Don't click on those road toll texts. Officials issue warnings about the smishing scam
Mar 14, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — State officials are warning Americans not to respond to a surge of scam road toll collection texts. The texts impersonating state road toll collection agencies attempt to get phone users to reveal…
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Harvey Weinstein's looming #MeToo retrial takes shape as judge rules on what jury will hear
Mar 13, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein 's #MeToo retrial next month will largely be an abridged version of the original, with one big addition: a charge based on an allegation from a woman who was not a…
Man found with a live turtle concealed in his pants by TSA at a New Jersey airport
Mar 12, 2025
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who was going through security at a New Jersey airport was found to have a live turtle concealed in his pants, according to the federal Transportation Security Administration.…
Elon Musk claims X being targeted in 'massive cyberattack' as service goes down
Mar 11, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Hours after a series of outages Monday that left X unavailable to thousands of users, Elon Musk claimed that the social media platform was being targeted in a “massive cyberattack.” “We…
Gene Hackman's dog was misidentified as other mysteries swirl around actor's death
Mar 05, 2025
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities misidentified a deceased dog while investigating the deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife, pianist Betsy Arakawa, according to a pet care specialist. The couple's German shepherd, named Bear, survived…
Jimmy Johnson retires from Fox Sports after being a face of its NFL coverage for most of 3 decades
Mar 04, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jimmy Johnson, the Pro Football Hall of Fame coach who won two Super Bowls and a college national championship, announced his retirement from Fox Sports on Monday after being part of…
Microsoft shutting down Skype in May
Mar 03, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) -- Microsoft is closing down Skype, the video-calling service it bought for $8.5 billion in 2011, which had helped spark a transformation in how people communicate online. The tech giant said Friday…
Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog were dead for some time, warrant shows
Feb 28, 2025
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, his wife and one of their dogs were apparently dead for some time before a maintenance worker discovered their bodies at the couple's home in Santa Fe, New…
Private company rockets toward the moon in the latest rush of lunar landing attempts
Feb 27, 2025
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private company launched another lunar lander Wednesday, aiming to get closer to the moon’s south pole this time with a drone that will hop into a jet-black crater that never sees the sun.…
British musicians release a silent album to protest plans to let AI use their work
Feb 26, 2025
LONDON (AP) — A new album called “Is This What We Want?” features a stellar list of more than 1,000 musicians — and the sound of silence. With contributions from British artists including Kate Bush,…