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As sky watchers gathered around the world to see the August 2026 solar eclipse this week, at least one observer captured a surprise cameo appearance by something in Earth’s orbit….

Brainstorm involves Massachusetts’ inaugural Heat Resilience Officer   Under the midday sun on the plaza outside Clark University’s Shaich Center, Massachusetts Climate Chief Melissa Hoffer announced the appointment of the state’s first-ever Heat…

There were moments when it seemed that old, U.S.-led order could be strengthened and developed. The Abraham Accords, the 2020 normalization agreements between Israel and Bahrain, Morocco, and the UAE,…

The baby at the center of a dispute between a surrogate and the parents is now in his parents’ custody and receiving care, their lawyer said Thursday.  The baby, born…

I used to have a soft spot for Jaguar. The XF especially was a proper West End theater – you pressed the start button, and after a brief pause, the…

Jeff Johnson has a knack for finding spam on the App Store. Yesterday it was review spam, and today it’s app submission spam. In a post where he called out…

Fleetwood Mac is proving once again that some albums never really go out of style. The band’s 1988 compilation album, Greatest Hits, just reached a new peak on the Billboard…

Aug. 13, 2026, 1:18 p.m. ET Nate Ament has worn No. 10 for much of his career, but the former Tennessee forward was forced to choose a new number upon…

OpenAI’s executive shake-up continues. The company announced Thursday that it is replacing its chief revenue officer, Denise Dresser, after only eight months in the role. Dali Rajic, formerly the chief…

Ukraine struck deep inside Russian territory this week and its strategic shift toward direct attacks on Russia’s beleaguered energy sector may be tipping the scales in the four-year-old war, experts…

Topline MyPillow founder Mike Lindell has refused to concede his loss in Tuesday’s Minnesota GOP gubernatorial primary—as President Donald Trump, who endorsed Lindell, has stayed silent about the results, despite…

Training camp is where the phrase “iron sharpens iron” comes into play more than anywhere else. As Jackson, Horn, McMillan, and even Young (who has been happy to take part…

Google is touting better scratch resistance on its new Pixel 11 Pro phones but, apparently, smaller one doesn’t handle drops and falls quite as well, EU testing claims. The European…

TL;DR: The KeySmart SmartCard Gen 3 is a rechargeable, ultra-thin wallet tracker that works with both Apple Find My and Google Find—and it’s on sale for $31.99. If you already…

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He’ll take us through Groesbeck Road and Davey Ave to get us to McEvoy Park, home of the Hilltop Hawks, where Jimmy Waller taught his 10-year-old safety high school coverages….

After 25 years of dedicated leadership, the College of Business celebrates the retirement of Jim Jones, who has served as the driving force behind the Katie School of Insurance and…

As agents take on more of the actual coding, a team’s culture becomes the thing that decides whether agents deliver impactful work or just burn tokens. The standards people hold,…

Theo is a developer and founder heavily involved with agentic coding tools, T3 Code, Cursor integrations, and AI model testing. He reviews xAI’s newly released Grok 4.6. He notes xAI…

Authorities in Greenland are forcing a US oil company linked to President Donald Trump to postpone drilling plans in the Arctic territory. Greenland Energy Company (GEC), a Nasdaq-listed oil and…

News CONAB raises Brazil corn outlook, cuts soybeans slightly Brazil’s equivalent of the USDA made modest month-to-month changes to its corn and soybean production estimates. CONAB now has total corn…

August 13, 2026 Wake Forest University’s Office of Civic and Community Engagement, in partnership with North Carolina Campus Engagement, announced the launch of Catalyst: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Service-Learning and Community…

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Parent-teacher conferences can conjure a familiar scene: adults crammed into child-size chairs, listening to teachers run through a list of students’ achievements and struggles. For many…

With the revelation that ICE will spend up to $20 million by March on gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks to subdue an individual, according to a notice published…

I’ve been a journalist for over 15 years. I got my start as a schools and cities reporter in Kansas City and joined PCMag in 2017, where I cover satellite…

MOKHA, Yemen (AP) — Crew members of a Yemeni commercial ship who survived a deadly attack by Houthi rebels earlier this week said a second missile struck the vessel just…

Firefighters search through the rubble three days after an earthquake struck Cali, Colombia, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia) BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — For the second time in two…

Acura unveiled its Nexera Vision concept at the Quail today and the reaction is… controversial. Not just because of this one shape they uncovered, but because Acura calls this one…

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province after a death was recorded in the previously unaffected Bas-Uele province, Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya said…