Welsh Rock Legend Bonnie Tyler Dies at 75 After Months-Long Battle in Portugal
A Voice That Could Not Be Silenced — Until Now Legendary pop singer Bonnie Tyler, best known for hits including “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” has died after weeks in a hospital, her family announced on Thursday, July 9. She was 75. The news sent…
Maine Democrats Scramble to Replace Senate Candidate After Rape Allegation Forces Him Out
A Campaign That Promised Revolution Ends in Disgrace Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine, ended his candidacy on Wednesday — throwing a contest with national implications into chaos and punctuating one of the most meteoric rises and dramatic falls of any…
Single Brain Cells May Be the Hidden Secret Behind Human Intelligence
Rethinking What Makes Us Smart For decades, scientists believed the secret to human intelligence was simple math: more brain cells, more connections, more power. The bigger the network, the smarter the animal. But a landmark new study published this week in the Proceedings of the…
Trump Declares Iran Ceasefire Dead as US Airstrikes Resume and Hormuz Burns
A Fragile Peace Shatters Over the World’s Most Critical Waterway The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar — crossfire that again threatened the interim deal intended to help end the war in the…
Steel Beams Bent Like Cigarettes Inside NYC’s Largest Office-to-Apartment Conversion
A Midtown Emergency Unfolds It started with a report of falling bricks. By mid-morning on Tuesday, July 7, one of the most ambitious construction projects in New York City history had become a full-scale urban emergency. Two structural support beams on the 21st floor of…
Prince Harry’s Final Press Battle Ends in Total Defeat Against Daily Mail Publisher
A Stunning Courtroom Loss Years in the Making On Tuesday, July 7, Mr. Justice Nicklin totally dismissed Prince Harry and his co-claimants’ privacy case against Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, on every count — ending the Duke of Sussex’s…
Babies Are Born Music Lovers and Their Brains Prove It
A Musical Brain From the Very Beginning While the human brain processes structured music as early as three months of age, the physical drive to move to a beat emerges only toward the end of the first year of life. That’s the central finding of…
Pamplona’s Running of the Bulls Begins With a Hemingway Centennial in the Air
A Festival 400 Years in the Making The 2026 Running of the Bulls at the Festival de San Fermín in Pamplona, Spain kicked off on July 6th , and as of today, Tuesday, July 7, the city’s legendary streets are alive with the thunder of…
Evidence Mounts in Charlie Kirk Murder Case as Pivotal Hearing Enters Day Two
A Courtroom Reckons With a Nation-Shaking Crime The fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk — founder of the conservative youth movement Turning Point USA and a close ally of President Donald Trump — occurred on September 10, 2025, at an outdoor rally at Utah Valley University…
NATO Leaders Converge in Ankara With Billions on the Line and Ukraine Under Fire
A Summit Built on Urgency Heads of state and government from NATO’s 32 members are meeting for a summit in Ankara, Turkey, on July 7–8, 2026. The timing could hardly be more charged. The Ankara Summit is expected to center on three issues: defense investment,…
