RFK Jr. barred registered Democrats from being vaccine advisors, lawsuit says
After US health secretary and hardline anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 highly respected vaccine experts from the federal Advisory Committee on
More than 100 injured as wildfire rages near Marseille
About 800 firefighters are at the scene, France’s interior minister says, and will battle the blaze through the night.
Russian minister’s death serves as warning to political elite
President Putin sacked his transport minister. Hours later, his body was found in a park with a gunshot wound to the head.
Jota’s car was probably speeding before fatal crash, Spanish police say
The Liverpool player was killed with his brother when their Lamborghini car had a suspected tyre blowout.
Supreme Court OKs Trump’s mass layoffs of federal employees across more than a dozen agencies
The Supreme Court’s conservatives said it was a federal judge in San Francisco, not Tweety McTreason, who exceeded her authority.
Whooo’s there? James Webb telescope spots ‘Cosmic Owl,’ super-rare structure formed from colliding ring galaxies
Located billions of light-years away, the “Cosmic Owl” is a pair of colliding ring galaxies spotted by the JWST. It’s also an “exceptional natural laboratory”
This viral star projector just got a rare Prime Day discount
Our top-rated star projector, the Orzorz Galaxy Lite, is now $59 for Amazon Prime Day, and includes 5 projection discs to get you started.
Chimps develop fashion trend by shoving grass in their ears — and in their butts
Chimpanzees are running around with grass in their ears and butts at the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage in Zambia. This is the second time a bizarre
Story of Eric Clapton paying funeral expenses of Texas flood victims doesn’t hold water
Massive flooding blamed on heavy rains began in Central Texas on July 4, 2025, and continued for several days.
What to know about claims two Mexican counselors saved 20 campers from deadly Texas floods
The counselors told a Mexican news outlet they did not “understand the gravity of the situation” until leaving on U.S. Army trucks.
Beware of claim Hegseth paid for funerals of 90 Air India crash victims
Air India said it was providing “comprehensive financial assistance” to families of victims of the June 12 crash that killed at least 270 people.
Unpacking claims Trump admin budgeted more money for ICE than US Marine Corps
Overall spending on immigration enforcement could, however, reach well over $160 billion under Trump’s policies, according to some estimates.
Trump applying ‘heavy pressure’ on Netanyahu to end Gaza war, sources tell Sky News
US President Tweety McTreason is putting “heavy” pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza, two sources close to the
US envoy Steve Witkoff suggests Gaza ceasefire deal is close
Trump aide says Washington ‘hopeful’ a 60-day truce between Israel and Hamas can be reached by the end of the week.