The governor of Kentucky said he was getting phone calls suggesting Republican Senator Mitch McConnell was dead before his proof of life photo was published last week. Andy Beshear, the state’s Democrat governor, said that multiple ‘agencies’ called him prior to the photo telling him that McConnell was dead. McConnell, 84,…
Lila Moss imitates her supermodel mother Kate’s iconic Glastonbury Festival look 21 years on for Vogue
By DOLLY BUSBY, SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER Published: 00:34 BST, 18 July 2026 | Updated: 00:55 BST, 18 July 2026 As the only daughter of the renowned party girl Kate Moss, by the age of four she was already a veteran of the festival scene. And now Lila Moss, 23, has shared…
NASA Pushes New Wing Design to Find Structural Limits
NASA researchers recently put a new wing design, appearing long and thin with a lightweight structural design, through a series of grueling tests to find its structural limits. What they found left them encouraged about the wing’s potential, even when they pushed it past its intended limits. The 15-foot Structural…
Queen Camilla to gift every Year 6 pupil in the country a personalised copy of best-selling children’s book to mark her 79th birthday
By REBECCA ENGLISH, ROYAL EDITOR Published: 00:15 BST, 18 July 2026 | Updated: 00:22 BST, 18 July 2026 The Queen lived up to the teaching that it is better to give than receive as she marked her 79th birthday yesterday. Camilla announced that children in the final year of primary…
Tehran unveils sinister banner of Trump family as US airstrikes hit dozens of Iranian targets in sixth night of new attacks
By MARK NICOL, DEFENCE EDITOR and WILLIAM HALLOWELL Published: 23:51 BST, 17 July 2026 | Updated: 23:53 BST, 17 July 2026 If ever there was a symbol of how far away America and Iran are from their short-lived ceasefire, this billboard is it. Portraits of Donald Trump, his wife and…
NASA Awards Facilities Support Services Contract for Ames Research Center
CONTRACT RELEASE NASA has selected Chugach Intelligence Solutions LLC to provide comprehensive operations, maintenance, and repair services for NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The Ames Facilities Support Services II contract ensures that the center’s historic and specialized facilities are properly maintained, fully operational, and capable of supporting the agency’s missions and tenant partners in the NASA Research…
Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul hit with charges over alleged hit-and-run
By STEPHEN M. LEPORE, US SENIOR REPORTER Published: 23:14 BST, 17 July 2026 | Updated: 23:26 BST, 17 July 2026 Nancy Pelosi’s 86-year-old husband Paul has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run earlier this month. Paul has been accused of crashing into an unoccupied parked car on the shoulder…
Travel chaos on the M25 as drivers are engulfed by thick smoke after dry fields go up in flames
By OLIVIA CHRISTIE, NEWS REPORTER Published: 22:39 BST, 17 July 2026 | Updated: 22:53 BST, 17 July 2026 Drivers on the M25 were engulfed in thick plumes of smoke after dry fields went up in flames, sparking travel chaos on the first day of the summer holidays. Shocking footage shows…
Establishing a VTE Risk Score for Astronauts Algorithm
In April 2026, NASA’s Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO) initiated a working group to review updated VTE case information, additional data gathered revealing altered blood flow status within a cohort of astronauts, and discuss progress of research and clinical activities intended to mitigate the risk of…
Moment Monaco bomber strikes: Ukraine releases new footage of assassination attempt on oligarch that blew off his partner’s legs and wounded their son
This is the moment a Ukrainian oligarch and his family were blown up in a bomb attack outside a luxury apartment in Monaco. New footage released by the Ukrainian prosecutor general today shows the assassination attempt of property tycoon Vadim Ermolaev, also known as Vadym Yermolaiev, his mistress Anna Nasobina and…