'We are with you, Venezuela': Houston community rallies after deadly earthquakes
Venezuelans living in the U.S organize donation drives in response to the devastating earthquakes.
How well do you know your Reflecting Pool news? Because the quiz will test you
This week, the beleaguered body of water faced new woes. Plus soccer, gambling and U.K. politics!
Trump axed a Black history exhibit. Former park rangers are teaching it anyway.
As the U.S. prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, former national park rangers are hosting teach-ins and sharing history that the Trump administration has sought to erase from federal land.
Ex-NOAA employees re-create a valuable climate data site shut down by Trump
Former NOAA staffers have launched a new website that provides climate information. It replaces a government site that was shut down when the Trump administration took office.
Morning news brief
Rescuers in Venezuela continue search for the missing after devastating earthquakes, SCOTUS rulings give Trump more power to set immigration policy, Trump works to woo struggling American farmers.
'There was a lot of love': Man remembers his gay parents who died in the AIDS crisis
On this week's StoryCorps, a man remembers being raised by gay parents at the height of the AIDS crisis.
Venezuela reels from earthquakes as rescuers scramble to find survivors
As Venezuela begins counting the cost of its deadliest quake disaster in over a century, a shattered economy and struggling health system threaten to slow recovery efforts.
Reflecting Pool liner was cut with a sharp knife or razor, National Park Service says
A top official at the National Park Service says a liner along the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was cut with a sharp knife or razor this month, causing damage to the foam sealant installed as part of a $16 million rehabilitation project.
UN agency pauses evacuation of ships through the Strait of Hormuz after attack on vessel
King Charles III will not live at Buckingham Palace after its costly refurbishment
The decision was announced Thursday during a briefing on royal finances at which Charles became the first British monarch to reveal the taxes he paid to the government.
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New bodycam footage shows Henry Nowak killer's arrest and repeated lies to police
Henry Nowak's killer is seen lying to police in bodycam video released after a request from the BBC.
King becomes first monarch to reveal tax bill as royal public funding to double to £100m
New figures show the monarch paid £12.9m in tax last year, but do not give any detailed breakdown of how that tax was calculated.
King and Queen will not live in Buckingham Palace after renovations
King Charles and Queen Camilla will continue to reside in Clarence House, Buckingham Palace says.
Watch: Driver gives lift to armed officer chasing suspect
The chase was caught on camera as the motorist pulled over to help in Margate.
I'm back at home again after uni - here's how I'm making it work
Rising costs are forcing more young adults to live with their parents, here's how not to come to blows.
Starmer and home secretary in row over minister's future
Shabana Mahmood believes Mike Tapp should be sacked for writing an article but No 10 say he remains in post.
Investigation after up to 40 hospital staff access records of boy attacked by crocodile
Cambridge University Hospitals refers itself to the Information Commissioner over the breach.
Boy, 14, charged with murder after body found in search for girl in south Wales
The body was found during the search for a 14-year-old girl, Lilly, who was reported missing.
BBC DJ and presenter Trevor Nelson taking a break from work due to health issues
The Radio 2 and 1Xtra presenter said he was now "concentrating on getting better".
Quake is devastating blow at time of uncertainty
The twin quakes come less than six months after Venezuela's then-leader Nicolás Maduro was seized by US forces.
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Space Shuttle Endeavour stacks up nicely for new California exhibit
Full launch configuration recreated ahead of Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center's November opening
Three FOSS projects for developers, procrastinators, and media wranglers
Prism tracks AI emissions, Super Productivity keeps tasks local, and TAMOSS brings the BBC's media API to Kubernetes
BOFH: Amnesty means never having to say you're sorry
There's no I in team, but there is one in insurance fraud
Security boss thought MFA would be too much security
One rule for the workers, another for execs
Microsoft extends extended updates for Windows 10 in the most muted way imaginable
Tiny tweak to support page reveals consumers can purchase another year of patch protection
Chinese cybersecurity company claims it’s built a better-than-Mythos bug finder
Qihoo 360, which the US has banned, says it’s needed as a deterrent to weaponized Anthropic models
AI giants back non-profit to retrain workers left behind by AI
Sorry we spent your wages on datacenters, but call us when you're AI-ready
Self-destructing Mistic backdoor linked to access broker selling corporate footholds to ransomware gangs
Spotted in intrusions targeting insurance, education, IT, and professional services sectors
They read the scroll thing! AI helps decipher ancient document charred by Vesuvius
'Having certainly strained ourselves to the utmost through research and learning, we will no longer be inferior to them,' reads a scroll virtually unwrapped with the help of AI
Ex-Huntress analyst claims company insider fed info to a ransomware crim. Social media drama ensues
Former employee accuses company of prioritizing pending IPO over client security
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Microsoft adds another year to Windows 10 extended update program
About a quarter of PCs are still running Microsoft's previous operating system.
FCC may kill $2B program that connects schools and libraries to Internet
Carr cites screen time concerns, is accused of trying to be "the nation’s parent."
Notion killing Skiff-influenced email app since most users use AI agents instead
Notion is "going all in on using agents to run your inbox."
Google finally releases a Finance Android app, promises iOS version later in 2026
It took 20 years, but the Finance app arrives just in time to be packed full of AI.
Anthropic says Alibaba must be punished for largest Claude cloning attack
Alibaba allegedly used 25,000 accounts to mine Claude over 28.8 million exchanges.
Planet orbits so close to its star that their magnetic fields connect
At the right point of the orbit and stellar cycle, the star's chromosphere brightens.
Feds deny Polestar authorization to sell cars in US from model year 2027
Unlike with Volvo, there will be no authorization for Polestar to sell its cars here.
Apple ratchets up prices, blames the cost of memory
Some Macs are hundreds of dollars more expensive today than yesterday.
The "sad inevitability" of Europe's heat wave
Europeans are baking under their second heat wave of the summer.
New effort will get genome sequences for entire Endangered Species list
Colossal Biosciences will be biobanking tissues from all of them as well.