ICE-watchers get creative after the killing of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, as Trump’s immigration crackdown takes a more secretive approach

President’s outlandish and extensive conspiracy theories endanger US freedoms, health and science, experts say

Bear known for sitting in solitude won tournament celebrating the animals’ ability to eat large amounts of fish A chunky ursine called Backpack has out gobbled a challenge from an outsized female nicknamed the Dancing Queen to waltz – or rather waddle – off with the Fat Bear Week title at Alaska’s Katmai national park. Backpack, a 20-year-old quiet giant known for sitting in solitude for long periods on his rock on the Brooks river, won by barely 5,000 votes in the public tournament celebrating the brown bears’ ability to eat as many fish, Alaska rangers announced. Continue reading...

Douglas Carter, 71, who has spent more than four decades on death row, released on bail until new trial begins

Exclusive: Campaign comes amid backlash against tech company’s involvement with Israeli military and Trump’s ICE crackdown * UK politics live – latest updates Tens of thousands of people have formally demanded NHS England blocks the Palantir-powered national medical data platform from handling their personal information. More than 44,000 people have filed legal objections to their health data being shared with, stored in or used by the nationwide Federated Data Platform (FDP) operated using the US company’s AI technology. Continue reading...

Co-founder of independent website Tapajós de Fato said decision was made to protect journalists and their families

‘The era of writing blank checks to international bureaucracies is over,’ state department spokesperson says

White House has labeled ads ‘public service announcements’ and has responded defiantly to criticism

Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution Switzerland has lost almost one-fifth of its ice in just five years, research has found, in a dramatic reshaping of the Alpine country whose big white glaciers have been reduced to moonlike rock deserts, scientists say. Swiss glaciers shrank by 5.5% in the first eight months of 2026, according to an annual monitoring report, after a summer of scorching heatwaves that followed a winter with little snow. The reduction in ice volume falls just shy of the record set in 2022 and brings the total loss of glacier ice since 2021 to 19.4%. Continue reading...

Satellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire An update to Google Maps has revealed the extent of devastation during the three-year Gaza war and the severity of the continuing humanitarian crisis faced by the territory’s 2.3 million inhabitants. The images were taken in June this year and show further destruction of homes, businesses, places of worship and infrastructure since a fragile ceasefire came into effect almost 12 months ago. Continue reading...

Credible threats appear to have been overlooked as administration focuses on unverified claims of voter fraud

“Schools can and should continue to include transgender students equally in all educational programs,” writes Chase Strangio.

A New York Times BestsellerA scathing investigation into the apocalyptic thinking of the Christian nationalists, tech-bro reactionaries, and populist surviva...

ICE’s budget, scope, and visibility has exploded. Here’s what we know about how it operates — and what we’re still fighting to uncover.

Donald Trump is demanding the propagandistic TV ads, even as some of his aides fret they ‘obviously’ break federal law. Missouri MAGA Senator Eric Schmitt, meanwhile, makes a fool of himself.

The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification

"In other words, Republicans’ insistence that they have a superior alternative to Obamacare is a zombie lie — a claim that should be dead after having been proved false again and again, but it is stil...

These men in Maine, Georgia and Florida shared no ties – until they became casualties in Trump’s anti-immigration campaign

At least two St. Paul City Council members are calling for more transparency in the lawsuit against Mayor Kaohly Her. The City Council has a closed-door meeting Wednesday to discuss the pending…

One wounded Peruvian escaped and made his way home.