rss: npr

  • Trump renews push to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook
    Trump is once again threatening to fire Cook over unproven allegations of mortgage fraud after an earlier effort to remove Cook was struck down by the Supreme Court.
  • Another court blocks White House ballroom work, teeing up a Supreme Court review
    A federal appeals court says above-ground construction cannot continue without approval from Congress, siding with historic preservation advocates.
  • Monty Roberts, who trained horses through trust, dies at 91
    The internationally acclaimed horseman defied the conventional method of breaking horses and developed his own gentler approach — based on horses' non-verbal language. Roberts spoke with Fresh Air in 1997.
  • Senate passes Russia sanctions bill that was long championed by Lindsey Graham
    The bill is meant to stifle Russia's economy by allowing for tough new tariffs against major importers of Russian energy. The legislation was led by Lindsey Graham before his unexpected death in July.
  • Colombia's new president vows to remake the country — and challenge rebel groups
    A new political era for Colombia: a hard-right president promises order, growth and confrontation.
  • Blanche's path to confirmation appears clear after winning key Republican's support
    A key Republican senator, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, said he would back Todd Blanche's nomination as attorney general, smoothing the path for his ultimate confirmation by the Senate.
  • Employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs in a sign of a wilting labor market
    U.S. employers cut 23,000 jobs in July, and job gains for the two previous months were weaker than initially reported, according to a report Friday from the Labor Department.
  • A new vaccine could vanquish a major cause of deadly diarrheal disease
    Over 1 million people a year die from diarrheal disease. Nearly half are kids under age 5. A new vaccine in trials offers great hope.
  • Trump targets birthright citizenship. And, Iran aims to ban U.S. from Strait of Hormuz
    President Trump says he has signed two new orders targeting birthright citizenship. And, Iran is aiming to ban U.S. ships from the Strait of Hormuz.
  • Everyone's talking about hormone therapy for menopause. Should I be on it?
    For years, doctors advised against hormone therapy for women in the menopausal transition. Now everyone's talking about how great it is. Is it really a wonder drug that women should all be on?


rss: bbc

  • Police failings revealed as sex offender left free to murder and attack women
    Simon Levy’s second murder victim, Sheryl Wilkins, could have been saved, senior Met officer admits.
  • Serial sex offender guilty of murdering two women and raping third
    Simon Levy, from Tottenham, was left free to kill due to a string of police and court blunders.
  • Counter-terror police reopen attempted burglary probe as part of Widdecombe inquiry
    No arrests were made at the time and the investigation was closed.
  • Thai PM vows to introduce stricter gun laws after eight killed in shooting
    Eight people were killed when a 14-year-old opened fire at his home and school before shooting himself dead.
  • Streeting 'sickened' by sex abuse claims at Army college
    The defence secretary promises to look into what went wrong at the college in North Yorkshire.
  • Watch: BBC asks Infantino if he will resign as Fifa president
    The head of the football governing body has faced multiple calls to quit after his aborted attempt to sell private stakes in the World Cup.
  • Obesity rates have doubled in England since 1993 - what's going on?
    Around seven million more adults are living with obesity than would have been if obesity rates had stayed the same as 1993.
  • Spain to impose border controls against Italy as row over Ceuta migrant influx intensifies
    Italy introduced border controls following an influx of about 78,000 migrants from neighbouring Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta.
  • US appeals court halts Trump ballroom project paving way for Supreme Court showdown
    "Whether or not a ⁠massive ballroom should be constructed is for Congress to decide," the appeals panel's ​majority said.
  • Hunter Biden tells BBC his pardon was 'not good' for America or his father's legacy
    In a wide-ranging BBC interview, the former president's son denied having any interest in running for office and spoke frankly on his father's declining health.


rss: the register

  • Water system controllers don't belong on the internet, says ex-NSA chief after suspected Iran attacks
    Calling all defenders
  • AI titans to tidy agent frontier with plugin prescription
    Agent Plugins 1.0 defines a write-once-run-anywhere container for passing tools and skills across different agent platforms
  • Ransomware attacks spike as world distracted by AI
    What, you didn't think the top gangs were busy watching agents escape their sandboxes too, did you?
  • Brit boffins boast of beating barriers to building fusion power
    MAST Upgrade installation hit highest pressure ever achieved without the super-hot plasma destabilizing
  • N-able God mode flaw: Vendor confirms attackers reached customer networks as second hotfix lands
    Attackers turned admin access into a route downstream, while N-able tells N-central customers to patch – again
  • ShinyHunters called cancer diagnostics biz and tricked staffers into giving them access. Now they've dumped 10.9M email addresses
    Cancer diagnostics breach spills personal and health info as extortion crew says healthcare giant ‘should’ve paid the ransom’
  • MIT boffins' TONTOU attack slips through Spectre defenses on Intel and AMD CPUs
    Timer interrupts reopen branch predictor poisoning window, with a working Zen 2 exploit to prove it
  • Scot NHS trust probes access to medical records of 9-year-old girl after man arrested on suspicion of murder
    Investigation into whether staff improperly accessed Minnie Merriman’s file after she was named for the first time this week
  • Microsoft tosses Teams Live chat into its feature graveyard
    Website support widget lasted 18 months before Redmond ended the conversation
  • Attacker phished way into US defense supplier's Microsoft 365 account
    Intruder gained access to engineering files and potentially export-controlled technical data


rss: ars technica

  • Flesh-eating screwworms feast on humans in Mexico; human cases top 500
    Six deaths reported among screwworm cases, one directly attributed to the flies.
  • Judge rules Meta caused "public nuisance" and must fund mental health treatment
    New Mexico judge orders $567M fund to help address youth mental health crisis.
  • The ultimate eclipse chase: A Concorde raced against the Moon's shadow
    Fitted with telescopes, the plane did our longest imaging of the Sun's corona.
  • New official 30th anniversary Quake mission pack adds new maps and mechanics
    19 new maps continue the story from MachineGames' other campaign additions.
  • DOGE's wild, unverifiable savings claims discredited in US government report
    DOGE's inflated "Wall of Receipts": 96% of grant savings unverifiable, GAO says.
  • OpenAI’s expensive smart speaker will use moving parts to seem “more alive”
    Gurman report claims OpenAI confirmed the speaker is not an Apple ripoff.
  • How snails engineer their slime
    Collagen and calcium work in tandem to achieve varying mechanical properties of different kinds of mucus.
  • Volkswagen plans to win America back with a pickup, report says
    There's no evidence the truck will be a cheap EV truck, but what if it were?
  • Report: White House drafting executive order linking vaccines and autism
    Trump determined to link life-saving shots to autism, despite science and political risk.
  • AI chatbots have failed people in crisis. Can that be fixed?
    Clinicians and researchers say AI companies need to open up their safety data.


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