Raising the level of abstraction from gate-level descriptions to behavioral descriptions has increased the productivity of hardware designers. High-Level Synthesis (HLS) aims to further reduce design ...

“If you back up to a pasture or have undeveloped land near you, that's a chance there might be a fire that starts there and it could move into your communities. If you have green space around ...

That's why devices like the Amazon Fire Stick are so popular. The Fire Stick is a simple plug and play device that slots into your TV's HDMI port, connects to your home internet, and facilitates ...

Sebastian Hidalgo for The New York Times Owning a gun is illegal for people under 21 in Chicago, and Stick Talk does not teach participants how to fire weapons. It does teach them how to carry ...

Shooting prisoners to death has consequences for the reputation of the state,” a national death penalty expert said.

Last year, a new execution method was used in the U.S. for the first time since 1982. Here’s a look at how people have been ...

South Carolina became the first state since 2010 to execute an inmate by firing squad. Is the method legal in Mississippi?

“For a lot of people, it's a neuromuscular coordination issue—they don’t know how to fire their hips,” she says. “They haven't made that mind-muscle connection.” Hip weakness can ...

The double murderer set to die by firing squad in South Carolina Friday had his last-minute appeal to save his life turned down — paving the way for him to become the first in the US to die by ...

Editor's note: Brad Keith Sigmon was executed Friday by firing squad. Follow along here. A South Carolina man who beat his ex-girlfriend's parents to death in a fit of rage is set to become the ...