Afghanistan’s opium crop falls 20 percent as synthetic drugs surge
Afghanistan’s once-booming opium industry has shrunk dramatically with cultivation falling by 20 percent in 2025, according to a United Nations...
Real estate tech startup Digs raised $19 million to build AI that makes home construction easier. Read its pitch deck.
Digs cofounders by Frackiewicz and Ryan Fink.DigsDigs has raised $19 million to assist builders with pre-construction and warranty services.The startup...
At White House meeting, Hungary’s Orbán to seek Trump’s blessing to keep buying Russian oil
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — When Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visits in the White House on Friday, his priority will...
California city tried to stamp out 10-year-old’s beehive project. Saving the bees was a lesson in love
Sometimes it takes a village to raise a child. Or for one 10-year-old in Northern California, a colony of bees....
High-kicking Radio City Rockettes mark 100 years with Christmas Spectacular
NEW YORK (AP) — A staple of the New York City holiday season is marking a century of wowing crowds:...
The maker of the Roomba is running out of cash and options. After its failed Amazon deal, iRobot could face bankruptcy.
iRobot, the maker of Roomba, is on the verge of bankruptcy.Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThe future of the 35-year-old company behind the...
As rain pounds parts of California, the year’s closest supermoon spurs king tides, coastal risks
A supermoon — the closest such moon to the Earth this year — is wreaking havoc with ocean tides up...
California seeks ‘compassionate release’ of ‘sadistic pedophile’ convicted of raping and drugging his children
The state of California is asking that a man convicted of horrific repeated rape of his children be released after...
The Desperate Search for Gaza Peacekeepers
About 20 miles from Gaza, the United States has taken over a large and long-vacated industrial complex, where it has...
I’m an empty nester. As a single parent, the shift feels lonely.
The author is a single parent and, for the first time, now an empty nester.Courtesy of Kelly MagyricsI became an...
