Ancient humans in Italy butchered elephants and made tools from their bones
Researchers in Italy discovered 400,000-year-old evidence that ancient humans butchered elephants for food and tools. At the Casal Lumbroso site near Rome, they found hundreds of bones and stone implements, many showing impact marks from butchery. The findings reveal a consistent prehistoric strategy for resource use during warmer Middle PleistoceneContinue Reading
Inside Dan Murphy’s Spellbinding World: From Storyteller to Creative Partnership with Aubrey Plaza
When author and filmmaker Dan Murphy talks about storytelling, there’s an almost spell-like quality to his words, not unlike the whimsical energy of his latest children’s book, Luna and the Witch Throw a Halloween Party . Published July 29 through Penguin Random House, the book marks the newest chapter inContinue Reading
A coal power plant in Texas, America’s newest, set to stay idle until 2027
The Sandy Creek Energy Station is America’s newest coal-fired power plant, and it’s expected to remain offline until 2027. The power plant near Waco, Texas, which began delivering power to the grid in 2013, suffered a major failure in April after it was shuttered for maintenance. The extended outage comesContinue Reading
Russian strikes hit Kharkiv hospital as Zelenskyy urges more aid defence
Zelenskyy again urged foreign countries to help blunt Russia’s long-range attacks by providing more air defence systems for the country, which is vast and complex to defend from Moscow’s daily air raids.Continue Reading
Venezuela to close embassy in Norway after opposition leader wins Nobel Peace Prize
The development comes just days after Maria Corina Machado was announced the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.Continue Reading
Torrential rains collapse Venezuelan gold mine killing 14
Efforts are under way to recover bodies from the shafts in the south of the country, emergency officials said., Efforts are under way to recover bodies from the shafts in the south of the country, emergency officials said. At least 14 people have died after torrential rainfall led to theContinue Reading
Russia charges exiled oligarch Khodorkovsky with ‘terrorism’
Exiled tycoon the latest in a long line of people charged for opposing Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine., Exiled tycoon the latest in a long line of people charged for opposing Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has opened a criminal case against exiled oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, accusingContinue Reading
Questions over mysterious death in mental health hospital
James Melley Senior Social Affairs Producer Family photo Maria Morris’s family says they still have questions about what led to her death A mental health trust says it is planning to install CCTV following the death of a patient in mysterious circumstances. Maria Morris, 44, was found unresponsive at BethlemContinue Reading
Media News Daily: Top Stories for 10/14/2025
This page hosts daily news stories about the media, social media, and the journalism industry. Get the latest Hirings and Firings, Media Transactions, Controversies, and more. News Outlets Push Back Against Pentagon’s New Press Restrictions A wide coalition of national media outlets, including conservative publications like Newsmax and the Washington Times,Continue Reading
MBFC’s Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 10/14/2025
Home Fact Check Posted By: Media Bias Fact Check Fact Check Search Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers that are either a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) or have been verified as credible by MBFC. Further, weContinue Reading
Pakistan police officer killed in attack by gunmen on a polio vaccine team
A suspected attack by militants on a polio vaccine team in northwestern Pakistan has left one police guard dead, Read MoreContinue Reading
California ballot design prompts false conspiracy theories that the November election is rigged
California’s secretary of state refutes viral claims that holes in ballot envelopes allow election officials to see how people voted on Proposition 50., Read MoreContinue Reading












