Executive SummaryOn December 8, the Trump administration announced plans to loosen U.S. export controls on artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China by approving the sale of Nvidia H200 chips—the m…
Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc., parent company of Spirit Airlines, LLC ("Spirit" or the "Company"), today announced it has reached an agreement with its senior secured noteholders to amend its debtor-in-possession ("DIP") credit agreement. The amendment provi…
The Nemotron 3 family of open models — in Nano, Super and Ultra sizes — introduces the most efficient family of open models with leading accuracy for building agentic AI applications.
The refreshed 2026 Honda Pilot begins arriving at Honda dealerships today with a significantly larger touchscreen, improved steering feel, a quieter cabin, bold new styling and upgraded safety features.
The era of AI evangelism is giving way to evaluation. Stanford faculty see a coming year defined by rigor, transparency, and a long-overdue focus on actual utility over speculative promise.
Now that his boss has proposed rolling back stringent, Biden-era fuel economy targets, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy says Detroit automakers should reintroduce cars they built half a century ago. “This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1…
Some of the nation's largest restaurants boast of decades-long survival through economic downturns, stiffer competition, and changing American palates. And we still love them anyway. Why?
PolyAI helps casinos, banks and medical companies field and answer calls from customers using artificial intelligence and is now valued at over $750 million.
Alphabet, Google’s parent, has been an investor in SpaceX since at least 2015, when it joined Fidelity Investments in a $1 billion funding round for a combined stake of about 10% at the time.
The Made in America Holiday Gift Guide, promoting products made in the U.S., includes more than 150 companies from all 50 states. For small business owners, being included in this year's gift guide feels close to a Christmas miracle.
We bid farewell this year to the little sister from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," a two-time heavyweight champion, and 1995's Batman. Here are the notable figures who died in 2025
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson surged on the Spotify charts this week after his documentary on rival Sean “Diddy” Combs landed on Netflix, while Combs does not appear on the chart.
A longtime lover of latex, Kylie Jenner stepped out for a holiday party in West Hollywood, wearing a slick and shiny signature look in a festive shade of red.
In their new movie, "Song Sung Blue," Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson play Mike and Claire Sardina, the real-life musical impersonators from Milwaukee who sang as the Neil Diamond tribute act Lightning & Thunder.
NPR staff share recommendations for non-fiction reading from our Books We Love list: "The War of Art," "Shattered Lands," "Toni at Random" and "Patchwork."
Next in our 2025 review, we look back at the best restaurants of the year, from an "urban greenhouse" in Mexico City to a colour-saturated eatery in Shanghai designed by film director Wong Kar Wai.
The Philippine government said that a visit by the father and son accused of killing 15 people in Sydney to an area of the country with links to terrorist groups raised no alarms at the time.
Trump has already declared the drug cartels terrorist organizations and ordered military strikes against suspected drug boats. Now he's declaring fentanyl a WMD. Experts on street drugs and fentanyl are skeptical these moves will reduce the supply of fentan…
For the first time, scientists have demonstrated how tanning beds cause fundamental DNA damage across almost the skin'se entire surface that results in a threefold risk of developing melanoma. It puts beyond doubt the dangers associated with using these devic…
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered all flags in Iowa to fly at half-staff in their honor, saying that, “We are grateful for their service and deeply mourn their loss.”
Four members of an anti-capitalist and anti-government group that calls for violence against U.S. officials have been arrested for allegedly plotting to attack two U.S. companies with improvised explosive devices (IEDs) this New Year’s Eve.
Health advocates urged the state to follow Australia's lead, after the country banned artificial stone, popular in the production of kitchen surfaces, to prevent silicosis among stoneworkers.
U.S. health officials have expanded approval of a drug that boosts libido in women who report stress due to a low sex drive. The Sprout Pharmaceuticals drug, Addyi, is now approved for women up to age 65 who've gone through menopause. Previously, the once-a-d…
Ukraine’s domestic security service, the SBU, said Monday that it struck a Russian submarine in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, causing critical damage to the vessel and effectively disabling it.
A "House of Cards" is a wonderful English phrase that it seems is now primarily associated with a Netflix political drama. However, its original meaning is of a system that is fundamentally unstable. It's also the term Sarah Thiele, originally a Ph.D. student…
Current medical screening techniques could be failing to catch nearly half of those who experience a heart attack, according to new research, suggesting many of the millions of heart attacks that happen each year could be prevented with improved methods.
Scientists have used a specially engineered virus to help track the brain changes caused by psilocybin in mice, revealing how the drug could be breaking loops of depressive thinking.
Blinking handles essential eye maintenance, and we usually blink multiple times a minute without thinking much about it, though you might be more self-conscious about your own after the results of a new study on their connection to cognitive load.
Winter can make knees stiff, swollen, and painful. Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Girish Bhalerao shares causes, symptoms, and simple tips to stay active and pain-free. | Health
A discovery in mice reveals why fasting enhances a type of breast cancer treatment — a hormone-signalling pathway and gene-expression changes have key roles.
Dr Sood explains new studies which suggest that the timing of your daily activities like eating, sleeping and exercising matters as much as the quantity. | Health
A plague that swept through Eurasia for 2,000 years – millennia before the Black Death of the Middle Ages – has only ever been detected in human remains, until now.
Omega-3 fatty acids are widely known to support heart health, but supplementing with them may not be as effective as getting them from food. Learn whether omega-3 supplements can help boost your heart health.
The virus is spreading globally, and mosnodenvir is the first drug to show antiviral activity in humans. But Johnson & Johnson halted development, leaving a health tool without a manufacturer.
Weight loss medications are quietly reshaping how and why people drink, pushing alcohol towards a more selective and health-aware future. James Bayley asks whether health can be pursued without losing autonomy.
There’s something amusing about the rules we unconsciously bend for our pets. Behaviors that would instantly annoy us in people, like loud chewing, often...
Taking drops of a medical dye is trending in wellness and biohacking circles. Some influencers claim it boosts longevity and brain health. Scientists say the hype has gotten ahead of the research.