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Washington DC is hosting its first-ever IndyCar race this weekend as part of the nation’s 250th birthday celebrations. Top drivers, including Indianapolis 500 winner Felix Rosenqvist, will compete in 147 laps around a 1.66-mile street course near the National Mall at speeds reaching 180 mph. Some preservationists have raised concerns that race vibrations could damage artwork and historic buildings in the area.

Two Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have been convicted of inciting subversion for organizing annual vigils commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. The convictions came under Hong Kong’s National Security Law, which China imposed in 2020 and effectively banned such gatherings. The two activists now face up to 10 years in prison for their role in keeping the memorials alive.

FIFA has handed out suspensions and fines to five individuals following a brawl at the World Cup final. Argentine midfielder Leandro Paredes received the harshest punishment, a 10-match ban and $90,000 fine that will keep him out of Argentina’s national team for roughly a year. Two Argentine teammates, an Argentine coach, and a Spanish player also received lighter sanctions.

A Tycoon’s Spectacular Fall From Grace China Evergrande Group’s founder Hui Ka Yan has been sentenced to life in prison, bringing an end to one of the most dramatic rise-and-fall stories in China’s corporate history. It completes a stunning downfall for Hui — also known…

Summer May Stick Around Longer Than You’d Like If you were hoping for an early taste of sweater weather, federal forecasters have some unwelcome news. A seasonal outlook released by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center on August 20, 2026, shows most of the country is expected…

A Barrage That Speaks Louder Than Words North Korea launched about 10 short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Thursday, a day after shrugging off a U.S. decision to scale back military drills with South Korea in an apparent bid to resume diplomacy. The message…

A Record-Breaking Star Born From Cosmic Chaos Scientists have detected the fastest-known star in the Milky Way — a stellar speedster zooming around the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy that might hold the key to measuring the spin of this celestial…

A Breakthrough Decades in the Making What scientists once dismissed as science fiction has just become clinical reality. On August 19, Moderna and Merck announced that their personalized mRNA cancer vaccine, called intismeran, succeeded in a late-stage trial against melanoma — the deadliest form of…

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…

A Campus Drug Empire Built Inside Fraternity Houses Penn State fraternity pledges were made to cut and package cocaine for a drug ring run out of two off-campus fraternity houses — a disturbing detail that emerged Monday when Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday charged 14…