Amazon’s Prime Day 2026 headphone sale, starting July 12, offers up to 50% off top models like Sony’s WH-1000XM6 ($298) and Bose’s QuietComfort Ultra ($349). T…

A new poll shows 54% of readers prefer Google’s screenless Fitbit Air over a hypothetical smart ring, favoring its simplicity and lower $99 cost. Google could …

Adriano Espaillat, a 14-term progressive Democrat, lost his primary to a challenger backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, signaling a generational shift in New York’…

Democratic socialists like AOC and Bernie Sanders are pushing mainstream Democrats leftward on healthcare, housing, and labor rights by leveraging grassroots s…

A 7.3-magnitude earthquake in Venezuela killed at least 12 people and left thousands displaced, with rescuers helping a mother give birth in the rubble of her …

California launched an online tracker to monitor AI-related job losses across the state using unemployment claims and AI exposure data, helping policymakers ta…

The New York Rent Guidelines Board voted 7-1 to freeze rents for nearly 1 million rent-stabilized apartments for one year starting October 2026. The freeze, a …

Caracas is vulnerable to earthquakes because it sits in a sedimentary basin and on tectonic plate boundaries, shaking buildings harder than they were designed …

Paris banned public alcohol consumption starting June 26 to reduce strain on emergency services overwhelmed by heatwave-related illnesses, as hospitals report …

Claire North’s sci-fi novel *Slow Gods* begins with Earth’s sun exploding into a supernova, giving humanity 100 years to live. This tests how societies would b…

Houston's Venezuelan community, nearly 83,000 strong, rapidly organized to send aid—food, medicine, and hygiene supplies—within hours of Venezuela's 7.2 and 7.…