Sales of previously owned homes rose very slightly in May, up 0.8% from April, to a seasonally adjusted, annualized rate of 4.03 million units, according to the National Association of Realtors. Housing analysts had been predicting a 1% decline. Sales were 0.7% lower than May of last year. Sales were strongest in the Northeast, up … Read more
Tens of millions of people across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic are under heat alerts Monday as a dangerous heat wave that began over the weekend continues to move through the region. The rare June heat wave broke about 20 records on Sunday and is expected to break more on Monday. According to The Weather Channel, … Read more
For 19-year-old Emerson Colindres, it was supposed to be a routine check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It turned out to be a trap. He never returned home. Colindres, who came to the United States with his family more than a decade ago to escape the violence in their native Honduras, was detained by ICE … Read more
Google suffered a setback Thursday after an advisor to the European Union’s top court recommended it dismiss the tech giant’s appeal against a record 4.1-billion-euro ($4.7 billion) antitrust fine. Juliane Kokott, advocate general at the European Court of Justice, advised the court to throw out Google’s appeal and confirm the fine, which was reduced in … Read more
The Justice Department announced Wednesday the largest-ever U.S. seizure of cryptocurrency linked to so-called “pig butchering” scams that have cost victims billions globally. Federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture action targeting more than $225 million in cryptocurrency traced to a sprawling web of fraudulent investment platforms. Victims were tricked into believing they were investing in … Read more
The deadly Air India crash involving a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft has left air industry experts describing the disaster as “puzzling” given the plane’s safety record. Air India Flight 171 crashed in the Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday shortly after takeoff, with more than 240 people on board. According to Vidhi Chaudhary, a top … Read more
Container ships at Felixstowe port in Felixstowe, UK, on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.K. goods exported to the U.S. dropped by £2 billion ($2.71 billion) in April, figures published by the Office for National Statistics on Thursday showed, marking the biggest monthly decrease since records began in 1997. The … Read more
Germany, Lower Saxony, Grohnde, Grohnde Nuclear Power Plant. Westend61 German start-up Proxima Fusion on Wednesday announced it had raised 130 million euros ($148 million) in a record funding round, with investors hopeful the company can soon develop the world’s first commercial nuclear fusion power plant. The Series A financing round, which was co-led by investors … Read more
Nintendo Switch 2 controllers are displayed during at the Nintendo New York store on June 4, 2025, for a launch event ahead of the video game hybrid console’s midnight release. David Dee Delgado | AFP | Getty Images Nintendo sold more than 3.5 million units of its flagship Switch 2 gaming system in the four … Read more
When man first walked on the moon, the carbon dioxide concentration in Earth’s atmosphere was 325 parts per million (ppm). By 9/11, it was 369 ppm, and when COVID-19 shut down normal life in 2020, it had shot up to 414 parts ppm. This week, our planet hit the highest levels ever directly recorded: 430 … Read more