“Cruel & Torturous”: Christa Pike in Critical Condition After Botched Tennessee Execution
Tennessee’s Governor Bill Lee has halted executions for the remainder of the year after a death row prisoner survived two lethal injections on Wednesday. According to her lawyers, Christa Pike was still breathing after she was strapped to a gurney and injected with two syringes of pentobarbital in a botchedContinue Reading
An Ebola treatment center was burned down as the death toll in Congo passes 4,000
Congo’s Ebola outbreak has resulted in over 4,000 deaths, with authorities struggling to contain the virus, Read MoreContinue Reading
Astronauts arrive at International Space Station on the quickest US express flight yet
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a crew of four launches from pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. John Raoux/AP Photo/John Raoux CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts pulled up at the International Space Station on Thursday after launching on an eight-hour expressContinue Reading
Each SpaceX 250 Kilowatt Starlink AI Satellite Is More Power Than the Space Station
Elon’s 250 kW Starlink satellites will bring multi-gigabit satellite internet and 5G satellite cellphone everywhere even high density cities. 250 kilowatts per satellite, 10 terabits per second in both directions, and a path to more than 100 terabits per second. I detailed the 250 kilowatt per Starlink satellite as beating the Space Station in myContinue Reading
GNOME 51: Best New Features
We round up the best new features of GNOME 51 desktop environments. GNOME 51 brings a calmer, more practical desktop. One of the major highlights is smoother motion under load. Mutter’s reworked frame scheduling and screen frame delivery help animations stay smooth when the system is busy. Screen recording isContinue Reading
Midterms Have Revived Universal Healthcare Debate. These States Are Ahead of Everyone.
While Democratic congressional candidates are floating the restoration of federal Affordable Care Act subsidies and Medicaid funding, Oregon officials are crafting a more ambitious plan to implement universal coverage in their state…Continue Reading
Judge denies Lindsay Clancy’s bid for acquittal after mistrial
The judge said prosecutors presented enough evidence for a jury to consider whether Clancy knew what she was doing was wrong.Continue Reading
Lawyer says 57 Cornell frat members were in the group chat. Could their silence be a crime?
The 57 people in a group chat where the Cornell assault was openly discussed may not have been forced to report it. That may change.Continue Reading
Cornell rape accuser was ‘failed’ by people obligated to protect her, Hochul says
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday that the woman who accused members of a Cornell University fraternity of gang rape was “failed” by people obligated to protect her, including police and the county prosecutor. Hochul’s claim came during a news conference in which she gave details on her decisionContinue Reading
LIVE: Barcelona protest after Spain’s parliament rejects housing bills
Protesters gather in Barcelona after the Spanish parliament rejected the government’s attempt to answer their complaints about a mounting housing crisis and mass anger over the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal in Madrid. The rejected housing bills contained a package of social and housing measures, including a ban onContinue Reading
Ukrainian grandmother detained in Kazakhstan at Russia’s request while trying to bring grandson back to Ukraine
Kazakhstan detained Ukrainian citizen Liubov Rozhanska in Astana on 1 October at Russia’s request, after she traveled there to receive her grandson, a Ukrainian boy whose father has sought his return to Ukraine, Deutsche Welle (DW) reported. Russia accuses Rozhanska of attempting to abduct the child and is seeking herContinue Reading
Sanctions keep catching Russia’s gas tankers, so Moscow is building new ones, UK says
Russia is attempting to build a new “shadow fleet” to “circumvent sanctions and sustain revenues from its gas exports,” the UK Foreign Office said on 1 October. Britain sanctioned eight vessels linked to the trade, including some that entered service this year, as part of a 31-designation package. The sanctions come asContinue Reading
Future of Amazon rainforest policies at stake in Brazilian presidential election
Heading into the first round of voting on Sunday, the front-runners are Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is seeking a fourth, nonconsecutive term.Continue Reading