Shark attack on Alabama teen inspires the start of a national alert system

Lulu Gribbin survived a near-fatal shark attack in 2024. She has since inspired federal legislation to create an alert system ...

A year after the deadly Texas Hill Country floods, here's what's changed — and what hasn't

The Texas Legislature passed laws to shore up emergency sirens and mandate new camp regulations, but other bills failed.

Modern Data & Knowledge Platforms: The Foundation Every AI Strategy Actually Runs On: SD Times 100

Part of the SD Times 100 2026 series. See the full SD Times 100 2026 list for every category and honoree. Every conversation ...

Four days to make victims fall in love: How global scammers use US tech to fleece people

Technology from American companies is being used to power a revolution in the scam industry, playing a key role in the ...
Vientiane Times

Agriculture ministry boosts exports, targets 4.1 percent growth

Dr Linkham Douangsavanh speaks to reporters while attending the first expanded government cabinet meeting of 2026 at the National Convention Centre in Vientiane last Thursday.

PHOTO ESSAY: Sudan's capital eases to life again after 3 years of war

Khartoum has become a kind of ghost town after three years of war. Children wander through an amusement park in the shadow of ...

A new law could create a list of immigrants illegally living in Mississippi. Advocates are alarmed

A new Mississippi law authorizes the state's top law enforcement agency to compile a list of immigrants illegally living in ...