First emperor penguin known to reach Australia found on tourist beach
An emperor penguin found malnourished on the Australian south coast, far from its Antarctic home, is being cared for by a wildlife expert.Continue Reading
Dutch police disperse people from streets after Amsterdam tram set on fire
Dutch police disperse people from streets after Amsterdam tram set on fire, Read MoreContinue Reading
PolitiFact: Pols, Pundits, and Pant Fires
This last of a three-parter compares the PolitiFact credibility of groups making political claims. The most truthful: comedians. The least: social media.Continue Reading
PolitiFact: All the Presidents’ Peeps
Part two of the series, that turns PolitiFact-checks into credibility scores, calculates the truth ratings of people in the past three presidential administrations.Continue Reading
Firefights break out in Haiti’s capital as prime minister replaced
Firefights break out in Haiti’s capital as prime minister replaced, Read MoreContinue Reading
Mainstream media funds fake news
When debunkers link to fake-news stories, they do more harm than good. There’s a right way and wrong way to cite unreliable sources. Most publishers use the latter.Continue Reading
Congress’ COVID-Positive Party
Do partisan beliefs and behaviors affect COVID-19 infection rates? Maybe, at least among members of the U.S. Congress.Continue Reading
Fave Five: Queer YA Zombie Novels
Hearts Still Beating by Brooke Archer Zombie Apocalypse Running Club by Carrie Mac The Past and Other Things that Should Stay Buried by Shaun David Hutchinson Take All of Us by Natalie Leif Out of Salem by Hal Schrieve Bonus: These are all US YAs, but for a UK YA, check out WranglestoneContinue Reading
Japan’s SoftBank returns to profit after gains at Vision Fund and other investments
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology group SoftBank swung back to profitability in the July-September quarter, boosted by positive results in its Vision Fund investments. Tokyo-based SoftBank Group Corp. reported Tuesday a fiscal second quarter profit of nearly 1.18 trillion yen ($7.7 billion), compared with a 931 billion yen loss inContinue Reading
Lebanon’s displaced brace for winter as ceasefire hopes fade
As the weather gets colder, hundreds of families have nowhere to go, no help coming, and no hope of peace., Beirut, Lebanon – Fady Nasreldeen, his wife and daughter are still sleeping rough by the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, among the last holdouts after the police evicted hundreds ofContinue Reading
French newspapers take legal action against Elon Musk’s X over content use
Le Monde, Le Figaro and others accuse X of not paying for content distribution and seek legal redress., Le Monde, Le Figaro and others accuse X of not paying for content distribution and seek legal redress. Several major French newspapers have decided to take legal action against social media giantContinue Reading
Are claims linking recent U.S. trends in cancer diagnoses to COVID-19 vaccines plausible? A look at the available data
Claims questioning COVID-19 vaccine safety have circulated continuously since COVID-19 vaccination campaigns began at the end of 2020. One such claim suggests that there has been an unprecedented rise in the number of cancer cases after the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, implying that the vaccines are responsible for this phenomenon. ScienceContinue Reading
Google Maps adds AI features to help users explore and navigate the world around them
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Google Maps is heading down a new road steered by artificial intelligence. The shift announced Thursday will bring more of the revolutionary AI technology that Google already has been baking into its dominant search engine to the digital maps service that the internet company launchedContinue Reading