The Pima County Sheriff’s office has released the two ransom notes they believe may be from the person or people who kidnapped Nancy Guthrie earlier this year. One of them describes her as ‘safe but scared’…but days later they say she “perished shortly after she was taken.” NBC News’ LizContinue Reading
Is authoritarianism winning, or is democracy just failing to deliver? Communications strategist Sally Kohn lays out how democracy has evolved before and why it must evolve again, into what she calls “Democracy 3.src” — a version that finally shares power and opportunity equally. “We the people demand that our politics and our economy work wayContinue Reading
The BMP-T is a Russian rarity: a heavily armed vehicle that’s not quite a tank and not quite an infantry carrier The Russians built only a few BMP-Ts, and they’re vanishingly rare in Ukraine even as the Russians restore their mechanized forces The sheer density of Ukrainian mines and dronesContinue Reading
World Boxing has lifted the last restrictions on Russian athletes, clearing them to compete under their own flag and anthem as they chase qualification for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Days earlier, in a frontline Kherson gym that Russian artillery had wrecked, the teenage boxers who trained there had recordedContinue Reading
Residents trapped as partially collapsed building catches fire after deadly strike on Ukrainian capital., Residents trapped as partially collapsed building catches fire after deadly strike on Ukrainian capital. A Russian missile attack has killed at least three people in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and injured 15 others, the city’s mayor said.Continue Reading
The jet went down on Friday near the Miramar airbase in San Diego., The jet went down near the Miramar airbase in San Diego and aerial video showed a plume of black smoke rising from the wreckage in a dirt field. An F-35B stealth fighter plane has crashed in California,Continue Reading
The lieutenant governor released seven new charges for state senators to study before the Legislature reconvenes Published July 31, 2026 6:00AM (EDT) Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick listens to testimony during the former attorney Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial on September 06, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)Continue Reading
NASA and its industry partners are preparing for next year’s Artemis III demonstration mission by completing new wind tunnel tests on SpaceX’s Super Heavy Version 3 rocket booster. The tests, conducted at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, focused on better understanding the extreme aerodynamic forces the rocket can experience during re-entry…Continue Reading
Traitor 47 is seriously considering launching attacks against energy targets in Iran in the next few days, but hasn’t given final orders to do it, a U.S. official told Axios on Friday.Why it matters: A new U.S. bombing campaign in Iran against energy and infrastructure targets would be aimed at trying to get the IraniansContinue Reading
New York is suing Kalshi, alleging the prediction market operates an illegal, unlicensed gambling platform. It comes after a federal court ruled that New York could enforce its gambling rules on Kalshi. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James announced Friday they filed a lawsuit seeking a court orderContinue Reading
Altoona, Iowa Mayor Dean O’Connor was early to the data center trend. O’Connor was a newly-elected city council member when the Des Moines suburb landed a 1.5 million square-foot Meta campus in 2013. “This was back when we were all fighting for data centers,” O’Connor told Straight Arrow. “Hindsight is,Continue Reading
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this July 31st, 2026 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.Continue Reading
Morocco’s press framed Ceuta as a sovereignty question, Algerian media accused Rabat of “weaponising” migration, and Tunisian social media responded with dark humour, as the region’s own economic and political crises remained in the background.Continue Reading