rss: npr

  • 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.
  • Congress averts a government shutdown ahead of the midterms
    With just a few weeks to spare, the House approved legislation extending funding through mid-December.
  • ICE says it has enough body cameras now, after series of deadly shootings
    Cameras could help alleviate some concerns about ICE transparency and accountability after immigration officers were involved in over two dozen shootings under the Trump administration.
  • Beloved writer and environmentalist Wendell Berry has died at age 92
    Wendell Berry has died at age 92 He was a beloved American poet, novelist, essayist, and farmer.
  • SCOTUS allows Trump's ballroom project to continue. And, the Army secretary resigns
    The Supreme Court has ruled that President Trump's ballroom project may continue. And, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigns after 18 months on the job.
  • They live by a shrine to a saint. Why are their homes being demolished?
    The neighborhood is a pilgrimage site, with a shrine to the Sufi saint known as Bari Imam. In the past year, hundreds of homes of the working poor were razed. Residents fear more will be demolished.
  • Why the Supreme Court's ballroom ruling could matter beyond the ballroom
    Georgetown Law professor Stephen Vladeck explains the separation-of-powers questions raised by the Supreme Court's decision on the White House ballroom.
  • USPS 'carefully reviewing' whistleblower claim on plan for Trump's mail in voting order
    A whistleblower says the U.S. Postal Service is rushing out an online system for President Trump's push to restrict mail voting that could "derail" the midterm election if courts allow it to proceed.
  • A makeover for college: No gym, no meal plan and two years of work
    A new model in Vermont emphasizes hands-on learning while stripping away frills like gyms and meal plans that increase costs. Other newly created institutions are also reimagining college.


rss: bbc

  • Iran retaliates after US strikes kill four at wedding party, state media reports
    Iran has launched attacks on US military bases in Iraq and Jordan, according to local state media and the Jordanian Armed Forces.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • UK long-term borrowing costs highest since 1998 ahead of October Budget
    Higher borrowing costs have piled fresh pressure on Andy Burnham ahead of his first Budget.
  • Rising numbers of children in mental health crisis ending up in A&E
    NHS emergency departments are seeing more cases of self-harm, eating disorders and emotional distress in young people.
  • Tiger Woods to change plea after crash arrest
    The golfer will be in court on Wednesday for a hearing to change his plea after being charged with driving under the influence.
  • Ariana Grande completes tour 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".
  • 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.
  • US aircraft carrier docks near Thai beach resort Pattaya after record 250 days at sea
    The USS Lincoln is docking close to Pattaya, known for its raucous nightlife, and for sex tourism.
  • Urine test can spot more than nine in 10 bladder cancers
    The NHS has been trialling the test and says the results so far are truly promising.


rss: the register

  • 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
  • Anthropic pledges to try harder to keep models under control, asks partners to chip in
    Security ... this time it will be different
  • ReactOS 0.4.16 serves '90s Windows nostalgia with fewer bugs
    30 years on, it's still alpha, but 0.4.16 brings plenty of bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements - just in time for Windows XP's 25th anniversary
  • Oracle pins hopes on 'Star Wars' productivity jump to lightspeed from AI-assisted engineering
    Big Red talks up superhuman coders after shedding 21,000 staff
  • Microsoft and AWS build the multicloud bridge they said customers barely needed
    New services promise private 100 Gbps links between the rival platforms without months of networking faff


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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