Chicago: Underground climate change is ‘deforming’ land under buildings and ‘things are sinking’, says study
Downtown Chicago is “sinking” due to “subsurface heat islands” or underground climate change, US scientists have warned in a study. For the first time, experts at Northwestern University in Illinois have linked the phenomenon to shifting land under urban areas. As the ground heats up, layers of clay also deform and this causes the foundations […]
Apple Vision Pro: Mixed-reality ‘ski goggles’ headset unveiled
Apple has unveiled a mixed-reality headset called Vision Pro – its first entirely new product in eight years. The US tech giant claims the device is “the most advanced personal electronic device ever”. Resembling a pair of ski goggles, it features a glass 23-million-pixel screen which covers the upper face and is controlled using the […]
Chicago shooting: One dead and six injured after attack at memorial
Multiple people were shot, including a woman who died later in hospital, at an event being held in Chicago to remember a man who died four years ago in a car crash. A large group of people had gathered at 1am to mark the man’s fatal crash when there was an altercation and shots rang […]
Crunch deal to raise US debt ceiling passes through House of Representatives
A crunch deal to raise the US debt ceiling has been voted through by the House of Representatives. The agreement – which aims to avert a potentially catastrophic scenario where the US defaults on its national debts – passed through the Republican-majority House by 314 to 117 votes. The proposal will now move to the […]
Member of Oath Keepers militia group jailed for eight and half years for part in Capitol riot
A member of the Oath Keepers extremist group was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison for participating in the riot at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. Jessica Watkins was convicted in November by a federal jury in Washington DC of obstruction of an official proceeding after storming the Capitol, which […]
Gabby Petito case: Brian Laundrie’s mother offered him ‘a shovel and garbage bags’ in ‘burn after reading’ letter
Brian Laundrie’s mother offered him “a shovel and garbage bags” if he needed to dispose of a body, according to a “burn after reading” letter, court documents show. The parents of Laundrie’s fiance Gabby Petito have been given the letter after a Florida judge denied a request from his parents to withhold it. The Petitos […]
A teen girl who had her phone confiscated set her school dormitory on fire, police say. 19 children died.
A dormitory blaze that killed 19 children in Guyana was set by a teenage student who was upset that her cellphone had been taken away, officials say. The fire broke out at the Mahdia Secondary School in the South American country late on Sunday. A statement from the Guyana Fire and Rescue Service said the […]
Elon Musk says artificial intelligence isn’t ‘necessary for anything’
Elon Musk has hit out at artificial intelligence (AI), saying it is not “necessary for anything we’re doing”. The Tesla, Twitter and SpaceX owner claimed super-intelligence was “a double-edged sword”. “If you have a genie that can grant you anything, that presents a danger,” according to the billionaire, who said AI could be used to […]
Toddler finds gun in sofa and accidentally kills himself
A 2-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed himself after finding a gun on the sofa at the family’s home in Michigan. The boyfriend of the toddler’s mother has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Markus Nevills Jr, 22, objected to being charged at his first court appearance. Nevills told police he had “zoned out” while high […]
Teenage boy uses slingshot to save his eight-year-old sister from being kidnapped
A 13-year-old boy saved his little sister from a kidnapping by using his slingshot to fight off the attacker. Owen Burns took aim from a window when he heard the eight-year-old scream outside their house in Alpena Township, northern Michigan. He initially thought she was “messing around” with friends, but threw down his video game […]