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…
Karoline Leavitt drew backlash after accusing members of Gen Z of being “raised with just silver spoons in their mouths” and joking that unhappy young Americans should be sent to “Cuba or Iran” during a Fox News appearance this week.…
A 21-year-old college student has died after jumping into a natural swimming area in Oregon and being unable to make it back out. Kenny Truong died on June 26 after entering the water at Tamolitch Falls in the Willamette National…
Karoline Leavitt posted several photos from President Donald Trump’s newly introduced Air Force One during its first trip in the air, but online viewers quickly fixated on one background detail the White House may not have wanted attracting so much…
Summer may be here, but anyone thinking a last-minute course of GLP-1 injections will deliver quick vacation-ready results may want to reconsider. As the holiday season approaches, plenty of people feel the pressure to look and feel their best before…
Two people were killed after a vehicle they were traveling in crashed into a Tesla Semi in what appears to be the first fatal collision involving the electric Class 8 truck. Sergio Villanueva III and his wife, Jennifer Villanueva, both…
A dangerous heat wave is engulfing the eastern United States precisely as the FIFA World Cup 2026 enters its crucial knockout rounds, creating hazardous conditions for players competing in some of the tournament’s most important matches and for thousands of…
NASA is racing to save an aging telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission. The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, which has been scanning the cosmos since its launch in 2004, has been sinking faster and faster…
Residents of U.S. territories in the western Pacific were bracing Friday for a possible super typhoon, just months after the region was hit by the strongest tropical cyclone on Earth this year. Typhoon Bavi is rapidly intensifying over warm ocean…
As July 4 approaches, fireworks will soon be lighting up skies across the US. While they are a staple of Independence Day celebrations, they can be deeply unsettling for household pets and other animals. Veterinarian Ben Simpson-Vernon warned that animals…
Aryna Sabalenka has made an emotional appeal to Wimbledon officials, asking them to reconsider one of the tournament’s long-standing rules. The world number one is at The Championships in London this week and, after surviving a scare against McCartney Kessler…
Mark Zuckerberg has weighed in on the debate over which jobs AI could replace, after Bill Gates suggested that only a small number of professions are truly protected. Two of tech’s biggest names appear to have very different expectations for…