This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. They are vital pollinators who come out at night, but now moths have emerged into the bright light of day as co-creators of a new piece of music—composed using the insects’ own flight data. Ellie Wilson composed Moth x Human in a protected […]

Police confirmed Saturday that an 8-year-old girl died after she was struck by an illegal fireworks display on the 4th of July in Orange County. It was around 9:45 p.m., according to the Buena Park Police Department, when officers patrolling the area of the 8000 block of Cornflower Circle saw family members frantically carrying a […]

Remember when Congress banned TikTok? A bipartisan majority passed a law last year to ban the massively popular social media platform due to the national security implications of its control by the Chinese government. President Joe Biden signed it into law, and in January the Supreme Court upheld the law. And yet, TikTok is still […]

I was on my fifth pass through a gauntlet of Israeli soldiers along a road in the West Bank when one motioned for me to stop and asked where I was going. I said I was trying to reach a café in Hebron’s downtown. He directed me up a short hill.

The fear of failure can hold us back from what’s meant for us. The sensitive Moon squares nervous Mercury at 12:29 am EDT, heightening our anxieties and pushing us to speak from worry. Take heart in the knowledge that Luna will then work with passionate Mars, boosting our courage to outshine our fear. She’ll also trine the confident Sun, strengthening us to overcome any residual nerves by remembering what we’re capable of. It’s better to try and miss the mark than to wonder “what if.”

Actor Julian McMahon has died at 56 following a private battle with cancer.

In Rome in the spring of 1832 a twenty-two-year-old Russian art student called Prince Grigory Gagarin met a twenty-six-year-old Irish girl called Julia Taaffe. After a few weeks of courtship he proposed to her and she refused. All that is known of the courtship are the watercolour drawings he sent her. They were preserved in […]

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The ancient Romans never really behaved like they do in our imaginations. I’m not talking about their big modi operandi, about war and peace, invasion, political decision-making and so forth. I mean in their day-to-day human interactions. This struck me most forcefully a few years ago, when I realized that the standard form of greeting […]

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Police are chasing a suspect on a stolen moped in Los Angeles County Friday night. Sky5 is overhead. Refresh this story for the latest updates.