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New details on Trump’s secret plane swap expose the administration’s lies
President Donald Trump late Tuesday confirmed reporting from the Washington Post, CNN and others that he secretly switched planes in Turkey last month because of a security threat.
Local legislators and town officials visit URI to learn about environmental and science research in action
KINGSTON, R.I. – Aug. 12, 2026 – The University’s land- and sea-focused work was showcased last month for local legislators and municipal leaders, letting them see and hear up close all the ways URI research can serve their constituents. Many had visited campus before—as speakers, parents or program attendees—but the morning forum in July let […]
Shoulder-fired missile threat prompted Trump’s plane ruse, source says
A specific threat to Air Force One by a shoulder-fired missile emerged on the final day of last month’s NATO summit in Turkey, according to a person familiar with the matter, prompting the scramble among US officials to devise the furtive plan to sneak President Donald Trump out of the country on an alternate jet.
In Wisconsin, the Centrists Strike Back With David Crowley’s Win | WSJ Politics Newsletter for Aug. 12
Plus, President Trump secretly switched planes to leave Turkey last month, and Zohran Mamdani discovers that running New York isn’t that easy after all.
Close Trump aides — but no Cabinet officials — made secret catering truck move
The president was accompanied by some of his most loyal aides but no top administration officials as he made the clandestine move to a different plane to leave Turkey last month.
CBS Sports chief says ‘no timetable’ on Tony Romo’s future after OWI arrest
CBS Sports president David Berson says the network is still assessing the lead NFL analyst’s future following last month’s arrest
Small business optimism rebounds to highest level since Aug. 2025: NFIB
Small businesses last month scaled back both actual and planned price increases for the first time this year, the National Federation of Independent Business said.
LeBron James set to return to L.A. for Lakers-76ers Christmas matchup
LeBron James, who signed with the Philadelphia 76ers last month, will be making his return to Los Angeles on Dec. 25 when the Lakers host Philadelphia at Crypto.com Arena.
US small-business sentiment rises to 11-month high in July, labor shortages a worry
U.S. small-business sentiment increased to an 11-month high in July amid a surge in the share of owners reporting plans to boost hiring, suggesting that last month's slump in nonfarm payrolls was probably temporary.
US small-business sentiment rises to 11-month high in July, labor shortages a worry
WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - U.S. small-business sentiment increased to an 11-month high in July amid a surge in the share of owners reporting plans to boost hiring, suggesting that last month's slump in nonfarm payrolls was probably temporary. The ...
Trump secretly transferred planes in Turkey amid security concerns, reports say
President Donald Trump secretly flew out of Turkey last month on a smaller aircraft as part of an elaborate ruse prompted by an Iranian threat, according to news reports.
An Elaborate Ruse: Trump Secretly Used Military Jet to Leave Turkey Amid Threats
President Trump hid in an airport catering cart and was taken to a military jet for a secret flight out of country after the NATO summit last month.
A DC trial was wrapping up when jurors made a discovery that shocked the courtroom
The charges at a month-long criminal trial in Washington’s federal court last month were fairly straightforward: That one man had allegedly held up seven 7-Elevens and a few other gas stations in spring 2023, and stolen cars on two of the days.
Md. health officials report record-breaking 50 heat-related deaths this summer
The number of heat-related deaths soared in July, with 43 deaths reported just last month, according to a Wednesday update to the state’s weather-related illness dashboard.
Arsenal worried incredible star is about to jump to Liverpool
Arsenal are worried that one star will jump to Liverpool imminently. That ruins their plans.Quite incredibly, Arsenal have spent the last month trying to sign Vinícius Jr from Real Madrid. They faile...
US economy unexpectedly shed jobs in July
The Labor Department released the July 2026 jobs report, which showed the U.S. economy shed jobs unexpectedly last month amid uncertainty over inflation.
Daimler Truck Plans 1.1 Billion Euro Share Buyback as Guidance Is Confirmed
The truck and bus maker outlined the plans alongside confirmation of a guidance raise announced last month.
Broome County sheriff candidate criticizes Akshar over ICE collaboration
Last month, Sheriff Fred Akshar said he will not release dangerous people from jail.
Coco Gauff believes in fairness in sports — but not attacks on the trans community
Gauff weighed in on the new genetic testing policy implemented by the Women’s Tennis Association last month.
We now know where GE HealthCare’s ex-finance chief is going next
Jay Saccaro, who abruptly resigned from GE last month, is going into animal healthcare as CFO and COO of New Jersey-based Zoetis.
