Those Constant Texts Asking You to Donate to Democrats Are Scams
Politics / August 5, 2025 A new analysis shows that if you give $100 to an appeal run by a leading Democratic Party vendor, only $1.60 will actually go to…
Don’t Mess With Texas’s Election Maps
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This Tuscan startup sold all its olive oil in the U.S. Then came Trump’s tariffs
Siblings Marie-Charlotte Piro and Romain Piro stand among some of the olive trees they harvest in Tuscany, Italy, to create their olive oil. Their Olio Piro startup had been exporting…
Girl, 9, dies on ‘world’s most dangerous beach’ where waves reach 120ft
A nine-year-old girl was pronounced dead after entering the sea at Reynisfjara Black Beach in Iceland – the beach, dubbed ‘the world’s most dangerous’, is home to some of the…
‘Traumatised’ family stranded at Palma Airport after being told they can’t board Jet2 flight
Megan Patrick says she won’t go on holiday again after the chaos at ‘cattle market’ Palma Airport left her young family waiting 15 hours for a flight home from Majorca…
Trump puts pressure on Putin moving nuclear submarines closer to Russia
President Trump has positioned nuclear submarines close to Russia. What pressure, if any, is this bringing on Russian President Vladimir Putin? NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with Sergey Radchenko, a professor…
Woman walks into abandoned funeral home and immediately calls police after what she finds
Years after the closure of a funeral home, three friends ventured into the grimy, dilapidated building to find a grisly scene of death 07:00, 05 Aug 2025Updated 07:10, 05 Aug…
‘I met America’s most inbred family and one thing still haunts me’
WARNING – DISTRESSING CONTENT: Mark Laita made a documentary on the Whittaker family in Odd, West Virginia, known as ‘America’s most inbred family’ 07:00, 05 Aug 2025 The Whittaker family…
Brazil’s Supreme Court orders house arrest for former President Bolsonar
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro gives a press conference outside the Senate in Brasilia. Luis Nova/AP hide caption toggle caption Luis Nova/AP SAO PAULO — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Monday…
State Department may require visa applicants to post bond of up to $15,000 for entry
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a media briefing during the ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting at the in Kuala Lumpur Friday, Malaysia, on July 11, 2025. Mandel Ngan/Pool AFP/AP…