Rumor that city in Sweden trained crows to pick up cigarette butts is for the birds
A startup company presented a pilot project in 2022 in Södertälje, Sweden, but the municipality did not proceed with the work.
FCC’s import ban on the best new drones starts today
Americans will be unable to buy the latest and greatest drones because the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has banned foreign-made drones as of today. On
25 rumors involving Epstein we inspected in 2025
Rumors about Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged connections swirled this year. These ones stood out to our newsroom.
OpenAI’s child exploitation reports increased sharply this year
OpenAI sent 80 times as many child exploitation incident reports to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children during the first half of 2025
US economy grows at fastest pace in two years
Strong consumer spending helps the US economy grow at a faster rate than expected.
Gunmen abduct 28 Muslim travellers in central Nigeria
The victims, including women and children, were ambushed on their way to a religious festival.
Thousands fleeing DR Congo violence face ‘dire conditions’ in Burundi – aid agencies
Those particularly affected are children and pregnant women – some going without food for days.
What Friday’s underwhelming Epstein files release means for Trump and Maga
Conservative influencers were conspicuously silent following the latest release – but political danger remains for the president.
‘Hurricane of corruption’: GOP warned to brace for tough questions on Trump
The Republican Party has been told to brace itself to field tough questions on Tweety McTreason and his administration. The president is under fire for
Trump admin to seize wages of up to 5 million defaulted student loan holders
President Tweety McTreason’s administration will reportedly begin seizing wages from up to 5 million student loan borrowers who are behind on their payments. On Tuesday
Google says no to training AI on its search results
Google is suing SerpApi, a web-scraping company that provides its customers with an API that mimics human searching, the latest salvo in the battle over
Apple fined $116 million in Italy
The Italian competition authority, Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, has fined Apple more than $116 million (€98.6 million) for abusing its dominant position in
Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that
A new Department of Health and Human Services report reveals Medicaid programs made over $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021
Jackie Chan carries the Olympic Torch through Pompeii
Jackie Chan carries the Olympic Torch through Pompeii