John Goodenough, the Nobel Prize winner whose development of lithium ion batteries helped create 'a rechargable world', has died at 100
John B. Goodenough, the Nobel Prize-winning engineer whose contributions to developing lithium-ion batteries revolutionized portable technology, has died. He was 100.
2023-06-27 12:48
Myanmar army cuts off aid to cyclone survivors
The BBC speaks to families trying to rebuild their lives in one of the country's poorest regions.
2023-06-27 10:19
Prosecutors will seek death penalty for Bryan Kohberger in Idaho student murders case
Latah County, Idaho, prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students at an off-campus home in the city of Moscow last fall, according to a court document filed Monday.
2023-06-27 05:51
Pittsburgh synagogue gunman's mental health is focus of punishment phase of death penalty trial
The Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooter acted irrationally due to mental health problems and had a history of psychotic symptoms consistent with schizophrenia, his defense attorneys said in the punishment phase of his death penalty trial Monday.
2023-06-27 03:28
Airport worker dies after being 'ingested' into plane engine in Texas
A ground worker was killed at San Antonio International Airport after being "ingested" into a plane's engine Friday, officials said.
2023-06-26 20:27
Victims' families, united in grief, face 2 paths to justice as Pittsburgh synagogue shooting death penalty trial moves to next phase
Federal jurors in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial will soon decide whether to sentence the convicted gunman to death or life in prison -- two potential avenues for justice that in the years since the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history have found varying levels of support in an otherwise unified community.
2023-06-26 19:18
A robot is combing the sea floor for debris from the Titan submersible implosion as a multinational investigation begins
A robot is combing the sea floor for debris from the fatal implosion of the Titan submersible as authorities in both the US and Canada turn their attention from search and rescue to investigating what led up to the maritime disaster and whether any laws were broken.
2023-06-26 12:59
Voice recordings and data from the mother ship that carried the Titan submersible before it imploded will be examined, investigators say
As a remotely operated robot maps out the debris field from the fatal Titan submersible implosion, investigators will be reviewing voice recordings from the mother ship that carried the vessel and its five occupants on its journey to the site of the Titanic wreckage, officials said.
2023-06-26 03:59
A man and his stepson die after hiking in Big Bend National Park in 119-degree heat
Two people died Friday after hiking in extreme heat at Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas, the National Park Service said in a news release.
2023-06-25 23:15
Black maternal deaths keep rising. These doulas want to reverse that grim trend
"Sixteen years ago, I almost died giving birth," Ebonie Karma Tudor said, recalling the birth of her son. "It was just a really traumatic experience."
2023-06-25 16:25
A submersible expert who rode Titan in 2019 says he raised safety concerns to operator CEO after trip
As the investigation continues into how and when the Titan submersible imploded while on a deep-sea voyage to the Titanic wreckage last weekend, a submersible expert says he warned the vessel's CEO about safety concerns after a trip years ago.
2023-06-24 16:46
Debris scattered across ocean floor could provide clues into the final moments of the Titanic-bound submersible
Investigators are continuing to scour the ocean floor for any insight into how a "catastrophic implosion" killed all five passengers of a Titanic-bound submersible that suddenly lost communication with its mother ship over the weekend, officials said.
2023-06-23 18:20