7 Aug 2026, 10:14 pm
Trump shared a screenshot of an X post made by freelance photographer Andrew Leyden, which Trump claimed showed proof of vandalism in the Reflecting Pool. Leyden wrote captioned his original pictures claiming he had seen "cuts in the expansion joints on the side of the Reflecting Pool."…
7 Aug 2026, 10:10 pm
An Argentinian soccer player has been detained by U.S. immigration officials while traveling with his American pro club in Florida, the team says.
7 Aug 2026, 9:51 pm
President Trump is asking the Justice Department (DOJ) to reconsider its move to drop criminal charges against those accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, continuing to assert vandalism was to blame for its appearance. Trump specifically urged U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro to “re-visit her hastily made decision” in……
7 Aug 2026, 9:49 pm
Justice Samuel Alito said Friday he is committed to returning for another term at the Supreme Court. His retirement had been widely rumored.
7 Aug 2026, 9:40 pm
We're surrounded by more advanced tech in 2026, so why are young people going back to basics?
7 Aug 2026, 9:35 pm
In his HBO sketch series “Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness,” Larry David travels throughout history, inserting his stubborn and curmudgeonly self into America’s most pivotal moments. “Lawrence,” as he’s often called, fights in the trenches of World War I, heckles George Washington during his Farewell Address and defends Rosa Parks on a Montgomery […]…
7 Aug 2026, 9:34 pm
Experts share the signs to look out for if you are worried about your porn use, and how to seek help.
7 Aug 2026, 9:30 pm
A man was killed when a tractor trailer and tanker truck crashed on Friday afternoon, according to the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office. The crash happened around 3:35 p.m. on Aug. 7 near State Route 309 and Gun Club Road in Lynn Township, officials said. The 52-year-old driver of the tanker truck died after crashing into a tractor-trailer, officials reported. No one else was hurt in the crash. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday, Aug. 10 to confirm the c…
7 Aug 2026, 9:29 pm
Analysts say regional partners are seeking alternatives to supplement their security without discarding US support.
7 Aug 2026, 9:28 pm
Republican senators are using the summer recess to avoid politically difficult votes.
7 Aug 2026, 9:28 pm
Elon Musk is set to build the largest building on Earth in Texas - a semiconductor megafactory called Terafab.Two of the trillionaire's firms, Tesla and SpaceX, confirmed this week they will jointly build the hulking megastructure in Grimes County, near Houston.The initial phase carries a price tag of £16.8billion (£12.5billion), though the total investment across all planned phases could reach as high as $119billion (£88billion).Once complete, the complex is set…
7 Aug 2026, 9:26 pm
New monkey species with orange lips discovered after years of searching. The monkey — colobus congoensis — is only the fifth new species of African monkey to be discovered in the past 75 years.
7 Aug 2026, 9:25 pm
Investigators believe the man may have been driving when he was shot once in the chest.
7 Aug 2026, 9:23 pm
The heatwave continues into the weekend with highs in the 90s and heat index values near 100 degrees.
7 Aug 2026, 9:15 pm
Right-wing politician Abelardo De La Espriella takes office after narrowly winning June’s presidential runoff.
7 Aug 2026, 9:03 pm
Chicago authorities are investigating a South Side funeral home after more than 50 bodies were discovered improperly stored and in various states of decomposition Thursday.The discovery came months after nearby residents began complaining about a "stench" coming from the funeral home.The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office said state and local officials alerted it to improperly stored bodies at South Chicago Chapel. Investigators and forensic pathologists who resp…
7 Aug 2026, 9:01 pm
It's been another busy summertime week of KDE developers working toward a great Plasma 6.8 desktop release in October...
7 Aug 2026, 9:00 pm
SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains plot details from the series finale of “Raising Kanan” now streaming on Starz. The final curtain has closed on the hit 1990s-set crime series “Power Book III: Raising Kanan.” The show has been the origin story of Kanan Stark (Mekai Curtis), who, by embracing the very business his drug-queenpin […]…
7 Aug 2026, 8:55 pm
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with the random slaying of a man waiting for a bus in East St, Louis, Ill., while dressed in a clown costume.
