A rare purple star sapphire, believed to be the largest of its kind ever documented, has captured global attention after being unveiled in Sri Lanka’s capital over the weekend. The extraordinary gemstone weighs 3,563 carats...

For someone who built one of the world’s most powerful technology companies, the mistake was surprisingly simple. Billionaire tech mogul Larry Ellison once found himself scrambling to rename a newly christened superyacht after discovering that...

A 21-year-old anti-ICE protester was permanently blinded in one eye after being struck in the face by a so-called “less-lethal” projectile during a protest in Southern California. The violent encounter, captured on video and widely...

The launch of the first autistic Barbie doll has been widely welcomed by autism campaigners, charities, and neurodivergent creators as a meaningful step toward representation that feels authentic, joyful, and informed by lived experience. More...

A grisly investigation on the outskirts of Philadelphia has led to the arrest of a 34-year-old man accused of stealing roughly 100 sets of human remains from one of the largest abandoned cemeteries in the...

When US forces took Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro into custody on Saturday, the operation didn’t begin—or end—in Caracas. It ran through Puerto Rico. Roughly 800 kilometers from Venezuela, the US territory has quietly re-emerged as...

As protests swell across Iran and the economy shows fresh signs of strain, a striking claim has entered the global conversation: that Iran’s supreme leader may already be preparing an escape route. A report citing...

Scientists studying the Great Salt Lake have identified a tiny animal never before documented by science, expanding what researchers know about life in one of North America’s harshest environments. The discovery, confirmed by biologists at...

In a dramatic escalation of US action in Latin America, President Donald Trump on Saturday (January 3) confirmed that the United States carried out large-scale strikes inside Venezuela, resulting in the capture of President Nicolás...

A powerful 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck southern and central Mexico on Friday, triggering seismic alarms across Mexico City and briefly interrupting a live press conference by President Claudia Sheinbaum. The tremor, which was felt across a...