Meta Agrees to Pay Up to $17 Billion in Historic Child Safety Settlement
A Landmark Reckoning for Social Media In what is being called the largest state consumer protection settlement since the tobacco industry’s massive 1990s payout, Meta agreed on Wednesday, August 26, to pay up to $17.1 billion and overhaul its platforms to better protect children. The…
A Near-Total Lunar Eclipse This Week Will Be the Best Until 2028
An Almost-Blood Moon Is Coming Thursday Night Don’t let the word “partial” fool you. When most people hear the words “partial lunar eclipse,” they might assume it will be less impressive than a total eclipse — but the August 27–28 event is anything but ordinary….
Trump Declares Economic War on Iran, Threatening Allies Who Refuse to Cut Ties
A Financial Ultimatum Heard Around the World The Trump administration escalated its economic offensive against Iran on Monday, August 24, launching what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called “Operation Economic Outcast” — a sweeping expansion of secondary sanctions designed to sever Tehran from the global financial…
The Citizen App Wants to Keep You Safe — But at What Cost
A Safety App With Big Ambitions — and Growing Pains The Citizen app has spent years positioning itself as an indispensable tool for personal safety, promising to put real-time emergency information directly in your pocket. With a live crime map, police and fire alerts, and…
Real Women Share the Jaw-Dropping Things Their Doctors Actually Said to Them
When the Doctor’s Office Becomes a Horror Story A therapist who fires her patient mid-session after telling her to “just stop caring” about a recurring trauma nightmare. A woman with endometriosis denied a hysterectomy because of what a hypothetical future husband might want. A 14-year-old…
China’s Moon Mission Launches This Week to Hunt for Ice in Lunar Darkness
A Leap Into the Coldest Place in the Solar System China is poised to launch Chang’e-7, its most technologically complex lunar mission to date, in its search for frozen stores of water in permanently shadowed craters near the moon’s south pole. The launch window opens…
FBI Foils ISIS-Inspired Bomb Plot Targeting New York State Capitol and Lawmakers
Albany Woman Arrested in Alleged Terror Plot Against State Senators Jessica Bowie, who had pledged allegiance to ISIS, was arrested by FBI agents on Wednesday after buying what she believed to be an explosive device and stating her desire to carry out an attack at…
FBI Data Confirms Historic Violent Crime Drop Under Trump Administration
A Record-Breaking Decline in American Crime Violent crime in the U.S. plummeted last year to roughly 1.1 million violent crimes — a 9.3% drop from 2024 and the largest one-year decline on record. The White House made the announcement on August 14, 2026, alongside the…
Unlicensed Boat Tour Operator Kills Mother and Baby Near Statue of Liberty, Faces Federal Charges
A Birthday Trip Turns Fatal on New York Harbor The boat ride was part of a birthday celebration. Instead, it became a tragedy. On August 8, 2026, a vessel piloted by Manuel Ernesto Hernandez-Umana, an illegal alien from El Salvador, capsized in New York Harbor….
Oil Shock and Iran Threats Send Wall Street Sliding for a Third Straight Day
Markets Rattled as US-Iran Conflict Escalates Wall Street has had a rough stretch, and the US-Iran conflict is squarely at the center of it. On Tuesday, August 18, US stock futures extended a multi-day slide as fresh geopolitical flashpoints stoked fears of higher inflation and…
