USA Update

Bath & Body Works, the store you can smell from the other side of the mall, quickly removed a three-wick candle from its shelves and apologized after people on social media pointed out that the candle label’s design did not look like a snowflake, which is what it was supposed to be. Rather, it looked […]

Peso Pluma is canceling a set of shows in Florida after Hurricane Milton caused destruction throughout the state. The “Ella Baila Sola” singer was scheduled to perform in Tampa (October 16) and Miami (October 17) as part of his Éxodo Tour. “Due to the natural disasters affecting the communities of Florida, Peso Pluma has announced […]

Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff did not explicitly deny allegations — made to the Daily Mail by several unnamed sources — that he once slapped an ex-girlfriend and also hired a “trophy secretary” at his Los Angeles law firm. Emhoff called the tabloid stories “a distraction” when responding to a question during a Friday interview with […]

In his four-year career as Missouri’s starting quarterback, Brady Cook has thrown for 7,603 yards and 43 touchdowns. He led the Tigers to a victory in last year’s Cotton Bowl. And even after an upset loss over the weekend, his team is in a position to compete for a spot in the College Football Playoff. […]

Cities blasted to rubble. Burned bodies and flayed flesh. Invisible waves of radiation coursing through the air. And the indelible image of a mushroom cloud. The atomic bombs dropped by the United States on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki showed the world what an apocalypse looks like. Tens of thousands of people died […]

Night skies came aglow on Thursday with the shimmering palette of the northern lights, or the aurora borealis if you prefer. Above rooftops in Brooklyn and along the shores of Maine, amid Scottish trees and between Russian monuments to artistry, human eyes looked up, surprised to spot colorful bands of chemistry dancing in the dark. […]

Nearly six decades after the Outer Space Treaty banned military activities in space, its norms appear to be losing their power.  In May, U.S. officials from the Defense and State Departments disclosed the possibility of Russia deploying a nuclear-detonation device into space, and that a suspected testbed satellite had already been in orbit for two […]

The Israeli military has launched deadly attacks across the Gaza Strip, including Deir el-Balah, Maghazi and Nuseirat refugee camps, Gaza City and Jabalia refugee camp, where MSF said thousands of people are trapped. The Israeli attacks killed at least 41 people across Gaza on Friday, Palestinian medics said, with nearly half of the fatalities occurring […]

Elon Musk has become one of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters, but he might have to convince the former president not to kill a major part of Tesla’s future. During his remarks at the Detroit Economic Club, Trump said he found autonomous vehicles “concerning” and promised to “stop” them from operating. “I will stop Chinese — […]

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