SCARBOROUGH (WGME) — Two juvenile great white sharks were spotted off the coast of Pine Point Beach in Scarborough Tuesday.The Scarborough Police Department says the sightings were in the area off the southern tip of Prouts Neck and near the mouth of the Scarborough River.The sharks were estimated to be about 6-8 feet long.Police are … Read more
The runner’s high might be contagious. In 2024, the fitness tracking app Strava recorded a 59% increase in users attending social running events and run clubs globally. Applications for London’s marathon have increased 40% since 2024, while New York City’s received about 20% more applicants this year. Overall, an estimated 56 million Americans regularly run … Read more
In May, I met a former Google software engineer named Nate Soares. He was giving a talk about a book he co-wrote called “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies.” The “it” is artificial superintelligence: A.I. that out-thinks humans across the board. Soares, you might have guessed, is concerned that the A.I. race poses a threat … Read more
After more than a decade together, Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank remain as in love as ever. After seven years of dating and doing long distance, Brooksbank proposed during a trip to Nicaragua in January 2018. “The lake was so beautiful. The light was just a special light I had never seen,” Eugenie recalled via … Read more
A discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage is on a collision course with the moon, and skywatchers may be wondering whether they’ll be able to witness the rare event firsthand when it slams into the lunar surface early Wednesday morning (Aug. 5).The 45-foot-long (13.8-meter), 8,000-pound (4,000-kilogram) rocket stage, left over from the January 2025 launch … Read more
Attorneys for the former Olympic canoeist the Trump administration had charged in a felony Reflecting Pool case are seeking to permanently bar any effort to resurface what they called a “politically motivated prosecution” of their client.The case against David “Davey” Hearn was “motivated by political considerations and devoid of adequate factual support,” his attorneys said … Read more
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza City (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel will not withdraw from its current lines in Gaza until Hamas has completely disarmed and pushed back on a recent deal announced by U.S. President Donald Trump.Netanyahu’s remarks cast more doubt on the deal to disarm Hamas, which was seen as … Read more
WASHINGTON — U.S. job openings fell slightly in June, but the labor market continued to show resilience in the face of an economic shock from fighting in Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.The Labor Department said that employers posted 7.36 million vacancies in June, down from 7.54 million in May. The numbers … Read more
For many apps, granting permission to access your device’s precise location makes sense. Your favorite weather app needs to know where you are to get the day’s forecast, or your go-to fitness app for tracking your running route. But some apps are also inadvertently sharing their users’ location data with third parties, including advertisers and … Read more
The top stories and transfer rumours from Wednesday’s newspapers…Transfer newsChelsea are eyeing a move for Porto goalkeeper Diogo Costa, who was previously linked with Manchester United and has a £51m release clause – Daily Mirror. Manchester City midfielder Tijjani Reijnders has emerged as a £55m target for Nottingham Forest – Daily Mail. United States striker … Read more