Fans lined up outside the Ed Sullivan Theater one last time for “The Late Show” as Stephen Colbert prepared to host his final episode, marking the end of the franchise’s 33-year run on CBS. The network announced last summer that the show would end, calling it “purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night.” Colbert took on the show in September 2015 after David Letterman retired from the role he'd held for 33 years. It turns out even late-night comedy can't outrun the cold, hard reality of the bottom line.

Elsewhere, rescuers removed a vehicle from near the shoreline after police arrested the driver, who was attempting to use the vehicle's “wade mode” - presumably confusing the ocean for a very large puddle. As part of the ongoing investigation into a crash that killed 14 people, officials released footage showing the engine detaching during takeoff, which is generally considered a suboptimal flight strategy. Body cam footage captured the moment a baby was thrown from a window and caught by an officer during a house fire, proving that sometimes the best catch isn't on a football field.

The president, who claims a building is a ‘gift’ to the US, says it will include a hospital and research facilities. The Sandy Fire ignited in the city of Simi Valley and spread across 1,364 acres (550 hectares) with minimal containment as of Tuesday, officials said. Thomas Massie, the Republican congressman from Kentucky who led the release of the Epstein files, is running against a Trump-backed primary challenger - because nothing says bipartisanship like a primary fight over pedophile documents.

Two teenage attackers fatally shot three men at a mosque in San Diego, California, in a suspected hate crime, before taking their own lives, say police. BBC's Lily Jamali was at court during the trial as Musk accused Altman of breaching a non-profit contract by shifting the ChatGPT-maker to a for-profit company - a classic Silicon Valley plot twist. Four crew members safely ejected from US Navy jets and are in a stable condition after the collision, which is more than can be said for the jets themselves.

The company said the vehicles, which use AI to drive, had encountered “a routing problem” that kept taking them to the same cul-de-sac, proving that artificial intelligence is already mastering the art of getting stuck in suburban loops. The BBC's Bernd Debusmann explains why the South Carolina supreme court ordered a new trial for the man convicted of killing his wife and son. The 76-year-old tradition, where a hat is placed atop an obelisk covered in vegetable grease, saw the New Jersey governor's son claim victory - a moment that really makes you question what passes for family heirlooms.

Researchers at the University of Waterloo found remains of Rich Preston's great-great-great-uncle John Bridgens, solving a family tree mystery that was apparently 150 years overdue. The prime minister met Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen and other crew members in Ottawa, presumably to discuss the logistics of space travel and the eternal question of Canadian identity. One American passenger who sailed on the MV Hondius is now in a quarantine unit in Omaha, Nebraska, because even cruise ships aren't safe from the plot twists of viral outbreaks.

The blaze had spread more than 7,000 acres and was only 40% contained by Monday night, authorities said. Residents of Utqiagvik, the United States' northernmost city, will experience 84 days of midnight sun and uninterrupted daylight - a perfect excuse to never have to explain why you stayed up all night. Authorities say 18 Americans from the MV Hondius cruise ship have returned to the US, with one testing positive for hantavirus, because apparently the ocean wasn't the only thing making them sick.

According to the Florida sheriff’s office where Boomer the dog works, the man was safely returned to his home in Lutz, north of Tampa - proving that some heroes wear fur and badges. The US government was unable to make a definitive determination on the alleged UFO sightings filmed around the world, leaving us all to wonder if aliens are just as confused by our late-night TV schedule as we are.