NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to mathematician Eugenia Cheng about the Pascaline -- a 17th-century invention credited as the first mechanical calculator.

SURREY — Police in Surrey, B.C., say they believe an early morning shooting in a residential neighbourhood is linked to "an ongoing extortion investigation." Police say the shooting happened around ...

Jake Rosen is a reporter covering the Department of Justice. He was previously a campaign digital reporter covering President Trump's 2024 campaign and also served as an associate producer for "Face ...

The Democratic reaction to President Trump’s federal crackdown on crime was as predictable as the dozens of shootings in Chicago over the holiday weekend, which left at least seven dead. Chicago’s ...

CLEVELAND — The Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) has provided more details about the shooting of a suspect by a trooper near Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) on Wednesday. In a release issued on ...

Riverside County sheriff’s officials are investigating a report of child abuse that is related to the case of missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro, whose parents were arrested Friday, Aug. 22, at their ...

A Chinese national living in Texas was sentenced on Thursday to four years in prison and three years of supervised release for installing malicious code on his former employer’s systems, including a ...

I asked my editors if I could go work at a tech startup. It was an unusual request. But I wanted to learn to vibe-code. My need to know felt urgent. I wanted to survive the future. The pitch process ...

ALLIANCE ‒ Alliance Municipal Court's case management system will get a major upgrade. City Council on Aug. 18 approved a request to replace the court's current system with JusticeWare, a modern and ...

Residents of Washington, D.C., are still adapting to life under federal control after President Trump seized authority over the city’s police force and deployed the National Guard. Nearly 400 people ...

Two Minnesota fishermen made an unexpected discovery beneath the Mississippi River this week when sonar technology led them to what authorities say could be a break in a decades-old cold case. Brody ...

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