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It is prudent by starting out with a big thank you to Al for filling in for me for the last week plus while I vacationed with my family. Midseason…

BEIJING (AP) — Typhoon Dolphin hit China’s eastern coast Sunday evening after forcing over 300,000 people to preemptively relocate and Shanghai’s two airports to cancel more than 1,300 flights. The…

Duke has been recruiting at a very high level for a long time now. Over the last couple of years, for instance, Jon Scheyer has brought in Cooper Flagg, Kon…

T he first time I meet Hasan Piker, he’s meant to be 5,000 miles away. “Dude, I’m supposed to be in London right now,” says Piker, the leftist political commentator…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country rejects the latest US-backed peace plan for Gaza, demanding the full disarmament of Hamas before any Israeli forces withdraw. The comments come…

This global round-up brings you health stories from the past month. Top stories: New WHO guidance suggests up to 45% of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed; global hunger…

While likely most recognized for his starring role alongside Burt Reynolds in the 1977 action-comedy classic Smokey and the Bandit, Jerry Reed did his best work in the studio. Getting…

In 50 years on screen, Tim Curry, star of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” “Clue” and “It,” has played roles campy, comical, and menacingly sinister, yet his most inscrutable role…

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (August 9, 2026) – New England Revolution II have signed Revolution Academy forward/winger Makai Wells to a one-year MLS NEXT Pro professional contract through June 30, 2027. Wells, 17, becomes the…

Aug 9 (Reuters) – Apple has been testing memory chips from China’s ‌CXMT across product lines including ‌iPhones and MacBooks, to mitigate a component shortage ​fueled by the AI boom,…

When Tim Tanner Jr. talks, people listen. When he says he’s going to do something, believe him. As a junior last season, the 6-foot-1 Sylmar High quarterback in his rookie…

My Life with the Walter Boys. (L to R) Noah LaLonde as Cole Walter, Nikki Rodriguez as Jackie Howard in episode 303 of My Life with the Walter Boys. Cr….

TikTok Shop published an updated help center article on August 6, 2026, explaining how sellers can use Amazon’s Multi-Channel Fulfillment service to ship TikTok orders directly from Amazon’s warehouse network,…

Recently, the official White House X account continued its now-familiar pattern of appropriating someone else’s art without permission, posting an AI-slop remix of the Rick and Morty title sequence. Using…

Disney+ and Hulu have a wide variety of new programming coming your way in the first full week of August, including the return of the timeless 1997 Pokémon animated series…

Aug 9, 2026 McDermott Energy Solutions (UK), a McDermott affiliate holding the largest stake in the SMDC joint venture, has secured a letter of intent from ExxonMobil Mocambique Limitada covering…

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Rodrick Pleasant grew up with built-in role models. His two older brothers were both Division I athletes with Dominic Davis playing football and running track at USC and Diab Davis…

Armed Bedouin clans in the Gaza Strip have fought Hamas‘s military wing at the height of their activity and inflicted significant casualties, security officials said on Sunday.  Since the ceasefire…

The company, Greenland Energy, is preparing for exploratory oil drilling in the Jameson Land region, where it plans to drill an initial well. More equipment is expected to arrive in…

In Rocinha, motorcycles carry workers, groceries, furniture, schoolchildren, and tourists through streets formal transit cannot master. The roaring mototaxi economy reveals how Brazil’s largest favela built mobility from below, turning…

I love having a vintage CRT to watch older content and play retro video games. I love it so much, apparently, that I now have six of the darn things…

When a loved one dies, who downloads their important files from their cloud storage account? Who monitors their email inbox? Who decides what happens to the photos and videos on…

The front lines of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are largely stagnant. But in the skies, the war is ratcheting up. Each sides’ offensive capabilities now appear to be outstripping their…

Veteran Michas Ohnstad talks to Karin Tanabe (center) and Victoria Kelly for the 2025 PBS documentary Atomic Echoes. Fewer than 10 American atomic veterans who served in the cities of…

Part of the issue is simply that the facilities are so huge and tend not to provide many jobs once construction is complete. Microsoft’s announcement of a new site in…

But “Something to Love” is an anthem of summer, not of child rearing. Isbell’s lyrics unfold in that long, leisurely way that the hottest months of the year do, recounting…

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT/Gray News) – A recent college graduate is fighting to walk again months after she was paralyzed in a brutal attack by a suspect who broke into her…

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos and his actor buddy Leonardo DiCaprio are catching some…