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Top FBI agent in Chicago abruptly leaving post after being pushed to retire, AP sources say
WASHINGTON — The head of the FBI’s Chicago field office is abruptly leaving his position, according to a resignation message he sent to colleagues and multiple people familiar with the situation who said he was told to retire. Douglas DePodesta has served as special agent in charge in Chicago, one of the FBI’s largest offices, for nearly…
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Medici brothers’ murder mystery solved as new research rules out poison theory
Mistero risolto. For centuries, historians debated a longstanding mystery: Were two members of the powerful Medici dynasty victims of disease — or murder? Now, nearly 500 years later, scientists say they finally have an answer. Researchers have confirmed malaria as the official cause of death of the two Medici brothers. University of Pisa A new…
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Spotify Confirms Streaming Fraud After Kalshi Trader Cries Foul
Top Kalshi trader Caleb Davies usually speaks to the press about how prediction markets help him rake in money. The Minneapolis-based IT worker estimates he’s made $1.2 million overall across different prediction platforms, with $414,000 in winnings from Kalshi’s culture markets alone. He especially enjoys wagering on music charts, because he carefully analyzes Spotify data…
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Trump and Republicans return to communist attacks against Democrats ahead of the midterm elections
WASHINGTON — President Trump and his fellow Republicans are reviving a line of attack against Democrats heading into the midterm elections: They’re communists. In just the past week, Trump has issued dark warnings that members of the Democratic Party’s ascendant left are communists who want to “completely destroy the traditional American way of life” and even engage…
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Trump administration’s $46 billion ‘smart wall’ races ahead on the U.S.-Mexico border
PHOENIX — For decades, all that separated the U.S. from Mexico was barbed wire. Now, after a massive infusion of cash from Congress, President Trump’s administration is swiftly building what it has dubbed a “smart wall,” a combination of 30-foot-tall steel fencing and an array of sophisticated technology like sensors, cameras and towers allowing Border Patrol to…
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What to Know About Screwworm in the U.S.
New World screwworm flies during the inauguration of a sterile screwworm fly production facility in Metapa, Chiapas state, Mexico, on June 27, 2026. —Mauricio Palos/Bloomberg—Getty Images In early June, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) first reported that the New World screwworm—a fly that lays flesh-eating larvae—was found in a baby calf in Texas. There…
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Influencer Nara Smith reveals 2-year-old daughter Whimsy’s cancer diagnosis
Popular lifestyle and fashion influencer Nara Smith spoke out about her daughter’s private health battle, revealing on Wednesday that the 2-year-old is battling cancer. Smith, 24, said in an Instagram video that her daughter Whimsy was diagnosed late last year when she and husband model Lucky Blue Smith noticed “something suspicious” on the toddler’s body…
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NYC bakes as Central Park hits 100 degrees for first time in over a decade amid blistering heatwave
Temperatures in New York City’s Central Park hit 100 degrees for the first time in over a decade as a dangerous heatwave is expected to grip the region through the July 4 holiday. Readings at the park reached a blistering 100 degrees on Thursday afternoon – marking the first time the iconic park has hit…
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Madonna seemingly takes aim at ex-husband Sean Penn in new ‘Confessions II’ song
Madonna appeared to take several jabs at her ex-husband Sean Penn in her new “Confessions II” track about a movie star threatened by her fame. While the Grammy winner didn’t specifically name the actor in her track “Bizarre,” set for release on Friday, she croons about a Hollywood hotshot with “deep blue eyes” being the…
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Why NASA Is Launching a Mission to Save a Quarter-Billion Dollar Space Telescope
Swift’s ultraviolet image of the Andromeda galaxy, the largest and closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way —NASA/Swift/Stefan Immler (Goddard Space Flight Center) and Erin Grand (UMCP) NASA made a good bet when it built the Swift Space Telescope. Launched in 2004, Swift has spent more than a generation observing gamma ray bursts—the most powerful…