rss: npr

  • Immigration arrests soar, hitting 50,000 in July
    Since taking over in March, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin has pivoted from the confrontational style of immigration enforcement of his predecessor, Kristi Noem. The latest data is reflective of a strategy that is working
  • Greetings from Karbala, Iraq, where millions gathered for a Shia pilgrimage
    Pilgrims came to Iraq from all over the world in August. Many Iraqi and Iranian pilgrims walked hundreds of miles in extreme heat to mark the event. Outside the shrines, the atmosphere is almost festive.
  • States try new tactics to bring down high hospital prices
    Indiana is the latest state to experiment with limiting what hospitals can charge, to try to get a handle on high health costs.
  • Judge clears the way for Postal Service work on Trump's mail-in voting order for now
    A federal judge in Boston canceled a nationwide ruling that blocked U.S. Postal Service work on President Trump's order to limit mail-in voting for the midterm election. But a new block may come soon.
  • Will Trump's latest beef plan make your hamburger cheaper? Not much, experts say
    The proposal comes weeks before the midterm elections, when food prices and the cost of living are expected to be major issues on voters' minds.
  • How Dolly Parton wrote the story of a changing America
    Parton, who died at 80 on Tuesday, had charm, depth, beauty, wit and radiant goodness. She was also a songwriter whose work told the story not just of country music but of the country itself.
  • Meta, states agree to $17 billion settlement in child safety trial
    The social media giant also agreed to make sweeping changes to Instagram and Facebook.
  • At least 98 killed and hundreds missing after flash floods in Nepal and China
    The disaster is linked to climate change, with experts noting the region's vulnerability to extreme weather.
  • Canada to hit U.S. with retaliatory tariffs. And, remembering music legend Dolly Parton
    Canada has announced it plans to hit the U.S. with countertariffs that mirror its actions "dollar for dollar." And, remembering the legacy of country star and icon Dolly Parton, who died at 80.
  • COMIC: Trying for a baby? These lifestyle habits may boost your fertility odds
    This illustrated guide has evidence-backed advice on how to support fertility for both men and women, including which foods to eat and which activities to avoid.


rss: bbc

  • Video shows scale of flash flood hitting Nepal-Tibet border
    This video has been edited by the BBC with white flashes, due to the distressing content.
  • Meta to pay up to $18bn to settle claims its platforms harm children
    The deal has been reached during a California federal court trial over claims brought by US states.
  • Rocky Horror star Tim Curry dies at 80
    Curry was best known for playing the outlandish Frank-N-Furter in cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
  • Murder arrests after fire kills two including child near Middlesbrough
    Cleveland Police says it "cannot rule out any links to wider organised crime" after the fire.
  • Prince Harry and Meghan land in UK days after announcing move
    Prince Harry, Meghan, and their two children are believed to have flown into the country privately from California.
  • Heart, hope and a steely determination: Dolly Parton's musical legacy
    BBC music correspondent Mark Savage looks back on the legacy of the "irreplaceable" late singer.
  • New thunderstorm warnings for parts of UK as rain set to continue
    The Met Office has issued fresh thunderstorm warnings for Thursday with the potential for England and Wales to see flash flooding as the unsettled weather continues.
  • Stourbridge fires that razed 19 homes were accidental, say investigators
    Investigators say the fires started accidentally in fields where farming machinery was being used.
  • US designates Palestine Action a terrorist group
    Supporting Palestine Action became illegal in the UK in 2025 after the government banned it under anti-terror legislation.
  • Portrait of Ann Widdecombe put up in Parliament for MPs' return
    The framed photograph forms part of work by MPs to install a permament memorial for the former minister.


rss: the register

  • More than 100 water systems were hit in July cyberattacks
    'These are test runs for a larger-scale attack'
  • GitHub Actions was down yet again
    Another outage puts last week's promises to an early test
  • MNT follows up its open hardware portables with a desktop case
    Upgrade the portable, give its old mainboard another job
  • Meta's proposed $18B settlement in teen harm case throws YouTube and TikTok under the bus, too
    Zuckercorp ties $5.3B of its payout to rivals playing along
  • Memory crunch: Cloud operators may be pushed to splurge 68% of capex on DRAM and NAND
    Rising costs of new kit due to soaring memory prices likely to feed into cloud service bills
  • Boston Scientific discloses 'global disruption' in ongoing cyberattack
    No timeline to restore IT systems as probe remains ongoing
  • Carhartt data breach affects 12.9M, half of what ShinyHunters claimed
    One AI and two trained eyes delved into the heavily padded leaks
  • CIOs are on notice – vSphere 8 times out in October 2027
    SPONSORED FEATURE: How do you plan for AI and virtualization when the clock is ticking this loudly?
  • Microsoft sketches out a Whiteboard extension
    Users have a little more time to migrate from Azure storage to OneDrive
  • AWS buys DuckLabs, the people behind the popular in-process OLAP database
    Cloud giant expresses love for DuckDB by buying its main support and development company


rss: ars technica

  • The Porsche 911 GT3 Touring punches above its weight class
    The "everyday" GT3 delivers, despite looming regulations and an ever-inflating price tag.
  • Xbox’s new disc-to-digital program gives physical games a digital future
    "Most" Xbox One and Series X games are compatible; discs will still work after being claimed.
  • Court blocks Trump FCC order that could flood broadcast TV with more election ads
    Republicans demanded that parties and fundraising committees be given lowest ad rates.
  • Researchers get two genetic codes to work at the same time
    Messing with the genetic code might have gotten a bit easier to do.
  • 15,000 years of solar wind in four hours? A Seattle company gives it a go.
    "We're living in this world of scarcity with the Moon."
  • Psychiatry’s diagnostic bible is finally getting a biological upgrade
    Biology is coming to psychiatry’s diagnostic manual, even as reliable biomarkers remain rare.
  • IBM's new Granite 4.2 models ride the wave of interest in local LLMs
    The focus is on agentic capability and predictable enterprise deployment.
  • Xtracycle's Swoop ASM e-bike brings an automatic transmission to cargo bikes
    A steel frame cargo bike with a unique twist: You can let it choose your gear.
  • The world's busiest spaceport is about to get a lot quieter, at least for now
    SpaceX aims to launch Starship from Florida by the end of the year. 2027 seems more likely.
  • World humanoid robot games show runners breaking records, bursting into flames
    Record-breaking robot races are less substantial than household chore challenges.


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