August 2026

Glenwood “Bubba” Pysher was a 22-year-old college baseball catcher who was fatally shot by police in Upper Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania. (Image via: X/@nypost & Instagram/@phillycrimeupdate) Glenwood “Bubba” Pysher was just 22 and getting ready for another college baseball season when his life ended in Upper Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania. Pysher had recently transferred to Saint Elizabeth University in…

Image credit: X (Twitter) Ypsilanti Township in Michigan is taking a six-month “study break” in its fight over a proposed data center backed by the University of Michigan and Los Alamos National Laboratory. Rather than banning the project, the Township Board unanimously approved a 180-day moratorium on “major electric utility infrastructure” needed to support new…

The United States has imposed sanctions on four Indian companies involved in Iran’s oil trade The United States has sanctioned four India-based companies over their alleged involvement in Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical trade, as Washington expands its newly launched “Operation Economic Outcast” aimed at cutting Tehran’s financial and oil revenue networks.The US State Department named…

US to restore staffing at Middle East embassies after Iran war evacuations, NYT report The United States is preparing to return diplomats to several Middle Eastern embassies that were evacuated during the war with Iran, according to a report by the New York Times. The move suggests Washington does not expect a return to full-scale…

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi enters her prime minister’s office in Tokyo. (Photo: AP) Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she has not encountered any ghosts at the official residence, but recently found herself unable to kill a cockroach that appeared there. She linked her hesitation to ideas about reincarnation that have stayed with her…