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Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, where France beat Paraguay 1-0 in the World Cup round of 16

Mbappe Draws Level With Messi. Paraguay’s Goalkeeper Made Sure It Took 70 Minutes.

France needed a 70th-minute penalty and a VAR review to get past a Paraguay side that had already eliminated Germany. Mbappe converted it, drawing level with Messi's tournament tally, but one goalkeeper's

July 6, 2026

News·Sports

The Pentagon, headquarters of the US Department of Defense, which awarded AeroVironment a $500 million counter-drone contract

The Pentagon Just Handed a Drone Maker $500 Million to Fix a Problem Iran Exposed

AeroVironment won a $500 million Army contract for counter-drone systems days after Q4 earnings that beat estimates by 133%. The deal follows a gap the Iran war exposed: million-dollar interceptors chasing drones

July 6, 2026

Business·Government and Politics·News

Friederike Otto, professor of climate science at Imperial College London and co-lead of World Weather Attribution

A 154-Year-Old DC Heat Record Just Fell. Scientists Say That Was the Point.

A World Weather Attribution study found the East Coast heat wave that broke Washington's 154-year-old temperature record would have been virtually impossible without fossil fuel pollution. A 68-year-old Pennsylvania man's heat death

July 6, 2026

Climate·News·Science

The FDA's White Oak campus in Silver Spring, Maryland, which approved Tregzi on June 30

FDA Clears a Transplant Therapy Built to Cut Chronic GVHD From 44% to 13%

The FDA approved Tregzi, Orca Bio's engineered cell therapy, after a 187-patient trial found it cut moderate-to-severe chronic graft-versus-host disease from 44% with standard transplants to 13%. The tradeoff patients now face

July 5, 2026

Health·News

Exterior view of NASA's HERA habitat at Johnson Space Center, which will supply the transit simulation for the new Moon and Mars Exploration Analog mission

NASA Wants Volunteers to Do a Harder Version of the Isolation Mission Four People Are Still Living Through

While four volunteers remain locked inside a simulated Mars habitat in Houston with three months left, NASA has opened applications for an even longer analog mission that adds a simulated spacecraft transit

July 5, 2026

News·Science

Official portrait of Rep. Tom Kean Jr., who disclosed a depression diagnosis after missing 140 House votes

A Congressman Missed 140 Votes for Depression. He Came Back With a Bill.

Rep. Tom Kean Jr. disclosed he was hospitalized for depression after missing nearly four months of House votes, then introduced a bill to strengthen enforcement of the federal mental health parity law

July 5, 2026

Health·News

Entrance of the Federal Trade Commission's Apex Building headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Colorado Passed an AI Bias Law. The FTC Just Said That Might Be Illegal.

The FTC voted 2-0 to propose that Colorado's AI Act is impliedly preempted by federal law, arguing the state's anti-bias rules could itself violate consumer protection law. The theory has never been

July 5, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

USMNT head coach Mauricio Pochettino during the March 28, 2026 friendly against Belgium

The Last Time the USMNT Played Belgium, They Lost by Three Goals. Monday Is Win or Go Home.

Belgium beat the USMNT 5-2 in a March friendly nobody remembered until Monday's World Cup round of 16 made it relevant again. A win sends the U.S. to its first quarterfinal since

July 5, 2026

News·Sports

The US Supreme Court building, which struck down Trump's IEEPA tariffs in Learning Resources Inc v Trump

India’s Tariff Rate Just Dropped to 10%. The Supreme Court Did What Goyal Couldn’t.

The White House confirmed Indian goods will face a temporary 10% tariff, down from 18%, after the Supreme Court struck down Trump's IEEPA-based duties and forced a pivot to a 150-day Section

July 5, 2026

Business·Economy·News

IBEW Local 614 members strike outside PECO headquarters in Philadelphia July 2026

PECO Never Had a Strike in 145 Years. Then Its Linemen Walked Out Into a Heat Wave.

PECO's 1,600 unionized linemen and technicians walked out at midnight Saturday, the first strike in the utility's 145-year history, arriving just as a Fourth of July heat wave pushed the Philadelphia region's

July 5, 2026

Business·News

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Mbappe Draws Level With Messi. Paraguay’s Goalkeeper Made Sure It Took 70 Minutes.

The Pentagon Just Handed a Drone Maker $500 Million to Fix a Problem Iran Exposed

A 154-Year-Old DC Heat Record Just Fell. Scientists Say That Was the Point.

FDA Clears a Transplant Therapy Built to Cut Chronic GVHD From 44% to 13%

NASA Wants Volunteers to Do a Harder Version of the Isolation Mission Four People Are Still Living Through

A Congressman Missed 140 Votes for Depression. He Came Back With a Bill.

Colorado Passed an AI Bias Law. The FTC Just Said That Might Be Illegal.

The Last Time the USMNT Played Belgium, They Lost by Three Goals. Monday Is Win or Go Home.

India’s Tariff Rate Just Dropped to 10%. The Supreme Court Did What Goyal Couldn’t.

PECO Never Had a Strike in 145 Years. Then Its Linemen Walked Out Into a Heat Wave.

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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