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California teen, 19, killed in horrifying crash after 18-year-old woman’s deadly mistake
A 19-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman have died after she ran a stop sign and plowed her Chevy into his Jeep. Bobby Criado died Saturday after suffering major injuries in the smash, which happened around 10 p.m. Tuesday at an intersection in Madera County. California Highway Patrol said Esmeralda Marcela Gutierrez was driving her…
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Swarm of Cyborg Remote Controlled Cockroaches Gains New Power
Scientists turned a bunch of cockroaches into remote-controllable cyborgs — and then built them little scuba suits so they can swim underwater, transforming them into powerful amphibian troopers. Rest assured, they (the scientists, not the roaches) aren’t intent on world domination. Instead, they propose that one day a swarm of these biological drones could be…
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Memorial service to honor firefighters killed on Colorado-Utah border
Three firefighters who were killed battling flames on the Colorado-Utah border are being remembered as brave heroes who were trailblazers in their industries. Wildfires have spread across the West fueled by months of dry weather and a record lack of snow, forcing residents from their homes as crews work to tamp down the flames. Emily…
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Protecting US women’s sports: Letters to the Editor — July 6, 2026
The Issue: The Supreme Court ruling upholding state bans on biological males playing in female sports. During her 2022 Supreme Court confirmation hearing, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson could not define what a woman is, saying “I’m not a biologist.” Yet, she was actually allowed to cast a vote in the ruling on state bans on…
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Donna Kelce uses one word to describe Travis and Taylor Swift’s star-studded MSG wedding
Donna Kelce described her son Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s star-studded wedding at Madison Square Garden in one word. “I really can’t say a heck of a lot except it was magical, man. Magical,” the “Traitors” alum, 74, shared during an interview for Macy’s Fourth of July Celebration in New York City on Saturday night.…
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From Idaho B Roll
In Garfield, Washington, the second of three speed-trap towns cutting over into Idaho on the way home from Spokane, there is a gray-going-white basketball furred from use and exposure, deflated only enough to discourage prolonged play, in the grass by the public court, beside the little park’s restroom, the simplest soonest option en route. It…
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Huge Survey Finds the Truth About What mRNA Vaccines Do to the Human Body
A comprehensive review found that mRNA vaccines — a popular target of viral vaccine conspiracy theories and medical misinformation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic — are a resoundingly safe and effective feat of modern medicine. Published this week in the journal The Lancet, the review confirmed that mRNA vaccines are robustly effective at…
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Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro slams socialist NY Dem Darializa Avila Chevalier — and warns major battle for future of party is coming
WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro tore into New York socialist congressional nominee Darializa Avila Chevalier and warned that a battle is brewing for the soul of the Democratic Party. “Her district voted for her, but I have profound differences from that particular candidate,” Shapiro (D) bluntly told CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday. “And…
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Poll: The political right has staked a claim on patriotism across the West
Patriotism has become partisan. It doesn’t matter that people across the ideological spectrum are equally likely to say that they themselves are patriotic. New international polling shows that when you ask them about expressions of patriotism, they think those displays are right-coded. Those results from The POLITICO Poll reveal the extent of right-wing populist parties’…
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Billy G. Mills, among first Black politicians elected to L.A. City Council, dies
Billy G. Mills, a civil rights leader who was among the first Black men to serve on the Los Angeles City Council, has died. Mills, 96, died on June 27 after struggling with declining health, his son, James Edward Mills, confirmed. The elder statesman died peacefully at his home in Leimert Park, his son said.…