Pennsylvania measles outbreak tops 100 confirmed cases

 

Pennsylvania health officials have confirmed 101 measles cases statewide in 2026, marking a sharp rise from 16 cases in 2025 and four in 2024. The outbreak, which began in late April 2026, now involves at least six counties, with the greatest concentration reported in Lancaster and Lebanon, and additional cases...

United Kingdom rocker Mick Jagger reflects on fame

 

New York — Mick Jagger has publicly reflected on the psychological impact of decades of global fame, directly addressing comedian John Mulaney’s widely shared 2019 stand-up bit about his offstage demeanor on Saturday Night Live. In a recent interview with The New York Times Magazine, the 82-year-old Rolling Stones frontman...

United States faces depleted missile stocks amid Iran war

 

Key U.S. missile and air defense stockpiles are significantly depleted as military operations against Iran resume, raising concerns about readiness for future conflicts with China or North Korea, analysts told CNN. President Donald Trump said Friday that the ceasefire in the Iran conflict is “over,” following an early campaign, Operation...

Georgia Teen's Plea Hearing Set After School Shooting

 

Atlanta: A judge scheduled a plea and sentencing hearing later this month for Colt Gray, 16, the teenager charged with killing four people in a September 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School northeast of Atlanta. Court filings indicated the judge set a non-negotiated hearing for July 24 and gave a...

Unitaid.eu Hosts Aggregated Craigslist Local Listings

 

United States — unitaid.eu published aggregated Craigslist postings for Hermiston, Oregon; Passaic, New Jersey; and Menifee, California this week, reproducing local classifieds for vehicles, housing, jobs and goods. The pages include standard Craigslist boilerplate lines and listing excerpts, and were accessible via the unitaid.eu domain without clear attribution or timestamps...

Oregon drops court bid against Paramount-WBD merger

 

United States – Oregon’s Attorney General has withdrawn a legal effort to freeze the proposed $110 billion merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, removing a major obstacle to the media deal and handing Paramount a temporary victory. The reversal, announced Sunday, July 12, follows a sharp escalation in...

San Francisco protesters demand pause on frontier AI

 

Hundreds of demonstrators marched through San Francisco on Sunday, July 12, 2026, calling on leading artificial intelligence companies to halt the rapid development of frontier AI systems. Organized by the coalition Stop the AI Race under the banner "Freeze AI on Slushy Day," the protest began at noon outside OpenAI’s...

Senator Lindsey Graham dies after sudden illness

 

Washington — U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican and close ally of President Donald Trump, died Saturday evening after a "brief and sudden illness," his office said. He was 71; the statement, posted on social media, said the family requests privacy and appreciates prayers as Senate colleagues and...

Upper East Side Legionnaires' Outbreak Prompts Tower Inspections

 

New York City health officials confirmed a cluster of Legionnaires' disease on the Upper East Side after initial reports on July 3; they tested more than 180 cooling towers and identified at least 31 towers positive for Legionella, including a tower at the Guggenheim, and began remediation this week. This week...

Los Angeles concert brawl erupts at Hilary Duff show

 

A violent altercation broke out among audience members during Hilary Duff’s “Lucky Me” tour stop at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, according to video published on July 12, 2026 by TMZ. The incident occurred during a dark transition on stage just before Duff performed her song “Play with Fire,”...