From The Sports Desk: Four World Cup games, four tightly contested draws on Monday
The last time four World Cup matches on the same day ended in a tie, Pelé was the 17-year-old breakout star and Frenchman Just Fontaine
Florida couple in IVF clinic’s embryo mix-up will keep baby who is not genetically theirs
Tiffany Score and Steven Mills, who are embroiled in an embryo mix-up at an IVF clinic, will keep their infant after reaching a custody agreement
Scientists found a way to explain bird flocks that “defy” Newton’s third law
Physicists have solved a long-standing problem involving systems that appear to violate Newton’s third law, such as bird flocks and bacterial swarms. By adding carefully
Alien messages may have reached Earth without us realizing it
A new SETI study suggests we may be overlooking alien signals not because they aren’t there, but because their own stars are scrambling them before
A dying star could create a new universe instead of a black hole
What if some black holes aren’t black holes at all? A new theoretical study suggests that when a massive star collapses, it might not form
Trump’s Iran success: making a worse deal than the one before?
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FBI thwarted plot targeting White House UFC event, Patel says
In newly unsealed court documents, the government alleges that the plan would have used drones. The FBI boss says multiple suspects are in custody.
Venezuela signs deal with US energy giant to rebuild power grid
The deal with General Electric is the latest sign of co-operation between US firms and Venezuela’s interim government.
France’s oldest female detainee, 79, goes on trial for in-law’s grisly murder
A dismembered body found in a chain-bound trunk in the Seine in 1995 was only recently connected to the defendant by DNA evidence.
Somaliland opens Jerusalem embassy after Israel’s recognition of its independence
The move comes six months after Israel became the first country to recognise the breakaway East African state.
JD Vance says he regrets calling Harris, Buttigieg & AOC “childless cat ladies”
Vice President JD Vance now says it was “boneheaded” of him to call several prominent Democrats “childless cat ladies.” In his new book Communion, Vance
Unpacking claim Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was caught on ‘hot mic’ dismissing data center concerns
The governor allegedly made the statement before speaking at the groundbreaking of a new data center in Saline Township.
The Ars Technica 2026 Reader Survey: Let your voice be heard!
Greetings, Arsians, and welcome to the great Ars Technica 2026 reader survey! It has been almost four years since we last ran a big site-wide
Double rainbow formed over Kennedy Center on day Trump’s name was scheduled to be removed
A judge ordered U.S. President Tweety McTreason’s name to be removed from the front of the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. by June 12, 2026.