practically an entire block in New York City.... Read more »

A cul-de-sac close to the Skull Rock trailhead in the Palisades was closed off with yellow caution tape Monday as cops helped federal agents and scientists meticulously examine the popular hiking trail area.... Read more »

“What's up with the goats? And what is Lumon doing? Yeah, I think I know essentially the answers to those questions,” said Adam Scott.... Read more »

Nearly 200 paintings by Hunter Biden lost to LA wildfires, a source says.... Read more »

“The entire world is funneling through Palm Beach now and they want to look good," said plastic surgeon Norman Rowe.... Read more »

It was “a crazy, maybe idiotic, but at the same time, in my mind, really poetic thought to put a red house with white corners on the surface of the moon,” its creator said.... Read more »

Two Trump associates described the Day One promises as a combination of campaign bluster and a lack of appreciation of the intractability of the conflict and the time it takes to staff up a new administration.... Read more »

Many appreciate original hardwood floors (56%) and ornate, old-fashioned woodworking (37%) but they draw the line at popcorn ceilings (8%), root cellars (8%) and telephone nooks (8%).... Read more »

Retiring President Biden said Wednesday that US citizens will be among those released by Hamas as part of a Gaza Strip cease-fire deal — while refusing to give any credit to President-elect Donald Trump for escalating pressure on the terrorist group.... Read more »

Ken Jennings had a moment while hosting "Jeopardy!" when he didn't want to be a part of the show anymore.... Read more »

A series of unexpected events after the narrow election has set up a power struggle in the Minnesota Legislature. Days before the legislative session kicks off, it's unclear who will take control.... Read more »

The bodies of two men looking for Sasquatch were found in a forest in Washington state after a three-day search.... Read more »

For decades, mathematicians tried to come up with the optimal sofa shape to move around a corner. Post-doctoral student Jineon Baek posted a 100-page proof that claims to solve the problem.... Read more »

Ben Witten found an unusual rock on an English beach when he was 6. It turned out to be an exceedingly rare hand ax made by Neanderthals, tens of thousands of years ago.... Read more »

For years, residents of a Manhattan neighborhood have discovered tiny ducks and other toys hidden in its nooks and crannies. A determined reporter tries to uncover who is behind the caper.... Read more »

A deep sea oarfish washed up in Southern California. Some accounts say Japanese folklore saw it a bad omen, while others say the fish were seen as saviors.... Read more »

After Timothée Chalamet showed up at his own celebrity lookalike contest, similar events have popped up in cities across and beyond the U.S. Here's a look at the winners — and what's behind the trend.... Read more »

Four LA residents allegedly defrauded multiple insurance companies of over $141,000. A wildlife expert who reviewed footage of the incidents said that the culprit was "clearly a human in a bear suit."... Read more »

Authorities say Nicholas Hamlett killed a man in Tennessee in an attempt to steal his identity, and reported it to police as a bear attack. He was arrested in South Carolina after a weekslong manhunt.... Read more »

The TSA said a gun frame had been jammed in the bottom of a boot, below a sock that was stuffed in behind it in an effort to conceal the weapon. The rest of the handgun — the slide, spring and gun magazine loaded with 12 bullets — was detected... Read more »

New York repealed on Friday a seldom-used law over a century old that made it a crime to cheat on your spouse — a misdemeanor that once could have landed adulterers in jail for three months.... Read more »

Known locally as the "Ghost Bridge," neighbors said the stone bridge that is usually under feet of water dates back 200 years. It is still fully intact and now completely exposed, making for a rare sight and intriguing photo to snap.... Read more »

A New York man who turned a rescued squirrel into a social media star called Peanut is pleading with state authorities to return his beloved pet after they seized it during a raid.... Read more »

A 13-foot Burmese python was confiscated from an upstate New York man who was keeping the still-growing snake in a small tank, authorities said. The state Department of Environmental Conservation said it got a complaint about an illegally owned snake in New Hartford on Aug. 28. Environment Conservation Police Officer... Read more »

