Tennessee students build robotic hand for new classmate
Sergio Peralta, 15, says his classmates changed his life by making him a robotic hand.
Everest climber ‘powered through’ sickness before death
Kellinu Portelli, an “extremely fit” marathon runner, died near base camp from altitude sickness.
The US economy grew by 2.9% in the fourth quarter, more than expected
The US economy expanded again during the fourth quarter, registering solid growth to end 2022 even as consumers and businesses battled historically high inflation and rising historically high interest rates.
Turkey says Sweden was complicit in burning of Quran amid tension over NATO membership bid
The Swedish government was complicit in the burning of the Quran at a protest in Stockholm last weekend, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu reportedly said Thursday.
Auto thefts and carjackings spike in major US cities- report
For decades, auto thefts had been plummeting but rose sharply at the onset of the pandemic.
US investigating Southwest Airlines over holiday travel chaos
Officials investigate whether it knowingly scheduled more flights than it could handle last month.
German man arrested for allegedly passing intelligence to Russia
The man is thought to have been involved in a scheme to pass on German intelligence to Russia.
One news publication had an AI tool write articles. It didn’t go well
News outlet CNET said Wednesday it has issued corrections on a number of articles, including some that it described as “substantial,” after using an artificial intelligence-powered tool to help write dozens of stories.
Israeli forces kill 9 in clash with Palestinian gunmen, marking West Bank’s deadliest day in over a year
Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians, including an elderly woman, and wounded several others during a raid in the restive West Bank city and refugee camp of Jenin on Thursday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.
Colombian drug lord Otoniel pleads guilty in US court
Dairo Antonio Úsuga, also known as Otoniel, led Colombia’s Gulf cartel before his arrest in 2021.
