The prefrontal cortex is among the first regions to be impacted by such age-associated changes, curiously supporting a theory that suggests the last parts of our brain to mature as we develop happen to be the first to experience decline from aging. These locations of the brain also seem to be less dense with neurons than other areas, potentially contributing to the fragility of their cells, the researchers suspect.

Murder charges filed against the father of a 14-year-old boy accused of a Georgia school shooting follow the successful prosecution of two parents in Michigan who were held responsible for a similar tragedy at a school north of Detroit. Is it a sign of a crackdown on parents accused of gross negligence when it comes to kids and guns? “It’s a matter of looking at the relationship between what the child says and does and what the parent knows about what the child says and does,” said David Shapiro, a former prosecutor who teaches at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York.

Other versions portray the Higgs field as akin to molasses, a thicket, a crowd of people or an expanse of snow.

Many advertisers plan to cut their spending on X next year, the biggest recorded pullback from any top ad platform.

College student Timothy Jones was imprisoned for a killing committed by the Chicago Police Department thanks to the state's felony murder law.

Targeted Victory’s largest client is the Republican National Committee. It's now fielding inquiries for X about Elon Musk's standoff with Brazil.

The Zagros Mountains would have been an ideal place for the two species to rendezvous. The region has a diverse range of biodiversity and topography capable of supporting large stable human populations. Plus, it could have welcomed humans from other parts of the planet during the Pleistocene climatic shifts, acting as a corridor connecting the cooler Palearctic realm with the warmer Afrotropical realm.

A 15-year-old girl was set on fire by a fellow student at Evan Hardy Collegiate in Saskatoon on Thursday, according to police. "The suspect we have in custody started the other victim on fire," Saskatoon Police Service Sgt. Ken Kane told reporters at a news conference Thursday afternoon. The incident happened over the noon hour. Teachers helped extinguish the blaze, Kane said. The 15-year-old victim was transported to hospital with what are believed to be serious injuries. One teacher was also taken to hospital.

Sérgio Mendes, the Grammy-winning Brazilian band leader who helped popularize bossa nova in the '60s, died Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 83.

Officer William Martin was involved in the controversial December 2016 arrest of Jacqueline Craig. Video of that arrest went viral and sparked community outrage.

Women's groups in Kenya are calling for long overdue action to tackle rampant gender-based violence in the East African country after the death of another athlete at the hands of her partner.- 'Hold perpetrators accountable' - Tirop's Angels, a group set up to combat gender-based violence after her death, said Cheptegei's passing "painfully echoes the tragedy" that led to the formation of their organisation.

A teenager accused of killing four people at Apalachee High School in Barrow County was previously investigated for threats about a shooting, the FBI Atlanta office said late Wednesday. … “The father stated he had hunting guns in the house, but the subject did not have unsupervised access to them,” the FBI said. “The subject denied making the threats online.”

Two Russian nationals working for a Kremlin-run media outlet are accused of funneling $10 million to the Tennessee company.

Hachette v. Internet Archive was brought by book publishers objecting to the archive’s digital lending library.

Four people were killed in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on Wednesday morning, according to authorities.

It was Britain's deadliest blaze in a residential building since World War Two. "The simple truth is that the deaths that occurred were all avoidable," said inquiry chair Martin Moore-Bick. In its long-awaited final report, the inquiry laid most responsibility for the disaster on the companies involved in the maintenance and refit of the apartment tower, failings by local and national authorities as well as companies which had dishonestly marketed combustible cladding materials as safe. There was also widespread criticism and blame levelled at the then-government, the local authority of Kensington and Chelsea, the industry, regulatory groups, specific individuals and an ill-prepared fire brigade for years of inaction over fire safety in high-rise blocks. "Not all of them bear the same degree of responsibility for the eventual disaster, but as our reports show, all contributed to it in one way or another, in most cases, through incompetence, but in some cases, through dishonesty and greed," Moore-Bick said. The inquiry report, which ran to almost 1,700 pages, said the inferno was the culmination of "decades of failure", with profits put before people.

A scathing Navy investigation reveals how USS Manchester's enlisted leaders endangered their ship with an unauthorized Starlink Wi-Fi setup.

In a call with donors, First Liberty Institute’s Kelly Shackelford read the supportive email he said came from Thomas. The leader of the religious-rights group also labeled Justice Elena Kagan “treasonous” for backing a stronger ethics code.

The city hit its 100th straight day with at least 100 degree temperatures, far surpassing the record of 76 days in a row set back in 1993.

From attempting to incite racially motivated violence to encouraging attacks on critical infrastructure, the alleged crimes planned and advertised by extremists on Telegram go far beyond the charges facing CEO Pavel Durov.