Ancient Cliff the Size of a Continent May Solve the Grand Canyon’s Greatest Mystery
A Billion Years of Missing History Stand at the rim of the Grand Canyon and you’re looking at one of Earth’s most extraordinary geological timelines — nearly two billion years of rock stacked in vivid, colorful layers. But there’s a catch. A mystery lies deep…
Tourists Stumble Upon Human Remains as Lake Mead Hits Record Low
A Grim Discovery on a Day at the Beach It was supposed to be a fun outing. On August 16, a group of friends — Dianelis Molina Cruz, her friend Mario Lecano, and his young daughter — headed to Boulder Beach at Lake Mead National…
Congo’s Record-Breaking Ebola Outbreak Is Killing One Person Every 30 Minutes
A Grim New Milestone The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is killing one person every 30 minutes — and the numbers keep climbing. The outbreak has now killed 2,325 people, surpassing the death toll from the 2018–2020 outbreak to become…
Just Four Weeks Without Meat or Dairy Can Rewire Your DNA Activity
A Diet Change That Goes Deeper Than the Dinner Plate Most people assume that what they eat affects their waistline or their cholesterol. But a striking new study suggests the impact goes far deeper — all the way down to the molecular switches that control…
S&P 500 Caps a Record Week Even as Broadcom Drags Chip Stocks Lower
A Record High, Then a Reality Check Wall Street capped an eventful week on a cautious note Friday, August 14, as stocks slipped modestly from a historic peak. The S&P 500 fell 0.17% to 7,786, the Nasdaq Composite lost 0.28% to 26,729, and the Dow…
Trump Takes White House Ballroom Battle to the Supreme Court as Costs Soar
A $600 Million Legal Fight Reaches the Nation’s Highest Court President Trump’s administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow construction of the White House ballroom to continue, filing an emergency request after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld…
USA Swimming’s New CFO Arrested for Embezzlement at His Previous Job
A Troubling Discovery at the Top USA Swimming placed its chief financial officer, Cory Hilliard, on leave on Monday after learning of his arrest on charges of theft and embezzlement at his previous job as an administrator in the University of Colorado athletic department. The…
USA Swimming’s New CFO Resigns Two Days After Arrest on Embezzlement Charges
A Stunning Fall From Grace USA Swimming Chief Financial Officer Cory Hilliard resigned from his position on Tuesday, just one day after his arrest on theft and embezzlement charges. The swift and dramatic exit has sent shockwaves through the national governing body for one of…
Tupac Murder Trial Finally Begins Thirty Years After His Killing
Hip-Hop’s Most Infamous Cold Case Reaches a Courtroom The trial of a former gang leader accused of orchestrating the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur finally began on August 10, thirty years after one of America’s most high-profile unresolved killings. Duane “Keffe D” Davis is the…
Los Angeles Erupts as Watts Riots Ignite a Nation’s Conscience
The Spark That Lit the Powder Keg: The Watts Riots of 1965 On August 11, 1965, a routine traffic stop in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles ignited six days of devastating civil unrest that would forever change how America understood race, poverty, and justice….
