Microbiologists are used to looking at gross pictures and hearing scary statistics. So when a moderator of a session on emerging fungal infections at the ASM Microbe meeting uttered the words "somewhat terrifying," it caught my attention. He was referring to a sexually transmitted skin infection that is becoming increasingly drug resistant.
Residents of Washington, DC, on Sunday briefly experienced the worst air quality of any major city in the world, according to a company that ranks pollution globally, as the capital reckoned with the aftermath of a massive, 40-minute Fourth of July fireworks show. City officials issued a Code Red Air Quality Alert, asking residents to limit time outside, with a warning that the air is "unhealthy for seniors, kids, people with medical conditions" and that the general public may experience health issues.
President Donald Trump's role in FIFA's stunning decision to allow striker Folarin Balogun to be eligible to play against Belgium on Monday in Seattle is under the microscope. A source familiar with the matter told CNN on Sunday that Trump spoke with FIFA President Gianni Infantino this week after Balogun's red card and asked the FIFA leader to review the call. On Sunday afternoon, soccer's governing body announced it was using an obscure rule to suspend Balogun's automatic one-match ban for one year, allowing the striker to play against Belgium in the Round of 16.
The Trump administration will not seek new bids to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Sunday as he faced new questions about the troubled project and the taxpayer money involved.
Do you know how to get an American company to grant you excellent wages and amazing benefits, even for an entry-level job? Move to Norway and take the job there.
Stars and Stripes has a front page like no other. On a day when the headlines on other newspapers were dominated by earthquakes in Venezuela and Supreme Court decisions on immigration, Erik Slavin, the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes, put out a newspaper for the American military, with stories about new tactics involving drones, and service members and families facing food insecurity. "We want to go with something that we know will directly interest our readers right away," Slavin said.
An Idaho mother who blamed childhood vaccines for the deaths of her 18-month-old twins on a podcast produced by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s former anti-vaccine group has been charged with their murders.
Andrea Shaw, 23, was arrested by Boise Police Department on June 30 pending extradition to Payette County, Idaho, where she faces two counts of first degree murder, according to a police statement.
Twins Dallas and Tyson Shaw died were found dead on May 1, 2025, with Shaw later partnering with anti-vaccine charity Children's Health Defense to protest their deaths.
Lobga Rangzen (42) died after he "self-immolated outside the UN headquarters in NYC after a live appeal for Tibetan independence and unity." The International Campaign for Tibet says there were more than 150 self-immolations by Tibetans between 2009 and 2022; ten were by Tibetans in exile.
China is "Sinofying" their minorities: Tibetans, Uighurs, and crushing all dissent
The diabolical Trumpf junta is scrapping more than three dozen firearms regulations, abandoning a crackdown on illegal sales, restoring gun rights to some people with mental illness, and loosening oversight of private weapons transactions.
Expect more bloodshed in Amerikkka
The renowned Brown University economist Roberto Serrano has overwhelming evidence' that a significant number of his students used AI to cheat on a take-home exam. He thinks the time has come for an in-depth debate on the use of AI technology to protect higher education: "Academic integrity is at risk."
AI is the new Doomsday Machine
Dozens of intelligence officials began receiving notice of their terminations on Thursday under the widely despised Bill Pulte, the new acting director of national intelligence.
Mega-oligarch Bill Pulte is not a good human being
Hours before President Donald Trump is scheduled to participate in Washington, D.C.'s July Fourth celebrations with a rally and speech before fireworks, people are being asked to leave the event because of the weather conditions Saturday evening. "Sorry, ladies and gentlemen, we've been asked to tell you, our officials have asked to tell you to, we need evacuation right away," an overhead announcement said Saturday evening. Read more
Emulating North Korean supremo Kim Jong-Un on the 250th anniversary of America's independence, Dummkopf Trumpf posted an image of a $100 bill featuring his signature and a gilded AI image of himself on Mount Rushmore. The morbidly obese geriatric power-mad pedophile running America into the ground then asked: "Has anyone ever seen a Happy Dumocrat?" The worst POTUS in inter-galactic history also sniveled to a reporter that "[Benjamin Netanyahu] knows who the boss is," days ahead of another defilement of the White House by the notorious ICC-indicted war criminal, ethnic cleanser, and international fugitive from justice.
Two BFFs: "Happy 250th, Amerikkka!"
Israel continues to erase Jerusalem's Palestinian and Christian character by seizing properties from its residents through a particular set of legal and administrative measures called "gardening orders" " a mechanism deployed by municipal authorities to seize control of supposedly "neglected land" under the guise of "landscaping."
By 2050, no Christians will be left in Israel
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JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump spoke on Friday and agreed to meet "soon" in the United States, the premier's office said. Read more
