Trump's son-in-law and envoy held rare meeting with Hamas chief in Egypt in push for progress on ceasefireDonald Trump's son-in-law and envoy, Jared Kushner, held a rare meeting with Hamas's political chief on Sunday in Egypt, in a new diplomatic effort to make progress in the stalled Gaza ceasefire. Kushner will meet on Monday with Benjamin Netanyahu, who is under pressure after rejecting the new 15-point, US-backed road map.The talks aim to salvage the plan for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw from the Palestinian territory shattered by war. Continue reading...
Sixteen-year-old dead and four others wounded including two children at community celebration in LexingtonAuthorities in Kentucky charged an 18-year-old man with murder and several counts of assault after a shooting in Lexington park left a teenager dead and four others injured - one of multiple similar cases around the US over the weekend.Jametrius Griffin was arrested less than 24 hours after Saturday night's mass shooting at Charles Young Park in the city's downtown. According to the Lexington police department, officers responded to reports of gunfire in the park at about 7pm and found five people shot, including two adults, a 14-year-old and a four-year-old. Continue reading...
I understand gen Z's concerns about the cost of romance. But anything can be a date if you want it to beA couple of months ago, I wrote a column imploring young people to keep trying to find love, to not become cynical about romance and avoid the temptation of the accursed loneliness influencers" peddling antisocial behavior as some sort of newfangled experiment that no one had thought of before. I stand here today saying, hey, I can't be right all the time. Maybe it is better to be alone, since it costs a hell of a lot less.Apparently, young people across the country are forgoing dating because it's too damn expensive. Or at least, I think they are, based on the multiple newspaper articles saying so that came out in the last two weeks. As the New York Times put it, the prospect of a tab of $150 or more for two entrees, two drinks, an appetizer and tip" is too pricey for many gen Z singles. I say, only $150? Where are you going, Chili's? I went on a date with (shameful brag incoming) a very famous political figure from the late 90s and spent twice that amount, sending my bank account into cardiac arrest. I practically begged her to get dessert, even though it was clear our decade of age difference and general lack of chemistry meant I was better off going home and journaling about it. I paid for the whole thing, and in return, I got an amazing story to tell at parties. Continue reading...
Grant cancellations at leading research institutions appear to target study of impacts of racism on brain healthA new round of scientific grant cancellations has hit brain health and Alzheimer's disease research at two leading research institutions, Emory University and the University of Pittsburgh.The latest cancellations are the Trump administration's most recent effort to remove disfavored topics from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) $47bn scientific portfolio - and appear to target the study of the impacts of racism. Continue reading...
Hi-tech cameras orbiting Earth and on the ground, along with AI, help firefighters extinguish blazes before they spreadThe fires in Spokane, Washington, this summer are the latest reminder that when a wildfire is detected can be just as important as where it starts. A blaze found within minutes can often be contained before it spreads. Wait too long, and a small spark can become a major disaster.A new effort to shorten that timeline began in July when a SpaceX rocket carried the first three FireSat satellites into orbit. The trio is the first part of a planned network of 50 satellites built solely to spot wildfires while they are still small enough to stop. Continue reading...
Four-year-old boy, three men and three women among fatalities since storms began on 11 August, officials sayDays of storms and flooding in Indiana left at least seven people dead as floodwaters peaked in Indianapolis's White River - and rains were expected to ease in the state capital region and other parts of the state on Sunday.A four-year-old boy, three men and three women were among those who had died since the storms began on 11 August, state homeland security department spokesperson Liz Woods said. Continue reading...
President said he was not happy' with plans for large-scale joint exercises he described as inappropriate and hostile'. Plus, how five obscure horses have ended up at the center of a transatlantic betting mysteryGood morning. Donald Trump has said he is scaling back joint US military drills with South Korea aimed at deterring North Korea, despite military officials from both countries warning that Kim Jong-un's regime is learning new battlefield tactics from the Ukraine war.The president said he was not happy" with US participation based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong-un". He added that the drills were costly and send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile, to a country that, as long as Donald J Trump has been president, has been unthreatening and respectful". Trump added that it was too late to cancel the drills so he had ordered the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, to substantially reduce" them.Why are there continuing concerns about USS Abraham Lincoln? Democrats have intensified their demands for answers from the Trump administration over conditions onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln amid concern over crew morale, mental health and living conditions. Ruben Gallego, a Democratic senator from Arizona, said he blamed the carrier's prolonged deployment on the unresolved war that Donald Trump started in February with Iran as well as lackluster leadership in general from the Republican president's administration. Continue reading...
