Keeping cool without AC: Our readers share their tips
We asked our readers to tell us how they've fended off heat without the refrigerant blasts of an air conditioner. Here's what they shared.
In Nebraska, Americans begin to lose Medicaid under Trump's work rules
Nebraska's Medicaid director, in an exclusive interview with nonprofit news organization Tradeoffs, said roughly 200 people will lose health coverage on Aug. 1.
Trump announced a deal for Hamas to disarm. And, the U.S. economy slowed a bit
President Trump says a deal has been reached for Hamas to completely disarm and Israeli forces to withdraw from Gaza. And, the U.S. economy slowed some, but Americans continued to spend.
Who's driving a bookmobile full of Epstein files? The quiz knows!
Plus: scandalous Senate drama, Grammys drama and Homeric drama.
Democrats show divisions on Israel amid competitive midterm elections
Democratic socialists are on the ballot in high profile races coming up in Michigan and Wisconsin, putting mainstream Democrats in a tough position when it comes to the issue of Israel and Gaza.
450K borrowers say they were ripped off. Their student loans are being erased
The borrowers say they were defrauded by their colleges, but the class-action lawsuit to erase their federal student loans has been tangled up in courts for years.
Ahead of midterms, Republicans run ads after cutting healthcare funds
Blanketing the airwaves with ads about healthcare, Republican candidates who voted to cut federal funding in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are positioning themselves as advocates for lower costs.
Trump's claims of 250,000 non-U.S. citizens on voter rolls leave some states baffled
Trump officials say they found 250,000 noncitizens on voter rolls in just four states. Those states don't know where the numbers came from, and some worry what the claims may portend for the midterms.
Morning news brief
President Trump says he may pull Todd Blanche's nomination, Trump says a deal has been made to disarm Hamas and withdraw Israeli forces from Gaza, the U.S. economy is growing, but at a slower pace.
Thousands in France allowed to return home as Europe tackles wildfires and heatwave
Firefighters in the Gironde region of France said the situation had "stabilized", after a week of wildfires caused by a major heatwave across Europe.
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About 60,000 migrants arrive in Ceuta in 24 hours, Spanish territory's leader says
Spain's prime minister described the situation as an "attack" on its North African territory and said all illegal migrants would be returned to Morocco.
Watch: Moroccan police clash with migrants near border with Spain's Ceuta
Spain's North African territory of Ceuta from Morocco, though more than 25,000 have returned voluntarily, officials said.
'If that means I lose my job, so be it': Top Fifa official questions Infantino's World Cup plan
Fifa's chief operating officer strongly criticises Gianni Infantino's plan to sell stakes in competitions to private investors.
Disgraced funeral boss who failed to bury bodies jailed for 20 years
Robert Bush also failed to cremate people and gave bereaved relatives the ashes of strangers.
England and Wales on course for driest July on record
Met Office records indicate England and Wales are likely to have had their driest July since records began 190 years ago.
Passenger on British Airways mayday flight describes fear and shout of 'I don't want to die'
Edward Killiwick was on the flight that issued a distress call, before it landed safely at Heathrow earlier this month.
Parents sue school over 'inhumane' calming rooms after BBC report
Ten families are claiming their children were amongst those harmed by their treatment in the rooms.
Burnham faces criticism over plans for mayors to get share of income tax
Tory mayor Lord Houchen wants to offer a rebate, but the prime minister says it should be reinvested in communities.
Puberty blockers trial can start recruiting children after judge rejects legal challenge
Campaigners brought the legal action to try and stop the trial going ahead.
Glasgow gets starring role in Spider-Man: Brand New Day film
Scotland's largest city doubles as New York in the latest installment of Marvel cinematic universe.
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Update Teams mobile app by October or lose your calendar
A nice little summer job for someone
Charities remain locked out of CAF Bank online accounts
A week into shutdown, 14,000 customers still have no restoration date and some are struggling to pay staff
NASA's Swift rescue slips to late August as LINK battles its spin
Engineers make progress in stabilizing mission but push back the rendezvous date
Three becomes one as Vodafone buys out merger partner
£4.3B deal gives telco full control of Britain's largest mobile operator
Scotland's university procurement center confirms cybercrooks broke in
APUC investigating after criminals claim historical data theft
Tech buyers are baking in sovereignty from day one, says Forrester
European firms feel the greatest pressure as US giants dominate cloud and AI infrastructure
UK wants datacenters to pay a fee for grid connection requests
Refundable charge intended to discourage time wasters from filing applications that will never be realized
Airport sign fails to boot, officers already on the scene
Bork! Bork! That's the sound of the police
Techie lured out of retirement to support software only he remembered
The first job was lucrative and went well, but a pension was preferable to rolling projects
Anthropic’s Claude escaped test sandbox to attack three organizations
Wrote and published malware during tests, which is apparently OK because leaky test environments were the real problem
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AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust
The AI chatbot was more effective at creating “exploitable trust” than the humans.
Pathogenic review: Damn, it feels good to be a virus
The hot new roguelite twin-stick shooter lives up to the hype.
How a Yale AI-cheating dispute became a 13-count federal lawsuit
A disputed exam, an unreliable detector, and one very late Apple Pages file.
Rocket Report: New launch rule may limit environmental regulations, Falcon 9 to hit Moon
"America won the first Space Race, and we can do it again."
Tim Cook passes the baton in Apple's Q3 2026 earnings call
The iPhone and Mac sold well, but memory costs threaten further price increases.
Max-severity Exchange server flaw under active exploitation by Kremlin hackers
Exploits can give persistent server access that survives credential rotation and disk re-imaging.
Trump FCC faces blowback in attempt to police speech on broadcast TV
"Chilling message to all broadcasters: carry speech we don’t like at your peril."
Iran struck Amazon data centers again amid widening war, satellites show
Satellites show burn scars and fires at AWS data centers and Saudi oil refinery.
Just because a game is on disc doesn’t mean it will work in the future
DoesItPlay tracks the many "physical" games that don't work without the Internet.
Chrome may get faster updates with no restart required
The last two versions of Chrome have included more patches than the previous 23 combined.