Colombia’s Deadliest Earthquake in Decades Kills Over 160 as Rescuers Race Against Time
A Nation in Crisis Rescue efforts across western Colombia carried into a second day on Tuesday as emergency workers dug through collapsed buildings and flattened homes — with the death toll from the country’s most powerful earthquake in decades now standing at least 164 people…
Myspace Is Coming Back and Its Owners Are Betting on Your Nostalgia
A Blast From the Past — With a Purpose Before TikTok’s endless loops, before Instagram’s curated grids, and before Facebook swallowed the internet whole, there was Myspace — the platform that let you pick a profile song, rank your eight best friends, and design a…
Alleged Irish Drug Kingpin Daniel Kinahan Finally Faces Justice After a Decade on the Run
A Decade of Impunity Comes to an End Alleged Irish crime gang boss Daniel Kinahan was charged with directing a criminal organization by prosecutors in Dublin on Sunday amid tight security at a special court sitting, following his extradition from the United Arab Emirates. For…
Fisherman’s Accidental Dive Uncovers a 2,100-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck off Sicily
A Chance Discovery Beneath the Waves It started with something that looked like a rock on an underwater scanner. Giacomo De Mola, an underwater fisherman, decided to dive and investigate anyway — and stumbled upon what he called “without a doubt, the most incredible discovery…
Houthis Strike Saudi Aramco Refinery as Middle East Tensions Spiral
A Day of Converging Global Stories Sunday, August 9, 2026, brought a sharp reminder that the world’s fault lines — geopolitical, legal, and historical — rarely stay quiet for long. From a drone strike on one of the world’s most important oil facilities to a…
Bay Area Juvenile Burglary Ring Tied to Over 70 Heists Dismantled by Multi-Agency Sweep
A Sprawling Crime Spree Hidden in Plain Sight Four juveniles have been arrested in connection with 37 vehicle and residential burglaries in Concord and 40 more in other cities in Contra Costa and Solano counties, authorities announced Friday, August 8. What investigators uncovered wasn’t a…
Russia Hammers Ukraine With Missiles as Air Defense Crisis Deepens
A Nation Under Fire, Nearly Defenseless Against Ballistic Missiles The numbers are stark and alarming. Ukraine intercepted only 29 of the 195 ballistic missiles Russia launched at the country in July as air defenses faced a critical shortage of interceptor missiles, the Defense Ministry reported…
Scientists Discover the Brain Enzyme Behind Childhood Trauma’s Lasting Damage
A Scar You Can’t See Experiencing severe stress during childhood can make a person more vulnerable to anxiety, depression, and other mood disorders when faced with hardships as an adult. That much has long been suspected. What scientists didn’t know — until now — was…
Puerto Rico’s Worst Drought in Decades Forces 180,000 Into Water Rationing
A Crisis Years in the Making Puerto Rico’s water crisis entered a new phase on Friday, August 7, as rationing started for thousands in the San Juan region, where severe drought has exacerbated an ongoing issue with outages and low water pressure for the past…
July Jobs Report Stuns Economists as US Economy Loses 23,000 Positions
A Shocking Reversal for the American Job Market A summer hiring slump dogged the US labor market in July as the economy unexpectedly lost 23,000 jobs, according to new data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report, published on August 7, landed…
