The planet’s highest bridge officially opened on Sunday in China, supplanting another bridge in the same province for the title. Chinese state media reports that the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge sits more than 2,000 feet above a river in China’s southern province of Guizhou. Measurements According to NBC News, the structure is more than twice […]
NATO leaders are weighing a significant change in their posture toward Russia after a surge of airspace violations across the alliance’s eastern flank. In recent weeks, Russian aircraft — mostly drones but also fighter jets — have repeatedly intruded into NATO territory, from Poland and Romania to Latvia and Estonia. On Sept. 10, Poland shot […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Donald Trump for his fourth official visit since Trump returned to the Oval Office. The two leaders discussed a new peace deal drafted by the Trump administration that they said could end the war in Gaza but also establish a more peaceful Middle East. Hamas has said […]
A $7,500 federal tax credit for buyers of new electric vehicles in the United States is set to end on Tuesday after President Donald Trump’s One Big, Beautiful, Bill phased it out seven years earlier than it was originally scheduled to expire. As the deadline approaches, some customers are reportedly jumping at the opportunity to […]
Thomas Jacob Sanford, a 40-year-old U.S. Marine veteran from Burton, Michigan, is allegedly behind a deadly attack at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) in Grand Blanc Township. On Sunday, Sanford drove his truck through the church’s front entrance, opened fire and set the building on fire. Details of the attack have […]
She was known for her big hair and even bigger stage presence. Now those same traits are immortalized in a new statue of Tina Turner — but the internet isn’t sold on the resemblance. A 10-foot statue of Turner was unveiled this week in Brownsville, Tennessee, the city where the iconic singer grew up. Turner, […]
A new Gallup poll shows that Israelis and Palestinians agree that permanent peace between the two groups will likely never be achieved. This latest poll was conducted from June to August this year. The survey spoke with Israelis and Palestinians living in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Palestinians living in Gaza were not surveyed […]
A few videos posted online show a delivery driver escaping at least 10 immigration agents in Chicago on Sunday, according to reports. The viral clip is roughly 17 seconds long. In it, the agents are seen chasing a cyclist who manages to slip away by jumping on his bike and pedaling off. He quickly changes […]
The Trump administration generated $22.8 million in revenue from the latest auction to lease public land for oil and gas exploration. But a policy decreasing the amount of royalty payments returned to taxpayers has reignited debate over oil and gas drilling on public lands. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that it had leased […]
If you’re reading this, you’re probably not currently in Afghanistan. The ruling Taliban has cut off the internet to most of the country, according to Netblocks, an internet watchdog. Internet shutdown Netblocks said internet connectivity levels in Afghanistan have “collapsed” to 14% of ordinary levels. They said a near-total nationwide telecoms disruption is now in […]
