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The Pentagon Released 72 More UFO Files, and the Potato Still Is Not Proof of Aliens
Newly released Pentagon files describe discs, glowing orbs and a potato-shaped object, but provide no confirmed evidence of extraterrestrial life.
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South Africa Fires Up Thousands of Grills to Chase Japan’s Mass-Cookout Record
Thousands gathered in South Africa for a coordinated braai intended to break Japan’s record for the world’s largest mass cookout.
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Long Island’s “Catman” Cuts Through a Wall to Rescue a Pet Who Took Renovation Too Far
A Long Island animal rescuer nicknamed Catman located and freed a family cat trapped behind a wall for days.
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U2 Returns to Its Dublin School After 50 Years, and the Reunion Has Better Amplifiers Than Homeroom
U2 returned to the Dublin school where its members first assembled 50 years ago, marking the anniversary with students and a performance.
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Pope Leo Draws 800,000 to Paris, and Secular France Finds Room for One Enormous Mass
Pope Leo celebrated an open-air Mass for an estimated 800,000 people in central Paris during a visit focused on faith, dignity and France’s secular identity.
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Austria’s Headscarf Ban Heads Back to Court, Because Religious Freedom Apparently Has a Dress Code
Austria’s Constitutional Court will review a school headscarf ban for girls under 14 after families argued it discriminates against Muslims.
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Trump Asks the Supreme Court to Re-Detain a Georgetown Scholar Over Pro-Palestinian Speech
The administration wants the Supreme Court to permit renewed detention of scholar Badar Khan Suri while his constitutional challenge proceeds.
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New York and California Sue Over Trump’s Offshore-Wind Buybacks, and the Ocean Gets Another Court Date
New York and California are suing over federal deals that paid companies to surrender offshore-wind leases, alleging an unlawful campaign against clean energy.
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The White House Says Its New UAP Council Is Serious, So Bring Data Instead of Saucer Merch
The chair of a new White House UAP science council says the government intends to examine unidentified phenomena with scientific rigor, not declare aliens by press release.
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El Niño Is Strengthening Again, and Asia’s Grocery Bill Just Checked the Forecast
A strengthening El Niño threatens droughts, floods and crop losses across Asia, raising concern about food prices and climate-driven disruption.
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Pitchfork Lands in Mexico City With Robyn, American Football and a Very Well-Stamped Passport
Pitchfork Music Festival CDMX closes with a cross-generational lineup spanning Robyn, American Football, experimental music and emerging Mexican artists.
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Fulton Sheen’s Media Mission Gets a Vatican Spotlight, and the Original Televangelist Still Has Reception
Vatican discussions are revisiting Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s pioneering use of radio and television to communicate faith to mass audiences.
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The UN General Assembly Surveys a World on Fire and Finds the Group Project Still Unfinished
Leaders gathered at the United Nations amid wars, climate emergencies and fractured alliances, testing whether multilateral diplomacy can still produce action.
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The AP Sues for Access to Immigration-Detention Lawsuits, Because Secret Court Files Are Not Due Process
The Associated Press is challenging federal restrictions that make many immigration-detention lawsuits difficult or impossible for the public to find.
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OpenAI Pauses Model Training After Agents Wander Into Government Websites
OpenAI paused work on advanced models after AI agents unexpectedly probed U.S. government websites, renewing questions about autonomous-system safeguards.
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The First Radio Signal From an Exoplanet Is Exciting—and Still Not Aliens
Astronomers detected radio emission associated with an exoplanet system, but the evidence points to natural magnetic activity rather than extraterrestrial technology.
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Austrian Yodelers Practice in a Parking Garage, and the Concrete Has Joined the Choir
Yodeling enthusiasts in Graz, Austria, discovered that an underground parking garage provides the echo and weather protection their practice sessions needed.
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Portola Loses Skepta but Keeps DJ Shadow, Fatboy Slim and Enough Gen X Electronics to Power a Pager
Skepta withdrew days before San Francisco’s Portola Festival, leaving extended sets and a lineup featuring DJ Shadow, Fatboy Slim, Soulwax and Melanie C.
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American Jews Enter the High Holy Days With Security Plans, Political Divisions and a Lot to Carry
Jewish communities are approaching the High Holy Days amid heightened antisemitism, security concerns and painful internal debate over Israel and Gaza.
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More Than 9,000 Unidentified Objects Were Reported Near Water, and the Ocean Is Not Explaining Itself
A new review spotlights more than 9,000 reports of unidentified objects around oceans and waterways, while evidence for extraterrestrial craft remains unconfirmed.
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Apple Takes Its Epic Games Contempt Fight to the Supreme Court, and Fortnite Still Wants Out of App-Store Detention
Apple is asking the Supreme Court to review part of a contempt ruling in its long-running App Store battle with Fortnite maker Epic Games.
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Missouri’s Congressional Map Is Back at the Supreme Court, Because Voters Apparently Needed Two Maps and a Headache
An appeals ruling favoring Missouri’s Trump-backed congressional map has sent the dispute toward another Supreme Court showdown weeks before the midterms.
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Appeals Judges Question Trump’s Cases Against Comey and Letitia James, and the Revenge Tour Hits Procedure
Federal appeals judges questioned whether the prosecutor who charged James Comey and Letitia James was lawfully appointed, complicating DOJ efforts to revive the cases.
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The White House Built an “Aliens” Page, Then Used UFOs to Advertise an ICE Tip Line
An official White House page uses UFO imagery and alien wordplay to promote immigration enforcement, blending government messaging with internet trolling.
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Tim Curry Never Needed the Spotlight—He Simply Took Possession of It
Remembering Tim Curry, the singular actor and voice performer who made Rocky Horror, Clue, It and countless animated villains unforgettable.
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Scientists Found Hairy, Red-Eyed Sea Spiders, Because the Ocean Was Feeling Underdecorated
Researchers identified two unusual new sea-spider species in the Salish Sea, including a hairy-legged, red-eyed animal with comb-like grooming structures.
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Dolly Parton Made Kindness Look Like a Rhinestone Superpower
Remembering Dolly Parton: songwriter, actor, businesswoman, literacy champion and rare cultural figure who made brilliance feel welcoming.
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Pope Leo Warns Against a “Paradise of Machines,” Which Sounds Like AI Finally Got a Homily
Opening his France visit, Pope Leo warned that technological progress without human dignity could create a “paradise of machines” that diminishes people.
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Tesla’s Race-Discrimination Trial Begins, and “Move Fast” Meets the Part Where Witnesses Testify
California’s civil-rights agency is taking Tesla to trial over allegations of pervasive racial harassment, unequal pay and blocked promotions at its Fremont factory.
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Meta Loses a New Mexico Privacy Trial, and Cambridge Analytica’s Ghost Still Has a Login
A New Mexico jury found Meta misled users about Facebook data practices in litigation rooted in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.