Did you lose someone in 9/11? What do you want people to remember about them 25 years later?To mark 25 years since 9/11, we would like to hear from people who lost loved ones in the attacks. What do you want people to remember about them 25 years later?If you're having trouble using the form, click here. Read the terms of service here and the privacy policy here. Continue reading...
Exclusive: Raul Torrez is drafting two bills with state lawmakers to bolster consumer protections and child safety online, building on state's landmark case against MetaNew Mexico's attorney general is mounting a full-court press against technology companies to improve their child safety measures, capitalizing on a landmark win in court against Meta earlier this year.Raul Torrez is working with state lawmakers to draft two new bills he says will strengthen consumer protections and child safety online. The legislation, expected to be announced in the coming weeks, will build on the state's case against the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram. A jury found in March that the company misled its users about the safety of its platforms and enabled harm, including child sexual exploitation. The social media giant was fined nearly $1bn as a result of the case. Continue reading...
Observers call Peltola, who won the red state's House seat twice and is running to unseat Dan Sullivan, a unicorn'Dan J Sullivan is a retired schoolteacher and US Forest Service employee living in the town of Petersburg in south-eastern Alaska, who is running as a Republican for the US Senate. Dan S Sullivan is a Republican US senator, who has represented Alaska since 2015.Both candidates will appear on the ballot, one name after the other, when Alaskans vote in primary elections this week - a complicated quirk of the contest that has drawn howls from Republicans. Continue reading...
The president was forced to hide in a catering truck amid the Iran war, in an encapsulation of the conflict's failuresFor decades, Donald Trump cultivated a public image based on strength and dominance. He was a brash New York real estate mogul; a reality TV star who deployed his signature phrase: You're fired!" to eliminate contestants from The Apprentice; and eventually US president and undisputed leader of the Republican party.In recent months, Trump has taken his boastfulness to an extreme, reportedly telling confidants that he's the most powerful person to ever live" and comparing himself with some of history's most feared leaders, including Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Hitler, Stalin and Mao. Continue reading...
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The American has proved again that she's in a class of her own. But is that a good thing for her sport?Over the weekend, more than 16,000 fans, including former and current world champions such as Floyd Mayweather, Terence Crawford, and Shakur Stevenson, filled State Farm Arena in Atlanta to witness Claressa Shields dominate Kaye Scott.Shields made quick work of Scott winning by TKO in six rounds after unleashing a flurry of punches against the Australian, whose corner threw in the towel to stop the fight before more damage could be done. Continue reading...
The 12-time national title-winning coach discusses Connecticut's time on top, his bond with Paige Bueckers, the Pat Summitt rivalry and why he isn't retiring just yetLet's get one thing out of the way right from the jump: UConn Huskies coach Geno Auriemma says he isn't retiring anytime in the foreseeable future".That may come as a relief to fans of the program who have never known anyone else to be at its helm. Though he declined to promise an exact timeline, Auriemma made one thing clear while speaking to the Guardian last week: he's going to be sticking around. Continue reading...
Outgoing Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy, a medical doctor, voted to confirm anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr as health secretary before speaking outRepublican senator Bill Cassidy - a medical doctor who voted to confirm anti-vaccine activist Robert F Kennedy as federal health secretary in early 2025 - on Sunday denounced Donald Trump's crazy, stupid" claims about the safety of the combined MMR vaccine for undermining faith in immunization.When Trump recently ordered changes to the recommended childhood vaccination schedule, with Kennedy by his side, the president called for two shots of the combined Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine to be scrapped in favor of two doses of three separate vaccines, claiming that the MMR shots are sort of like a nuclear weapon" that could be quite lethal". Continue reading...
Suspect, 19, who is not enrolled at the university arrested in connection with shooting of five people, authorities sayA young man suspected in connection with the shooting of five people on Saturday on the campus of Virginia State University (VSU) hid in a dormitory closet for more than 14 hours before being found and arrested, according to authorities.The suspect - identified as 19-year-old Camron Harris - was found in Seward Hall on VSU's campus at 4pm, local police Lt James Lamb said, according to the Virginia news outlet WTVR. The shooting occurred at about 1.30am on Saturday. Continue reading...