US Stand Up for Science movement expands to Europe
A grassroots movement by scientists in the US pushing back against threats to academic freedom is setting up a Swiss outpost to take the movement global. Stand Up for Science started in February 2025 to protest against politically-motivated grant cancellations by the Trump administration. Since then, it has organised numerous rallies by scientists and turned into a broader campaigning organisation, supporting “pro-science” political candidates and attempting to impeach Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the health and human services secretary the group accuses of advancing “quack” science. Now, Stand Up for Science is establishing a Swiss office to take some of its campaigning beyond the US, and its leader is urging European academics to organise similar pro-science groups in case they face similar threats in Europe. There will likely be “spillover” to Europe from what the Trump administration is attempting in the US, said Colette Delawalla, chief executive of Stand Up for Science, who last month returned from a tour of Europe. “Are we going to see a Trump-style scientific [. . .] take over in the same way?” she asked.Delawalla, who is doing a PhD in clinical psychology, said she was driven to help found the organisation after the Trump administration started cancelling health research grants in politically taboo topics, such as transgender people, diversity and HIV, in early 2025. Since then, the administration has introduced several other measures that infringe academic and institutional autonomy.It threatened to cut Harvard University’s federal funding unless the university accepted a “critical mass” of new faculty and students to create “viewpoint diversity.” And this year, it proposed explosive new rules that would allow political appointees at research funders to screen grants to make sure they “advance the president's policy priorities.”US scientists have been at times stunned by the volume of announcements, and the country’s researchers were relatively unprepared. “We sit in front of the fire hose every day,” said Delawalla. For this reason, European scientists need to prepare now for similar assaults. “If you've got a little bit of extra time to start thinking through, and making those preparations and building community and solidarity,” then European researchers will “start five steps ahead of where we were.” She plans to return to Paris in September to share experiences with concerned French academics. Is Le Pen the same?During her European tour, Delawalla said that French academics were beginning to worry about a National Rally (RN) victory in presidential elections next year. She said there were “chilling similarities” between Trump and Marine Le Pen, the RN’s likely candidate. However, so far, the RN hasn’t proposed anything nearly as radical as the Trump administration has carried out. Its current manifesto is all but silent on university and research policy. Le Pen’s 2022 manifesto bemoaned a lack of French R&D spending, including in fundamental research, and promised to modernise labs and strip away grant bureaucracy. The party’s 2024 European election manifesto explicitly supported the Erasmus+ student exchange programme, scientific exchange and joint European technology projects. However, a Le Pen victory next year could see France drastically cut its contribution to the EU, which would hit the budget for science and innovation. Meanwhile, more restrictive immigration policies could hit university recruitment of faculty and students. Climate science denial?As heatwaves and wildfires have ravaged France, the RN has sought to distance itself from previous comments casting doubt on climate science.In the UK, the radical-right party Reform UK, now second in the polls, denied climate research in a draft of its 2024 election manifesto, but its leader, Nigel Farage, then appeared to quietly U-turn and said he was “not arguing the science.” By contrast, Trump has repeatedly and explicitly denied climate change science, in 2025 calling it “the greatest con job.” Like the RN, Reform UK has been light on research and university policy. However, it did say in its 2024 manifesto that universities should suffer “heavy financial penalties” for allowing “political bias or cancel culture” on campus, building on laws brought in by a previous Conservative government. Ahead of September state elections in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany, the poll-leading Alternative for Germany has proposed abolishing gender studies and postcolonial studies, and promised money for “critical” climate research and studies of Islam. Starts with rhetoricEven if European radical right parties aren’t currently planning the draconian policy measures of the Trump administration, Delawalla said that academics should not be complacent, and fight even small funding restrictions or anti-science talk from the start. “It starts off with sowing distrust about institutions,” she said. “It starts off with these small things, and then all of a sudden it's there.” There are other, more established science and university advocacy groups in the US aside from Stand Up for Science. But the group stands out because of Delawalla’s refusal to attempt to appear politically bipartisan or conciliatory. “I firmly believe that the US is experiencing fascism,” she said. “We’re not trying to win over the super Maga people,” she said, “and we never have been.” The lesson of the US is that even if universities or other institutions capitulate to government demands, this doesn’t save them from cuts and restrictions. “It doesn’t matter what people do,” she said. Global “pseudoscience”Another aim of Stand Up for Science’s push into Europe is to better coordinate a campaign to protect people in poorer countries from what the group describes as “pseudoscientific exploitation,” trials outside the US used to build a case against things like vaccines. Earlier this year, the group sent an investigator to Guinea-Bissau to investigate a controversial, Danish-run Hepatitis B vaccine project funded by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The study would have withheld a proven vaccine from newborns, Stand Up for Science argued in a briefing it presented to Congress, risking their health. Significantly, the research group based in Guinea-Bissau, known as Bandim, focuses on the “non-specific effects” of vaccines: impacts on health beyond preventing the target disease. Related articlesEuropean researchers sound the alarm that Trump rule changes will hit cooperationData corner: which fields of health science is the US curbing? The US ‘golden age’ science strategy: what Europeans need to know The suspicion is that the study was funded as part of an attempt to shop around for results that could help build a case against vaccines in the US, said Delawalla. “This is just code for vaccines cause autism,” she said.Bandim has put out a rebuttal of Stand Up for Science’s criticisms, arguing its work has uncovered a number of vaccine side effects, both positive and negative, which need to be taken into account in public health. However, Congressional Democrats took up the Stand Up for Science cause, and in February, Guinea-Bissau said it had permanently halted the study. WatchdogBut for Delawalla, this is not the end of the fight. Kennedy has made a number of health claims that scientists think lack evidence, such as the idea that seed oils cause inflammation, for example. Delawalla worries that more studies could be launched in poorer countries to fish around for evidence to support this agenda. Stand Up for Science is talking to African science organisations to create a kind of “watchdog” to scrutinise any further trials. “Outsourcing the investigation to some of the most vulnerable children in the world who are desperate [. . .] is fundamentally wrong,” she said.
