WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday again rejected President Donald Trump’s push to throw out a $5 million jury finding that he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll in a New York City department store in the mid-1990s and then defamed her. The Republican president’s lawyers had asked the justices to reconsider their … Read more
A U.S. guided missile destroyer reportedly spent four days adrift and without power in the South China Sea in July, raising concerns about the strain placed on deployed military members. The USS Benfold, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer that had been sailing with the George Washington aircraft carrier strike group, was reportedly towed to Subic … Read more
Shares of EyePoint (EYPT) plunged on Monday, undermining the lower bound of a cup base, after its treatment for eye diseases missed the mark in a late-stage study. The company tested its drug, Duravyu, in patients with wet age-related macular degeneration. Although it reduced treatment burden by 42% and 56% of patients were supplement-free at … Read more
Supply of the “iPhone Ultra” will be very limited when the foldable device first launches later this year, according to Fixed Focus Digital, a well-known leaker on Chinese social media platform Weibo. The account also claimed that the A20 Pro chip in the iPhone 18 Pro will be up to 18% faster and up to … Read more
LIV Golf canceled its team championship, scheduled for Aug. 27-30 at The Cardinal in Plymouth, Michigan, after weeks of tour officials insisting the event would go ahead as scheduled. LIV’s announcement on Monday made official what had become increasingly obvious: that the championship, originally conceived as the climax of the breakaway tour’s season and its … Read more
Blue Origin plans to return its Florida launch site to a dual-deck facility to support its larger, more powerful New Glenn “9×4” rocket, which is still in development. As facility repairs continue following the explosion of one of Blue Origin’s “7×2” New Glenn rockets during testing at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex-36 in … Read more
NEED TO KNOWA Florida mom contracted flesh-eating bacteria after swimming with a cut and nearly lost her lifeVibrio bacteria infections are surging, with two recent deaths in Florida and risks tied to open wounds in waterExperts warn against swimming with cuts or recent tattoos as the bacteria can cause severe infections and amputationsA woman who … Read more
Thousands of people were still waiting for help on the Indonesian island of Flores as the country marked its 81st Independence Day on Monday, days after a powerful earthquake killed at least 68 people, injured more than 200 and damaged hundreds of homes and other buildings. Many residents of Flores island in East Nusa Tenggara … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says vandals are to blame for large swathes of dead grass on the National Mall near the World War II Memorial, where he built a stage and hosted crowds for his Fourth of July celebration. Trump made the accusation in a social media post on Sunday without saying why … Read more
Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, in a podcast released over the weekend, called for “between 30 and 40” people to be killed each night in targeted killings in the Gaza Strip. Discussing Israel’s response to the Hamas-led terrorist attack on October 7, 2023, which sparked war in Gaza, and Israel’s recent move to … Read more