Senator Ruben Gallego calls carrier's months-long deployment a deep problem' as wellbeing concerns mountDemocrats on Sunday intensified their demands for answers from the Trump administration over conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln as the aircraft carrier's nearly nine-month deployment continued fueling concern over crew morale, mental health and living conditions.Ruben Gallego, a Democratic senator from Arizona, said on Sunday that problems aboard the Lincoln had kept mounting - and he blamed the carrier's prolonged deployment on the unresolved war that Donald Trump started in February with Iran as well as lackluster leadership in general from the Republican president's administration. Continue reading...
US attorney general says no one in his role should ever' make this vow amid concern over Trump steering DoJUS attorney general Todd Blanche on Sunday declined to assure that the federal justice department he helms would always act independently of the White House and Donald Trump.No, I'm not going to pledge that," he said when asked about the topic by NBC's Meet the Press host, Kristen Welker. And no attorney general should ever pledge that." Continue reading...
Girl called police after she was shot four times in shooting spree that left six dead, including gunmanA 13-year-old girl in Michigan survived being shot four times in a shooting spree that left six people dead - including the suspected attacker - and called emergency help herself shortly before investigators identified the gunman, according to a state police official and her family.Those actions made the teen a hero", said a relative of hers as well as two of the dead victims. Continue reading...
Famous raptor helped livestream viewers in difficult moments, and inspired a conservation project at her lake homeThe bald eagle Jackie made her home on the shore of southern California's Big Bear Lake for most of her 14 years. But her death earlier this week drew international attention.The Los Angeles Times described her as arguably the world's most famous bald eagle". For years, millions of people tuned into a live stream of Jackie's nest, watching her rear her eaglets, work out life with her mate, Shadow, and, perhaps most memorably, incubate her eggs while almost completely buried in snow. Continue reading...
A broad group of diseases in the agricultural powerhouse is top of mind for the midterm electionsIn Iowa, one of the key battleground states in November's midterm elections, just about every political candidate agrees on one thing: something must be done about the state's rising rates of cancer.The midwestern state has the second-highest rate of cancer nationwide and, together with Utah and West Virginia, is one of only three states where incidences of the disease are rising, according to cancer rate monitoring from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. Continue reading...
Legislation requiring disclosure of chemicals in diapers passed assembly and will go before state senate soonNew California legislation would require manufacturers to disclose the mystery cocktail" of toxic chemicals used in disposable diapers.Diapers often contain among the most toxic substances - phthalates, lead, Pfas, quats, arsenic, a range of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and fragrance", which can include any number of 1,200 compounds thought to be hazardous to human health. Continue reading...
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Danny Monteverde had been protesting the closure of a courtroom during indictment of state attorney generalThe outrageous" handcuffing of a New Orleans journalist covering the indictment in July of Louisiana's attorney general - a case that ultimately was dismissed - conveyed a chilling message to members of the press and the public" for which there is no excuse, according to a prominent media rights advocacy organization.An attorney for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) made those assertions in a recent letter to the New Orleans criminal district courthouse where deputies temporarily detained WWL Louisiana investigative producer Danny Monteverde and outlet lawyer Elana Beiser in the course of their duties in early July. Continue reading...
Sony Pictures in July announced that the celebrated theater, built in 1963 and shuttered during Covid, will reopen in 2028Drive down Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, along the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and you'll see a movie theater straight out of The Jetsons.Built in 1963, the Cinerama dome is instantly memorable: a white, geodesic construction that looks like a giant golf ball cut in half and plopped down in the middle of the city. Continue reading...
Law was set to go into effect in January, months before cyclosporiasis outbreak, but now is set for 2028Congress passed a law to help federal agencies investigate outbreaks of foodborne illness - a regulation experts said could have stopped the US's largest cyclosporiasis outbreak much sooner.The only problem? The rule has been delayed - for 15 years, including most recently amid lobbying in 2025. Continue reading...
One US sailor's mother asks: My son signed up to serve his country. But why isn't his country serving him?'Naval families with loved ones deployed for months on US warships amid the Iran war have reacted with fury to Donald Trump and the defense secretary Pete Hegseth's dismissal of their concerns about the extreme pressures and dire conditions they are enduring.The Guardian has talked to three naval families who have been following the physical and mental stresses bearing down on their relatives with mounting alarm. The families, with loved ones on board the USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Tripoli, all spoke anonymously for fear of retribution against their active duty relatives. Continue reading...
