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Bomb squad officers have set up a cordon on New Dock Road, Llanelli (Picture: Hidden Carmarthenshire) Homes have been evacuated and roads closed in a Welsh town centre after reports of an ‘active bomb’ near a Post Office. A bomb …

Young people are the ‘engine of society’ (Picture: Shutterstock/gob_cu) ‘Overpopulation’ is a scary word, bringing to mind a dystopian Earth where people live in grimy cities and fight over what little food is left. But the reverse of this is …

About 3,000 gallons of nitric acid leaked from a tank at an explosives plant in Ohio on Wednesday morning (Picture: WBNS) A chemical leak at an explosives manufacturing plant in Ohio has prompted an entire village to evacuate and grounded …

By Robbie Sequeira, Stateline.org Over the past few months, Celina Damian’s phone has been ringing off the hook with one bewildered, anxious question after another: “What kind of loan is this?” “Am I in default?” “Will the government really take …

By Leah Fabel, Oona Zenda, KFF Health News ST. PAUL, Minn. — High school senior Joshua Yang understands sacrifice. When he was midway through 10th grade, his mom survived a terrible car crash. But her body developed tremors, and she …

By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated Press NEW YORK  — Former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was convicted Wednesday of one of the top charges in his sex crimes retrial but acquitted of another, and jurors were as yet …

By JESSICA DAMIANO Many of us think of rice as a plant that grows in flooded fields, and that’s because the kind of rice we’re most familiar with — the long-grain, wetland variety called lowland rice — can be considered …

DENVER — A hop farm on the Western Slope in Colorado is open its doors to the public, giving people an up-close-and-personal chance to see how this crucial ingredient is grown — and to taste it at the source. For …

By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY, Associated Press All 12 members of the board overseeing the prestigious Fulbright scholarships on Wednesday resigned in protest of what they call the Trump administration’s meddling with the selection of award recipients, according to a statement. A …

With “Mario Kart 8 Deluxe,” producer Kosuke Yabuki said he felt his team at Nintendo reached a finish line. In an interview published by the company, members of the developer’s team said they perfected the formula that Nintendo had used …

The Golden State Valkyries will be without their rookie standout for the next few weeks.  French forward Janelle Salaün is reporting to the French National team for the EuroBasket tournament that starts next week, the Valkyries announced on Wednesday.  Salaün …

Two Los Angeles County men face federal charges for possessing Molotov cocktails during anti-immigration-enforcement protests in Los Angeles and Paramount, while two Orange County men face charges of assaulting a federal officer during a rally in Santa Ana, authorities said …

By BEN NUCKOLS, Associated Press Eight female athletes filed an appeal Wednesday of a landmark NCAA antitrust settlement, arguing that women would not receive their fair share of $2.7 billion in back pay for athletes who were barred from making …

(Shermin Kruse) Members of our editorial staff were not involved in the creation of this content. When Shermin Kruse walks into a room, people notice. It’s not just the confidence, or the precision, or the fact that she looks like …

(Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images) In a way, Sydney Sweeney began prepping to play pioneering pro boxer Christy Martin before she’d ever ever appeared on-screen. The superstar actress recently made her W magazine cover debut for the publication’s “Special Summer Issue” in …

Now that the Nintendo Switch 2 is here and Playstation has their Portal, Xbox is officially entering the fray with their upcoming Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X. The long-rumored portable Xbox will allow casual and core gamers alike to …

(Tag Heuer) As the now-official timekeeper of Formula 1 for the first time since 2004, Tag Heuer isn’t wasting a second maximizing its visibility in the top-tier auto racing series. Tag’s lap-clocking mission even extends to adjacent motorsport events such …

The olfactory experts at The Fragrance Foundation recently crowned their ten best men’s colognes of the year across a range of categories. (Tom Ford) “Men’s Luxury,” “Men’s Prestige,” “Indie Perfumer of the Year” and “Universal Luxury” (a unisex category) were …

(Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Global Citizen) Pop superstar Doja Cat, Nigerian singer-songwriter Tems, and Colombian reggaeton sensation J Balvin are officially set to headline the inaugural halftime show at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup Final. The groundbreaking concert, curated …