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If you've used a GPS system — or if you happen to be using the Internet to read this — you can thank DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. For 50 years, the smallish, somewhat secretive division of the Pentagon has been mostly off-limits to reporters. Now author Michael Belfiore has profiled the agency in a new book.

National Safety Shelters sells safety pods that can fit a classroom of students inside to protect them from active shooters or extreme weather.

As the former Israeli prime minister returns to power, he's expected to give a post to a politician once convicted of inciting racism — whom the Biden administration might choose not to engage with.

Whitworth, whose LPGA Tour victories spanned nearly a quarter-century, died on Christmas Eve. Her 88 victories are the most by any player on a single professional tour.

Five African teams qualified for the World Cup. They have the talent, but when will an African side win the gold trophy?

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter owner Elon Musk have long had a rivalry. That's now been put on vivid display with Zuckerberg taking aim at Twitter by launching the new social media app Threads.

U.N. and Afghan officials confirmed reports of fraud in the Aug. 20 presidential elections and ordered a partial recount. The latest returns from the Afghan Election Commission show incumbent President Hamid Karzai now has enough votes to avoid a run-off with his nearest challenger.

The attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, Pakistan, is an embarrassment for the Pakistani government. Islamabad has had trouble convincing other cricketing nations to compete in Pakistan due to the deteriorating security situation.

Electronic warfare connected to the conflict in Gaza is interfering with the global positioning system in a large part of the region.

Four weeks of chanting and shouting on the streets were not expressions of anger about politics — but the sound of joy and excitement about the European Championship soccer tournament.