US drops charges against Olympian for damage to Reflecting Pool
The US Department of Justice has moved to dismiss its case against Olympian David Hearn.
Peru’s ex-president Humala released after conviction overturned
Humala and his wife were sentenced to 15 years last year after being convicted of money laundering.
America’s gun violence epidemic, through the eyes of a Chicago trauma surgeon
Gun violence is a uniquely American epidemic, according to Dr. Selwyn Rogers Jr. , the founding director of the University of Chicago Medicine Trauma Center.
Science word of the day: Allele
Science word of the day: Allele Pronunciation: Ah-LEEL’ What it means: Genes contain the instructions for the various proteins that determine traits, such as eye
A strange string of a dozen galaxies keeps surprising astronomers with its missing dark matter
In a string of a dozen small galaxies hung in the sky like a row of cosmic fairy lights, astronomers have discovered a small, ghostly
Israeli West Bank settler tells BBC attacks on Palestinians are justified as revenge
Settler violence against Palestinians is on the rise in the West Bank, as settlements and outposts expand.
Fifa scraps controversial World Cup investment plan
Football’s world governing body abandons plans to sell off stakes in its major competitions after widespread opposition to president Gianni Infantino’s proposal.
Did Mamdani say white New Yorkers must pay cash reparations for slavery?
The New York City mayor did not specify his views on the exact form slavery reparations should take.
Does video show thousands of migrants entering Spanish territory of Cueta? What we know
News footage showed crowds of people near Cueta’s southern border with Morocco in late July 2026.
Nancy Guthrie ransom notes released
The Pima County Sheriff’s office has released the two ransom notes they believe may be from the person or people who kidnapped Nancy Guthrie earlier
Baseless claim Natalie Harp is Trump’s hospice nurse spreads online
President Tweety McTreason’s executive assistant has been nicknamed “the human printer.”
FIFA cancels plan to sell World Cup stakes to private equity investors
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said he’s scrapping a plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private equity investors after strong backlash and statements
Russian missile attack kills three in Ukraine’s Kyiv
Residents trapped as partially collapsed building catches fire after deadly strike on Ukrainian capital.
US military says F-35B jet fighter crashes in California, pilot safe
The jet went down on Friday near the Miramar airbase in San Diego.