Summer arrives Sunday with the year's longest day — and a longer unofficial season than usual

Also, a quirk in the dates of Memorial Day and Labor Day means a whole week more of unofficial summer compared to last year.

Michael Mina shares an Alexandria-inspired steak sandwich recipe from 'My Egypt'

A tiny eating spot called El Fallah in Alexandria, Egypt, is famous for its liver sandwiches. The meat is sliced paper-thin ...

A diamond, a whale bone and lots of letters: What's inside the America 250 time capsule

A 900-pound time capsule marking the 250th anniversary of American independence has been sealed shut and shipped to ...

Himes at center of intense standoff over Trump appointee and spy powers: Dan Haar

Hours before President Donald Trump sidestepped his controversial June 4 appointment of a 38-year-old housing official named ...

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the Washington, DC, primary

Washington, D.C., will hold a districtwide primary that will be unlike previous elections. Tuesday's primary takes place ...

The 2026 GametimeCT All-State Girls Track and Field Team

The 2026 GametimeCT All-State Girls Track and Field Team. Compiled by Kevin Roberts. Photos by Hearst Connecticut Media.

Japan's DJ Rinoka bobs to the beat as a child prodigy techno artist

Never mind she isn’t old enough to get into a club. DJ Rinoka is still a celebrated techno artist at 9 years old. She decided ...

Supreme Court won't revive ex-Trump aide's suit over secret surveillance during Russia investigation

The Supreme Court is refusing to revive a lawsuit from an aide to President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign who was the target ...
Opinion

The ‘right to repair’ movement has a point, but consumers should read the warranty fine print first

The right to repair movement is in many ways a live policy experiment on expanding access to repair markets and giving consumers more choices. But more choices don’t necessarily ...

This successful Arctic fishing treaty has kept Russia, China, the US and others working together for 5 years – it could be a model for future diplomacy

Five years ago, the United States, Russia and China joined six other nations and the European Union to bring into force a new treaty – the Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement – to keep commercial ...
Opinion

AI schools like Alpha promise efficiency, but can’t replicate the messy process that helps kids learn

Failure, conflict and frustration might look like a struggle, but this is often how children learn. I have spent 20 years studying digital literacy and how technology reshapes learning. My work turns ...

Sonic booms from meteors can release the energy of hundreds of tons of TNT – here’s how they work

Residents along the Massachusetts–New Hampshire border were startled by a sudden sonic boom on the afternoon of May 30, 2026. A large number of people up and down the Eastern Seaboard witnessed it.