June 24, 2025

World’s most powerful telescope reveals best images yet of universe

On Monday, June 23, scientists revealed the first images captured by the world’s most powerful telescope and largest digital camera — part of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) — showing breathtaking views of distant galaxies, cosmic dust clouds and asteroids streaking through space. The effort is part of a decade-long survey of […]

June 23, 2025

Security guard kills gunman who opened fire during church service in Michigan

A security guard shot and killed a man suspected of opening fire during church services in Wayne, Michigan, Sunday, June 22. The Associated Press reports the shooting happened at CrossPointe Community Church just outside of Detroit. The church’s pastor said a church deacon ran the suspect over with his truck, giving the security guard time to […]

June 23, 2025

IDF recovers bodies of 3 hostages, ambulance activity halted in Gaza

The bodies of three more hostages are in Israeli care as of Sunday, June 22, the country’s military announced, leaving some 50 more to be returned. Meanwhile, ambulance activity in the Gaza Strip has come to a “complete halt,” as Israeli strikes killed upwards of 50 people in a 24-hour period, according to multiple reports. […]

June 23, 2025

‘Big red line:’ Iran condemns US attacks on nuclear sites

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the United States crossed a “very big red line” when it attacked three of his country’s nuclear sites — Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan — on Saturday, June 21. Araghchi, in remarks at a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul on Sunday, June 22, called the act […]

June 23, 2025

US launches largest-ever B-2 strike in operation on Iranian nuclear facilities

In an early morning press conference on Sunday, June 22, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine shared specifics of “Operation Midnight Hammer.” Caine called the mission a “deliberate and precise strike against three Iranian nuclear facilities.” The facilities hit were Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan, […]

June 23, 2025

Brain rot nation: How TikTok could be unwiring your brain

The last time you watched your favorite television show, did you pay attention all the way through? Or did you pick up your phone to scroll Instagram or check for missed notifications? This is “brain rot,” a condition so prevalent that the term became the Oxford Dictionary’s 2024 “Word of the Year.” Oxford defines brain […]

June 23, 2025

Get out the Waymo! Tesla robotaxis hit Austin’s streets

It’s been a little less than a decade since Tesla CEO Elon Musk first announced his electric vehicle manufacturer would roll out a fleet of robotaxis across the country. In 2016, the billionaire said they would hit the streets two years later. Now, in 2025, he’s finally made good on his promise –– albeit at […]

June 23, 2025

State Dept. issues travel warnings, evacuations amid US strikes in Iran

Family members and “non-emergency U.S. government personnel” were ordered by the State Department to leave Lebanon on Sunday, June 22, after three nuclear sites in Iran were attacked by the United States military on Saturday. State Department officials cited the “volatile and unpredictable security situation in the region” as the reason for the alert. In […]