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Three States Execute Inmates on Same Day for First Time Since 2010 Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Alabama carried out lethal injection executions within hours of each other Thursday, August 13, marking the first time three U.S. states have put inmates to death on the same day since January 2010. What Happened Tennessee and Oklahoma executed their … Read more
Flock Safety CEO Apologizes After Report Finds 46 Cases of Police Misusing License Plate Camera Data The CEO of surveillance technology company Flock Safety apologized Thursday, August 13, for cases in which police officers misused the company’s automatic license plate reader network, including allegations that officers used the system to stalk women — while simultaneously … Read more
NTSB Confirms Broken Engine Fan Blade Caused Passenger to Be Partially Sucked Out of Ryanair Window The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report Thursday, August 13, confirming that a broken engine fan blade caused a cabin window to shatter aboard a Ryanair flight last month, resulting in a 61-year-old passenger being partially pulled … Read more
Single Ticket Sold at Illinois Gas Station Wins $1.04 Billion Powerball Jackpot A single ticket purchased at a gas station in western Illinois matched all six numbers in Wednesday night’s drawing to win a $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot — the largest Powerball prize won so far in 2026 and the eighth-largest in the game’s more … Read more
Video of ICE Agent Pointing Gun at Virginia Woman Contradicts DHS Account, She Says Video captured by a Northern Virginia woman shows an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent pointing a handgun at her through her car window during a tense roadside confrontation Monday, August 10 — an incident that has drawn scrutiny after the Department … Read more
Fed Rate Pause Looks More Likely After New Inflation Data: What Borrowers Should Know The latest U.S. inflation report has shifted one of the most important financial conversations in America: Will the Federal Reserve raise interest rates again, or is a pause becoming the most likely outcome? Following the July 2026 Consumer Price Index (CPI) … Read more
Scientists Pinpoint the Exact Brain Rhythm Behind Why Deep Brain Stimulation Works for Parkinson’s An international team of neuroscientists and clinicians has identified a specific brain network — and the distinctive electrical rhythm it communicates through — that appears to drive the therapeutic benefits of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease, a discovery researchers say … Read more
Google Unveils Pixel 11 Lineup With New Camera Features and Deeper Gemini Integration Google officially unveiled its Pixel 11 smartphone family at a “Made by Google” event in New York on Wednesday, August 12, headlined by camera upgrades, a redesigned camera bar, and deeper integration of the company’s Gemini AI assistant across the lineup. What … Read more
MLB Returns to the Field of Dreams Cornfield Tonight for First Time Since 2022 Major League Baseball returns tonight, Thursday, August 13, to the Field of Dreams movie site in Dyersville, Iowa, where the Minnesota Twins host the Philadelphia Phillies in the first big-league game played there since 2022 — and the third since the … Read more
AOC Publicly Shares She’s Freezing Her Eggs, Sparking Political Debate Over Fertility and Family Timing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., publicly shared over the weekend that she is freezing her eggs, posting a video of herself administering the first injection of the process and framing the decision as one she’s making “to feel more in control” … Read more