Complete unraveling' of Trump and Republican project reflects attitude of not caring at all about governanceHe was always one step ahead. Donald Trump won the US presidency as a wildly unlikely outsider in 2016 and staged an astonishing comeback to win it again in 2024. Even his foes grudgingly called him a political savant with an intuition for exploiting grievances that left so-called experts floundering.But now they are asking if the dark genius has lost his touch. Trump is trapped in the quagmire of an unpopular war, obsessing over monuments in Washington and looking for a new spokesperson after his White House press secretary quit. If the 80-year-old was deliberately trying to sabotage his Republican party in November's midterm elections, it is not clear what he would do differently. Continue reading...
Molendotech will collate data from daily tests that detect E coli and other bacteria amid reports of swimmers falling illA UK university spinout behind a rapid bacterial water testing kit is planning to launch live water quality maps, as scores of beachgoers report falling ill after swimming.Molendotech, a spinout from the University of Plymouth, sells a portable test that detects E coli and other bacteria in water and delivers results on the spot, without waiting for days to get laboratory results. Continue reading...
Four horses with little record of success suddenly won in the US. A seemingly coordinated betting operation across London did too - and now racing authorities want answersTo understand why horse racing on both sides of the pond has been gripped by the Fair Hill Five over the past week, start with a basic principle of betting: when two unlikely horses win in back-to-back races, a wager correctly picking both should pay off handsomely. Last Sunday at New Jersey's Monmouth Park, it did not.The sequence began with The Great Amira, a 17-1 longshot who went from finishing last in her previous two starts to winning wire to wire by nine and a half lengths. Her trainer then won the very next race with Tepeyac, who went off at about 4-1, and the meager Daily Double payout for picking both outsiders suggested the exact combination had been unusually well backed. Later that afternoon, two more longshot winners emerged at Saratoga. They were among five runners with recent workouts at Maryland's Fair Hill Training Center, the common link behind the name Fair Hill Five. Continue reading...
As chief US diplomat, Rubio could do great good. His pandering and neglect are a disgrace we shouldn't ignoreViewed from the state department in Washington DC, the world is on fire - but record heatwaves are not to blame. The unresolved Iran war has badly burned Donald Trump. His military campaign conclusively failed, energy and food prices are still rising, and a Republican rout in November's midterm elections looms. Humiliatingly, Israel this week flatly rejected his latest Gaza peace proposals, days after Trump congratulated himself on a historic breakthrough". In Europe, Russia's attacks on Nato allies grow increasingly brazen, threatening a wider escalation. The Ukraine war, which Trump vowed to end, is now well into its fifth year, with civilians on both sides caught in the killing fields. And these are just the bigger firestorms. There are plenty more.Rarely has the need for effective, professional diplomacy been more pressing. So step forward Marco Rubio, US secretary of state and chief American diplomat. These are challenges that, if successfully tackled, could propel the 55-year-old son of Cuban immigrants and the former US senator for Florida into pole position in the 2028 Republican presidential nomination race. Here is a chance for Rubio to defy critics who dismiss him as a lickspittle and Trump dogsbody, and transform himself into respected global statesman. His boss mocked him as little Marco" and a loser" when they were election rivals in 2016. (Rubio called him a conman.) Now is Rubio's opportunity to go big, be brave and prove he's a winner. Continue reading...
National Weather Service reports that more than 11in of rain fell over a two-day period in some areasAt least five people are dead after devastating floods that swept through Indiana this week, officials said, as storms continued to batter the state on Saturday and first responders used boats to rescue more people from rising waters in neighborhoods along the White River in Indianapolis.The mayor of Indianapolis, Joe Hogsett, and other state officials implored residents in areas at risk of flooding to heed any evacuation warnings at a news conference. Continue reading...
US president credits himself with lowest drug prices in 60 years, when article says drop is more likely due to BidenThe White House flooded social media on Saturday with an image of Donald Trump showing off the recent Washington Post headline Prescription drug prices record sharpest drop in more than 60 years", but failed to mention that experts cited in the article actually attributed the price drop to Joe Biden, not Trump.On its official accounts, the White House triumphantly captioned the photograph of Trump: POV: you bring the receipts." Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, also shared it. Continue reading...
Police say Larry Montes struck a woman and a security guard after he disrupted Shabbat servicesA New York City man is facing hate crime charges after police say he assaulted a woman and a security team member while disrupting Shabbat services at Central Synagogue in Manhattan - all in plain view of a live stream.The New York police department identified the suspect in the case as Larry Montes, 46, who was arrested after the episode at the synagogue. Montes was charged with two counts of assault as a hate crime and one count of criminal mischief as a hate crime, along with other alleged violations, police said. Continue reading...