7 Aug 2026, 8:52 pm
Officials have identified the police officer who shot and killed a man inside a home in Cumberland County on Thursday. Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office Sergeant John Borelli shot Shaun Murphy, 47, while responding to a domestic incident at a home on the 300 block of Hazel Boulevard in Millville on Aug. 6, according to the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office. Officers had initially been called to the Millville home in the morning in response to a do…
7 Aug 2026, 8:52 pm
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7 Aug 2026, 8:49 pm
The private body scan industry is booming, but is it doing more harm than good?
7 Aug 2026, 8:48 pm
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7 Aug 2026, 8:41 pm
Italy remains Stanley Tucci’s first love. But a man can travel, right? After winning three Emmys for CNN’s “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy,” followed by two nominations (including this year) for Nat Geo’s “Tucci in Italy,” the star is on the move. Tucci tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast that he’s currently filming his new season […]…
7 Aug 2026, 8:38 pm
Neighbors said officers arrived around 8 a.m. and described the situation as a standoff that lasted for several hours.
7 Aug 2026, 8:38 pm
President Donald Trump urged U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to reinstall charges against several people accused of vandalizing the reflecting pool.
7 Aug 2026, 8:37 pm
As temperatures start to rise again over the weekend, many parts of England and Wales will enter into the fifth heatwave of the year, as Simon King explains…
7 Aug 2026, 8:31 pm
The new president, who replaces leftist Gustavo Petro, continues the rightward political shift in Latin America.
7 Aug 2026, 8:31 pm
Officials describe ‘deplorable conditions’ at home run by pair linked to crematory closed due to mishandled remainsThe remains of 56 people were found improperly stored and decomposing on Thursday at a Chicago funeral home run by a couple who previously operated a crematory that was similarly shut down because of mishandled remains, authorities said.Illinois state officials, meanwhile, suspended the license of one of the funeral home’s directors, alleging bodi…
7 Aug 2026, 8:31 pm
Conservative Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in as Colombia's president, promising to crack down on armed drug gangs.
7 Aug 2026, 8:29 pm
For decades, an Indian man's lime shoes have been a grim trail marker for many climbing the world's highest peak.
7 Aug 2026, 8:28 pm
An investigation is underway after a man was shot to death on Friday evening, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Officers were called to the 4300 block of North 7th Street in the Hunting Park section of North Philadelphia around 6:25 p.m., police said. When officers got to the scene, they said they found a man who had been shot one time in the chest. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital where he died from his injuries, according to pol…
7 Aug 2026, 8:25 pm
The Pentagon revoked former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s eligibility for access to classified information, accusing him of “unauthorized disclosure of classified information regarding Air Force One’s capabilities” to a news outlet, it announced Friday evening. Pentagon chief spokesperson Sean Parnell said the Defense Department (DOD) also yanked Kendall’s “ability to hold any sensitive position,”……
7 Aug 2026, 8:24 pm
War in Sudan has left over 8 million children out of school, and nearly three-quarters of schools have been affected.
7 Aug 2026, 8:13 pm
Puerto Rico is beginning 48-hour water rationing for more than 180,000 households as severe drought depletes reservoirs.
7 Aug 2026, 8:12 pm
Rescuers not yet able to reach scene of crash near Richfield in central Utah, prompting fears for two missing peopleA firefighting Sikorsky S64 helicopter with two individuals onboard crashed on Friday morning in central Utah, according to federal aviation authorities.The US Forest Service initially declined to comment on the condition of the helicopter’s passengers, asking the public for “patience while we focus on response efforts” in a statement. Continue r…
7 Aug 2026, 8:11 pm
The remains of 56 people were found improperly stored and decomposing Thursday at a Chicago funeral home run by a couple who previously operated a crematory that was similarly shut down because of mishandled remains, authorities said.Illinois state officials, meanwhile, suspended the license of one of the funeral home's directors, alleging bodies were being kept in an unrefrigerated area in deplorable conditions."The discovery came months after neighborhood resident…
7 Aug 2026, 8:06 pm
Legislation implements aggressive economic sanctions, including 100 percent tariff on Russian oil and gas importers.
