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For long-term brain health, older adults might want to carefully consider how they spend their downtime, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of South Australia assessed the 24-hour activity patterns of nearly 400 people over age 60. When it comes to brain health, the study found that the context or type of…
Illustration: Beatrice Sala The United States has arrested a US Army soldier and charged him with being part of a hacking scheme to sell and distribute stolen phone records. An indictment alleges that 20-year-old Cameron John Wagenius knowingly sold “confidential phone records” over online forums and other communications platforms last November. The indictment doesn’t detail…
Journalists who helped the White House cover up President Biden’s mental decline should be held responsible for misleading the public, The New York Post demanded in a scathing new editorial. “Dem-friendly journalists saw the same evidence as the rest of us that Biden was compromised, and instead of being skeptical, asking questions and putting the…
The deadly ramming attack on New Year’s revelers in New Orleans is unfortunately not the only time suspected terrorists used trucks to kill. The Bourbon Street bloodshed comes just weeks after a Saudi Arabia-born doctor allegedly rammed a car into a crowded Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Dec. 20, killing five people, including a…
A Tesla Cybertruck appeared to explode outside of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on Wednesday morning. A video shared on X shows the truck engulfed in flames just outside the hotel’s lobby, with the person who captured it saying the Cybertruck “blew up.” It’s still not clear what caused the fire, or…
Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., rang in the new year with a New York Times guest essay urging fellow Democratic lawmakers to drop the resistance movement and work with President-elect Donald Trump in his second term. In his piece, the congressman admitted that the results of the 2024 election reveal that voters want the Democratic Party…
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images The US has issued sanctions on organizations in Russia and Iran for attempting to interfere with the 2024 presidential election. The Treasury Department said on Tuesday that the groups tried to “stoke socio-political tensions” and influence voters. One group, the Moscow-based Center for…
The University of Notre Dame is asking fans in New Orleans ahead of the Sugar Bowl to “join us in prayer” after an apparent terror attack killed at least 10 people and injured more than 30 others early Wednesday morning. The statement shared on social media comes as thousands of college football fans have traveled to…
Stand-up comedian Whitney Cummings mocked CNN’s low ratings during the channel’s special live coverage of New Year’s Eve. While appearing on CNN’s long-running “New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen” on Tuesday night, Cummings joked about the cable news channel having a sparse audience. “I’m now playing 3,000-person shows, which is about…
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a warning on Tuesday that the United States must maintain “judicial independence” just weeks away from President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Roberts explained his concerns in his annual report on the federal judiciary. “It is not in the nature of judicial work to make everyone happy. Most cases have…