Fast charging seems to be almost everywhere. Many smartphones can go from nearly empty to more than 50% charged in about half an hour, while some electric vehicles can add hundreds of miles of range during a quick charging stop.But batteries aren’t perfect; their capacity degrades over time. Given that fast charging delivers more power in a shorter amount of time, does fast charging damage batteries?Scientists say the answer is yes, but it’s more complicated than you might think. Fast charging can accelerate some types of battery degradation, but modern batteries are designed with safeguards to help limit the damage.How…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani declined to comment on whether the collapse of former Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner’s campaign reflects a broader problem within the progressive movement, instead saying in an interview published Thursday that it was time to “bring this chapter to a close.” During an interview with NY1’s Errol Lewis, the host noted that Platner’s downfall had sparked a national conversation about whether progressives had moved too quickly to embrace a candidate who was “simply unfit” for office. “There’s a national discussion that this has triggered about whether or not the push by some progressives to sort of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Friday warned Iran that the United States would “decimate and destroy” the country if Tehran carried out an assassination attempt against him.”1000 Missiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, with thousands of more to immediately follow, should the Iranian Government act on its threat, pronounced in many corners of the Globe, to assassinate, or attempt to assassinate, the sitting President of the United States of America, in this case, ME!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.The president said he had already directed the…

It wouldn’t be a season of Love Island USA if the Islanders didn’t do a challenge that required them to spit food into each other’s mouths. During the Friday, July 10, episode, the Islanders were led to a grocery store setup where they were instructed to check out items such as sardines, baked beans, picked eggs, mushroom soup and more. They would have to weigh each item by having a couple use their mouths — and spit it from one person’s mouth to another’s and then the scale. This led to a stomach-churning exchange of fluids that led some to…

WASHINGTON — Jasson Domínguez began Friday as one of the Yankees’ hotter hitters of late — which wasn’t exactly saying much, given their collective funk before Thursday’s breakout — but Aaron Boone is setting a higher bar. As in more of what Domínguez did Friday night. The 23-year-old outfielder smoked a solo shot from the left side and later singled from the right side in the ninth inning to start the game-winning rally as the Yankees beat the Nationals 5-3 at Nationals Park. “I feel like I’ve been getting better,” Domínguez said. “I’ve been working to take better at-bats. Just…

A new $4.7 billion bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, ​Ontario, which President Donald Trump threatened to block, is set to open on July 27 after the US and Canada struck ‌a deal on toll revenue, the Canadian government said late on Friday. The Gordie Howe International Bridge had been set to open in June. In February, Trump cited financial concerns and threatened to block the bridge named after the legendary Detroit Red Wings hockey player. Canada said it struck a deal with the US government on “a series of cooperative measures focused on toll ​governance and transparency, as well as investments in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal appeals court upheld a controversial Illinois gun control law that largely bans assault weapons.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit decision issued on Thursday slapped down a district court decision that declared the ban unconstitutional.”Among other things, the Act criminalizes the manufacture, sale, delivery, purchase, and possession of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines. A grandfather clause permits preexisting lawful owners of the regulated items to continue possessing them,” the Thursday decision noted.US JUDGE TOSSES ILLINOIS’ BAN ON SEMIAUTOMATIC WEAPONS, GOVERNOR PLEDGES SWIFT APPEAL Smith & Wesson M&P-15 semi-automatic…

FBI arrests first suspect on ‘most wanted fraudsters’ list First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli joins ‘Saturday in America’ to discuss the ongoing fraud crackdown and multiple arrests made on suspects who allegedly stole hundreds of millions of dollars. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two California men accused of stealing more than $100,000 worth of tools, copper wire and vehicles allegedly took pictures of themselves while committing the crimes, authorities said.The alleged thefts occurred during a burglary at a business in American Canyon on July 6, according to the American Canyon…

DEAR ABBY: I married when I was 20 and my husband was 32. I grew up with a conservative view of marriage, so in a sense, I believed marrying early would grant me the most freedom as a woman. We have been married for five years and have a child.  Over the years, many people have offered unsolicited advice about how I “missed out on my 20s,” or how our age gap is “disturbing.” I have done my best to brush off these comments, but as I’ve grown and my views about life have evolved, these negative sentiments are becoming…

Larry Birkhead slammed the upcoming biopic about Dr. Sandeep Kapoor who was implicated in Anna Nicole Smith’s death. “We absolutely object to any of Anna Nicole’s, my life, my daughter’s life being used in a movie,” the photographer, 53, said in an interview with Entertainment Tonight published on Thursday, July 9. “And being made characters out of someone [who] was a doctor that supposedly people were supposed to trust.” Birkhead claimed that he reached out to Kapoor to discuss how the film could impact his and Smith’s 19-year-old daughter Dannielynn. (Birkhead and Smith met at the Kentucky Derby in 2004,…