7 Aug 2026, 8:05 pm
MILLVILLE, N.J. - FOX 29 was there as a Millville police officer returned to a home on Hazel Boulevard that was surrounded by law enforcement all day Thursday.The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office confirmed that a sergeant with the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office shot and killed a man in that Millville home.Officials said police were called out to the home Thursday morning, Aug. 6, for a reported domestic disturbance. There, officers found 47-year-old Sha…
7 Aug 2026, 8:05 pm
U.S. House Republicans are pressing South Korea over its revised online speech law, warning it could affect American companies and users.
7 Aug 2026, 8:04 pm
A new semiconductor device from KAIST can change how quickly it responds to incoming data, helping it process signals that vary from fast to slow without relying on extensive software processing. The device, called a programmable dynamic memtransistor (PDM), combines the memory function of a storage device with the computing function of a transistor. Unlike conventional semiconductor devices with fixed response speeds, its temporal response can be programmed to d…
7 Aug 2026, 8:02 pm
Ukrainian emergency workers warn of growing Russian attacks on hospitals and ambulances.
7 Aug 2026, 8:00 pm
A recent study published in the journal NeuroImage: Clinical indicates that adults who developed depression after experiencing childhood trauma tend to have lower levels of myelin, a protective coating on nerve cells. This reduction in brain insulation provides evidence for a potential biological link between early life adversity and the later onset of depressive symptoms. Major depressive disorder affects millions of people worldwide and carries a heavy personal a…
7 Aug 2026, 8:00 pm
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains major spoilers for “The Last House,” out now on Netflix. “The Last House” is a new sci-fi feature that just dropped on Netflix that’s built around a central mystery: What if you and all of your neighbors were locked inside your houses with no option for escape and had no idea […]…
7 Aug 2026, 8:00 pm
Saudi crown prince, Turkish president and Pakistani prime minister sign a joint defence agreement in Mecca.
7 Aug 2026, 7:59 pm
The U.S. Army removed a top general overseeing forces in Europe from command in recent days, close to two months before his time in the role is slated to end, two U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss internal personnel matters, told The Hill on Friday. Lt. Gen. Charles Costanza was the commanding……
7 Aug 2026, 7:59 pm
The Rebellion Festival marks the 50th anniversary of punk music in Britain. Over 300 punk bands will be in Blackpool this weekend, from young teenagers to elderlies in brightly dyed mohawks. BBC News report.The Rebellion Festival has been held regularly (aside from a break for Covid) in Blackpool or Morecambe for 30 years.
7 Aug 2026, 7:57 pm
The United States wants to rebuild its domestic uranium supply chain, and one newly listed company believes it can help close the gap. Eagle Nuclear Energy Corp. has stepped into the spotlight with control of what it describes as the country’s largest conventional measured and indicated uranium deposit, positioning itself as Washington prioritizes domestic nuclear fuel production. The shift comes as the US relies on imported uranium to power the world’s large…
7 Aug 2026, 7:56 pm
Simon Levy was a serial sex offender who was being monitored by police when he killed two women.
7 Aug 2026, 7:54 pm
China is moving ahead with a major expansion of the Bayan Obo mining complex in Inner Mongolia, increasing annual mining capacity by 50%. The project targets iron ore production, even though Bayan Obo is also the world’s largest known rare earth deposit. State-owned Baogang Group plans to invest more than 500 million yuan (about US$74 million) to raise annual mining capacity from 10 million tonnes to 15 million tonnes. The expansion includes a larger open-pit o…
7 Aug 2026, 7:54 pm
The far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in as president of Colombia Friday amid tight security at a ceremony at a university in Cali.
