No, Oprah didn’t take $40M FEMA construction grant to rebuild mansion after Maui wildfires
Online users shared this rumor about Oprah Winfrey and the 2023 Hawaii fires without realizing its originator publishes content labeled as satire.
Colleges across the country deal with shooting hoaxes as classes resume
At least a half-dozen universities across the nation on Monday welcomed students to first-day-of-fall classes with run-and-hide warnings about possible gunmen on campus
Was an ‘Arthur MacWaters’ fired from Cracker Barrel over rebrand?
MacWaters’ alleged resume attached to an X post also listed roles at Jaguar Land Rover UK, Bud Light, Netflix and other companies.
Trump says he will remove Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook
According to a letter posted to Truth Social, President Tweety McTreason says he will remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from her position and accused
Cracker Barrel’s logo controversy, explained
In August 2025, the popular restaurant chain significantly updated its logo for the first time since 1977.
SpaceX Scrubs 10th Starship Test Launch Because of Lousy Weather
Weather interfered on Monday night with the ability of Elon Musk’s company to show it could overcome setbacks faced by its Starship prototype.
Israel bombs hospital, kills journalists, medics, dozens more across Gaza
‘Double-tap’ attack on Nasser Hospital kills at least 21 Palestinians and draws global condemnation.
Liverpool beat 10-man Newcastle United 3-2 in Premier League thriller
Rio Ngumoha scores 100th-minute winner for Liverpool on his debut, after Newcastle fight back from two goals down.
‘Potentially hazardous’ asteroid Bennu contains dust older than the solar system itself — and traces of interstellar space
The near-Earth asteroid Bennu contains stardust that is older than the solar system and clues about its violent history, three new studies of the asteroid’s
Slain Al Jazeera journalist died documenting Gaza’s ‘suffering’
Al Jazeera’s Mohammad Salama was a “courageous journalist” who documented the suffering in Gaza.
First-ever pig-to-human lung transplant attempted in brain-dead person in China
In a first, scientists in China transplanted a lung from a pig into a human so they could see how the host immune system handled
Malia Bee Pendant: A 3,800-year-old accessory found in a Minoan ‘pit of gold’
This extremely detailed depiction of insects holds clues to the natural world of the ancient Minoans.
The U.S. confirms its first human case of New World screwworm. What is it?
U.S. officials confirmed a case of the flesh-eating parasite in a person who traveled from El Salvador. Screwworm typically affects cattle in South America but
These fish may feel pleasure while being groomed by other fish
An experiment with threadfin butterflyfish finds that these fish may experience pleasure while being cleaned by bluestreak cleaner wrasse — suggesting this capacity goes far