1+ week, 13+ hour ago  (1376+ words) In the early morning last September 30, hundreds of federal agents swarmed the South Shore Apartments, a beige brick building on Chicago's South Side. As feds in body armor rappelled down from a Black Hawk helicopter overhead, others crashed through the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (852+ words) Galen Buckwalter didn't hesitate to get a craniotomy in 2024 as part of a brain implant study at Caltech. The 69-year-old research psychologist wanted to contribute to cutting-edge science that could help other people with paralysis. Buckwalter has been a quadriplegic…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (139+ words) Welcome to Hammertown, the temporary desert city that springs up every January for 16 days for an off-road race series known as King of the Hammers. Think Burning Man meets Mad Max, but sponsored by Monster Energy. As King of the…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago  (638+ words) Six Democratic lawmakers are pressing the nation's top intelligence official to publicly disclose whether Americans who use commercial VPN services risk being treated as foreigners under United States surveillance law'a classification that would strip them of constitutional protections against warrantless…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (536+ words) As the Trump administration phases out the use of animal experimentation across the federal government, a biotech startup has a bold idea for an alternative to animal testing: nonsentient "organ sacks." New drugs are often tested in monkeys before they're…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (293+ words) Encuentra aqu" el art"culo en espa'ol. DHS, ICE's parent agency, did not reply to requests for comment. Records reviewed by WIRED show that the ICE surge team has successfully found spaces for ICE across the country. In addition to…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1309+ words) When Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee Nicole Good last Wednesday morning in Minneapolis, the 37-year-old mother became one of at least 25 people killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shooting since 2015. But similar contradictions haven't previously led to…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (264+ words) United States Custom and Border Protection officials have sweeping powers to search anyone's phone when they are entering the country'including US citizens. Newly released figures show that over the past three months, CBP officials have been searching more phones and…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (908+ words) The largest investors in Donald Trump's crypto coin have been promised a private audience with the president. The arrangement could put Trump at odds with the Constitution and add fuel to calls for his impeachment, experts say. When Donald Trump…...