A newly-developed camera the size of a grain of salt can take clear, full-color images—at the level of cameras that are 500,000 times larger. Each camera consists of 1.6 million cylindrical posts which interact with light to produce the images. The surfaces are made from silicon nitride, a material that...
Canada Joins US and Allies in Beijing Olympics Boycott
Canada will join the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia in a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics over human rights concerns, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday. The announcement came after the White House, the Australian government and the UK government confirmed diplomatic boycotts of the Winter Games in February to...
Omarova Nomination to Be Top Banking Regulator Being Withdrawn
President Biden will withdraw the nomination of Saule Omarova to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency after a contentious nomination battle. Omarova was Biden's pick for a position that would have put her in charge of regulating banks, a nomination that was largely lauded by progressives who have called for...
New York’s Attorney General Is Seeking to Question Donald Trump Under Oath
The New York attorney general, Letitia James, is seeking to question former President Donald Trump under oath in early January, a source with knowledge of the investigation tells NPR. The request is a significant milestone in a long-running fraud investigation into the Trump family's business practices. Since 2019, the attorney...
New Zealand to Ban Smoking for Next Generation in Bid to Outlaw Habit by 2025
New Zealand has announced it will outlaw smoking for the next generation, so that those who are aged 14 and under today will never be legally able to buy tobacco. New legislation means the legal smoking age will increase every year, to create a smoke-free generation of New Zealanders, associate...
Incoming Storm to Bring Month’s Worth of Rain, Yards of Snow to California
A long-duration storm has the potential to unload a month's worth of rain in a few days and deliver blockbuster snow to the mountains of the West Coast from this weekend to next week, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. Heavy rain and snow will be beneficial for drought relief, but it could lead...
New Poll Finds Major Warning Signs for Biden and Fellow Democrats
Americans don't feel the direct payments or expanded child tax credits doled out earlier this year helped them much, according to the latest NPR/Marist poll, and they don't see Democrats' signature legislation as addressing their top economic concern — inflation. Americans do mostly endorse the new infrastructure law but are less supportive of Democrats' Build...
Thieves in BMWs Take 40 Guns in Late-Night Smash-and-Grab in L.A.
Burglars smashed the glass front door of a Los Angeles area gun shop early Thursday morning and made off with approximately 40 firearms, police said. The owner of the business reported the burglary after he saw at least one thief inside the business on live surveillance video, Garden Grove Police...
Megachurch Pastor and Former Fresno Pacific Teacher Accused of Sexual Misconduct
A pastor at one of Canada’s largest churches has been accused of sexual misconduct and has been placed on leave while the church undertakes an external investigation. Bruxy Cavey, who grew The Meeting House into a megachurch with some 5,000 people attending 19 campuses in the larger Toronto metropolitan area, was...
Favorite Internet Apps Broken Right Now? Here’s Why
Do a bunch of your apps seem like they decided to call in sick today? That's because they did. From Venmo to Disney+ to the McDonald's app, outages are currently plaguing multiple services across the internet. The Downdetector home page is a sea of red spikes, all indicating service disruptions occurring around...