Steven Pollock was a doctor and scientific researcher focused on a very potent strain of magic mushrooms. But his obsession with psilocybin may have led to his tragic death

Two sources are communicating with House investigators and detailed a stunning series of allegations to Rolling Stone, including a promise of a “blanket pardon” from the Oval Office

A record-breaking result reveals the precision achievable by atomic clocks, letting researchers detect slightly faster ticking over a tiny height change.

Increasingly, authoritarians are likening ‘genderism’ to ‘communism’ and ‘totalitarianism’

In San Francisco, a handful of prospective candidates are already seen as potential replacements, including one of her daughters -- although no credible Democrat is taking steps in public to build a campaign yet.

Data from 170,000 semen analyses performed in the US between 2005 and 2021 reveals a worrying decline in sperm quality

Shelley's eagle owl had never been clearly photographed in the wild — until now.

Johnson & Johnson spun off liabilities — including roughly 38,000 lawsuits — linked to claims of asbestos contamination in its baby powder to a new firm, which then declared bankruptcy.

Pets owned by people experiencing homelessness are just as healthy as animals owned by other people, according to a new North American study from Community Vet Outreach and the University of Guelph in Ontario.

How an American company tried to lure a young journalist into a life of corporate espionage.

Gutierrez-Reed added that she was initially fearful of loading blanks. "I think loading blanks was the scariest thing to me because I was like 'oh, I don't know anything about it,'" she said. But her famous father, she said, helped train her up.

Internal documents suggest Facebook has long known that its algorithms and recommendation systems push some users to extremes. In the summer of 2019, a new Facebook user named Carol Smith signed up for the platform, describing herself as a politically conservative mother from Wilmington, North Carolina. Smith’s account indicated an interest in politics, parenting, and Christianity, and followed a few of her favorite brands, including Fox News and then-President Donald Trump. Though Smith had never expressed interest in conspiracy theories, in just two days Facebook was recommending she join groups dedicated to QAnon, a sprawling and baseless conspiracy theory and movement that claimed Trump was secretly saving the world from a cabal of pedophiles and Satanists. Smith didn’t follow the recommended QAnon groups, but whatever algorithm Facebook was using to determine how she should engage with the platform pushed ahead just the same. Within one week, Smith’s feed was full of groups and pages that had violated Facebook’s own rules, including those against hate speech and disinformation. Smith wasn’t a real person. A researcher employed by Facebook invented the account, along with those of other fictitious “test users” in 2019 and 2020, as part of an experiment in studying the platform’s role in misinforming and polarizing users through its recommendations systems.

Aw, diddums.

Authorities say a 58-year-old Florida man is accused of killing his neighbor in a dispute over a cat that wandered into his yard

Hours before actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer on the New Mexico set of 'Rust,' a half-dozen camera operators walked off the set to protest working conditions.

A report by a conservative news outlet that Target is planning to shutter a prominent San Francisco store due to unchecked shoplifting is false, the company said Friday. The California Globe incorrectly reported that the central Target store on Mission Street, a part of the Metreon shopping complex, was shuttering. The report, which spread across social media and was picked up by other outlets including the Washington Times, relied on unnamed San Francisco police officers who purportedly had inside information on the company’s plans. “The Mission Street store is not closing. That was incorrectly reported and we have followed up on that,” a Target spokesperson said in an email.

Sean Reddy said a black bear entered his property through an open bedroom window earlier this month. He called his neighbour who came over with some bear spray

Vallejo rapper Lil Theze was reportedly shot and killed by a retired Oakland police captain during a robbery at an Oakland gas station on Thursday. The retired captain was also shot during the robbery and was hospitalized in critical condition, according to Oakland police. Lil Theze’s death was reported on Instagram by production company Star Quality Entertainment and also reported by the popular Bay Area hip-hop blog the Thizzler. Lil Theze was allegedly involved in a robbery at a gas station at the corner of 17th and Castro Streets in Oakland on Thursday. Oakland police said the robbery happened shortly after 1 p.m.  Police have not named the victim officially, but police radio and media accounts indicate that it was former Oakland police Capt. Ersie Joyner, who retired in 2019. Surveillance video that was released to multiple media outlets shows Joyner pumping gas at his car when three people in hooded sweatshirts approach him. They move in close to him and struggle with him, then back away. After one takes something from Joyner’s car, Joyner pulls out a gun and shoots him. He then turns and shoots at another of the three assailants, who runs. Joyner pursues but is shot multiple times by an unseen assailant. Police radio indicates 12 rounds were fired.

Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage is urging all Albertans to read the final report of the government-sponsored Steve Allan public inquiry into anti-Albertan activities.

'Truth Social', which will launch officially later in the year, is seemingly using Mastodon's codebase without credit.