We’ll have to wait a bit longer for a highly anticipated Starship milestone, it appears. On Aug. 4, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said the company aimed to attempt the first-ever catch of Starship’s upper stage on the vehicle’s next test flight, which is tentatively targeted for late August.…
West Wing chaos as Susie Wiles ‘little pet’ protege’s dirty secret is exposed… leaving Trump insiders aghast
Donald Trump barely knew the name of the woman staffing his entire administration, sources say. But insiders claim he demanded Morgan DeWitt-Snow’s firing in late July when aides informed him that she had donated to his first-term Vice President turned nemesis Mike Pence in 2023. Susie Wiles then supposedly came to the rescue,…
China’s solar power rollout is harming birds, a new analysis finds
China is the world leader in solar power, but the country’s massive boom in this clean energy source could have unintended consequences for the country’s birds. Using birdwatching and policy data from more than 2,300 counties across China, a new analysis found that areas with stricter policies enforcing solar energy…
Reconstructing A 1,500-Year-Old Tax Scandal: New Inscriptions Expose Roman Corruption
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In 480, Roman officials in western Asia Minor engaged in tax fraud for over a decade, leading to the introduction of the death penalty for this offense. Today, an international team, including researchers from the University of Warsaw, is deciphering new fragments of an ancient…
Fewer than a quarter of Britons think Harry and Meghan should move back to the UK
Fewer than a quarter of Britons believe Prince Harry and Meghan Markle should move back to the United Kingdom, a new YouGov poll has found. It was last night revealed that the Sussexes are relocating back to the duke’s home country before the end of the month. Harry and Meghan…
An Uncommon Drifter in the Denmark Strait
Greenland’s jagged coastline is lined with fjords, many of them cradling marine-terminating glaciers that routinely calve icebergs into the water. It’s common to see these bergs, small and large, drifting in the island’s fjords each summer once the sea ice breaks up. In summer 2026, one exceptionally large berg turned…
Hayden Panettiere’s on-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson breaks silence through his lawyer four days after star’s death
Hayden Panettiere’s on-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson has addressed the star’s death through his lawyers. The statement comes four days after Panettiere, 36, was found unresponsive in a South Carolina apartment. ‘Hayden’s death remains under investigation and it is important to allow that investigation to proceed,’ Hickerson’s attorney Sloan Ellis, from…
Brit dies after jumping off boat during turtle-spotting trip in Zante
A British man died after he jumped from a boat while on a tourist excursion on his second day of a holiday in Zante. Cameron William Wallace, 34, was on a turtle-spotting trip with a close friend when he fatally jumped into the sea on Tuesday at around 3pm. Mr…
NASA Data Feeds River Forecasts as Snow Drought Effects Linger
As the effects of the 2026 snow drought in the western United States carry into summer, NASA Earth data is feeding machine-learning forecasts that inform decisions about water, power, and public safety in Washington state. Tacoma Power, a Washington public utility, is using a U.S. technology company’s river-flow forecasts…
Suge Knight gang associate erupts on stand in Tupac murder trial as he sensationally claims he wouldn’t ‘send’ alleged killer ‘to prison’: Live updates
By KATRINA SCHOLLENBERGER, US HEAD OF LIVE NEWS Updated: 18:16 BST, 20 August 2026 A key witness in Tupac Shakur’s murder trial claimed he wouldn’t send Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis to prison as a result of his testimony. James McDonald, who referred to himself as a ‘hostile witness’ in the…