7 Aug 2026, 7:51 pm
South Korea's unification minister says public debate should come before any wider government use of North Korea's official state name.
7 Aug 2026, 7:51 pm
This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing region. From the Poconos to the Jersey Shore to the mouth of the Delaware Bay, what do you want to know about climate change? What would you like us to cover? Get in touch. The first hearing for a proposed data center in Plymouth Township-Conshohocken area was interrupted multiple times as a crowd of residents booed, cursed and shouted at the developer’s attorney an…
7 Aug 2026, 7:50 pm
Former Republican state congressman, who once argued Christianity and capitalism should merge, confirmed by US Senate to fill long-vacant roleGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFormer Virginia congressman David Brat has been confirmed by the US Senate to be the next US ambassador to Australia, after the role had been left vacant for 18 months.Brat’s confirmation was among more than 70 votes pushed through the Senate by Republicans on Friday…
7 Aug 2026, 7:46 pm
Several papers are leading on a serial sex offender who has been found guilty of murdering two women and raping a third in London.
7 Aug 2026, 7:43 pm
South Korean security adviser Wi Sung-lac met U.S. Ambassador Michelle Steel for talks on strengthening bilateral security and economic ties.
7 Aug 2026, 7:42 pm
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the 'climate emergency', public health 'crises' and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation. The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
7 Aug 2026, 7:42 pm
A firefighting helicopter carrying two people crashed on Friday while responding to a wildfire raging in central Utah, authorities said.
7 Aug 2026, 7:41 pm
A former U.S. Marine held in Russia for more than four years on disputed charges is gravely ill and at risk of dying, his family and advocates said Friday.
7 Aug 2026, 7:41 pm
After acknowledging last month that unreleased AI models committed what for human perpetrators would be computer crimes, OpenAI now says it cannot rule out the possibility that Astra, a pending model release not involved in its Hugging Face hack, might possess critical cyber capabilities. OpenAI in its Preparedness Framework [PDF] defines that term to mean "capabilities that present a meaningful risk of a qualitatively new threat vector for severe harm with no ready…
7 Aug 2026, 7:40 pm
US president has clashed with Federal Reserve members over his bid to rapidly slash interest rates despite inflation.
7 Aug 2026, 7:35 pm
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to equip officers with body cameras in the next two months but the agency's policy gives it broad control over what footage will be made public by specifying any releases must be in its "best interests."…
7 Aug 2026, 7:34 pm
Naver is using AI to boost its core businesses while preparing a 200MW AI Factory with Nvidia and Brookfield that could generate revenue in 2027.
7 Aug 2026, 7:34 pm
International court's oversight body warns exits threaten global justice, as US intensifies campaign against tribunal.
7 Aug 2026, 7:33 pm
Fans of author Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach quadrilogy will be pleased to know that it's not going to be a quadrilogy much longer. VanderMeer took to social media to tease the fifth and final book in the series, dubbed Abdication. "Pleased to finally announce... Abdication, the last Southern Reach novel!" VanderMeer wrote on Bluesky. He also posted the following teaser text:There will come the days of the watcher, the drowned woman and the shadow of a man who ke…
7 Aug 2026, 7:31 pm
Vance is currently being evaluated by the Republican party for a potential 2028 presidential run alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
7 Aug 2026, 7:31 pm
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls stumbled onto Steam with "Mixed" user reviews as players complained of PlayStation account requirements, anti-cheat roadblocks, and other technical issues.With a unique art style, a roster of heroes and villains that includes everyone from Spider-Man to Doctor Doom, and the developers at Arc System Works behind it all, the new Marvel fighting game stood out as one of the most highly-anticipated games of the year. Now, after finally reach…
7 Aug 2026, 7:25 pm
South Korea convened an emergency security meeting after North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile from Wonsan toward the East Sea.
