JD Vance casts doubt on firing squad execution and says he would not watch it
The planned execution of Nidal Hasan by firing squad would be the first military execution in more than 60 years.
BBC breaks down video of the aftermath of New York City ICE shooting
The BBC’s Nada Tawfik goes through new dramatic body cam footage that shows the tense moments when police arrive on scene.
Trump forces hand-picked Fed chief into brawl ‘whether he likes it or not’: report
President Tweety McTreason’s renewed push against a Federal Reserve official has dropped his own hand-picked central bank chief into an awkward position. Trump’s new effort
Republican voter unloads on C-SPAN by declaring ‘Trump needs to go to jail’: analyst
A Republican voter dialed into C-SPAN weeks before the midterms with a blistering verdict on his party and where its leaders belong. Progressive political analyst
People Reveal The Wildest Things Their Parents Let Them Do In The Early Internet Days And… Wow
None of it looked reckless at the time, but that has definitely changed.
AI sent police fake tip about unsolved murder
An artificial intelligence model sent a fake tip claiming to have information about an unsolved murder.
Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in US as another powerful storm barrels towards Mexico
Hurricane Isaias has made landfall in the US, bringing winds of more than 100mph and the risk of floods, storm surges and tornadoes.
Ramp hits $60bn valuation in $1.85bn round, Bloomberg reports
Fintech start-up Ramp has raised about $1.85bn at a valuation of roughly $60bn, Rebecca Torrence reported for Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. Dragoneer
Law firm Quinn Emanuel maps how AI data centre debt could unravel
A memo from US law firm Quinn Emanuel sets out how the debt behind the AI data centre boom could turn into a wave of
A year after the ‘ceasefire’, Gaza’s healthcare is still collapsing
Continuing attacks, restrictions on medical aid and delayed evacuations are still killing Palestinians.
Journalist Hamurabi Huesca Manzano killed in Mexico’s Oaxaca
Conflicting reports emerge on the circumstances of the killing, prompting calls for justice from advocacy groups.
Brazil police rescue 13 children taken hostage at kindergarten
Brazilian police have rescued 13 children held hostage for more than two hours at a daycare centre in Curitiba.
Does written language speed up or slow down cultural change?
The written word is one of humanity’s most important information technologies. Without it, mathematical and scientific discoveries would be lost to history. But it can
Hurricane Isaias downgraded after making landfall in Florida
Hundreds of thousands of households are without power in Florida and Alabama as Isaias continues its path across south-eastern US.