The Guardian
Tropical Storm Arthur makes its grand entrance, bringing rain, flash floods, and a tragic drowning to the Gulf coast - because hurricane season doesn't believe in easing into things.
The Guardian
Andy Burnham’s team tries to prevent a Boris-style meltdown by asking trigger-happy ministers to please not resign just yet, while Starmer digs in and everyone plays the world’s most polite game of political chicken.
The Guardian
Canadian report finds Titan sub's carbon fibre hull and OceanGate's can-do-no-wrong culture were a recipe for disaster - who could've guessed?
The Verge
Trump administration uses export rules designed for weapons to block Anthropic's AI models for everyone, including employees, leaving experts and the company equally confused.
Pitchfork
Rapper Mystikal gets 20 years for rape, adding another chapter to his lengthy legal rap sheet.
BBC World
Armed men kidnap a six-year-old Ebola patient in DR Congo, proving that misinformation, suspicion, and knives are a terrible combination during an outbreak that's already killed nearly 200 people.
BBC Business
UK inflation defies expectations by staying flat at 2.8%, thanks to slower food price rises and a US-Iran peace deal, but experts warn the calm won't last.
SpaceNews
The moon is no longer just a romantic celestial body - it’s a $1.8 trillion economic frontier, if Congress can stop budget-squabbling long enough to let commercial landers do their thing.
The Guardian
A retired British couple who had a run-in with a Russian warship firing warning shots in the Channel just wants everyone to chill - they have a sailing trip to enjoy and really don't need a world war right now.
The Atlantic
Modern mothers are turning to cannabis to cope with the impossible math of parenting, swapping Valium for gravity bongs and calling it 'gardening' - but experts warn the high may be masking more than it helps.
BBC Politics
Wes Streeting says he's ready to trigger a Labour leadership contest as early as next week, because the party clearly needs more drama than a by-election can provide.
The Guardian
An 18-year-old Mississippi prodigy who just graduated law school and earned his CPA is now gunning for the tax code and Big Tech's addictive designs - while still figuring out how to order drinks at bars.
The Guardian
The ocean has been Earth's unsung hero, absorbing 90% of our excess heat. Now it's running a fever, and we're turning off the thermometers.
MIT Technology Review
Scientists are finally getting serious about the engineering needed to spray stuff into the stratosphere to cool the planet, because climate models can only tell us so much about how we might accidentally make things worse.
The Guardian
Vietnamese police rescue over 400 cats from a meat ring, reuniting dozens with owners - a purr-plexing reminder that the cat meat trade is still alive and well.
The Guardian Europe
Two AA sponsors form a band, land major label deals, and book 40 festivals - because nothing says recovery like a circle pit and a five-song debut EP.
Ars Technica
Amazon's satellites are ready for orbit, but only Europe's Ariane 6 is showing up - Bezos's New Glenn blew up, and Vulcan is stuck with the same engine.
Grist
Georgia's new $2 million farmland conservation fund is a nice gesture, but when Florida is spending 50 times that, it feels less like a solution and more like a down payment on regret.
The Guardian
Doctor does something unprecedented: reports birthkeeper to police after Melbourne wellness influencer dies from treatable postpartum haemorrhage during $6,000 freebirth - because who needs medical training when you have a friend with a job title?
The Guardian
A roundup of the day's Australian news: IS-linked woman denied bail, two children killed in Sydney car crash, Pauline Hanson attacked by all sides, shark attack fundraiser nears $400k, and the High Court delivers mixed justice.
The Good Times
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