SSM Health appealing certification of union vote at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison
National Labor Relations Board staff certified the union election late last month after nurses voted 511-63 to unionize with the Service Employees International Union of Wisconsin.
Hallmark Media, NFL, Skydance Sports and the Chicago Bears announce the starting lineup for Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story
With production wrapping last month in the Chicago area, the starting lineup for Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story has been named. The film will feature cameo appearances from head coach Ben Johnson, tight end Colston Loveland, tight end Cole Kmet, al
New York among state suing over Trump’s new tariffs, calling them 'pretext'
The United States last month imposed double-digit tariffs on 59 countries and the European Union.
Small business work hours grew in July
Growth in the number of weekly hours worked at small businesses hit its highest level in over five years last month, according to Paychex.
MrBeast Sales Slow, Angel Stock Falls, MUBI and Neon Look for Hits, and Will an NBA Franchise Set a Sales Record?
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) You probably remember egg prices spiking a few years ago. This led to a lot of debate between the pro-market/pro-competition/antitrust/Neo-Brandesian crowd and the center/center-right/center-left/abundance/libertarian crowd over the cause, whether it was the avian flu outbreak or whether industry consolidation led to price fixing, using avian flu as a convenient cover. Basel Musharbash wrote a whole investigation at BIG looking at it. Well, two years later, we have our answer: it was price fixing. The Justice Department found proof, via emails, of price fixing. Indeed, just the threat of an investigation brought prices down two years ago: I bring this up because at least half a dozen of my favorite political writers and pundits, who were skeptical about price fixing at the time, haven’t written any mea culpas on this issue. It’s really dispiriting and makes it much, much harder to trust their work on other issues. If you take a hard stand on an issue, then you get it wrong, you need to explain how and why you got it wrong. Or update your priors. This is how epistemological bubbles are formed! All of which is to say, it’s time for another installment of “What I Got Right, What I Got Wrong”. Last issue, I mostly focused on the “wrong” side of the equation, so today’s is a bit more balanced, but with one big mea culpa (though I still stand by my original concerns). Let’s dive right in! Subscribe CORRECTION: UFC Didn’t Release Subscriber Data (But Seems to Have Bragged About It Internally) In my analysis of the viewership of UFC Freedom 250, I wrote... “Paramount has also released datecdotes bragging about their subscriber numbers. Earlier this year, they claimed that the first UFC fight on Paramount+ brought in 1 million subscribers.” Well, that datecdote did not come from a PR rep, but from great reporting from James Faris at Business Insider. The actual quote was this: “Paramount’s flagship streaming service generated about a million new subscribers on the day of its first-ever UFC event, Paramount product chief Dane Glasgow told employees in a town hall on Tuesday morning, three staffers who attended the meeting told Business Insider.“ This wasn’t the biggest goof in the world; even Faris emphasized to me that this is more a “clarification” than a correction. Still, it sounds like, internally, the folks at Paramount were very happy about this result—and I’m guessing they were happy with this news getting out—even though the gains didn’t last through the quarter, dropping to 700K adds. RIGHT: MrBeast’s Struggles Continue... I’m very skeptical about MrBeast’s burgeoning media “empire” and, in particular, its $5 billion valuation, as I wrote earlier this year and last year. Sure enough, according to Business Insider, regarding its “booming” consumer products division_:_ “US sales volume grew 13% year-over-year in 2025, following a 33% leap the previous year, according to a presentation deck dated May 2026....A February 2025 investor deck viewed by Business Insider showed Feastables’ net revenue more than doubled in 2024 from 2023, to $215 million, and was forecast to grow 74% in 2025, to $375 million.” [Emphasis mine.] If you told investors that you projected 74% growth but delivered 13%,1 that’s not ideal. But it’s not just MrBeast. Logan Paul and KSI’s Prime had sales drop in half for their energy drinks. It’s one thing to build a successful entertainment company and an entirely different thing to succeed in the heavily-consolidated-but-also-very-competitive consumer packaged goods space! CPGs are dominated by a few firms with very wide moats compared to YouTube, which has few barriers to entry. These businesses require different skill sets and have completely different business environments. WRONG: Does the NBA Have an $8 Billion Bidder? Almost as soon as I published my article about the NBA’s finances, casting skepticism on NBA expansion, I saw this Front Office Sports headline: One group “claims to have already