Hyrox Beijing Incident Exposes Blurred Lines Between Elite and Mass Racing
An Australian professional athlete, Joanna Wietrzyk, won a Hyrox race in Beijing on Saturday, but the victory was overshadowed by a messy incident that has since forced the organization to rethink how it manages its events. During the competition,…
How to Choose the Right Kindle for Your Reading Life
Picking a Kindle used to be simple: there was one, and you bought it. Nearly two decades after the first model arrived in 2007, Amazon now sells four distinct e-readers, each with its own screen size, battery life, and price. The differences are subtle…
A Single Holdout, a Deadlocked Jury, and the Limits of Judicial Pressure in Plymouth County
On September 4, a judge in Plymouth County Superior Court declared a mistrial in the murder case against Lindsey Clancy. The decision came after twelve jurors spent seven days deliberating and failed to reach a unanimous verdict. Eleven of them were…
Measles Deaths in Pennsylvania: Four Fatalities, One Month, and a Growing Rift Over How to Count Them
Pennsylvania has now recorded four deaths linked to measles in a single month—the first such fatalities in the state in 35 years. The deaths span three counties and four patients of vastly different ages, from a newborn to a 40-year-old woman. Each case…
Kennedy Center Board Shuts Venue Immediately as Renaming Fight Escalates
Washington’s Kennedy Center will shut its doors immediately, its board decided Tuesday, hours after a federal judge refused to let the institution put President Donald Trump’s name on its facade. The board has now voted three times since…
Supreme Court Pushes Back on Trump and GOP Election Moves as Midterms Loom
On Monday night, the Supreme Court blocked a Trump administration plan to assert federal control over mail-in ballots, delivering a sharp rebuke to the president just as early voting begins in several states. The decision came on the heels of another…
Oxford Pilot Draws ‘Lane Closure’ in the Sky for Lane Kiffin
Something unusual appeared over Lafayette County, Mississippi, on September 15, 2026. It was not a cloud formation or a routine training flight. It was a sentence, drawn in the sky by a small aircraft, and it was addressed to Lane Kiffin, the former…
U.S. Strikes Iranian Oil Tankers in Retaliation for Missile Attack on Navy Ships
The U.S. military destroyed several Iranian oil tankers on Saturday in response to Iran firing ballistic missiles at U.S. Navy ships. The latest exchange between the two nations adds to economic pressures at home, as gas prices continue to climb.…
Amy Coney Barrett and Bari Weiss Live in NYC: Tickets Now Available
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett will sit down with Bari Weiss for a live interview at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in New York City on September 4. The event precedes the launch of Justice Barrett’s new book, Listening to the…
Citi Leverages Swift Blockchain to Expand Tokenized Deposits Across Banks
Citi has begun using Swift’s new distributed ledger to enable its tokenized deposits to function beyond its own network of branches and clients. The New York-based bank started leveraging the blockchain this week, marking a step toward making these…