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…
New Pill Doubles Survival Time for Late-Stage Pancreatic Cancer Patients
A Breakthrough Decades in the Making For most of the past half-century, a diagnosis of late-stage pancreatic cancer has been, in the words of one patient, a death sentence. That reality shifted on Wednesday, August 26, when the FDA granted expedited approval to a pill…
Glacier Collapse Unleashes Catastrophic Floods Across Nepal and Tibet Killing Hundreds
A Wall of Water With No Warning Rescue teams searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border after a catastrophic torrent of floods and mud swept through several communities following a glacier collapse — a disaster that left at least 273 people…
Canada Fires Back With $20 Billion in Tariffs as US-Canada Trade War Hits New Low
A Historic Alliance Under Siege The United States and Canada — two countries that have shared the world’s longest undefended border for generations — are now locked in one of the most bitter trade disputes in their history. On Tuesday, August 25, Canada announced sweeping…
America Loses Dolly Parton, the Queen of Country Music and Humanity, at 80
A Legend Falls Silent Dolly Parton, who rose from humble beginnings to the greatest heights of American music and became one of the country’s most philanthropic, unifying, and beloved stars, died Tuesday in Nashville. The family statement said she passed “peacefully,” after “bravely facing a…
Landmark Study Finds at Least 1 in 4 Former NFL Players Died With CTE
A Disease Hidden in Plain Sight The largest study ever conducted on deceased NFL players’ brains has confirmed what many researchers feared — and the true prevalence of the disease is likely even higher than the headline numbers suggest. Published on Tuesday, August 25, in…
Reno’s Hawk Fire Destroys Dozens of Homes and Forces Tens of Thousands to Flee
A City Under Siege A fast-moving wildfire has ripped through the hills northwest of Reno, Nevada, leaving a trail of destruction that has upended the lives of tens of thousands of residents. The Hawk Fire ignited near Verdi, Washoe County, around 11:25 a.m. on Saturday,…
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…
Scientists Turn Plastic Bottles and Crop Waste Into Protein-Rich 3D-Printed Cookies
A Cookie With a Very Unusual Origin Story Chemical engineers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are developing a NASA-backed process that turns toxic plastic into something surprisingly edible — and possibly even delicious. The result is a 3D-printed, protein-rich cookie called µBites (pronounced “microbites”), and…
Judge Upholds Karmelo Anthony Murder Conviction, Defense Vows to Fight On
Conviction Stands After Retrial Bid Fails A Texas judge denied a new trial for Karmelo Anthony on Saturday in the stabbing death of a 17-year-old athlete at a high school track meet — a killing that drew national attention and led to harassment of the…
