A bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general opened a landmark federal trial against Meta Platforms in Oakland, California, alleging the company intentionally engineered addictive features into Instagram and Facebook. The lawsuit, part of a massive multidistrict litigation, claims Meta misled the public regarding the psychological impacts of its platforms on...
SpaceX has successfully towed an intact Starship upper stage to Australia's Christmas Island following an unexpected ocean splashdown. Launched from Texas on July 24 during the program's thirteenth integrated test flight, the spacecraft executed a controlled landing in the Indian Ocean. Unlike previous test articles that broke apart upon impact,...
NASA released high-resolution orbiter images confirming a spent SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage struck the lunar surface on August 5, 2026. The rocket booster previously launched Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost 1 lunar lander mission in January 2025 before drifting in high orbit. Tracking data from independent astronomers and NASA's Center...
Cleveland Browns tight end Dae'Quan Wright is being waived by the franchise to finalize an agreement to play for Louisiana State University. Wright made sports history by becoming the first active National Football League player to enter the NCAA transfer portal, utilizing a temporary restraining order issued by a Louisiana...
Caitlin Clark committed crucial late-game errors in the Indiana Fever's 107-102 loss to the New York Liberty on Saturday, drawing sharp public criticism from her future Team USA head coach, Kara Lawson . With the Fever trailing by three with under a minute remaining, Clark failed to box out a...
A British electricity generator was shut down for four days in July in a cyberattack officials confirmed, while The Telegraph attributed the incident to Iranian-linked hackers. Officials said the facility was small and never threatened the wider UK power system. The National Cyber Security Centre was notified, and the government...
US federal debt has officially surpassed $40 trillion**, a record high, as borrowing accelerates outside pandemic levels and the Iran war drives up spending needs. Long-term Treasury yields hit a 19-year high on Tuesday, triggering market fears over fiscal sustainability and inflation . Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s intervention to “at...
The Pentagon on Friday fired three senior staff members of the military newspaper Stars and Stripes, including Editor-in-Chief Erik Slavin, Publisher Max Lederer, and Middle East correspondent Lara Cortes, citing insubordination . Slavin said his dismissal followed a CBS interview where he stated that censorship of news for service members...
Public opposition to U.S. data centers has become a political issue ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, with Democrats and Republicans increasingly seeking restrictions or distancing themselves from earlier support. Gallup reported May 13 that 71% of Americans opposed building an AI data center locally, including 48% strongly opposed, in...
South Korean actor Kim Soo-Hyun made his first major public appearance in over a year on August 23 at the Mahakarya RCTI 37 event in Jakarta, Indonesia, triggering sharply divided reactions online . The appearance marks his return following a police decision in July 2026 that cleared him of underage...