raised $8 billion” for the Vegas expansion team. I mean, wow. That’s just $2 billion less than what the Los Angeles Lakers were valued at when they were sold just last year. And they’re arguably the most popular team in the NBA. (Side note: the new owner is now under an investigation for fraud in how he went about financing the Lakers and the Dodgers purchases.) So much for the “dried up” language I used in that article. (This is why I usually stick to my “Entertainment Nuance Guy” tone in articles...) I went off old information—from April, when I read/heard about the NBA downplaying expansion efforts—instead of doing a quick double-check for new news. That said...if you read the article, the market for Seattle is “slow”, with just one reported bidder. So I wasn’t entirely off. This goof has annoyed me since I first published it, mainly because it undercut that article’s real point, which I stand by: NBA franchises are really overvalued right now. Now, I get why NBA teams are overvalued. When it comes to owning sports teams, it’s basically never wrong to assume that some rich person somewhere will care more about owning a team (or just being part of a group since they’re so expensive) than the actual financials. There are only so many teams to own, and opportunities to buy in preferred markets don’t come along very often. This explains why the teams sell for such high multiples (usually above a 10 to 12.5 revenue multiple, which is very high). You only need one person to overpay! Beyond the ultra-wealthy luxury good explanation, I worry NBA teams are becoming speculative assets. More and more private equity investors are buying into NBA teams. But the value, in owning a team, comes from selling it later, not any meaningful relationship to revenue or profit growth. In other words, the newer NBA owners are increasingly expecting someone later to buy their inflated asset. That’s not sound economics; that’s the “greater fool” theory at work.2 At some point, actually making money has to matter. Especially since revenue growth is now below the growth of the stock market. (And this matters because the NBA doesn’t have easy levers to pull to drastically lower their costs—half of their revenue has to go to players and then you actually have to run a team, including coaching, training, travel, media expenses, and more—or raise revenues aside from one-off expansions in America and overseas.) I just don’t see how investors make their money back buying NBA teams, except for selling at a higher price later on down the line. But if revenue/profit growth continues to slow, at some point, someone will be left holding the bag. RIGHT: Baseball and Basketball are about equally popular. Related to the above, I wanted to cite two quick pieces of evidence for one of my other theories: that the NBA and MLB are about as popular as each other, but the NBA gets much, much better media coverage. One YouGov survey has that fans prefer basketball to baseball by 52% to 48%, which I’m guessing is within the margin of error for that poll. That’s virtually even, meaning they’re about the same popularity. Over on NBC, a recent Red Sox-Yankees game averaged 4 million viewers, higher than Sunday Night Basketball’s average of 3.4 million on the same network. A Yankees-Dodgers game averaged 3.9 million two weeks ago. Not every game averages this much, but it shows you that baseball isn’t far off from basketball, depending on the matchup. Altogether, the NBA is just slightly more popular than baseball, but NBC is paying MLB a fraction of what they pay the NBA, a point I’ve made before. RIGHT: Angel, MUBI and Neon Updates... I’ve long been skeptical about many of Hollywood’s buzziest startups/smaller indie studios. It’s not that they don’t make great movies—films like Anora and Everything Everywhere All at Once are amazing—or that they’re not (rightfully) pushing the majors to make better films, but...they get a ton of hype, and that hype often doesn’t live up to the reality or difficulty in scaling up. Starting with MUBI, well, The Wall Street Journal wrote a feature on MUBI’s struggles last April, best summarized by the subheader “After Sequoia valued Mubi at $1 billion, a left-wing revolt sent the indie film company into a tailspin”. MUBI lost $7.3 million on $200 million in revenue in Q4 2025, but reportedly hit a record 1.7 million subscribers at the end of Q1. As for Neon, Department M purchased a “significant stake” in the company earlier this year. How much is that “stake” worth? According to Deadline, “No financial figures for the Neon-Department M deal were disclosed.” So...that’s not great! If it was a big valuation, we’d hear about. Also, I found this curious: “Both Neon and Department M already have separate partnerships with Qatar. The Qatar Film Committee has a slate deal in place with the former, and a biopic production pact with the latter.” Color me skeptical about much Middle Eastern investment dollars. See: LIV Golf. Finally, as for Angel (formerly Angel Studios), their stock very, very slightly popped last month after Young Washington ($20 million budget) which made $45 million in the US, but their stock is still way down from its opening. Smaller