When the northern giant hornet—nicknamed the “murder hornet”—first showed up in Washington state in 2019, it sparked a wave of panic. These thumb-sized insects, with their piercing ...

Invasive insects like the tiger mosquito and the Asian hornet are becoming increasingly common across Europe, with devastating consequences for human health, agriculture and the environment.

The murder trial of Dan Serafini, the former Major League Baseball pitcher accused of shooting and ambushing his in-laws at their Tahoe-area home, resumed Tuesday.

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