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A .22 pistol firing at a target. (Getty Images/Jesse Bacon)

Second thoughts about gunshot detectors

Rod McCullom - Undark
Published 11 months ago

Studies on technology that alerts police to gunfire have found it has little impact on shootings or prosecutions

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on August 08, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Confused Trump made up "helicopter" tale

Nandika Chatterjee
Published 11 months ago

The former president falsely claimed he almost died in a helicopter crash with Kamala Harris' ex-boyfriend

Governor Tim Walz from Minnesota in Sydney during a trade mission to Australia between November 10-18, 2023. Photographed at the Intercontinental Hotel. (James Brickwood / Sydney Morning Herald via Getty Images)

GOP tries "China" attack on Tim Walz

Nicholas Liu
Published 11 months ago

Walz taught English in China for a year, and often returned with groups of American students

George Harrison performs onstage at the Concert for Bangladesh which was held at Madison Square Garden on August 1, 1971 in New York City, New York. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh

Kenneth Womack
Published 11 months ago

The concert featuring Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and more was a paradigm shift in rock music

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on August 08, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Dour Donald Trump: Where's the fun gone?

Heather Digby Parton
Published 11 months ago

We are currently watching Trump realize for the first time that he might lose again

JD Vance | Kamala Harris and Tim Walz exit Air Force Two as several thousand attendees applaud their arrival for their presidential campaign rally at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, MI on August 7, 2024. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Vance's weird stalking a sign of despair

Amanda Marcotte
Published 11 months ago

As Kamala Harris surges in the polls, Republicans react by trying to drive up the incel vote

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Harris has gotten under Trump's skin

Chauncey DeVega
Published 11 months ago

Trump's escalating threats against the vice president are the biggest signs that he is spiraling out of control

Minnesota DFL(Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party) candidate for governor Tim Walz rallied supporters as he stood with his wife Gwen, son Gus, and daughter Hope, Saturday morning, June 2, 2018 during the DFL State Convention at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minn. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via Getty Images)

Why Tim Walz is the real family man

Nicole Karlis
Published 11 months ago

Despite JD Vance's attempt to paint himself as "pro-parent," Walz's policies are what actually help families

Donald Trump and Jack Smith (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Jack Smith delays Trump's Jan. 6 case

Griffin Eckstein
Published 11 months ago

Jack Smith's office said they were still working to understand "new precedent" set in Trump's SCOTUS immunity win

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference at The Unity Council on May 10, 2021 in Oakland, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Newsom sweeps LA homeless encampment

Griffin Eckstein
Published 11 months ago

After issuing an executive order citing a SCOTUS decision on homelessness, the California governor is cracking down

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris gets out of her vehicle for a departure at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Detroit, Michigan. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Harris fields first reporter questions

Griffin Eckstein
Published 11 months ago

Fielding questions for the first time since she became the nominee, Harris says she wants to schedule an interview

Rapper Kanye West speaks during his meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 11, 2018. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Kanye compares abortion to the holocaust

Griffin Eckstein
Published 11 months ago

The interview, released by Candace Owens, was filmed amid Ye's period of public antisemitic outbursts

New Orleans water meter (Photos.com/Getty Images )

Balloon causes New Orleans boil advisory

Griffin Eckstein
Published 11 months ago

A single balloon put nearly 250,000 Louisianans under an advisory, underscoring infrastructure vulnerability

Noah Lyles of Team United States after competing in the men's 200m final at the Stade de France during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France. (Sam Barnes/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Lyles wins bronze, despite COVID result

Griffin Eckstein
Published 11 months ago

The American runner was carried away in a wheelchair after the race, days after testing positive for the virus

A general view from a Wendy's store on August 9, 2023 in Nanuet, New York. (Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Getty Images)

Wendy's offers new $1 Frosty deal

Joy Saha
Published 11 months ago

The deal will last from Monday, August 5 through Sunday, September 15

A fan of US mega-star Taylor Swift wears a t-shirt with her star during the "Taylor Swift The Eras Tour Picnic" on August 7, 2024 in a public garden in Vienna, Austria, prior to her three scheduled concerts. (EVA MANHART/APA/AFP via Getty Images)

Taylor Swift deadly concert attack plan

Nardos Haile
Published 11 months ago

The suspects in custody are a 19-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy allegedly radicalized by the Islamic State

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Commander Butch Wilmore (L) and Pilot Suni Williams walk out of the Operations and Checkout Building on June 05, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Astronauts may not come home till 2025

Troy Farah
Published 11 months ago

They could hitch a ride on a SpaceX Dragon capsule or may need to wait until February to return to Earth

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the annual Human Rights Campaign (HRC) National Dinner, in Washington, DC, on October 29, 2022. (STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trans voters enthusiastic about Harris

Griffin Eckstein
Published 11 months ago

A vast majority of trans voters say Harris would address their needs, while Trump launches attacks on care

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 during NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test on June 05, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Rocket fuel chemical found in foods

Joy Saha
Published 11 months ago

Perchlorate has been linked to potential brain damage in young children and thyroid problems in adults

A cashier and customer at the checkout line of a supermarket (Getty Images/Antenna)

How to make sustainable grocery swaps

Michalis Hadjikakou, Carla Archibald, Özge Geyik, Pankti Shah - The Conversation
Published 11 months ago

"The last thing we want to do is take the pleasure away from eating"

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate on August 08, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump won't "recalibrate" race strategy

Griffin Eckstein
Published 11 months ago

"I haven't recalibrated strategy at all,” Trump said, attacking a reporter asking about his light campaign load

Chile's Gaspar Riveros (L) and Barbados' Matthew Wright compete in the swimming stage in the Seine during the men's individual triathlon at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in central Paris on July 31, 2024. (ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images)

Seine bacteria remedy: Coca-Cola?

Gabriella Ferrigine
Published 11 months ago

Water quality concerns have led some Olympians to get creative when it comes to trying to eliminating bacteria

Boy choosing piece of pizza in the school lunch line (Getty Images/SDI Productions)

The growing push for school lunch reform

Ashlie D. Stevens
Published 11 months ago

From floating Lunchables bans to legislative battles, those concerned about school nutrition are speaking up

Dan Grambart, a member of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, talked with Rep. Tim Walz after the town meeting about veteran's issues held at the Richfield VFW. (Joey McLeister/Star Tribune via Getty Images)

Democrats rebut Walz "swift-boating"

Nicholas Liu
Published 11 months ago

"We cannot presume that unfounded attacks will implode under their own lies," Rep. Jake Auchinschloss said

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