Active white nationalist groups operate in all but two U.S. states. Researchers have found that there’s a strong association between holding white nationalist views and supporting political violence.
November 17, 2025
A sociologist who researches AI’s impact on work and education argues there are ethical dimensions to generative AI that institutions are not considering.
November 17, 2025
Novo Nordisk is chopping prices again for its popular obesity treatment Wegovy, but doctors say the expense will remain challenging for patients without insurance
November 17, 2025
We are indeed still evolving, though it can be hard to tell because it happens over generations and often involves things you can’t see, such as what foods different people are able to digest.
November 17, 2025
The Internet Archive has been saving web history for nearly 30 years. CNN’s Hadas Gold goes inside its headquarters to see how the archive is innovating for the AI age and protecting itself from both political and physical threats.
November 16, 2025
South Korea has proposed talks with North Korea to clarify the rivals’ border line
November 17, 2025
Taiwan will begin distributing millions of civil defence handbooks to households across the island this week, in an unprecedented effort to prepare residents for
November 17, 2025
Iran turns to cloud-seeding as historic drought causes driest fall in 50 years
November 16, 2025
A powerful atmospheric river had mostly moved through California after causing at least six deaths and dousing much of the state, but lingering thunderstorms brought the risk of mudslides in areas of Los Angeles County that were recently ravaged by wildfire
November 16, 2025
The Leonid meteor shower is peaking early this week. Here’s what to know
November 16, 2025
Officer shot, killed serving warrant; suspect charged
November 16, 2025
Solar storms can trigger auroras on Earth. This star’s explosion could destroy a planet’s atmosphere
November 16, 2025
Iran's foreign minister says the country is no longer enriching uranium at any site
November 16, 2025
Iran nuclear sites left ruined in US and Israeli strikes but program ‘intact,’ deputy foreign minister tells CNN
November 16, 2025
Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved
November 16, 2025
Last nuclear treaty between US and Russia nears expiration as Trump and Putin trade testing threats
November 16, 2025
Five students at U.S. military academies and three each from Yale University, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are among the 32 U.S. winners named Sunday as 2026 Rhodes scholars
November 16, 2025
Turkey has proposed jointly leading next year's U.N. climate summit with Australia, though the two sides have not yet reached an agreement and the discussions on the hosting standoff
November 16, 2025
The Czech Republic plans to build two new reactors at its Dukovany plant to expand the country's nuclear energy capacity
November 16, 2025
By the end of next year, the state of Para is requiring all cattle to be tagged to trace where they came from in order to be sold legally
November 16, 2025
Boeing is close to announcing a partnership to bid for an international sales opportunity for its T-7 trainer, company executives said on Sunday, highlighting fast-growing demand for
November 16, 2025
How this tiny device became a symbol for the backlash against AI
November 16, 2025
An unusually strong storm system called an atmospheric river has doused Southern California, prompting flood warnings in areas of coastal Los Angeles County that recently were ravaged by wildfires
November 15, 2025
Why an email about cows is intensifying concerns about academic freedom in India
November 16, 2025
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is asking the Supreme Court to pause new California laws expected to require thousands of companies to report emissions and climate-risk information
November 14, 2025
A strong Pacific storm is increasing the risk of life-threatening flooding in Southern California
November 14, 2025
Smithsonian museums, National Zoo reopenings bring flocks of visitors
November 15, 2025
Thousands of climate protesters marched through the Brazilian city of Belem on Saturday in a noisy, diverse and peaceful display to demand
November 15, 2025
Thousands of demonstrators marched in Belem, Brazil, at the halfway point of United Nations climate talks to demand progress from negotiators on the problem of climate change — among other causes
November 15, 2025
A federal jury in California said on Friday that Apple owes medical-monitoring technology company
November 15, 2025
Oldest sequenced RNA reveals details about a mammoth’s final moments 40,000 years ago
November 15, 2025
A crucial system of ocean currents may be on course to collapse. This country just declared it a national security threat
November 15, 2025
Climate choices aren’t just individual actions
November 15, 2025
Women experiencing hot flashes, night sweats and other menopausal symptoms don’t need to suffer
November 15, 2025
Trump administration officials, including Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have discussed scaling back the role of Marty Makary, the U.S.
