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Soccer fans packed into a stadium at the 2026 FIFA World Cup

The World Cup Starts Tomorrow. The CDC Has Lost a Quarter of Its Staff.

The 2026 World Cup opens Thursday with 6.5 million fans converging on 16 cities — while measles has already surpassed 2,000 U.S. cases this year and the CDC has lost nearly a

June 12, 2026

Health·News

Bill Maher, who Wanda Sykes says confronted her in a parking lot after her Golden Globes joke

Wanda Sykes Says Bill Maher Cornered Her in a Parking Lot Over a Golden Globes Joke

Wanda Sykes says Bill Maher followed her into a Golden Globes parking lot in January to argue about a joke she made at his expense from the stage. Her account, given this

June 12, 2026

Entertainment·News·Television

Senator Mike Lee of Utah, who attached a repeal of the Roadless Rule to a wildfire bill that cleared his committee

As the West Braces to Burn, the Senate Votes to Open Roadless Forests and Gut Fire Science

A Senate committee voted 11-9 to strip protection from 60 million acres of roadless national forest, folded into a wildfire bill, the same season the Forest Service is closing 57 of its

June 12, 2026

Climate·Government and Politics·News

The west front of the US Capitol, where a resolution to expunge Trump's two impeachments is being prepared

Trump Wants His Impeachments Erased, and Wants It Done Before His Party Loses the House

Trump and allies are quietly pushing a House resolution to expunge his two impeachments, a gesture legal scholars say the Constitution gives no power to make. The timing is the tell: they

June 12, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Boxes of Zepbound, the Eli Lilly drug Shaquille O'Neal is promoting for obstructive sleep apnea

Shaq Says a Weight-Loss Drug Fixed His Sleep Apnea. He Is Also Being Paid to Say It.

Shaquille O'Neal says years of snoring and daytime exhaustion turned out to be obstructive sleep apnea, and that Eli Lilly's Zepbound helped. The candor is real. So is the contract: his disclosure

June 12, 2026

Entertainment·Health·News

Yoon Suk Yeol, then South Korea's president, at the Camp David trilateral summit before his downfall

Thirty More Years for Yoon, This Time for the Drones He Flew at Pyongyang

A Seoul court sentenced ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years for the October 2024 drone incursion into Pyongyang, ruling he engineered the provocation as a pretext for martial law. It is

June 12, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

The Bank of Russia headquarters on Neglinnaya Street in Moscow, led by Elvira Nabiullina

A Russian Banker Takes Sick Leave, and the West Writes Her a Coup

Elvira Nabiullina, the central banker who steered Russia's economy through four years of sanctions, missed a forum and a Putin meeting on sick leave. Émigré outlets turned the absence into resignation, martial

June 12, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Diane Keaton, whose Bonhams estate auction closed with her bowler hat selling for 19200 dollars

Diane Keaton’s Bowler Hat Sells for $19,200 as Her Estate Auction Prices the Persona

Bonhams wrapped its four-sale Diane Keaton estate auction this week with the actress's black felt bowler hat fetching $19,200, more than her Cartier, and a William Ritschel desert painting topping the series

June 12, 2026

Entertainment·Movies·News

An Israeli settlement on a West Bank hilltop, as the government moves to fund 61 new settlement sites

Israel Moves to Fund 61 Instant Settlements Before Its Own Election Can Stop It

A 1-billion-shekel plan to plant mobile homes, roads and utilities at 61 new West Bank sites went to Israel's security cabinet, designed to put settlers on the hills before planning approvals or

June 12, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Students attend a coaching institute class in Prayagraj, India, as the CBSE exam scandal exposed by three teenagers grows

Three teenagers broke India’s exam scandal open. The state answered with the army

Three teenagers, working with screenshots, public records and a vulnerability report the state ignored, forced India's exam scandal into the open. The CBSE's chairman has been transferred, the army drafted into exam

June 12, 2026

Education·Government and Politics·News

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The World Cup Starts Tomorrow. The CDC Has Lost a Quarter of Its Staff.

Wanda Sykes Says Bill Maher Cornered Her in a Parking Lot Over a Golden Globes Joke

As the West Braces to Burn, the Senate Votes to Open Roadless Forests and Gut Fire Science

Trump Wants His Impeachments Erased, and Wants It Done Before His Party Loses the House

Shaq Says a Weight-Loss Drug Fixed His Sleep Apnea. He Is Also Being Paid to Say It.

Thirty More Years for Yoon, This Time for the Drones He Flew at Pyongyang

A Russian Banker Takes Sick Leave, and the West Writes Her a Coup

Diane Keaton’s Bowler Hat Sells for $19,200 as Her Estate Auction Prices the Persona

Israel Moves to Fund 61 Instant Settlements Before Its Own Election Can Stop It

Three teenagers broke India’s exam scandal open. The state answered with the army

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

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

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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