Humans' pull toward alcohol may have ancient origins (according to chimp pee) Scientists learned that wild African chimpanzees consume alcohol by eating fermented fruit, suggesting that human attraction to alcohol may have ancient evolutionary origins.
NewsFeed Zeina Khodr reports from the site of an Israeli attack on a hotel in Beirut’s Hazmiyeh suburb, an area not considered a ‘Hezbollah stronghold’. Attacks in other Beirut suburbs suggest Israeli operations are expanding beyond the group’s traditional base. Published On 4 Mar 2026
2026 Primaries and Caucuses U.S. Senate Dem. | GOP March 3 U.S. House March 3 An open U.S. Senate seat highlights North Carolina's statewide primary, with former Democratic Gov.
If you haven't lived in certain New England towns, it can be hard to fathom their centuries-old direct democracy-style
The Supreme Court on Monday intervened in New York's redistricting process, blocking a lower court decision that would likely have flipped a Republican congressional district into a Democratic district.
Guns, drugs, and the Second Amendment right to bear arms all merged at the Supreme Court on Monday in a case that could dramatically undermine the Gun Control Act of 1968. First a few basics: Marijuana use
FlyDubai planes are parked at Dubai International Airport on Monday. Many airlines, including several in the Persian Gulf — including those based in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, Doha in Qatar and others — have curtailed commercial flights for safety reasons following the...
A motorboat cruises off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, on the Strait of Hormuz, with a tanker seen in the background, on February 25, 2026. Tanker traffic through the strait has come essentially to a stop after Iran declared the strait closed following attacks on Iran by the U.S.
The day after one of Mexico’s most wanted drug lords, known as “El Mencho”, was killed in a dawn raid last week, Defence Minister Ricardo Trevilla Trejo told reporters that 80 percent of weapons seized from cartels have been smuggled across the border from the United States.
A user known as "Magamyman" reportedly earned more than $553,000 on the prediction market Polymarket by wagering that Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would soon be out of power — a prediction that was resolved shortly before an Israeli strike killed him on Saturday.
NEW YORK — Oil prices rose sharply when market trading began Sunday, as U.S. and Israeli attacks on