November 15, 2025
With the United States absent from the U.N. annual international climate summit for the first time in three decades, China is
November 15, 2025
Cities and states in the U.S. are turning to AI to improve road safety
November 15, 2025
The U.S.
November 15, 2025
Utilities are producing eye-popping forecasts about the amount of electricity they'll need to power massive new data centers that are feeding the fast-growing AI economy
November 15, 2025
President Donald Trump said on Friday he received a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam as part of his recent physical, calling the scan "very standard."
November 15, 2025
Australia's Energy Minister Chris Bowen said he would travel on Saturday to the COP30 climate summit in Brazil to push for Australia to host next year's summit, amid a stand-off with
November 14, 2025
Strain of bird flu virus never before reported in people is behind first human case in US in nine months
November 14, 2025
Microsoft and Nvidia are planning to invest up to $15 billion in total in Anthropic, in the latest AI-driven tie-up that also includes a $30 billion commitment by the Claude maker to use
October 13, 2025
Alphabet's Google said on Friday it would invest $40 billion in three new data centers in Texas, as part of its push to expand capacity for artificial intelligence initiatives.
November 14, 2025
A communications researcher lays out the dynamics of conspiracy theory belief and why they gain traction in times of anxiety and uncertainty.
November 14, 2025
A trio of Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after getting stuck on China's space station for more than a week due to their spacecraft sustaining
November 14, 2025
Researchers are reporting what they believe is the first documented death from a meat allergy triggered by tick bites
November 14, 2025
The Food and Drug Administration is adding a new warning to a gene therapy linked to two patient deaths earlier this year
November 14, 2025
A fast-moving wildfire raged across thousands of acres of California prairie near the Nevada border on Friday, while Los Angeles was in the throes of back-to-back storms that
November 14, 2025
Jeff Bezos’s aerospace company Blue Origin is now the second, after SpaceX, to land a rocket booster for reuse.
November 14, 2025
Researchers at an artificial intelligence firm say they've found the first reported case of foreign hackers using AI to automate portions of cyberattacks
November 14, 2025
Emails released by the House Oversight Committee reveal how Jeffrey Epstein maintained connections with influential figures despite his 2008 guilty plea to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl
November 14, 2025
Scientist turns people’s mental images into text using ‘mind-captioning’ technology
November 14, 2025
Newly identified species of Tanzanian tree toad leapfrog the tadpole stage and give birth to toadlets
November 13, 2025
Global supplies of the rare earth element yttrium are running low due to Chinese
November 14, 2025
Ukraine has started mass production of its new domestically developed interceptor drones to strengthen air defences, the Ukrainian defence ministry said on Friday.
November 14, 2025
Exclusive: Department of Energy officials to meet with White House to tamp down Trump’s idea of explosive nuclear testing
November 14, 2025
The Marine Mammal Center has rescued a sea otter pup in Morro Bay, California, after it was separated from its mother
November 14, 2025
A few precautions as you prepare your Thanksgiving feast will help keep gastrointestinal distress out of your holiday gathering.
November 14, 2025
The results of the new study, published last month in the journal Subterranean Biology, spread rapidly online due to the striking images of the giant 1,140-square-foot spider web, a carpet-thick sprawl that stretches along a narrow passage wall inside Sulfur Cave, which extends into Albania from its entrance in Greece
November 14, 2025
Standard Lithium is getting a boost from Washington as it vies with Exxon Mobil to become the first company to produce lithium in Arkansas, a U.S.
November 14, 2025
Merck will acquire Cidara Therapeutics in a nearly $9.2 billion deal, gaining access to an experimental flu drug in its effort to diversify ahead of patent loss for its
November 14, 2025
The humble ‘broken image’ icon has a rich backstory – one connected to early web design, camera culture and our timeless urge to find meaning in the landscape.
November 14, 2025
The equipment needed to keep the grid running is hard to make, and materials are limited. And supply-chain bottlenecks are taking years to clear.