7 Aug 2026, 7:23 pm
How we tracked down "The Spider" who was once one of the most-feared men in Syria.
7 Aug 2026, 7:18 pm
The Mecca Joint Defence Pact brings together countries that sit between Iran and Israel, but will it be effective?
7 Aug 2026, 7:18 pm
QC Ware, a California-based quantum computing software company, has combined conventional computing with a quantum processor to tackle a complex molecular chemistry calculation, demonstrating how the two approaches can work together in a single workflow. The firm used its Promethium platform alongside IBM’s 156-qubit Heron superconducting quantum processor. The demonstration calculated the electrostatic interaction energy of nitric oxide reductase, a chemically…
7 Aug 2026, 7:16 pm
“An explosive-laden drone discovered at an airport in Germany this week likely belongs to the Russian government, according to U.S. officials familiar with intelligence reports about the incident,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
7 Aug 2026, 7:15 pm
Recent AI Incidents Show Sandbox Security Cannot Be AssumedThe fallout from the Hugging Face security incident continues with more artificial intelligence labs revealing that their models and agents either accessed the internet or escaped isolated test environments to hack into other companies. Frontier model labs can't take sandbox containment as a given.
7 Aug 2026, 7:15 pm
Startup Says Autonomous Testing Can Demonstrate Business Impact Without DisruptionSan Francisco-based Horizon3 raised a $250 million Series E funding round at a $2 billion valuation to expand autonomous testing across infrastructure, identity and web applications as AI gives attackers new ways to discover, exploit and traverse enterprise weaknesses at machine speed.
7 Aug 2026, 7:15 pm
Ohio-Based Unlimited Technology Systems Serves Thousands of Medical PracticesPractice management and financial software firm Unlimited Technology Systems is notifying 3.8 million people of an October 2025 data theft. The third-party vendor hack currently ranks as the largest health data breach reported to federal regulators so far in 2026.
7 Aug 2026, 7:15 pm
Also: CIOs Rethink Data in AI Rollouts, ShinyHunters Hits BiotechIn this week's panel, four ISMG editors discussed new research showing how AI is making cyberthreat actors more capable, why the technology is forcing CIOs to rethink data platforms they spent years modernizing and a string of attacks in the biotech sector.
7 Aug 2026, 7:15 pm
Since January, Palestinians have reported more than 11,000 Israeli attacks in the occupied West Bank, officials say.
7 Aug 2026, 7:12 pm
“Some days are easy days, and some days are not so easy days. Today’s a very confused day, and I’m certainly glad I’m not John Thune.” — Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), quoted by Punchbowl News.
7 Aug 2026, 7:07 pm
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story FDA’s food ingredient review rule is coming In his quest to overhaul the food system, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is poised to propose closing a loophole that allows food and dietary supplement companies to self-attest that new ingredients……
7 Aug 2026, 7:06 pm
Kirstie Allsopp has taken aim at Sir Sadiq Khan over his controversial plans to spend an £150million banning cars from Oxford Street.The Location, Location, Location presenter argued the huge sum should instead be used to tackle litter and improve green spaces across the capital.On social media, Ms Allsopp wrote: “Lord Khan plans to spend £150,000,000 on pedestrianising Oxford Street.“Imagine how amazing London would look if that money was spent on clearing li…
7 Aug 2026, 7:06 pm
The Trump administration unveiled plans Thursday to overhaul the early education program Head Start for impoverished children. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) — called “Reducing Federal Burden for Head Start Programs” — from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says it will “restore flexibility to programs to meet local needs, reduce regulatory……
7 Aug 2026, 7:01 pm
Japan's Takaichi left open a review of a ban on nuclear weapons entering the country, a move that could revive South Korea's nuclear debate.
7 Aug 2026, 7:01 pm
Industry body calls for more regular reviews of repeat prescriptions to tackle ‘growing problem’The amount of wasted medicines thrown away in England in one year could fill 75 swimming pools, according to a pharmacy group.The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) estimated that 3,400 tonnes of partly used medicines were disposed of in England in 2024-25. Continue reading...
