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The late conservative activist, 31, was fatally shot on September 10 while debating students at the Utah Valley University college campus.

Longtime Slashdot reader hackingbear writes: The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has demonstrated its ability to launch and recover aircraft from its first electromagnetic catapult-equipped aircraft carrier, the CNS Fujian. Official imagery released by the PLAN today confirms that the new J-35 naval stealth fighters, KJ-600 airborne early warning and control aircraft, and J-15T fighter jet are carrying out carrier trials. Ben Lewis, a co-founder of PLATracker, told USNI News that the test was a "significant milestone" for the Chinese military's carrier program. "Once operational, the PLAN will have the capacity to field fifth-generation stealth carrier aircraft, supported by fixed-wing carrier-based airborne early warning and command aircraft, across the first island chain and Western Pacific Ocean," Lewis said. Electromagnetic catapults offer several advantages, not least the fact that they can be more finely tuned to very different aircraft types, including ones that are larger and slower (like the KJ-600), or which are smaller and lighter, such as smaller drones. In contrast to the U.S. Navy, which gathered decades of experience with steam-powered catapults, China opted for electromagnetic ones for its first catapult-equipped carrier. It's worth noting that the U.S. Navy's USS Gerald R. Ford was the first carrier ever to get an aircraft into the air using what is also referred to as an electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS). However, it has not launched an F-35C so far, making the J-35 the first stealth jet to achieve this feat. Based on earlier predictions, the F-35C may not do the same for some years.

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Mother Tiona Islar told police she last saw her children alive in her San Antonio area home around 10am on Saturday.

John, who also presented Newsnight and Panorama in a remarkable TV career which spanned nearly five decades, passed away aged 79 on Sunday following a battle with Parkinson's disease.

Ryan Barton (pictured) scooped the men's accolade at the contest in the market town of Egremont, Cumbria, this weekend.

The fashion brand has launched their autumn wardrobe

David Gainford, better known online as Mr TravelON, is now based in the Canary Islands and shares his thoughts on tourism in the region.

It sounds almost too good to be true, but researchers think that shining red light at patients could be a way to treat everything from sight loss and type 2 diabetes to paralysis and even dementia.

Standing in the car park of a hospital I had never been to before, ahead of my appointment for an intrusive scan, I was on edge, flustered and - as it would transpire - vulnerable.

Acne is the scourge of teenage life, with around only one in 20 people managing to get through adolescence without developing it to some degree, according to the NHS.

Pete Wicks has caused a stir by kissing his former Strictly Come Dancing partner Jowita Przystał on stage at London's O2 on Friday, with it later transpiring he has another woman on the go.

Jessica Brady should be alive today. At just 27, this bright young woman died of cancer after her GP surgery failed to diagnose her condition despite more than twenty appointments over five months.

Didier Reyes, 40, was arrested in Lelley, East Yorkshire, in May 2024 by National Crime Agency officers who discovered 524kg of drugs hidden away inside a rental van parked outside a pub.

Here's some news that would have delighted his grandmother, the 'Queen of Romance' Dame Barbara Cartland.

As a professor of cognitive neuroimaging, I've spent decades using state-of-the-art brain-imaging techniques to investigate the autistic brain.

The Supreme Court has temporarily allowed President Trump to fire Rebecca Slaughter, the last Democrat on the FTC. "The court's action is technically temporary, since the justices said they will hear arguments in the case in December, but every indication is that the conservative court majority will use the case to reverse a major Supreme Court precedent that dates back almost a century," reports NPR. From the report: Congress created the FTC and lots of other agencies to be multi-member, bipartisan regulatory agencies. And the Supreme Court in 1935 upheld those statutes ruling ruled against then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt's claim that he could fire FTC commissioners at will. In a unanimous opinion at the time, the court said Congress acted within its powers in declaring that a commissioner could only be fired for misconduct -- not for a policy disagreement. But now, prodded by President Trump, the court's six-member conservative majority seems poised to remake the way independent agencies operate. And if the handwriting on the wall is as clear as it seems to be, the independent agencies won't be independent. Their membership will be subject to the will of the president. The court's action Monday was hardly subtle. While the lower courts had ruled that the president could not fire Slaughter, under the court's 1935 precedent, the conservative Supreme Court majority allowed the president to fire her. Indeed, her name isn't even on the FTC website anymore. And the court so far has allowed Trump to fire other agency board members. In short, the justices are not playing hide-the-ball. And it's a good bet that the court will reverse the 1935 precedent, which until now had been reaffirmed multiple times. The result will be that whereas in the past, these agencies had to be bipartisan, with a minority of opposition party members, now there will be no such requirement. In short, Trump can name all the agency members. And if his successor is a Democrat, he or she can fire all the Republicans.

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The Devil Wears Prada star, 42, was the epitome of elegance in the shimmery garment, which featured a black strappy bust, while stopping for striking snaps at Zoo Palast.

Signatories include 10 Nobel Prize winners

ai-pocalypse  Ten Nobel Prize winners are among the more than 200 people who've signed a letter calling on the United Nations to define and enforce “red lines” that prohibit some uses of AI.…

The system, set to be introduced in October, is designed to replace manual passport stamping for non-EU travellers, including UK passport holders, entering the Schengen Area.

Single since his days as a heart-throb to millions of teenage girls in the 1980s, Matt Goss is finally getting married. The Bros pop singer has proposed to his girlfriend, the jewellery designer Chantal Brown.