November 14, 2025
CBP officers intercept pavement ants found in undeclared imported plants at Detroit Metro
November 14, 2025
Where, when and how Americans work has dramatically shifted since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the routines of everyday life.
November 14, 2025
Global equity fund inflows cooled significantly in the week to November 12 as worries about stretched technology valuations and signs of softening U.S. labour market conditions fuelled risk
November 14, 2025
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Chinese astronauts arrive home after suspected debris strike delays return to Earth
November 14, 2025
The explosion in the value of artificial intelligence stocks poses risks to global markets for which there is "no playbook", the CEO of
November 14, 2025
Why some people lose their hair when they’re on GLP-1s
November 14, 2025
Three Chinese astronauts have returned from their nation's space station after a nine-day delay
November 14, 2025
Samsung Electronics this month raised prices of certain memory chips - now in short supply due to the global race to build AI data centres -
November 14, 2025
Photo essay: See here "The fire started on my birthday," says taxi driver Simon Rodriguez, hauling
November 14, 2025
The first major blast of wintry weather in the U.S. this week brought snow, frigid temperatures and in some places something a little more magical: Frost flowers
November 14, 2025
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November 14, 2025
Researchers say they verified and sequenced Hitler’s DNA. What they discovered is a controversial bombshell
November 14, 2025
New Jersey man is first known death from meat allergy triggered by tick bites
November 14, 2025
The giant New Glenn rocket from billionaire Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin launched from Florida on its debut mission for
November 13, 2025
Merck is closing in on a deal to buy Cidara Therapeutics in a deal valuing the biotechnology company at a premium to its $3.3 billion market capitalization, the Financial Times reported on
November 13, 2025
Mikael Dolsten, Pfizer's former research and development chief, has withdrawn his candidacy for Novo Nordisk's board, citing personal reasons, the Danish drugmaker said on Thursday.
November 13, 2025
Rio Tinto said on Friday its Kennecott operation in Utah, U.S., has signed a 15-year virtual power purchase agreement with TerraGen to source renewable energy from a new wind farm in Texas.
November 13, 2025
The agreement to end the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown includes a provision to stop the spread of intoxicating cannabis-infused beverages sold in some
November 14, 2025
A tanker truck spewing hazardous gas in an Oklahoma hotel parking lot forced hotel guests and hundreds of residents to evacuate in the overnight hours
November 13, 2025
A wildlife photographer captured a dramatic encounter on video between a harbor seal and a pod of killer whales
November 13, 2025
Cuba is fighting a wave of mosquito-borne illnesses including dengue and chikungunya virus that have swept the island in recent weeks, affecting nearly one-third of the population
November 13, 2025
Pfizer Inc said on Thursday it sold a part of its stake in German drugmaker BioNTech SE, more than five years after both firms formed an alliance that yielded a vaccine to combat the deadly
November 13, 2025
Apple and ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Thursday failed to convince a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by Elon Musk’s X Corp accusing them of conspiring to monopolize markets
November 13, 2025
Applied Materials said on Thursday it expects spending on chipmaking equipment in China to fall in 2026 as tighter U.S. export controls limit its market access, with overall revenue
November 13, 2025
Blue Origin has launched its huge New Glenn rocket with a pair of NASA spacecraft destined for Mars
November 13, 2025
A Canadian anti-whaling activist who has dodged arrest in Japan for more than a decade vowed at COP30 in Brazil to continue fighting for marine
November 13, 2025
With more than a half-million people worldwide dying from heat-related causes every year, a group of philanthropies is putting $300 million
November 13, 2025
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches landmark Mars mission in New Glenn rocket’s first big test
November 13, 2025
Wildlife officials say a small alligator spotted along the Charles River in Boston this week has been rescued and delivered to safety
November 13, 2025
The U.S.
November 13, 2025
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman had what his office says was a “ventricular fibrillation flare-up” that caused him to feel light-headed and fall during an early morning walk
November 13, 2025
The twin spacecraft Blue and Gold could open a new era in space exploration and planetary science, powered by commercial partnerships and innovations.