Updates RIGHT: The WGA should focus on antitrust concerns! I’ve been on this for years. Post-WGA/AMTPT deal in 2023, I wrote an article for the Ankler calling on the WGA to focus and organize against industry consolidation. Sure enough, the WGA filed a lawsuit against the Paramount-WBD merger, and people are organizing around this issue now. I wish this energy had coalesced earlier (specifically to lobby Washington much earlier), but better late than never! WRONG: Actually, the chip shortage might be due to market manipulation. In my last “Long Reads for the Long Summer” article, I shared an article about how LLMs are causing memory chip prices to spike, which will make all electronics more expensive. Well, turns out, three RAM manufacturers control 90% of the market, and now a private lawsuit accuses them of price-fixing. So yeah. WRONG/UPDATE: The Odyssey will hold! Two weeks ago, I wrote, “As of this moment, we haven’t had a super-blockbuster, though The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Avengers: Doomsday could all cross the $500 million mark. (At this point, The Odyssey would need a very strong hold to get there.)” Well, it’s safe to say it’s going to have that hold! It only dropped 30% in weekend two and IMAX screenings are sold out all month. Spider-Man: Brand New Day is also off to a great start. RIGHT: People are rushing to get shows out yearly. I’ve long been bullish on yearly, weekly-released shows, and Leslie Goldberg at The Ankler wrote about how many people in town are now listening. WRONG: Mark Carney reverses Canada’s stance on homegrown production. After writing about Canada installing domestic production quotas, Canada has backed off. WRONG: I don’t trust Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s online “views”. When I originally wrote about the latest Spider-Man film’s record-breaking trailer, I thought this was just YouTube views, but after watching this Corridor Crew video and doing more research, well, it’s all social views of the trailer globally. Really? That stat includes TikTok, Reels and YouTube Shorts views. Basically, I don’t trust it anymore. (This film will probably set record, but I trust the pre-sales data more.) RIGHT: Celebrity Production companies are still struggling. I’ve written about this for years, but the company that I didn’t track was Kevin Hart’s HartBeat, which was valued at $650 million but is struggling now and might just end soon, especially after Kevin Hart pulled his endorsement deals. And Bad Robot is moving to NYC. CORRECTION: SpongeBob is a “second run” title. In my 2025 recap article, I had _SpongeBob SquarePants_labelled as a “library” title, when it is still a “second run” show, with new episodes still coming out on Nickelodeon. CORRECTION: In my last “What I Got Right, What I Got Wrong” update, I offered a correction from Doug Creutz and misspelled TD Cowen. Thanks, Grammarly! 1 Though he could have increased prices to make up for the gap, he couldn’t have increased them that much. 2 There’s a theory, which I think that Daryl Morey created and Bill Simmons popularized, that, to be successful building your team, you only need a handful of bad GMs in the league to take advantage of. To be clear, Daryl Morey’s theory was also for signing bad contracts, that you could always get out of bad contracts. Basically, there’s always someone who will make a bad trade. It’s not the same exact thing, but similar enough to the Greater Fool Theory that I really like it.
25 states sue Trump over new, Section 301 tariffs
Last month, the president imposed tariffs on more than 80 U.S. trading partners, saying they failed to ban imports made with forced labor
25 states sue over Trump administration's latest tariffs, citing Supreme Court ruling
The United States last month imposed double-digit tariffs on 59 countries and the European Union, charging that they had not done enough to crack down on imports produced by forced labor.
DT Moro Ojomo has had contract talks with Eagles
The Eagles signed Jalen Carter to a contract extension last month and there have been talks with another member of the defensive line as well.
New Urban Chamber leader emphasizing access for Las Vegas small businesses
The Urban Chamber of Commerce in Las Vegas announced last month that Christopher Shelton has been named the organization’s new president and CEO. “It’s a new era and it’s a new way of thinking now in the Urban Chamber under my leadership,” Shelton says ...
Low bid count on zoning rewrite sparks debate on city's business climate
Morton City Hall at 909 Davis St. Last month, the city revealed that, despite six weeks of advertising, its request for proposals seeking a consulting
How views on Trump's handling of Iran have shifted, according to this poll
Most Americans say the war in Iran has not been worth fighting, and President Donald Trump’s approval rating on Iran has fallen slightly since last month, according to a new AP-NORC poll.
'This is revolutionary': New guidelines take aim at a syndrome impacting nearly 90% of U.S. adults
It’s not every day that physicians coin a new name for a disorder — and that the disorder plagues a majority of Americans. Last month, the...
