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U.S. Marine veteran, detained in Russia since 2022, is hospitalized in serious condition
An American Marine Corps veteran detained in Russia since 2022 is now hospitalized in serious condition, according to an advocate for his family, who is urging the Trump administration to push for his immediate release on humanitarian grounds.Robert Gilman, 32, is being held at a Russian hospital in what his advocate, Eric Lebson of Global … Read more
Upset Wisconsin Democrats mull whether to back mainstream choice for governor
NEW GLARUS, Wis. (AP) — Sarah Miller, a software engineer from the liberal stronghold of Madison, has heard all of the chatter about a civil war in the Democratic Party between progressives and moderates. But all she cares about is winning.That’s why Miller said she is voting in Tuesday’s gubernatorial primary for David Crowley, the … Read more
Israel’s killing of journalist Amal Khalil was a war crime, rights group says
BEIRUT — Leading rights groups determined that Israel committed war crimes when it killed journalist Amal Khalil and injured another journalist in an airstrike in southern Lebanon in April.At a Beirut news conference Thursday, Human Rights Watch said it reviewed photo and video evidence, witness statements and a request to Israel’s military by the Lebanese … Read more
Sweetgreen cuts full-year outlook as cyclospora fears weigh on sales
Pedestrians pass by a Sweetgreen restaurant on Aug. 4, 2026 in San Francisco, California.Heather Diehl | Getty ImagesSweetgreen on Thursday cut its full-year outlook and is now projecting steeper same-store sales declines due to diner fears of eating fresh produce during the ongoing cyclospora outbreak.Shares of the salad chain fell more than 15% in extended … Read more
Why Normal People Aren’t Using AI Agents
Silicon Valley is already convinced that AI agents are the future. In the heart of the tech industry, people are designing payment systems for agents, using them to automate their jobs, and most recently, trying to stop them from hacking into other organizations. But out in the real world, most people have never touched an … Read more
Detroit Lions give Jahmyr Gibbs record-breaking contract extension
Just two days after Bijan Robinson became the highest-paid running back in NFL history, the Detroit Lions and Jahmyr Gibbs have agreed upon an extension that will one-up the three-year, $66.75 million deal Robinson got. The initial terms of the extension are a three-year $67.5 million deal that could be worth up to $75.75 million, … Read more
Tech barons dream of human colonies on Mars – but I can’t think of a worse place to die | Reality TV
Like hoverboards, teleportation or smart glasses that don’t make you look like an absolute twat, space colonisation is a technological advent long-promised but as yet undelivered. Before Neil Armstrong even set foot on the moon, the US military was envisaging a long-term lunar outpost. The cost proved prohibitive and the Apollo missions came and went, … Read more
Artificial Intelligence used to design brand new viruses
“This is a next step in the complexity that’s designable by generative AI, this is the first time generative AI has been used to design a complete genome, it’s something that can replicate and have other functions inside cells… this was new territory for us,” Brian Hie, assistant professor at Stanford University, told the BBC.
Trump signs new executive orders seeking to limit US birthright citizenship | Donald Trump News
Trump’s latest effort to limit birthright citizenship comes after Supreme Court ruled against his initial push to reinterpret the constitutional right.Published On 6 Aug 20266 Aug 2026United States President Donald Trump has signed two executive orders seeking to limit birthright citizenship, weeks after the Supreme Court upheld the practice as protected under the Constitution.The orders … Read more