A female 8-foot python named Nanner has become an unlikely suspect in a central Virginia middle school fire, with officials saying the snake helped start the blaze and her owner arguing that Nanner ...

A detective with the Sumter County Sheriff's Office was fired and arrested for allegedly using law-enforcement databases to gain information on her husband's ex-wife, the sheriff said Thursday. Brandy ...

Finnish elevator and escalator maker Kone KNEBV0.92%increase; up pointing triangle backed full-year guidance despite booking hefty costs related to its planned acquisition of German rival TK Elevator ...

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day competition to remove invasive snakes, has concluded. Hunters competed for $25,000 in cash prizes, including a $10,000 grand prize for removing the most ...

Hunters stepping into the Everglades arena for the 2026 Python Challenge will find a population unculled by winter’s freak freeze and the potential need for a strategic reset in tactics because of ...

A practical workaround shows how PowerShell developers can keep Windows Forms GUIs responsive by moving timer-driven processing into background jobs and using a second timer to update the interface ...

A group of scientists from several institutions has reached a major scientific milestone by using artificial intelligence to engineer a new strain of E. coli that can survive without one of life's ...

Vector databases have graduated from experimental tooling to mission-critical infrastructure. In 2026, vector databases serve as the core retrieval layer for RAG pipelines, semantic search systems, ...

Finland’s Kone has agreed to buy German rival TK Elevator in a landmark deal valued at 29.4 billion euros ($34.4 billion). The combination would create the world’s largest elevator maker and marks one ...

Elevator and escalator company Kone Oyj (KNYJF) is in advanced discussions to purchase TK Elevator. The Finnish company is progressing in talks with TK Elevator’s private equity backers, Advent and ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom is hoping to to boost California’s tarnished image on the national stage — so he’s throwing millions in taxpayer money at a high-powered New York public relations firm to do it for ...

March 19 (Reuters) - OpenAI said on Thursday it will acquire Python toolmaker Astral, as the ChatGPT owner looks to strengthen its portfolio against ‌rival Anthropic and gain more share in the ...