Did Griswold play politics on Marx complaint?
Victor Marx won the Republican gubernatorial nomination last month by fewer than 2,500 votes. Thirty-nine days earlier, Secretary of State Jena Griswold’s Elections Division found campaign finance complaints against Marx legally sufficient to pursue. Marx, it now alleges, accepted at least $78,000 above Colorado’s donation limits. But it didn’t investigate until weeks after he’d won. […]
Lineage faces daily fines after health officials cite ongoing violations at Boyle Heights warehouse
The company that operates a warehouse damaged in a massive fire in Boyle Heights last month has been cited for a public health violation, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
Canceled federal grants hit teen pregnancy prevention in Baltimore, rural counties
The federal government's abrupt termination of teen pregnancy prevention funding last month means the loss of more than $3 million to Maryland programs, which are trying to see if they can still offer young people programming for without federal support.
Chiefs’ rookie Mansoor Delane delivers health update
Delane, the 6th-overall selection in the 2026 NFL Draft, suffered a shoulder injury during OTAs last month.
Surprise candidate Shimon Blau cleared to face off against Melat Kiros in November
Unaffiliated congressional candidate Shimon Blau, a Denver doctor, has qualified by petition for the general election in Colorado’s 1st District, where Democrat Melat Kiros defeated 15-term U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in last month’s primary, the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office said Friday. Blau, a newcomer to politics, submitted just shy of 2,000 valid signatures on […]
Unaffiliated candidate Shimon Blau will face Melat Kiros in congressional race
Unaffiliated congressional candidate Shimon Blau, a Denver doctor, has qualified by petition for the general election in Colorado’s 1st District, where Democrat Melat Kiros defeated 15-term U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in last month’s primary, the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office said Friday. Blau, a newcomer to politics, submitted just shy of 2,000 valid signatures on […]
AI Lab Midjourney Eyes Suite of Apps After Buying Astrology Startup Co-Star
Artificial intelligence lab Midjourney Inc. has bought the popular astrology app Co-Star and is building its first standalone image-generation app, the startup’s latest moves to push into new business areas after promising an ambitious expansion last month.
Moratorium placed on Bartow mental health facility after patient’s death
A moratorium was placed on patient admissions at a mental health center in Bartow after a patient died last month.
France had 5,700 more deaths than usual during its June heatwave, health officials say
France experienced at least 5,700 more deaths than usual during a historic heatwave last month, according to the public health agency
Xbox Console Sales Rose In June, Despite Price Increases
Meccha Chameleon was the second-best-selling game in the U.S. last month, with an estimated 4 million copies sold
Tesla investors want answers about a potential merger with SpaceX
Tesla investors are responding to rampant speculation about a mega-merger with SpaceX, which raised $86 billion in a blockbuster IPO last month.
Why Britain is getting a new prime minister without a general election
Veteran Labour Party politician Andy Burnham has become Britain’s new prime minister He takes over from Keir Starmer, who announced his resignation last month.
Apple's Latest Price Increases Go Beyond Macs and iPads
After raising prices on all Macs and iPads worldwide last month, Apple increased prices on more products and services on Friday. After raising prices on all Macs and iPads worldwide last month, Apple increased prices on more products and services on Friday.
Leon Black walked out of an Epstein House committee interview. Here’s what we know
Billionaire investor Leon Black, who for years paid Jeffrey Epstein for tax and financial advice, is facing scrutiny over his relationship with the late convicted sex offender after walking out of a closed-door interview with House investigators last month.
Stanley Cup, World Cup lead to big betting in June, last month before tax, distribution changes
How Americans are engaged with news, politics, religion and civic life
The Briefing ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story German regulators said this week that the country’s media laws apply to content generated by artificial intelligence after a court ruled last month that Google is liable for inaccurate […]
Maker of Drone Boats Used in Iran War to Open New Texas Shipyard
Saronic Technologies will make naval and commercial vessels at the facility. The company’s naval drone helped rescue the crew of a downed Apache helicopter last month.
Charlotte business break-in: Police seek suspect caught on camera along Eastway Drive
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are asking for the public’s help identifying a man caught on surveillance camera breaking into a business along Eastway Drive near Independence Boulevard last month.
Inside the states' case to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
Winning a restraining order will be a crucial test for California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta and his group. Some observers see the states' efforts as an uphill climb because the U.S. Justice Department last month approved the merger.
Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security Flaws
Microsoft Corp. today released software updates to plug at least 570 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, almost triple the number of vulnerabilities the software giant fixed in its record-smashing Patch Tuesday release last month. Microsoft…
Science of the city: Why is the county so overweight?
