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Marc Fogel, American teacher held in Russia for 3.5 years, back in U.S. after release
Marc Fogel, an American school teacher, held by Russia for 3 1/2 years, will be released and allowed to come home, the White House said on Tuesday.NBC News - 19m -
‘An act of betrayal’: Japan to maximise nuclear power 14 years after Fukushima disaster
Tokyo wants to drop attempts to lessen its reliance on nuclear power, according to a draft energy plan. More than a decade after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, Japan is ...The Guardian - 3h -
Eager beavers: rodents engineer Czech wetland project after years of human delay
Beavers accomplish long-stalled conservation plan on former army site, sparing crayfish and taxpayers alike. Beavers have saved Czech taxpayers $1.2m (£1m) by flooding a protected former army ...The Guardian - 7h -
Louisiana resumes executions after 15 years, approves gas method
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry announced the state will resume executions after a 15-year hiatus, potentially using the experimental method nitrogen hypoxia.CBS News - 6h -
Super Bowl projections say record 126M watched
Fox Sports is projecting a Super Bowl record average audience of 126 million U.S. viewers across television and streaming platforms.ESPN - 11h -
Dustin Johnson, TaylorMade part ways after 18 years
For the first time since he turned pro in 2007, the 40-year-old Johnson is an equipment free agent.Yahoo Sports - 12h -
Urban congregations put their faith in development projects
Demographic changes and costs are making religious groups reinvent places of worshipFinancial Times - 22h -
Tariff hawks eager to see de minimis rule shuttered after Trump pause
President Trump pumped the brakes last week on a pledge to shut down an import tax exemption for cheap consumer goods from China, his latest last-second swerve in a global game of chicken playing ...The Hill - 1d -
Disney's Fortnite Project Reportedly Reaches A Major Milestone
Disney's big Fortnite project was announced one year ago this month. Nothing has come of this as of yet, but the Disney project in Fortnite has now seemingly crossed a significant milestone.. Noted ...GameSpot - 1d -
How I Reached Acceptance 7 Years After Losing My House in a Wildfire
A cartoonist reflects on loss and recovery after the Woolsey wildfire in 2018.The New York Times - 1d -
Ex-Dodgers GM Farhan Zaidi returns to Los Angeles as advisor after six years with rival Giants, per report
Zaidi was fired by the Giants in September and replaced by Buster PoseyCBS Sports - 1d -
Eight years after selling AppDynamics to Cisco, Jyoti Bansal is pursuing an unusual merger
Jyoti Bansal, who sold AppDynamics to Cisco for $3.7 billion, is pulling together his two newest startups into one company.CNBC - 1d -
Middle East crisis live: Hamas official calls Trump’s latest Gaza remarks ‘absurd’ after delaying hostage releases
Delay comes amid little progress over negotiations and Israeli official calls the move a violation of ceasefire deal. Trump says Palestinians will have no right of return to Gaza under his ...The Guardian - 1d -
Mookie Betts trade: Five years after franchise-altering swap, how the Red Sox got there and what happened next
After repeatedly failing to agree to a long-term extension, the Red Sox shipped Betts out in February 2020CBS Sports - 1d -
‘Engine of inequality’: delegates discuss AI’s global impact at Paris summit
Emmanuel Macron’s tech envoy warns attenders current trajectory of artificial intelligence is unsustainable. The impact of artificial intelligence on the environment and inequality have featured in ...The Guardian - 1d -
Tokyo Metro chief signals more fare increases after 28-year freeze
Operator of feted subway system seeks to win over shareholders and cope with falling ridershipFinancial Times - 1d -
Rep. Hern defends delay on House budget proposal
Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.), chair of the House Republican Policy Committee, on Sunday defended Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for the delay in unveiling a budget resolution. In an interview on ...The Hill - 2d -
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China’s inflation accelerates after rise in lunar new year demand
Producer prices contract for 28th month as threat of US trade war clouds economic outlookFinancial Times - 2d -
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Released Thai hostages return to Bangkok after being held for over a year in Gaza
Five Thai workers released after being held hostage for over a year in Gaza arrived in Bangkok on SundayABC News - 3d -
Lebanon forms new cabinet after three-year hiatus
New government will seek to enact reforms in order to tap much-needed aid from donor countriesFinancial Times - 3d -
How Trump, Musk and Bezos could preserve humanity from an asteroid strike
At the moment, humanity has all of its eggs in the planet Earth basket.The Hill - 3d -
2025 NFL Honors: Commanders' Jayden Daniels wins Offensive Rookie of the Year after historic debut season
Daniels is the league's most promising young QBCBS Sports - 3d -
Anti-ageing jabs – they can rejuvenate mice, but will they work on humans?
Senescent cells power the body’s ageing process, and scientists are developing treatments to annihilate them. At St Jude children’s research hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, an unusual clinical ...The Guardian - 3d -
What Are You Projecting on Your Business?
Self-fulfilling prophecies can have a profound effect on the health of your business.Inc. - 3d -
UFC 312: Tatiana Suarez gets the chance to erase the 'what if' stigma after years of battling injuries
Suarez was seen as a can't-miss prospect after exploding onto the scene nearly a decade agoCBS Sports - 3d -
A Sick Inmate in New York Is Freed After Suing Over Parole Delay
Steve Coleman was kept for 21 months after his parole date because the state could not find a nursing home placement.The New York Times - 4d -
2-year Treasury yield ends at highest in 2 weeks after jobs-data revisions
Yields on U.S. government debt jumped on Friday, but finished mixed for the week, after January’s nonfarm-payrolls data included upward revisions for prior months that revealed the labor market was ...MarketWatch - 4d -
Stolen dog reunited with owners after seven years
Daisy's owners speak of their joy as the RSPCA finds the Labrador 200 miles away after being stolen.BBC News - 4d -
Surgeons Transplant Engineered Pig Kidney Into Fourth Patient
A 66-year-old man from New Hampshire became the fourth person to receive a pig’s kidney.The New York Times - 4d -
UK to demolish shell of Grenfell Tower almost eight years after fire that killed 72
The U.K. government has announced plans to dismantle the remains of London’s Grenfell TowerABC News - 4d -
Unity is working with Toyota on the next-gen human machine interface for cars
Unity was chosen by Toyota Motor to help it deliver a graphical user interface for Toyota’s next human-machine interface for cars.VentureBeat - 5d -
Humpback Whales Sing the Way Humans Speak
The animals’ complex songs share structural patterns with human language that may make them easier for whales to learn, a new study suggests.The New York Times - 5d -
This DOGE Engineer Has Access to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Sources tell WIRED that NOAA employees were ordered to give an engineer from Elon Musk’s DOGE task force access to all of the agency’s Google sites by the end of business on Wednesday.Wired - 6d -
The Collapse of USAID Is Already Fueling Human Trafficking and Slavery at Scammer Compounds
The dismantling of USAID by Elon Musk's DOGE and a State Department funding freeze have severely disrupted efforts to help people escape forced labor camps run by criminal scammers.Wired - 6d
