The mother of a Marine and two veterans who served in Iraq reflect on the U.S. decision to send failure-prone shells to help the Ukrainian military battle Russia. Mass produced toward the end of the Cold War, cluster munitions of this type scatter dozens or even hundreds of the tiny grenades at a time. These grenades were designed to destroy enemy tanks and soldiers deep behind enemy lines on land where allied soldiers were never meant to tread. U.S. government studies have found that the grenades have a failure rate of 14 percent or more, meaning that for every 155-millimeter cluster shell that is given to Ukraine and fired, 10 of the 72 grenades it disperses are likely to fall to the ground as hazardous duds. More than 100 nations have banned their use because of the harm they pose, especially to children, but the United States, Russia and Ukraine have not. In July, the Biden administration decided to provide artillery shells of this type to Ukraine after officials in Kyiv assured the White House that their forces would use them responsibly. Ukraine also promised to record where they used the shells for later demining efforts. The decision was frustrating and painful for some American civilians who have dealt with the aftermath of their use in combat.

Steve Harwell, the lead singer of US band Smash Mouth, has died at the age of 56.

The pilot flying a plane in a gender reveal stunt has died after the aircraft crashed in front of a sign reading “Oh Baby”.

Authorities are investigating a death at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert as thousands of people remain trapped on the site after heavy rains inundated the area and created thick, ankle-deep mud which sticks to campers’ shoes and vehicle tires.

“SMART ePANTS” is the U.S. government’s $22 million program that seeks to make clothing that records audio, video, and location data.

Shipwreck hunters have discovered the intact remains of a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan in 1881 and is so well-preserved it still contains the crew’s long-ago possessions in its final resting spot miles from Wisconsin’s coastline.

Tens of thousands of people attending the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert are being told to conserve food, water and fuel as they shelter in place in the Black Rock Desert after a heavy rainstorm pummeled the area, festival organizers said.

“Worker mobility—the ability to find and take another job—is at the core of worker power,” economists at the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, wrote last year.

Jimmy Buffett, the singer-songwriter who drew millions of fans with his folksy tales of living and loving on tropical sandy beaches, frozen concoction in hand, died Friday night. He was 76. “Jimmy passed away peacefully on the night of September 1st surrounded by his family, friends, music and dogs,” a statement on his website said. “He lived his life like a song till the very last breath and will be missed beyond measure by so many.”

After the Anti-Defamation League spoke with X’s new CEO about hate speech, Musk boosts anti-ADL posts from an antisemite he reinstated to the platform

The cover art for the 1976 paperback edition of Madeleine L'Engle's classic sci-fi/fantasy novel "A Wrinkle in Time" — featuring a winged centaur and a glowering, red-eyed face — is iconic. And yet, for nearly 50 years, no one has known who illustrated it. Well, not NO ONE. Not anymore... Endless Thread cracks the case!

Thailand's king has commuted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's eight-year prison sentence to one year, the royal gazette said on Friday, a day after the billionaire submitted a request for pardon. The country's most famous politician returned to Thailand last week in a dramatic homecoming after 15 years abroad in self-exile to avoid jail time after he was ousted by the military in 2006. He arrived on a private jet and was transferred to prison to serve an eight-year sentence on charges of abuse of power and conflicts of interest from during his time in power. On the first night, he was moved to a police hospital over chest pains and high blood pressure. On Thursday he submitted a request for a royal pardon. Thaksin "was a prime minister, has done good for the country and people and is loyal to the monarchy," the royal gazette said on Friday. "He respected the process, admitted his guilt, repented, accepted court verdicts. Right now he is old, has illness that needs care from medical professionals," it read. Despite being away for 15 years, Thaksin remains an influential figure in Thai policies with parties loyal to him winning every election since 2001 until this year.

The geography professor didn’t hide his clown fetish or the fact that he sometimes indulged his urges by recruiting students as subjects. He posted regularly about it on social media. “I have a facepaint fetish and convince the cute girls in my classes to let me paint their faces,” he once wrote. Yet Joseph Tokosh held jobs at two colleges and was on the tenure track at a third before student journalists at Nicholls State University in Louisiana exposed his behavior. He submitted his resignation the same day their story was published. In this Reddit post, Joseph Tokosh shares images of women who's faces he painted. Tokosh was an instructor at the school, but that information isn't listed on his LinkedIn page. Note: The women's faces have been blurred by USA TODAY to protect their identity. His interactions with students and open discussion of his fetish happened in both mainstream and tailored digital spaces. He popped into Facebook groups geared toward new students and niche forums on websites like Reddit. He posted videos on YouTube. In one Reddit post on a forum meant to highlight hard-to-believe stories, Tokosh posted pictures of several women in white face paint.

A new technique analysing modern genetic data suggests that pre-humans survived in a group of only 1,280 individuals.

One of the newcomers, wearing a blue romper and white cowboy boots, drags the other out of the porta-potty by her hair before kicking and punching the woman in the pink top. The fight ends when the woman in the blue romper fails to close one of the women in the stall. The fighter emerges from the loo, falling onto the ground in front of it.

Those attending outdoor parties or barbecues in New York City this weekend may find an uninvited guest looming over their festivities: a police drone.

Police forcibly removed Janis Mensah from the St. Louis City Justice Center last night

Here’s what I know: I’m starting the long weekend off right with Shipwreck Friday.

Located near Fort William in the Highlands, the Old Boat of Caol - like many Scottish fables - has an origin tale that takes place on a dark and stormy night.

The US government has filed a motion to stop a Titanic expedition planned for 2024, citing a law that protects and preserves the shipwreck as a gravesite.