November 13, 2025
OpenAI and Microsoft team up with state law enforcers on AI safety task force
November 13, 2025
There's a new frontier in treating autoimmune diseases
November 13, 2025
The parents of two babies who were sickened in an infantile botulism outbreak linked to recalled ByHeart infant formula are suing the company
November 13, 2025
Tesla is developing support for Apple's CarPlay system in its electric vehicles, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, marking a potential shift in the carmaker's long-standing resistance to
November 13, 2025
The U.S. government is due to lumber back to life on Thursday after the longest shutdown in U.S. history snarled air traffic, cut food
November 13, 2025
First-of-its-kind study may help explain why colorectal cancers are rising sharply in young people
November 13, 2025
Billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday said on X the CNBC report of his artificial intelligence startup xAI raising $15 billion in a series E funding round was "false."
November 13, 2025
Africa is facing the worst outbreak of cholera in 25 years, the Africa CDC told reporters in a briefing on Thursday, blaming the rise on fragile water systems and conflict.
November 13, 2025
Tesla said on Thursday it is recalling about 10,500 units of its Powerwall 2 battery power systems in the U.S. for fire and burn hazards after receiving 22 reports of overheating. The U.S.
November 13, 2025
Pfizer on Thursday closed its up to $10 billion acquisition of Metsera after winning shareholder approval, gaining a foothold in the fast-growing obesity
November 13, 2025
By Deepa Seetharaman SAN FRANCISCO -ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Thursday said it will invest in a startup focused on blocking bad actors from creating biological weapons powered by artificial intelligence
November 13, 2025
Doctors say they’re ‘measurably closer’ to making pig kidneys work for humans
November 13, 2025
The drug information sheets that the FDA requires companies to produce are living documents that get updated with new information.
November 13, 2025
While Trump scraps US climate policies, companies still face pressure from states, other countries and their customers. That pressure trickles down supply chains.
November 13, 2025
BioNTech said on Thursday that its collaboration with Pfizer has not changed, when asked to comment on a report that Pfizer is looking to sell its stake in the German biotech firm
November 13, 2025
The U.S.
November 13, 2025
Technology executives and analysts expect artificial intelligence to generate hundreds of billions of dollars in value, yet forecasts for the market diverge significantly based on the
November 13, 2025
A battle is brewing over the future of online shopping
November 13, 2025
China has created more space debris than any other country. But as its space program grows, it has more to lose from a collision than ever before.
November 13, 2025
The technology that has helped propel the simulation theory may be new, but the questions it explores are ancient.
November 13, 2025
Millions saw unexpected northern lights, as a wild solar storm unfolded across the world
November 12, 2025
India's Biocon expects a 50% drop in costs for developing complex biosimilars as the United States has proposed to ease clinical testing for the drugs that make up more
November 13, 2025
Baidu unveiled two new semiconductors for artificial intelligence on Thursday, saying the products can provide Chinese companies with powerful, low-cost
November 13, 2025
U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is hospitalized and currently under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition, which he founded,
November 13, 2025
When Fusarium graminearum infects wheat, it can pose a risk to humans, animals and agriculture.
November 12, 2025
Strong solar storms responsible for breathtaking auroras across the U.S. have delayed the launch of Blue Origin's big new rocket
November 12, 2025
In Japan's Northern Alps, residents are chasing monkeys to keep them away from farms and homes
November 12, 2025
Shah Capital, Novavax's second-largest shareholder, is pressing the biotech's board to pursue strategic changes, including a potential sale, and warned it
November 12, 2025
The U.S.
November 12, 2025
Scientists report that emissions from fossil fuels rose by 1.1% in 2025, marking the second consecutive year of a small increase
November 13, 2025
Rates of high blood pressure in children have nearly doubled in 20 years
November 12, 2025
Researchers are reporting two promising approaches to counteract malaria's growing drug resistance
November 12, 2025
The White House on Wednesday declined to provide specific details of medical images that doctors took of President Donald Trump's body during a physical a month ago, but said the
November 12, 2025
Volkswagen Group said on Wednesday the technology it is developing with U.S. electric-vehicle maker Rivian Automotive could eventually be used in
November 12, 2025
As United Nation climate talks get underway in Belem, a different kind of conference is kicking off: the People’s Summit, a gathering of activists, organizers, environmentalists and Indigenous groups from around the world
November 12, 2025
Vice President JD Vance has praised Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for questioning established science and embracing nontraditional voices in health care
November 12, 2025
US health leaders hailed the benefits of hormone therapy for menopause. Doctors are pushing for balance
November 12, 2025
Melissa was just the latest blow, following close on the heels of Beryl. Many islands today have little time to recover before the next disaster hits.
