America

By CHRIS MELORE, US DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR Published: 09:27 EDT, 17 July 2026 | Updated: 09:34 EDT, 17 July 2026 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- -->…

Multiple Irish travellers are targeting America with door-to-door scams, with the FBI labelling the network an organised crime group who offer cheap renovation work which is never completed. The so-called 'Traveling Conmen Fraud Group…

The streets of Times Square glow with towering holograms as robots weave between pedestrians and tents line the sidewalks. In San Francisco, survivors navigate flooded neighborhoods by boat while people peer out from the windows of…

Today marks the semiquincentennial anniversary of the USA – or rather, its 250th birthday.And as you’d expect from a country that classes a whole pint of cola as a ‘small’ serving, it’s celebrating with all the subtle restraint of a…

By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR Published: 10:58 EDT, 22 June 2026 | Updated: 15:32 EDT, 22 June 2026 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!--…

A decades-old book that claims history repeats itself in predictable cycles is drawing fresh attention for a chilling prediction about the year 2026. Published in 1997, The Fourth Turning by William Strauss and Neil Howe argues that…

A tropical threat brewing in the Gulf of America drew increased attention Monday after hurricane forecasters raised the odds of development to 50 percent.The National Hurricane Center increased the system's chances of tropical cyclone…

By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR Published: 15:58 EDT, 8 June 2026 | Updated: 18:43 EDT, 8 June 2026 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- …

By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR Published: 10:36 EDT, 8 June 2026 | Updated: 12:28 EDT, 8 June 2026 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- …

Meteorologists have warned that the Gulf of America 'is a spot to watch,' as a massive blob of storms has developed.The developing storm system is currently hanging closer to Florida, but forecasters predict it will move northwest and…