
A bionic face prototype at X-Humanoid in Beijing.

Silverton Hospital in Silverton, Ore.

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is polling at the top of the crowded California governor's race.

The yield on a 30-year U.S. Treasury bond rose above 5.12%, its highest level in nearly a year.

Lead singer Stuart Murdoch’s self-deprecating It Only Takes One Lion is inspired by team’s current song, Yes Sir, I Can Boogie The lyrics came to Stuart Murdoch in the hazy aftermath of Scotland’s dramatic qualification for the World Cup. The Belle and Sebastian frontman had watched his side’s playoff victory over Denmark through his fingers before deciding to write his own anthem to a team he has followed for more than 50 years. “Most people recognised instantly the next day that they’d witness

NBC News · Oct 8
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in 2021.

NPR News · Oct 8
Florida's attorney general says the NFL's Rooney Rule, which requires teams to interview minority candidates for top jobs, is discriminatory. Trump's EEOC has challenged such policies elsewhere. (Image credit: Kevin C. Cox)

Guardian - World · Oct 8
Group of MPs and peers in effect accuse government of failing to comply with parliament’s will over release of files A powerful parliamentary committee tasked with reviewing files relating to Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador has revealed that the government is withholding his vetting file despite not having the authority to do so. In an extraordinary intervention, the intelligence and security committee (ISC) has criticised the government over its handling of the release of Mandels

Guardian - World · Oct 8
Man admits to coating relic in concrete after taking it from church because he objected to it being displayed, police say Czech police have found the skull of a 13th-century saint, days after it was stolen from a church in the north of the country. Police said they had arrested a suspect, who they said admitted to taking the skull of Saint Zdislava of Lemberk from a glass shrine in the basilica of St Lawrence and St Zdislava in the town of Jablonné v Podještědí on Tuesday. Continue reading...