Last month, “Science of the City” explored the unique reasons why Greater Hyattsville can support so many healthy food outlets, despite more than 50% of the county being classified as a “food desert.” This month we explore the controversy over how living in a food desert, which lacks healthy food, or a “food swamp,” which […]
Pesticide makers stack wins against US environmental, public health groups
The U.S. Supreme Court handed a major legal victory to German agrichemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer last month when it reined in thousands of lawsuits accusing the German company of failing to warn users that glyphosate, the active ingredient in its Roundup weedkiller, causes cancer.
Mitch McConnell shares health update after fall, now in rehab
Sen. Mitch McConnell says he’s recovering at a rehabilitation center after a fall last month and a mild case of pneumonia. He’s not yet cleared to return to the Senate floor to vote, but says he’s continuing to work with his staff during recovery.
McConnell says he was hospitalized last month after a fall
Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky on Sunday announced, after weeks of speculation, why he had been hospitalized and away from Capital Hill.
Working Strategies: Business startup a good option for seniors
Second Sunday Series – This is the 10th of 12 columns on career planning post-60, which will appear the second Sunday of each month from September through August. In last month’s Second Sunday column on career planning for folks in t…
UN aid groups say quake-hit areas on verge of health crisis
CATIA LA MAR, Venezuela -- Victims of the powerful twin earthquakes that jolted Venezuela last month and those spared by the destruction flooded relief services offered by nongovernmental organizations in the hardest-hit areas on Thursday.
Crews are draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool again as part of Trump's troubled revamp
The president at first suggested his renovations would last a century. But, within weeks of the project originally reaching completion last month, the water was beset by an algae bloom and pieces of the new coating appeared to be peeling off the bottom.
Teens Drop Lawsuit Against Trump's Trans Sports Order After Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court last month upheld state bans on transgender girls in school sports.
McConnell was loaded into ambulance on a stretcher, according to eyewitness and new video
Emergency responders took Sen. Mitch McConnell to an ambulance on a stretcher after being called to his home last month for a report of an unconscious person, according to new video of the incident and an eyewitness account.
Organization warns of public health emergency in Venezuela after 38 hospitals damaged in earthquakes last month
What's next for immigrants with TPS status after Supreme Court ruling?
The legal status of nearly 1.3 million immigrants facing war or environmental disasters in their home countries is up in the air following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. In a 6-3 decision, the high court ruled last month that the Homeland Security secretary’s decision to grant, extend or terminate a country’s TPS designation, which lets people from eligible countries legally live and work in the U.S. for periods
Democratic socialist Francesca Hong tests how far left voters will go in battleground Wisconsin
Over the last month, Democratic socialists have notched victories in the liberal strongholds of New York City, Washington, D.C., and Denver.
Christian Eriksen’s club gives health update after second on-pitch collapse
Christian Eriksen collapsed during Denmark’s friendly with Ukraine last month
Overcrowding, lack of clean water among biggest health risks from Venezuela quakes says PAHO
The biggest risks to residents' health following devastating twin earthquakes that ripped across Venezuela's northern coast last month include interruptions to regular medical care, overcrowding in shelters and lack of access to clean water, Jarbas Barbosa, the director of the Pan American Health Organization, said on Thursday.
Overcrowded Shelters, Poor Water Access Pose Health Risks After Venezuela Quakes, PAHO Says
By Julia Symmes Cobb July 9 (Reuters) - The biggest health risks following twin earthquakes that ripped across Venezuela's northern coast last month include interruptions to regular medical care, crowded shelters and lack of access to clean water, the head of the Pan American Health Organization ...
Pittsburgh's pro sports teams and businesses raise more than $1 million to battle food insecurity
The #BurghProud Challenge raised more than $1.5 million in the last month thanks to help from the Penguins, Pirates, and Steelers.
As NC early voting disputes persist, Dems ask Wake to restore NC State polling site
Last month, election officials dropped a longtime early voting site on N.C. State’s campus and replaced it with a separate university site away from main campus.
Rising beef prices impacting small businesses
Beef prices have surged over the last month due to a cattle shortage
The Right Thing: Why I buy books when I travel
Do we owe anything to the places we visit? Last month, I spent some time in Savannah, Georgia, with family. Like many travelers, the woman I’d eat bees for and
A few thoughts on returning home
Did you miss me? (Editor: might be best not to ask…) I’ve been on the road for much of the last month or so, visiting family and performing my one-man show as Alexander Hamilton for groups of lawyers and regular folks. So, no columns from me lately. Did I miss anything? Oh, right, the primary. […]
SSM Health seeks to toss St. Mary’s nurse union election
Nurses at Madison’s St. Mary’s hospital won a union election last month. Missouri-based SSM Health, who owns the hospital, wants to throw out the results.
France’s First Ebola Patient Has Recovered, Health Minister Says
A doctor who was diagnosed with Ebola in France last month after doing humanitarian work in the Democratic Republic of Congo has recovered and left the hospital.
