as-protests-rage,-iran-pulls-the-plug-on-contact-with-the-world

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Just after 8 p.m. Thursday, Iran’s theocracy pulled the plug and disconnected the Islamic Republic’s 85 million people from the rest of the world. Following a playbook used both in demonstrations and in war, Iran severed the internet connections and telephone lines that connectContinue Reading

tony-dokoupil’s-viral-first-week-should-worry-bari-weiss

analysis The new CBS Evening News host made headlines for all the wrong reasons Published January 10, 2026 6:45AM (EST) Tony Dokoupil at the 2024 New York Comic Con (Jason Mendez/Getty Images for ReedPop) As Tony Dokoupil himself put it on his chaotic first official day anchoring the “CBS EveningContinue Reading

3.-7-billion-year-old-rocks-reveal-how-earth-and-the-moon-were-born

Crystals hidden in Australia’s oldest rocks have revealed new clues about how Earth and the Moon formed. The study suggests Earth’s continents didn’t begin growing until hundreds of millions of years after the planet itself formed. When scientists compared the rocks with Moon samples from the Apollo missions, they foundContinue Reading

it-was-a-‘lie’-that-led-to-the-death-of-renee-good:-batya

The week was marred by the death of 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good after she was shot by an ICE officer in Minnesota. But as Batya Ungar-Sargon points out, discourse around the shooting was largely divided, some saying she was an innocent woman murdered, others saying she was an agitator.Continue Reading