November 12, 2025
Denver turns asphalt into gardens to reduce flooding and reinvest in neighborhoods
November 12, 2025
Nvidia on Wednesday denied plans to invest $1 billion in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, hours after the state governor touted the firm's plans to build a data center
November 12, 2025
The wild form of the virus behind polio has been detected in wastewater sampling in Germany, the nation's main public health body told Reuters on
November 12, 2025
Indigenous protesters on Wednesday defended charging the gates of Brazil's COP30 climate summit and clashing with
November 12, 2025
Alphabet's Waymo said on Wednesday it will begin offering robotaxi rides that use freeways across San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix, as it steps up expansion amid competition in the
November 12, 2025
OpenAI asked a federal judge in New York on Wednesday to reverse an order that required it to turn over 20 million anonymized ChatGPT chat logs amid a copyright
November 12, 2025
Newsom calls Trump an ‘invasive species’ and ‘wrecking ball’ in fiery remarks at COP30 climate summit
November 12, 2025
The U.S.
November 12, 2025
AI startup Anthropic said on Wednesday it would invest $50 billion in building data centers in the U.S., the latest multi-billion-dollar outlay in the industry as companies race to expand
November 12, 2025
Sea otter pup and mom reunited
November 12, 2025
At least 27 people sickened and 6 dead in latest US listeria outbreak. What you should know
November 12, 2025
Researchers have found that shouting is more effective than speaking when trying to scare off seagulls
November 12, 2025
Video shows alligator slinking back into Charles River in Boston
November 12, 2025
The world oil market will see a small surplus in 2026 after OPEC+ production increases and higher supply from other producers, an OPEC report showed on Wednesday, a
November 12, 2025
Iran still has not let inspectors into the nuclear sites Israel and the United States bombed in June, the U.N. atomic watchdog said in a confidential report on
November 12, 2025
The International Atomic Energy Agency has been unable to verify Iran's near weapons-grade uranium stockpile since Israel struck its nuclear sites in June
November 12, 2025
The number of people diagnosed with tuberculosis worldwide rose again last year, eclipsing 2023's record total
November 12, 2025
From extreme heat to mosquito-borne illnesses, climate change is making people sicker and more vulnerable to disease. Health scientists explain what individuals and governments can do about it.
November 12, 2025
Battery researchers are seeking options with better performance, improved environmental sustainability and lower cost than lithium-ion batteries.
November 12, 2025
A psychology team distills the 6 principles of ‘consumer wisdom’: a set of habits that promotes well-being by aligning our values and behaviors.
November 12, 2025
Is time real, or an illusion? The best answer may be neither: Both physics and philosophy suggest that time is a projection of the mind onto a timeless reality.
November 12, 2025
Scientists across all fields make various types of claims about their innovations. Validity tests check whether they deliver on what they promise.
