rss: npr

  • Israel bars U.S. citizens over criticism and ties to Palestinian activists, lawyers say
    Travelers from the U.S. and other nations are denied entry to Israel after interrogations about their links to Palestinians, plans to visit the occupied West Bank and opinions of Israel, lawyers say.
  • How will tariffs affect the midterms? In this Michigan border town, it's complicated
    The recent trade war between the U.S. and Canada has both economic and political implications for Michigan given it's the state's top trade partner.
  • ICE detainee dies just hours after he was admitted into detention
    Lianyong Wei's death marks the 57th death of an immigrant detainee held in the care of the government since the start of President Trump's second term. Twenty-four of those have occurred since Jan. 1.
  • He died in a sweltering house. Why doesn't his death record show it?
    When Arizona counts heat-related deaths, Adam Willson isn't included. His story shows how thousands of heat deaths can go uncounted every year in the United States.
  • Morning news brief
    U.S. military strikes rock Iran for a second day in a row, Trump attempts to combat rising gas prices as midterm approaches, Sen. Ed Markey wins Massachusetts' Democratic primary.
  • Germany blames Russia for last month's attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport
    The German government blamed Russia for an attempted attack at Leipzig airport last month using a drone laden with explosives. It announced that it would shut down a Russian consulate among measures.
  • U.S. military strikes Iran, while Trump vows more for Tehran's retaliation
    The U.S. military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday and Tehran fired missiles and drones at various sites across the region in response as hostilities flare once again in an intermittent war.
  • Incumbent Sen. Ed Markey wins Massachusetts' Democratic primary for US Senate
    Bucking a push for younger leadership this election season, Sen. Ed Markey, 80, won the Democratic nomination against Rep. Seth Moulton, 47, who said that his party needed new leaders.
  • North Carolina Rep. Chuck Edwards is formally censured over harassment allegations
    The censure vote drew bipartisan support, and followed an investigation by the House Ethics Committee into allegations of sexual harassment against two young female staff members.
  • A week after the deadly floods in Nepal, rescuers work to find survivors
    Nearly a week after flash floods devastated parts of Nepal and Tibet, rescuers are still searching for people trapped in hydropower plants. But first they have to find the plants.


rss: bbc

  • Chris Mason: Will Burnham find PMQs as 'nail biting' and 'nerve wracking' as Blair did?
    Curiously, the questions at lunchtime may well feel like a minor extension of what he faced on Tuesday, the BBC's political editor writes.
  • Four charged with murder after baby stabbed to death
    Police say four people, aged between 19 and 38, are due in court on Wednesday charged with murder.
  • Watch: BBC travels inside occupied Lebanon as officials say Israel expanding positions
    The BBC's Hugo Bachega joined a UN humanitarian convoy as it travelled along Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon.
  • Charlie Kirk murder suspect pleads not guilty as judge clears way for death penalty trial
    The 23-year-old is charged with aggravated murder, a capital offence in Utah, and six other counts.
  • Ariana Grande makes emotional tour exit and steps back from public life
    The star makes an emotional farewell as she wraps up a tour she's described as her "last hurrah".
  • UK aid worker says he was mistaken for survivor in Nepal
    Alastair Chambers says the mix-up was after he returned to Kathmandu after flying back in an aid helicopter.
  • Gary Glitter pleads not guilty to historical sex offence charges
    The former singer, whose real name is Paul Gadd, appeared at Southwark Crown Court via video.
  • Zelensky says airlines should avoid Russian airspace as Ukraine escalates drone operations
    Chinese and Gulf state airlines are among those still using Russian airspace. Meanwhile, Russia says it will intensify its own attacks on Ukraine.
  • Fake 10 Downing Street listing exposes 'unfit' Booking.com, says consumer group
    Booking.com said the "limited test" was "not a true reflection of the experience of millions of listings or reviews".
  • US aircraft carrier docks near Thai beach resort Pattaya after record 250 days at sea
    The USS Abraham Lincoln is docking close to Pattaya, known for its neon-lit nightlife, and for sex tourism.


rss: the register

  • Northern Ireland adds £15M to Fujitsu education deal without competition
    Japanese supplier remains in place despite scrutiny over its Horizon role
  • UK cyber bill targets AI users, not the vendors building it
    Ministers reject proposed red lines and emergency shutdown powers, pointing instead to voluntary safeguards
  • UK digital ID may be dead, but its legacy IT problem lives on
    Spending watchdog says fragmented data and inconsistent standards would constrain any future attempt
  • Arm in the enterprise is at least three years away, says Broadcom software boss
    And RISC-V is absolutely nowhere
  • Tape still isn’t dead, but shipments slipped by 16 exabytes in 2025
    LTO program is confident this is a glitch, not terminal unspooling
  • Cops, CrowdStrike disrupt Sality botnet by poisoning the network and diverting into sinkholes
    23-year-old botnet down
  • Anthropic promises zero data retention – but customers must check it worked
    More compliance-friendly stance could boost appeal of Fable
  • Another Artifactory CVE under attack by AI agents or humans
    Unauthenticated intruders can mint admin tokens, and exposed servers are already being hit
  • Attacker stole a METR API key, used $600K worth of credits, and no one noticed for weeks
    The model provider gave METR the credits for free. An actual customer would not have been so lucky
  • Firefox helps iPhone users bypass ads on web sites while making money showing its own ads
    Baked-in Firefox ad blocking on iOS begins rolling out slowly today, and is off by default


rss: ars technica

  • Here's our first look—and drive—of the 2027 Range Rover Electric
    333 miles of real-world range with uncompromised comfort and off-road ability.
  • Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed
    "Black hole stars," making cookies from plastic, tiny sound-powered drones, and more.
  • A newborn and child reportedly died of measles; CDC isn't counting them
    Historically, state health departments determine cases and deaths, not the CDC.
  • New Android Drop adds remembered items in Find Hub, makes anti-nausea dots official
    New features are rolling out across the Android ecosystem starting today.
  • FTC alleges Amazon illegally made $20 billion by rigging billions of ad auctions
    FTC says firm replaces actual ad-auction results "with higher prices set by Amazon."
  • This is what a supercar was like a century ago
    When the average car could only do 40 mph, this Bentley could break 100.
  • It turns out that Orion's much-maligned heat shield performed really well
    Independent safety officials also have high praise for changes by NASA leadership.
  • Without new landers or rovers, it's helicopters or bust for NASA's Mars program
    NASA's cost estimate for SR-1 Freedom is $2.1 billion, but that doesn't include the helicopters.
  • Private group wants to launch "cheapest possible" mission to Alpha Centauri
    "We could really be facing the great filter."
  • The Bentley Supersports: A stripped-out engineer's indulgence
    It's the lightest Bentley in 85 years.


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