Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer took legal action Friday to shut down a pipeline that carries oil beneath a channel that links two of the Great Lakes. Whitmer's office notified the Canadian company that it was revoking an easement granted in 1953 to extend a roughly 4-mile (6.4-kilometer) section of the...
Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe – better known as the Yorkshire Ripper – has died at the age of 74. Mr Sutcliffe, who was serving a life term for murdering 13 women across England’s northwest and Yorkshire between 1975 and 1980, was moved from a maximum-security prison in County Durham to...
A modern re-telling of Jane Austen's novels titled Modern Austen is in the works at CW. Hollywood has adapted Austen's novels numerous times. Pride and Prejudice has been remade countless times starting as early as 1938, but today's most commonly known adaptations are the 2005 film starring Keira Knightley...
Microsoft said it has detected attempts by state-backed Russian and North Korean hackers to steal valuable data from leading pharmaceutical companies and vaccine researchers. It said in a blog post Friday that most of the attacks in recent months were unsuccessful, but provided no information on how many succeeded or...
A carved figure in the facade of a Spanish building is going viral on social media after an apparent botched restoration left the figure's face unrecognizable. The carving, which adorns an early 20th century building in Palencia, formerly featured a woman smiling next to some livestock, but a recent restoration...
Guinness has announced a “precautionary” recall of its recently launched non-alcoholic stout in Great Britain amid concerns of microbiological contamination in some cans. Guinness said in a statement: “As a precautionary measure we are recalling Guinness 0.0 in Great Britain because of a microbiological contamination which may make some cans...
Georgia will conduct a statewide recount of ballots cast in the election between President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Wednesday. “With the margin being so close, it will require a full, by-hand recount in each county,” Raffensperger said at a press conference. Raffensperger, a...
When scientists in Washington state destroyed the first nest of so-called murder hornets found in the U.S., they discovered about 500 live specimens in various stages of development, officials said Tuesday. Among them were nearly 200 queens that had the potential to start their own nests, said Sven-Erik Spichiger,...
Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 election by major news outlets over the weekend, and 'increasingly looks like he will soon be certified the winner in Georgia. Things will remain too close to call here, though, until an official result is certified by the state, which it...
The Pennsylvania Department of State announced Tuesday evening that "approximately 10,000 mail ballots" were received from the time polls closed last week through the Friday 5 p.m. deadline by which they needed to arrive in order to be counted. These are the ballots at the center of the Trump campaign...