November 12, 2025
Northern lights just dazzled night skies as far south as Florida. Here’s who has the best chance to see them tonight
November 12, 2025
Microsoft on Wednesday said it is expanding its quantum facility just outside the Danish capital Copenhagen, by building its second lab in the Nordic
November 12, 2025
IBM announced on Wednesday it has built a new experimental quantum computing chip called Loon that demonstrates it hit a key milestone toward making useful
November 12, 2025
Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first in insects
November 12, 2025
Mount Nemrut: Where colossal stone gods guard a 2,000-year-old mystery
November 12, 2025
A seismic shift in computing is on the horizon (and it’s not AI)
November 12, 2025
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi this week hinted at a possible shift in the country's decades-old non-nuclear principles, raising speculation that
November 12, 2025
Global oil and gas demand could grow until 2050, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday, departing from previous expectations of a speedy transition to
November 12, 2025
AI data centre-fuelled power demand growth in the U.S. is likely to drive a "boom cycle" for energy storage in the next five years as more storage is needed to
November 12, 2025
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat,
November 12, 2025
A spat between China and Japan over Japanese Premier Sanae Takaichi's Taiwan comments showed no signs of abating on Wednesday with a series of
November 12, 2025
The southeastern U.S. has plunged into record-low temperatures, affecting 18 million people under a freeze warning across Alabama, Florida, and Georgia
November 11, 2025
Australia's Mineral Resources said on Wednesday it would sell a 30% stake in part of its lithium business to South Korea's POSCO for $765 million to reduce debt, sending its
November 11, 2025
The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago
November 09, 2025
ByHeart recalls all of its baby formula in the US amid infant botulism outbreak investigation
November 11, 2025
Longtime FDA oncology leader named agency’s top drug regulator
November 11, 2025
The U.S.
November 11, 2025
(Corrects paragraph 14 to delete reference to former USARC commissioners' obvious personal or professional lack of connections to the Arctic, adds more information on Nesheiwat's professional
November 11, 2025
AI incident involving middle school girl leads to multiple investigations, possible law changes
November 11, 2025
The Food and Drug Administration has named a longtime regulator of cancer medications to lead the agency’s drug center
November 11, 2025
Man encourages organ donation after helping save 9-year-old boy's life. "Give a piece of yourself"
November 11, 2025
Record-breaking cold settles in across the southern US, but another big change is coming
November 10, 2025
This year's United Nations climate talks in Brazil are putting a special focus on Indigenous peoples
November 11, 2025
Pressure grows for release of penguins ‘trapped’ at London aquarium
November 11, 2025
Baby formula manufacturer ByHeart recalled all of its products sold nationwide Tuesday
November 11, 2025
At 93 years old, Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire is urging Brazil to empower native peoples to preserve the Amazon rainforest
November 11, 2025
Tech advocacy group Public Citizen has demanded OpenAI withdraw Sora 2, citing safety concerns and threats to democracy from the AI video generator
November 11, 2025
Researchers in South Africa have launched clinical trials for the first vaccine developed entirely in the country
November 11, 2025
Politicians get blamed for government shutdowns. But does the fault lie also with citizens, who are more invested in punishing partisan rivals than in demanding competent government?
November 10, 2025
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow will conduct nuclear tests if any other nuclear power does so.
November 11, 2025
SoftBank Group's $5.8 billion sale of its Nvidia stake jolted stock markets on Tuesday, stoking fears that the frenzy around artificial intelligence may have peaked,
November 11, 2025
Delta Air Lines marks 25 years of annual "Dream Flight" for Black students
November 11, 2025
Photojournalist receiving kidney donation from co-worker
November 11, 2025
Microsoft plans to invest $10 billion in artificial intelligence infrastructure at a data centre in Portugal's port city of Sines over the next few years, marking one of the largest
November 11, 2025
Meta's chief artificial intelligence scientist Yann LeCun is planning to leave the social media company to set up his own startup, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing people
November 11, 2025
Down syndrome results in changes to the structure and function of neural circuits in the brain. Delivering a specific protein to neurons could reverse these changes.
November 11, 2025
The Tropical Forest Forever Facility is designed to reward countries for preventing deforestation. Charts show the magnitude of the problem.
November 10, 2025
Air raid sirens in Bahrain as Iranian missiles and drones head for Gulf neighbors
Armenia prepares for an election that could reshape ties with Moscow and the West
Taiwan says Chinese coast guard, research ships near key S. China Sea islands
An Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon kills Lebanese troops days after ceasefire
Roki Sasaki’s 10 strikeouts, a harder splitter and a long-awaited breakthrough for the Dodgers
Freddie Freeman crushes a walkoff homer, lifting the Dodgers over the Angels 1-0
A comeback to savor, a finish to forget. Wemby and the Spurs let Game 2 of the NBA Finals get away