A wealthy Californian enclave has backpedaled its ban on fast-food chains after failing businesses, dwindling tourism and homelessness has left the city on the brink of disaster. Santa Monica is attempting to recover after declaring ‘fiscal distress’ in September, as the city has begun to welcome back fast-food restaurant chains…
Unidentified metal spheres found on Australian beach are ‘debris from a foreign rocket body’, space agency says
Mysterious metallic-looking spheres have appeared on a northeastern Australian beach, prompting the Australian Space Agency to warn residents to be on the lookout for what they state is likely space debris. Australia is investigating the possible space debris incident in conjunction with authorities in Queensland as well as the National…
Scientists solve a 30-year rye pollen mystery that could transform cancer research
Nearly 30 years ago, researchers discovered two unusual molecules in rye pollen that appeared to slow tumor growth in animal studies. Despite the promising findings, the research reached a dead end because scientists could not determine the molecules’ exact three dimensional structures. Now, chemists at Northwestern University have solved that…
Boy, 2, and female relative, 74, BOTH drown while taking walk during family visit
By SOPHIA BAUM Published: 17:23 BST, 6 July 2026 | Updated: 18:15 BST, 6 July 2026 A toddler died in a tragic double drowning during a family visit to a popular Texas lake during July 4 weekend. Emergency crews rushed to a residential pond in the Spring Lakes neighborhood of…
Cat 5 Super Typhoon Bavi pounds the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands and Guam » Yale Climate Connections
by Jeff Masters, Yale Climate Connections July 6, 2026 Super Typhoon Bavi blasted through the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands just after sunrise Monday local time (Sunday evening U.S. EDT) as a high-end Category 5 storm with 180 mph (290 km/h) winds, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Between 6…
Unlucky England star Jordan Henderson OUT of the World Cup after breaking his left wrist in freak accident during Azteca celebrations – but he will stay with Thomas Tuchel’s team
How much is David Beckham set to pocket from his World Cup brand deals? Take on our quiz in our newsletter HERE. See more Daily Mail on Google – save us as a Preferred Source By CRAIG HOPE, CHIEF FOOTBALL REPORTER and GETHIN HICKS, REPORTER Published: 13:55 BST, 6 July…
NASA’s CAPSTONE Completes Extended Mission Testing Lunar Technologies
As NASA prepares for a sustained human presence on the Moon, missions will increasingly require spacecraft that can navigate and communicate without a direct connection to Earth. NASA’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, or CAPSTONE, validated and advanced these capabilities. Designed to test and validate technologies…
NASA’s exoplanet mission accidentally discovers a world it was never meant to find
It seems that NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is an overachiever. When NASA launched TESS in 2018, the satellite had one job: watch nearby stars for the tiny dips in brightness caused by planets passing in front of them. It has done that spectacularly well, discovering hundreds of new…
Co-op accused of using ‘dangerous’ AI-powered robots to deliver groceries to customers
Co-op has been accused of using ‘dangerous’ AI-powered robots to deliver groceries to its customers. Campaigners said the autonomous machines risk making pavements less safe and accessible. Walking charity Living Streets wrote to Co-op interim chief executive Kate Allum over the supermarket’s use of Starship Technologies robots. Starship robots are…
Dad, 42, decided to swim across campground lake with his son… but tragedy struck halfway across that will now scar his family forever
By LAUREN ACTON-TAYLOR, US NEWS REPORTER Published: 16:09 BST, 6 July 2026 | Updated: 16:50 BST, 6 July 2026 A beloved father tragically lost his life in Michigan while swimming across a campground lake with his young son. Christopher Malone, 42, was identified as the ‘devoted’ father who drowned on…