7 Aug 2026, 7:00 pm
Sandboxing a Linux process usually means spending a lot of effort deciding what it isn’t allowed to see. You might put it in a mount namespace, bind-mount a few directories into place, hide some others, add a chroot, and generally construct a carefully restricted version of the filesystem. But a new Linux kernel feature is about to change all of that. Instead of carefully hiding most of the filesystem, why not just take the filesystem away? That’s essentially th…
7 Aug 2026, 7:00 pm
“One Night Only” director Will Gluck doesn’t want you to overthink it. The filmmaker has been fielding a lot of inquiries about the premise, logic and loopholes of his new movie, a raucous romantic comedy about the one night a year where premarital sex is legal. (Think “The Purge,” but for banging instead of murder.) […]…
7 Aug 2026, 7:00 pm
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares an opinion piece from the Washington Post, written by Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger: NextEra Energy, a Florida-based utility company, has filed paperwork to buy Dominion Energy for about $67 billion, creating the largest regulated electric utility in the world. Virginia's State Corporation Commission is the regulatory body tasked with reviewing the application, and the SCC's commissioners will ultimately decide whether…
7 Aug 2026, 6:58 pm
The Senate confirmed dozens of President Trump’s nominees on Friday, the final day of session before the upper chamber of Congress broke for August recess. In a single 51-47 vote, senators voted to confirm a group of 74 executive nominees. The vote fell along party lines, with GOP Sen. Cynthia Lummis (Wy.) and Mitch McConnell……
7 Aug 2026, 6:58 pm
Watchdog examines alleged failure to pursue a line of inquiry ‘which may have been relevant’Counter-terrorism police investigating the death of Ann Widdecombe say they have reopened an old investigation into an attempted burglary last year.The incident at an address in Greater London was reported in April 2025. Continue reading...
7 Aug 2026, 6:56 pm
Andy Burnham is considering blocking the early release of PC Andrew Harper's killers after he previously said there was nothing he could do about their freeing. Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers are among the prisoners who are set to be set free early as new Government plans come into play, releasing 5,000 criminals prematurely over a 10-month period.The plans were put forward as a way of tackling overcrowding in prisons.PC Harper was killed after investigating the the…
7 Aug 2026, 6:55 pm
New labor data shows the U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, when economists had predicted modest growth. Revised numbers for May and June also show 103,000 fewer jobs created than originally reported. The unemployment rate ticked down, from 4.2% to 4.1%, a function of fewer people seeking jobs. Amna Nawaz discussed the numbers with Heather Long, chief economist with Navy Federal Credit Union.
7 Aug 2026, 6:55 pm
“Two scandal-scarred former congressmen from other states. A pair of candidates who once competed against each other in Illinois. An adviser to an Indiana lawmaker and an ex-underwear model imprisoned for his role in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol,” CNN reports. “They are among the Republicans who have descended on Southwest Florida in recent years and are now in pursuit of an open House seat there, transforming a deeply red district into a staging g…
7 Aug 2026, 6:54 pm
Liverpool are close to signing Uruguay defender Ronald Araujo on a season-long loan from Barcelona, with an option to purchase.
7 Aug 2026, 6:51 pm
“I was asked back in 2020 if I was interested in reprising my role and said that I was 100% in. Unfortunately, the powers that be decided to take the show in a different direction and my character wasn’t part of the equation," he wrote on his Instagram Stories.
7 Aug 2026, 6:50 pm
Gianni Infantino's alleged lover was given a severance payment over the affair by Uefa while he was its general secretary, according to a Daily Telegraph investigation.
7 Aug 2026, 6:50 pm
In our news wrap Friday, a federal appeals court ruled that President Trump can't continue building his $400 million White House ballroom without congressional approval, Trump is reviving his push to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and a student in Thailand shot and killed at least seven people today, including five at his high school, outside of Bangkok.