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The Lyrid meteor shower peaks tonight: Here’s the best time to catch a glimpse of April 2025’s spectacular show

Skywatchers are treated to a week of dazzling celestial displays as the Lyrids take to the sky this month. Here’s when to look up.

The Lyrid meteor shower is one of the most well-known stellar displays, occurring once a year in April. It’s also one of the oldest meteor showers that we know of, with records dating back to 687 BCE from Chinese astronomers.

Grubhub nearly killed off Seamless years ago. Its NYC-based owners are reviving it

Foreign ownership had effectively ditched a brand that still held appeal in America’s largest delivery market. Now Marc Lore’s Wonder wants to correct the mistake.

Restaurant delivery in New York is not like restaurant delivery in any other part of the country. The city has a long history with food delivery thanks to its dense population and copious restaurants (roughly 25,000 at last count). It even had its own delivery brand, Seamless, launched over a quarter-century ago as SeamlessWeb in the city. Now, after a brief fall from public view, Seamless is back in New York.

Countries ramp up defenses against cyberattacks amid global tensions

Businesses now are increasingly concerned about cyberattacks, and governments have moved to a war footing.

Hackers linked to Russia’s government launched a cyberattack last spring against municipal water plants in rural Texas. At one plant in Muleshoe, population 5,000, water began to overflow. Officials had to unplug the system and run the plant manually.

Coal miners lose safety nets as black lung programs collapse under Trump

A decades-old program operated by NIOSH to detect lung disease in coal miners is one of the federal programs that have been suspended.

Josh Cochran worked deep in the coal mines of West Virginia since he was 22 years old, pulling a six-figure salary that allowed him to buy a home with his wife Stephanie and hunt and fish in his spare time.

FTC sues Uber over misleading Uber One subscribers

Uber falsely claimed that users would save about $25 a month through the service and deceived them about how easy it was to cancel, the FTC said.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday sued Uber Technologies, accusing it of signing up some Uber One subscribers without their knowledge and making deceptive claims about the service.

The Ice Bucket Challenge is back, this time with a focus on mental health

A new wave of students is using a familiar challenge to spark conversations—and hopefully save lives.

Remember the viral “Ice Bucket Challenge” of 2014? More than a decade later, it’s back—but this time, the focus is mental health.

Netflix is eyeing video podcasts as it expands beyond TV and film

As YouTube dominates the podcast space, Netflix sees an opportunity to woo creators and blur the lines between talk shows and podcasts.

Amid the video podcast boom, Netflix is making its own move into the space.

Musk’s DOGE is shuttering OSHA’s office in ‘Cancer Alley’—despite how dangerous it is

Louisiana is one of the most dangerous states in the U.S. for workers. The Trump administration plans to close its lone protection unit.

On the morning of March 20, Mathew Roberts was working at a chemical plant on the outskirts of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when he was involved in an accident with a forklift. Unresponsive and in critical condition, the father of two and Iraq War veteran known for his big laugh and warm smile was taken from the Nutrien nitrogen plant to a local hospital, where he died of his injuries. 

‘Meeting hangovers’ are draining your team. Here’s how to cure them

Too many meetings can do more harm than good—here’s how to prevent ‘meeting hangovers’ and keep your team engaged.

Exhaustion. Mental fatigue. Difficulty concentrating. Irritability. Dreading your next calendar appointment.