There's always a lot of excitement about the Preakness Stakes — the second leg of the Triple Crown — but this year's weekend is off to a tragic start. Laurel Park is hosting this year's Preakness as ...

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I spend more time today than ever before interacting with terminal windows, which is something I don’t think Past Me would have believed in the early ’90s. Back then, poor MS-DOS was the staid ...

Archaeologists working at the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt have unearthed a mummy with a passage from Homer’s “Iliad” stuck to its abdomen, in a first-of-its-kind discovery. While other ...

As the 2026 NFL Draft approaches, every team enters with its own priorities. Some are searching for a franchise quarterback, while others are focused on filling key holes across the roster. With less ...

The Ukrainian military captured a Russian position using only ground robots and aerial drones — completely unassisted by any infantry, for the first time in the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Monday that Ukraine had captured a Russian position using an entirely unmanned robot ground force. "For the first time in the history of this war, ...

From Friday's Sixth Circuit decision in U.S. v. Farris, by Judges Eric Clay, Julia Gibbons, and Whitney Hermandorfer: Howe [a court-appointed criminal defense lawyer appealing a drug trafficking ...

Unit sales of print books had a slow start in 2026, according to data from Circana BookScan. Total unit sales fell 3.1% compared to a year ago for the quarter ending March 28, 2026, dropping to 163.5 ...

Here's how you can submit letters to the Public Pulse opinion section. In an introductory column that I wrote when I got to The World-Herald 11 months ago, I mentioned that when my mentor Steve Buttry ...

Florida Georgia Line is back — at least for one night. Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley shocked fans Thursday night when the duo reunited onstage for the first time since they split in 2022. The ...

The 2026 NCAA Tournament bracket was announced on Sunday, kickstarting the annual tradition of filling out your entries for the Bracket Games and predicting exactly how the opening rounds will unfold.