Deaths surged 29% in France during week of record heat, health agency says
France experienced a surge in deaths during the hottest week of a record heat wave last month.
This Backrooms Game Outsold Every PS5 Title on PS Store Last Month
You can thank the movie for that
Trump returns to Mount Rushmore after years of hinting he belongs there
The White House says there would be “no better addition” to Mount Rushmore than Trump, who last month posted an image of his face on the monument.
West Hartford business owner released from ICE custody, according to Sen. Blumenthal
A West Hartford business owner was released from United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after being detained last month, according to Sen. Richard Blumenthal on Friday.
Deaths surged 29% in France during week of record heat, health agency says
Deaths surged in France during the hottest week of a record heat wave last month, the country’s public health authority said Friday.
Heat wave in France saw 2,000 more deaths, says public health authority
France experienced a surge in deaths during the hottest week of a record heat wave last month. Public Health France said it recorded at least 2,000 more deaths than the previous week.
Euro-Zone Business Activity Revised Up to Stagnation for June
Business activity in the euro area was better than initially thought last month, with the bloc recording stagnation rather than shrinking.
Medline warehouse fire: Lawsuit filed after residents report health issues negligence
Neighbors living near the site of last month's massive warehouse fire in Tracy say they are still dealing with health concerns and the environmental aftermath.
Something Is Going On With Mitch McConnell’s Health, and His Office Is Keeping Mighty Quiet About It
McConnell checked into a hospital last month. We don’t know why.
Medics Responded To ‘Cardiac Arrest’ At Mitch McConnell’s Home Last Month—What We Know About His Health
The 84-year-old senator has been hospitalized twice this year.
Former Olympic canoeist indicted by a grand jury after arrest at the Reflecting Pool
David Hearn, a former Olympic canoeist, has been indicted by a grand jury in Washington, DC, Superior Court, after being arrested last month when he reached into the Reflecting Pool, a source familiar with the charges told CNN.
What Is Going On With Mitch McConnell’s Health?
The former Senate Republican leader has been hospitalized since last month, and new reports suggest he was likely unconscious when paramedics arrived.
What Is Going On With Mitch McConnell’s Health?
The former Senate Republican leader has been hospitalized since last month, and new reports suggest he was likely unconscious when paramedics arrived.
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation store page lists multiple DLCs, including story expansion
Last month, we reported that Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, the final chapter of the acclaimed trilogy that is set to launch on Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027, could receive DLC after release. While the game is still a long way off, new evidence has surfaced suggesting that may indeed be the case. According to EpicDB, a third-party tool that tracks...
Students gain hands-on research skills during ASSURE summer science program
Liberty University’s ASSURE program, an annual six-week summer intensive through the School of Health Sciences’ Department of Biology & Chemistry, concluded last month with its largest participation yet, with 36 students gaining research experience under the supervision of 16 faculty members....
US economy added jobs at a slower pace than expected in June
The Labor Department released the June 2026 jobs report, which showed the U.S. economy added jobs at a steady pace last month despite uncertainty over inflation.
EMS recording shows emergency response for ‘unconscious’ person at Sen. McConnell’s house on same day he was hospitalized
An EMS audio recording published by an independent journalist indicates that emergency responders were called to the Washington, DC, home of Sen. Mitch McConnell for an “unconscious” person the same day he was hospitalized last month.
New requirements for sports agents in Louisiana aim to protect student-athletes
The launch of the online portal comes after a state law went into effect last month, increasing regulatory oversight of endorsement contracts and sports agents.
Microsoft stock suffers worst month since 2000
Microsoft's stock price fell by 19% last month, capping off a fiscal year for the company during which it's lost over $800 billion in market value.
McConnell was found 'unconscious' in home last month as condition remains unknown
Sen. Mitch McConnell was reportedly found unconscious at his D.C. home before being hospitalized, and his recovery timeline is still unclear.
Mitch McConnell Was Reportedly Found Unconscious Last Month—What We Know About His Health
The 84-year-old senator has been hospitalized twice this year.
OtherSide Entertainment lays off 18 from Thick as Thieves team
OtherSide has now laid off 36 employees in the last month.
Blue Origin still doesn't know why its New Glenn rocket blew up last month
But the company is still claiming that New Glenn will return to flight this year.
Gmail Live now in testing on Android and iOS
Following the announcement at I/O 2026 last month, Google is now testing Gmail Live on Android and iOS. This feature lets you...
Polish businesses press Warsaw, Kyiv to end political rift
When Wojciech Kostrzewa, who represents some of Poland's biggest firms, went on a Polish economic mission to Kyiv last month, he found a "very good" atmosphere and a collaborative spirit with his Ukra...