Nuisance or neighborhood beautification project? The debate appears to be moot at this point. The controversy stems from the so-called “Bed-Stuy Goldfish Pond,” a sidewalk puddle near a leaky hydrant in Brooklyn where someone kept dumping fish in an effort to turn the hole into a sort of street aquarium.... Read more »

A New Jersey man faces charges after officers found an antique handgun in his carry-on luggage, according to the Transportation Security Administration.... Read more »

Officials say a flight to Manchester, New Hampshire was diverted to Buffalo, New York, after a man allegedly exposed himself and urinated in the aisle of the airplane. Federal prosecutors say the 25-year-old Oregon man was arrested and charged with indecent exposure Wednesday after the flight landed at Buffalo Niagara... Read more »

A school bus aide in Connecticut was arrested after he bit a 9-year-old boy during a ride, according to police — part of a strange pattern of abuse that went on for weeks.... Read more »

Peafowl, meaning males and females, left the Bronx Zoo on Memorial Day — and some didn’t come home. The Bronx Zoo says it picked up five of the rogue birds after seven ditched the park. They’re free-roaming, the zoo says, so they occasionally stray. They typically don’t go farther though... Read more »

The whale, identified as a sei whale, was caught on the ship's bow when it arrived at the Port of Brooklyn on Saturday, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries spokesperson Andrea Gomez said.... Read more »

A toll collector at the Jersey Shore called out of work after she said she had a feeling something bad was going to happen. Hours later, a garbage truck crashed into the toll plaza where she works.... Read more »

Two men arrested in Newark are being called career criminals, but police say they aren't stealing high-priced things like cars or jewelry. They're allegedly swiping shopping carts, making off with tens of thousands of dollars worth of them.... Read more »

The owner of an 34-year-old alligator seized by conservation officers near Buffalo, New York, is fighting for its return.... Read more »

New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to understand how planets and planetary systems form.... Read more »

Hot Jupiters are giant planets initially known to orbit alone close to their star. During their migration towards their star, these planets were thought to accrete or eject any other planets present. However, this paradigm has been overturned by recent observations, and the final blow could come from a new... Read more »

A groundbreaking study finds evidence that land was inherited through the female line in Iron Age Britain, with husbands moving to live with their wife's community. This is believed to be the first time such a system has been documented in European prehistory.... Read more »

Engineers have demonstrated a well-known quantum thought experiment in the real world. Their findings deliver a new and more robust way to perform quantum computations and they have important implications for error correction, one of the biggest obstacles standing between them and a working quantum computer.... Read more »

Researchers have discovered what may be the world's oldest three-dimensional map, located within a quartzitic sandstone megaclast in the Paris Basin.... Read more »

The night sky has always played a crucial role in navigation, from early ocean crossings to modern GPS. Besides stars, the United States Navy uses quasars as beacons. Quasars are distant galaxies with supermassive black holes, surrounded by brilliantly hot disks of swirling gas that can blast off jets of... Read more »

The name 'blue lurker' might sound like a villainous character from a superhero movie. But it is a rare class of star that NASA's Hubble Space Telescope explored by looking deeply into the open star cluster M67, roughly 2,800 light-years away.... Read more »

Scientists have mapped the amount of water stored beneath volcanic rocks at the crest of the central Oregon Cascades and found an aquifer many times larger than previously estimated -- at least 81 cubic kilometers. The finding has implications for the way scientists and policymakers think about water in the... Read more »

Scientists have succeeded in controlling the structure and function of biological membranes with the help of 'DNA origami'. The system they developed may facilitate the transportation of large therapeutic loads into cells. This opens up a new way for the targeted administration of medication and other therapeutic interventions. Thus, a... Read more »

Scientists have come a step closer to understanding how collisionless shock waves -- found throughout the universe -- are able to accelerate particles to extreme speeds.... Read more »

