Donald Trump appeared on Usha Vance’s podcast Storytime with the Second Lady on Friday, joining a literacy-focused segment for children ahead of the Fourth of July. The episode was part of Vance’s summer reading push for children, a campaign tied…
Nine Democratic governors have urged the U.S. Postal Service to abandon a proposed rule designed to implement an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in March that would create a federal list of eligible voters and potentially restrict mail-in…
A destructive wildfire burning in southern Colorado has forced thousands of residents to evacuate and destroyed more than 160 structures, becoming the state’s top priority for firefighting resources. The Aspen Acres Fire, burning in Pueblo and Custer counties about 15…
A major public viewing area near Area 51 has been closed by the US government, prompting renewed questions about activity inside the secretive Nevada military site. The shutdown affects about 22,987 acres of public land around Badger Mountain in Lincoln…
A North Korean defector has opened up about the traumatic conditions he endured growing up in one of the world’s most closed-off states. Timothy Cho, now a UK-based human rights activist and Conservative politician, has described the brutal realities of…
Anyone tempted to put their relationship through a loyalty test should be ready for the possibility of seeing something they really did not want to see. That’s basically the premise behind Temptation Island. Reality TV clearly has no shortage of…
A retired insurance executive volunteering at Britain’s National Archives has made what experts are calling an extraordinary discovery: a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence that has been lost to history for 250 years, hidden among papers seized from…
Prosecutors say a video shows rapper Pooh Shiesty pressing for his release from fellow rapper Gucci Mane’s record label while an armed man blocks a door during an alleged robbery at a Texas music studio in January. The video, submitted…
Olivia Wilde sparked a memorable moment with Penélope Cruz after bringing up rumors about a supposed swingers scene in Hollywood. The two actors appeared together in Allure’s “Truth Serum” feature, a confessional interview format that often pushes celebrities into awkward,…
In southern Lebanon, a landscape ravaged by war and airstrikes, one man has become a lifeline for thousands of animals abandoned by their fleeing families. Houssein Hamze, founder of Mashala Shelter in Nabatieh, has refused to evacuate despite repeated warnings,…
On July 3, 1988, during the closing moments of the Iran-Iraq War, a routine commercial flight became one of aviation’s deadliest catastrophes when the USS Vincennes, a U.S. Navy guided-missile cruiser equipped with state-of-the-art technology, mistakenly fired two surface-to-air missiles…
Joe Rogan is facing criticism after using a derogatory term for WNBA players while discussing the league’s physical style of play on a July 2026 episode of his podcast. On Thursday, July 2, 2026, Rogan and comedian Tony Hinchcliffe discussed…
Minnesota teenager Noah Walden is warning others against using metal grill brushes after a loose bristle ended up in a burger he ate, leading to emergency surgery and the removal of about three inches of his bowel. The incident happened…
In Kerala’s temple festivals, a mechanical revolution is quietly reshaping centuries of tradition. Life-size robotic elephants with flapping ears, swishing tails and water-squirting trunks are increasingly replacing the live pachyderms that have for generations been central to Hindu religious ceremonies…
**Key facts:** – Multiple large, fast-moving wildfires across the West (Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona) – Largest: Cottonwood Fire (~94,000 acres in Utah), Aspen Acres Fire (50,000+ acres in Colorado), Babylon Fire (79,800 acres in Utah) – Three firefighters…
Jodie Foster has sparked debate after saying one of the year’s biggest movies felt so formulaic that it might as well have come from artificial intelligence. Speaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival during a session titled “Who Owns The Future…