About 1.6m dozen eggs from Texas recalled amid one of the largest recorded foodborne illness outbreaks in US historyA massive egg recall affecting nearly 1.6m dozen eggs has been elevated to the US Food and Drug Administration's highest-risk warning as officials investigate a salmonella outbreak that has sickened nearly 100 people.The FDA on 12 August reclassified the recall of nearly 1.6m dozen white and brown cage-free eggs over concerns they may be contaminated with salmonella. Continue reading...
Former VP sent fundraising appeal for Democrat Mary Peltola's campaign - with half of donations going to Harris's organizationAlaska US Senate candidate Mary Peltola has rejected the support of Kamala Harris, her fellow Democrat, after the 2024 presidential candidate sent out a seemingly unsolicited fundraising appeal on Peltola's behalf.Harris, who lost Alaska - typically a Republican-voting state - by 13 points during her unsuccessful White House run, on Wednesday sent an email from her political organization to supporters of Peltola, a former US House member. Continue reading...
Tyler Muehl, 18, could face a year in prison for kicking marine animal four times on La Jolla coastAn 18-year-old California man has admitted he kicked a sea lion in a video that went viral recently - while referring to himself by the name of an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor - and has pleaded guilty to a federal crime.Tyler Muehl, of San Diego's La Jolla neighborhood, faces up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine after acknowledging in court on Thursday that he violated the Marine Mammal Protection Act's prohibition on harassment of wildlife, federal prosecutors said in a statement. Continue reading...
School said shooting involved multiple suspects' as campus was locked down and police responded to sceneMultiple people were injured in a shooting at Virginia State University (VSU), police said on Saturday morning, with several suspects still at large.The campus, about 20 miles (32km) south of Richmond, was temporarily put on lockdown as police released initial details about the shooting. Continue reading...
The US vice-president's most recent memoir may be widely read in Middletown, Ohio, but no one seems to be talking about itNearly two months since JD Vance's most recent memoir, Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, was released, and following sales of 64,000 copies in its first week, Vance's hometown of Middletown, Ohio, has had time to take it in.At the town library, administrators say there has been interest in the book among the wider public. Continue reading...
AOC's remarks about past excesses have been ripped out of context. Progressives shouldn't get roped into this sideshowThere is probably no word that has been more used and abused in the last decade than woke". It has been rendered completely meaningless, but it refuses to die. Indeed, it has now taken on new life: in the past week, there's been a flurry of headlines about Woke 1.0" or Woke One". If you haven't seen the phrase pop up in your newsfeed yet, it will soon.So what is this cursed phrase? There's no official definition, but the term is largely being used to refer to the period between 2018 and 2021 when social justice language was at its peak in mainstream culture. Certain progressives, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have started to use Woke 1" disparagingly, as a way to distance themselves from that period and signal that they stand for a new form of left-leaning politics that is more palatable to centrist Democrats. Woke 2", I suppose.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
Prosecutors pointed to internet searches made on the family computer in the months before the killings to make their caseProsecutors revived a theory in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial case this week, suggesting she had faked a suicide attempt after allegedly strangling her three children.While prosecutors have been arguing that Clancy acted intentionally and should be held criminally responsible, her defense has said she suffered from postpartum psychosis. Continue reading...
Defense argues New York cannot try Mangione over same act or offense as federal case - the killing of Brian ThompsonLuigi Mangione's plea to federal stalking charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's death has spurred questions about the fate of the separate Manhattan murder case against him, with experts saying New York's double-jeopardy law could derail that trial.Mangione pleaded guilty to one count of interstate stalking resulting in death, and one count of cyberstalking through use of interstate facilities resulting in death, in connection with the 4 December 2024 shooting outside a Midtown hotel. Both charges carry a potential maximum life sentence. Continue reading...
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In Wisconsin, voters weigh candidates who backed cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, and those who want to expand itGoing door to door in western Wisconsin, Bill Hogseth tells strangers about the seizures he has multiple times a week.Hogseth, the co-executive director and lead organizer of the nonpartisan group GrassRoots Organizing Western Wisconsin (Groww), tells them about waking up in an ambulance, and the impact of the seizures on his ability to drive and work. Usually standing on their doorsteps, he asks to hear their stories too - about ambulance rides, hospital bills, broken bones. Continue reading...
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