Some experts say violent crime in the nation is down to pre-pandemic levels. This year began with a deadly New Year's Day car-ramming terrorist attack in New Orleans and is finishing with a flurry of ...

CHARLEVOIX, MI - A festive night of Up North charm is planned for New Year’s Eve in Charlevoix. Revelers will ring in the new year with the annual “Bridge Drop” when the town’s landmark drawbridge is ...

The nationwide murder rate fell dramatically in 2025 — in what’s likely the largest single-year drop ever recorded, according to new crime data. Killings in the US plunged nearly 20% compared to last ...

Today marks the 25th year the MIT Technology Review newsroom has compiled its annual 10 Breakthrough Technologies list, which ...

PARMA, Ohio — Just as the ball drops in New York City, so will an oversized pierogi in Parma marking not only the New Year but also the beginning of the city’s bicentennial celebration. The first of ...

NuScale Power is developing modular, light-water reactor nuclear power plants called VOYGR built on NuScale Power Modules. Each module can generate 77 megawatts of electricity, scalable up to 924 ...

At midnight tonight, viewers of the annual ball drop in Times Square will witness a historic event. For the first time ever, the iconic New York ball will drop twice to ring in 2026. The second drop ...

The suspect in the Dec. 13 mass shooting on the campus of Brown University was found dead by suicide Thursday night in a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire, authorities said. He has been identified ...

Garrett Langley, founder and CEO of Flock Safety, explains how his company's technology assisted authorities. US releases video showing seizure of Venezuela oil tankers The $160,000 mechanic job that ...

Get ready to ring in 2026! It's an annual tradition for nearly 1 million people to gather in N.Y.C. every Dec. 31 to watch the annual New Year's Eve ball drop, while over 1 billion more people tune in ...

Louisiana lawmakers passed a controversial law last year that gave insurance companies more leeway to drop policyholders, part of a fierce debate over how to tame ever-rising homeowners insurance ...

Plus: TikTok has finally signed a deal to keep operating in the US This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of ...