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Crossing the border has been a hotspot for ICE, and many people have been caught up in their broad net without due process, including a Washington resident and her son. (ANDREJ IVANOV / Getty Images)

Mother, son freed after ICE detention

CK Smith

Legal US resident and 6-year-old son detained for weeks after visa paperwork issue, now released from ICE custody

Air Canada passengers face long delays and cancellations while the cabin crew strikes. This is causing over 130,000 passengers to find new flights in, out and around Canada. (ANDREJ IVANOV / Getty Images)

Crew strike halts Air Canada flights

CK Smith

Air Canada flight attendants strike over pay, grounding hundreds of daily flights and affecting 130,000 travelers

Contestants from the hit extreme weight loss reality TV show (2004-2016) celebrate their weight loss by running a half-marathon. But a new documentary gives a behind the scenes look that all might not be as picture perfect as seen on TV. (Andy Kropa / Getty Images)

Biggest Loser’s dark legacy revealed

CK Smith

New doc shines light on The Biggest Loser’s grueling challenges and long-term impact on participants

Yellow organic butter stick in a golden foil pack (Dorin Puha / Getty Images )

When did butter become so luxe?

Joy Saha

From TikTok pasta memes to $20 compound sticks, butter’s gone from pantry staple to posh indulgence

Trump and Putin meet in Alaska for supposed peace talks. No resolution, a brief no-question press conference, and maybe Moscow next time. Zelenskyy noticeably absent and uninvited to meet Trump next week. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

Trump, Putin meet — no deal

CK Smith

Trump-Putin Alaska talks conclude with no resolution, Zelenskyy to meet Trump next week

Horacio Romero of Toledo, Ohio, looks at algae in Lake Erie at Maumee Bay State Park on Aug. 4, 2014. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)

Toxic algae are back. We're all at risk

Patrick Wensink

Climate change and funding cuts are putting our drinking water, ecosystems and lives at risk

Randy Villegas at HEAT Ultra Lounge on May 30, 2025 in Anaheim, California. (Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Connor Treacy)

Top Dems don't think a liberal can win

Russell Payne

Democrats think they can flip California's 22nd District and take back the House, but they can't agree on how

The USAID logo on a machine that processes recycled plastic into construction blocks at the Pasig Eco Hub, Metro Manila, Philippines. (Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)

How Trump is making America look weak

William deBuys - TomDispatch.com

Demolishing USAID is a humanitarian disaster — and will damage America's reputation forever

Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu speaks during a press conference in Marquette Park on August 13, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

Texas Dems signal end of gerrymander war

Russell Payne

"We are about to suffer the blunt force of Governor Abbott's weakness,” state lawmaker says

The Beatles perform at Shea Stadium, New York on 15th August 1965. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

The night The Beatles filled Shea

Kenneth Womack

In 1965, a risky Shea Stadium show cemented Beatlemania and changed the scale of rock concerts forever

Pam Bondi speaks after being sworn in as US Attorney General in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 5, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

DC sues over Bondi's "hostile takeover"

Blaise Malley

The district's attorney general called the attempt to remove the police chief “an affront to the dignity”

President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi, announces his takeover of Washington, D.C. on Aug. 11, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's "American Hell" is everywhere

Brian Karem

His declining reality show mentality is destroying the fabric of our nation — and the press is complicit

US conservative author Candace Owens speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference 2022 (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida on February 25, 2022. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Candace Owens can't quit trans lying

Amanda Marcotte

The Brigitte Macron conspiracy theory helps MAGA cope with their own contradictory gender ideology

Sarah Jessica Parker in "And Just Like That" (Craig Blankenhorn/Max)

A woman alone at the end of her story

Melanie McFarland

Carrie Bradshaw leaves us with a question, and answer, that should have been the start of something wonderful

A protester draped with a combined US-Mexican flag kneels in front of a police line while demonstrating against the Trump administration during the "No Kings" national rally in downtown Austin, Texas. (Photo by Sergio Flores/ Getty Images)

Census plan could shrink Texas influence

Owen Dahlkamp - The Texas Tribune

Trump's plan to exclude undocumented immigrants could have unforeseen consequences in border states

Tom Cruise attends the "F1: The Movie" European Premiere at Cineworld Leicester Square on June 23, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Cruise turned down Kennedy Center honor

Alex Galbraith

The "Mission Impossible" star cited scheduling conflicts

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference at Gemperle Orchard on April 16, 2025 in Ceres, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Newsom calls for election to redraw maps

Garrett Owen

The move comes amid a gerrymandering push by Donald Trump

Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs from the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on June 3 2024, in Wilmington, Delaware. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Biden not sorry about Epstein-Trump talk

Alex Galbraith

Facing a $1B defamation suit, Biden refused to walk back statements about Melania Trump and Jeffrey Epstein

Mayor of Baltimore Brandon Maurice Scott (R) holds a Press Conference on April 2, 2024. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump targeting "Black-led cities"

Tatyana Tandanpolie

"We cannot overstate the racial undertones here,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said Thursday

Taylor Swift performs at Melbourne Cricket Ground on February 16, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. (Graham Denholm/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)

Taylor Swift is in her sourdough era

Ashlie D. Stevens

Between tours and albums, Swift is kneading her way through some colorful new baking projects

FBI and Border Patrol officers arrest a man, after he threw a sandwich at law enforcement on August 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Leyden/Getty Images)

Man charged for tossing sandwich at feds

Garrett Owen

The incident occurred after President Donald Trump deployed federal agents in a show of force in Washington, DC

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives for the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)

Meta's AI chatbot creeped on children

Blaise Malley

Internal documents reviewed by Reuters show Meta’s AI guidelines permitted sexual conversations with minors

The logo of the furniture store IKEA can be seen on shopping carts (Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty Images)

IKEA recalls 54,000 garlic presses

Joy Saha

Apparently, “small metal pieces can detach from the garlic press" and cause injury to customers

McDonald's french fries packaging (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Getty Images)

When McDonald's invades the hospital

Ashlie D. Stevens

From highways to hallways, fast-food chains are taking over the spaces where we live, learn and heal

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