When most people think of venomous creatures, snakes, spiders, and insects spring to mind. Admittedly, those are the most ...

The new pesticide, based on the venom of a particular spider, kills common agricultural pests but leaves honeybees unharmed. (See “Honeybees in East Africa Resist Deadly Pathogens.”) The bee-friendly ...

Jan. 6, 2021, will — or at least should — always be considered one of the darkest days in our nation’s history. It is a date cemented to Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn a free and fair election ...

One of the main lines of attack the White House and Republican lawmakers have leveled against Democrats amid the government shutdown is the claim that Democratic lawmakers want to give immigrants in ...

Social Security, Medicare, and VA benefits will continue despite shutdown risk Essential federal services like military, TSA, and mail will operate without pay Shutdown may disrupt federal agency ...

Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help. By New York Times Games Editor’s Note: Enter the Spelling Bee writing contest for a chance to appear in this year’s edition of Puzzle Mania! Read the ...

In what is a blockbuster Champions League showdown on Wednesday night, Barcelona will welcome PSG to Catalonia. Starting with the hosts, while there might have been plenty of raised eyebrows around ...

Six people were arrested and more than $27,000 in stolen merchandise was recovered through a retail theft investigation, the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post Friday.

Mule deer were uncommon in Idaho prior to white settlement. Early journals and observations from settlers and other historical documents rarely mention mule deer, but they frequently mention bison and ...

The Modesto Police Department arrested the coach of a youth soccer travel team Sept. 25 for alleged possession or control of child pornography. The arrest came after MPD’s high-tech crimes unit ...

Your odds of being bitten by a snake obviously increase when you serve as the director of a reptile zoo, and one man in Kentucky had a brush with death after being bitten by an animal in his care. He ...