Radiation-induced mutation is unlikely to have induced genetic differences between dog populations in Chornobyl City and the nearby Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.... Read more »

Astronomers observed flashes of X-rays coming from a supermassive black hole at a steadily increasing clip. The source could be the core of a dead star that's teetering at the black hole's edge.... Read more »

The way cricket frogs move across the surface of water has long been thought to resemble walking on water, but researchers have now discovered a different reality.... Read more »

An international team of scientists has uncovered a fascinating piece of the evolutionary puzzle: how the ventral nerve cord, a key component of the central nervous system, evolved in ecdysozoan animals, a group that includes insects, nematodes, and priapulid worms. Their findings provide valuable insights into the origins of these... Read more »

The Minnesota Ice Festival's 18,148.88-square-foot ice maze has been officially certified as the largest in the world by Guinness World Records.... Read more »

Multiple agencies responded when an escaped cow took a stroll through a Kansas city -- and even paid a visit to the Kansas State University campus.... Read more »

The U.S. Forest Service said rangers stationed in the California mountains came to the rescue of "a particularly unprepared Mount Shasta climber" -- a goose.... Read more »

A photographer and a model broke their own Guinness World Record with help from a diving expert by conducting a photo shoot at a depth of 163.38 feet underwater off the Florida coast.... Read more »

A confused coyote was removed from a refrigerated shelf at a Chicago-area Aldi grocery store on Monday.... Read more »

A North Carolina woman celebrated her birthday by cashing in $110,000 in jackpot winnings Monday.... Read more »

A Swedish stunt rider broke a Guinness World Record when he reached a speed of 125.93 mph while leaning on his handlebars and doing a wheelie.... Read more »

A woman who ended up with a Michigan Lottery scratch-off ticket in her family's white elephant gift exchange scored a $500,000 prize.... Read more »

A deer that sparked a search in Chicago when it was spotted with a plastic jar stuck over its head was apparently able to free itself from the predicament, officials said.... Read more »

A Florida museum gathered 468 people in dinosaur costumes to break a Guinness World Record.... Read more »

Idaho man David Rush announced he broke 52 Guinness World Records in 52 weeks in 2024, marking the second year he's accomplished the feat.... Read more »

A California family's home security camera captured footage of a bear that made a late-night visit to their back yard and took a swim in the pool.... Read more »

Police in Scotland said two lynx cats have been spotted on the loose in an area where two other felines of the species were rounded up one day earlier.... Read more »

An Australian freediver went for a 370-foot, 2-inch stroll at the bottom of a pool to break the Guinness World Record for the longest underwater walk with one breath (female).... Read more »

Een meerderheid van de politieke partijen in Purmerend wil het referendum afschaffen. Veel inwoners zijn het hier niet mee eens.... Read more »

Een heldhaftige brugklasser uit Amerika heeft op tijd een bus weten te stoppen, nadat de bestuurder onwel was geraakt. De jonge held wist precies wat te doen.... Read more »

Een Braziliaanse burgemeester is getrouwd met een 16-jarig meisje, een model, een paar dagen nadat hij haar moeder een hoge functie als ambtenaar had gegeven.... Read more »

Een Amerikaanse vrouw bleek een gouden pistool in haar bagage te hebben, toen ze Australië binnen wilde komen. Ze is gearresteerd.... Read more »

Een heldhaftige Poolse bergbeklimmer heeft na een zenuwslopende reddingsactie een Indiase bergbeklimmer gered uit een kloof op de Himalaya.... Read more »

Een dronken passagier op een vlucht van New-York naar New-Delhi heeft op een medepassagier geplast.... Read more »

Een man stopte met zijn auto omdat er een kitten op de weg liep. Toen hij het beestje oppakte kwamen er nog 17 kittens uit het bermgras stappen.... Read more »

De buurman komt aan de deur klagen over het feestje van de avond ervoor. Hij was maar wat graag ook uitgenodigd.... Read more »

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