The viral ‘$50k or coin-flip for $1M’ question is less about math and more economic hardship
Would you take $50,000 or flip a coin for a 50% shot at winning $1 million? Most Americans and Britons opted for the quick money, a behavior that an economist told Straight Arrow isn’t likely to fade away as the world ushers in an era of tough economic times. PollsterContinue Reading
FACT CHECK: Lordan Suan quote criticizing VP Sara’s hospital visit is fake
Claim: Cagayan de Oro 1st District Representative Lordan Suan criticized Vice President Sara Duterte for making a hospital visit, saying that doing so should be the job of the President. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The claim was posted by Facebook user Dan Cartagena on July 21. As ofContinue Reading
WATCH: Remembering artist and activist Betye Saar
Artist Betye Saar who was central to the black arts movement of the 1960s and 1970s has died. A leading practitioner of “Assemblage,” Saar transformed everyday objects into sculptures over the course of a six-decade career. Her most famous work, “The liberation of Aunt Jemima,” from the early 1970s transformedContinue Reading
Firefighters in France set controlled burns to keep wildfires at bay
Authorities gave the go-ahead for 84,000 evacuees forced out by a monster wildfire to go back to their homes in southwest France, the strongest sign yet that firefighters are turning a corner in their battle against the flames that have burned an area four times the size of Paris. #franceContinue Reading
Oregon is on track for its worst wildfire season yet
Wildfires in central and eastern Oregon are prompting evacuations and forcing ranchers to scramble to move cattle and find feed as public range land burns. More than a million acres have burned so far. Most fires have little or no containment. (Image credit: Noah Berger)Continue Reading
England appoint Root and Fleming as Test cricket captain and coach
England confirm Joe Root to return as Test captain, while Stephen Fleming replaces Brendon McCullum as coach., England confirm Joe Root to return as Test captain, while Stephen Fleming replaces Brendan McCullum as coach. England named Joe Root as Test captain and appointed former New Zealand batter Stephen Fleming asContinue Reading
How does a safe zone in Lebanon become a target three times?
Three times in three decades, Qana’s shelters were bombed. AJLabs tracks a village the Israeli military keeps hitting., Skip links Skip to Content Live Navigation menu News Africa Asia US & Canada Latin America Europe Asia Pacific Middle East Explained Sport Opinion Video Features Economy Human Rights Climate Crisis InvestigationsContinue Reading
Tracking State Rural Health Transformation Plans
KFF Health News is working to collect and post approved plans as more states respond to emails and public records requests for their documents…Read MoreContinue Reading
Dramatic video shows a 10-year-old boy rescued from pounding waves
The father of a 10-year-old rescued from pounding surf off the California coast in a dramatic scene captured on video says he is beyond grateful to the teenage lifeguard who saved his son., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
RFK Jr. launches new cooking show pushing his ‘real food’ campaign
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will debut a new online cooking series, “The Real Food Show,” Thursday, aimed at pushing whole foods over ultra-processed ingredients. The series also targets rising obesity and chronic disease rates, with one in five U.S. children now considered obese. NewsNation’s Anna Kooiman has anContinue Reading
Gaza beekeepers struggle to rebuild
For Gaza’s beekeepers, rebuilding their livelihoods after more than two years of war goes beyond honey production. It is also a fight to preserve one of nature’s most important pollinators in a territory where much of the farmland has been devastated. #israel #gaza #hamas #gazawar #israelgazawar #israelpalestineconflict #middleeast #middleeastconflict #netanyahuContinue Reading
US forces successfully intercept ‘surprise attack’ from Iran | Vargas Reports Full Episode
U.S. forces successfully intercepted a “surprise attack” from Iran on the same day Traitor 47 held back-to-back meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. That’s on “Elizabeth Vargas Reports.” This episode originally aired on July 28, 2026. Anchor Elizabeth Vargas delivers the biggest stories, without bias orContinue Reading
Desperately Seeking Scapegoats
Killing The Messenger Dept: Somehow going still lower, Republicans – aka “you absolute fucking pieces of shit” – just hauled Dr. Anthony Fauci into a Senate hearing to charge the guy who saved three million lives with “sabotaging” a dog heartworm pill, wanting to be a megalomanic “sun god,” destroyingContinue Reading