Wednesday, August 5, 2026
In a fictional alternate timeline, a rescued capybara named Elise became the first of her species to receive an experimental brain-computer interface — and an unexpected symbol of scientific curiosity before her death on August 5, 2026.
The Pershing Square founder argues the mayor's rent freeze and city-run grocery stores would deepen the housing shortage, as Mamdani clears business leaders off the board of the Mayor's Fund.
On a preview clip from "The Weekly Show," the Pennsylvania senator defends making support for Israel a condition of party membership. Stewart pushes back hard: "That is not our country."
Deputies responded to a residence in Caswell County before 8 a.m. Wednesday. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation reports multiple fatalities and says there is no ongoing threat to the public.
Jaylin Liu, sibling of two-time Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu, competes in girls' track, basketball and ultimate frisbee in the Bay Area. Women's sports groups have objected; the family has not commented.
France's most expensive beach town is fuller and pricier than ever — and longtime visitors say the brand takeovers and content crews have cost it the very thing people came for.
The pitcher's Mets tenure ended at the trade deadline, but sources tell ESPN he arranged the June meeting that eased a rift between the club's two franchise players. Soto denies the meeting happened.
Controllers are supposed to hold departures when the president flies. On Tuesday an American Airlines regional jet left DCA one minute after Marine One departed the Ellipse, triggering a brief loss of separation.
The world's largest food distributor has stopped buying iceberg lettuce from Mexico and from Taylor Farms after the FDA linked the parasite outbreak to the supplier. Two people have died in Michigan.
After talks in Beijing, China released remarks in which Xi Jinping warns of confrontation over Taiwan—“the most important issue in China-US relations”—while the leaders also canvassed the Middle East, Ukraine and North Korea amid a condensed summit agenda light on climate and human rights.
In a newly released House Oversight transcript, commerce secretary Howard Lutnick says he met Jeffrey Epstein only three times—2005 coffee, a 2011 scaffolding visit, and 2012 lunch on his island—and denies any ongoing personal or professional tie, amid scrutiny over post-2008 correspondence and his past podcast account.
