Jason Arday, Cambridge's youngest Black professor, found dead at 41
Police are treating the death of the 41-year-old academic as unexpected but not suspicious; his family says he faced a sustained campaign of abuse.
Business
Court filings tie Anthropic's book purchases to AI training
Booksellers describe a trade they cannot identify, and the court has already cleared the buying they most object to.
The Numbers
AllOfficial series, each dated to the observation it comes from.
Inflation3.3%
Unemployment4.1%
30-year mortgage6.67%
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
France's top court strikes down under-15 social media ban
Passed by Parliament last month, the law would have made France the first EU country to bar minors under 15 from social platforms.
Fort Hood Apache helicopter crash kills two soldiers in Texas
The helicopter, assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division, crashed in a Bell County field about 20 miles from its base at Fort Hood.
Politics
4 stories · updated 12 AugThe National Guard is booked in Washington until January 2029
Washington marked a year of the Guard deployment with a protest outside the White House, and the District's appeal over its legality is still pending.
The DC troop fight runs on crime numbers the city cannot vouch for
Police data shows violent crime in Washington up 3 percent this year even as homicides fell 32 percent, on a table the department calls preliminary.
FCC chair took $75,000 in gala tickets from a company he regulates
Watchdog groups asked ethics officials to investigate gala tickets Paramount gave FCC commissioners during its merger reviews. One wants the chairman disqualified.
Trump narrows birthright citizenship in two new orders
In CDC data for 2024, 9,576 births were to mothers with foreign addresses. The Center for Immigration Studies puts it as high as 26,000.
World
2 stories · updated 12 Aug
Colombia's strongest quake this century kills at least 190, government says
President Abelardo de la Espriella declared a national disaster as more than 2,700 people were reported missing across five cities.
The city where Colombia's president was sworn in is now digging out
Colombia's new president declared a state of emergency on day three, as Washington pledged $15.5 million and El Salvador offered rescue crews.
Business
3 stories · updated 13 AugJapan orders over 218,000 to evacuate as Chiba rain turns deadly
Suspended trains stranded hundreds at Chiba Station as record rain cut power to more than 10,000 households.
The job market is cooling and the Fed is still debating a rise
US payrolls fell 23,000 in July as revisions erased 103,000 jobs
Entertainment
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Health
3 stories · updated 04:11 EDTFDA approves the first mRNA flu shot after refusing to review it
The FDA approved the first influenza vaccine made with mRNA, months after refusing to review the application. Clearance for adults over 65 is conditional on a further study.
Head Start rule strips federal standards and adds new mandates
Grant overhead would be capped at 5 percent, down from 15, the engine of a claimed $2.2 billion saving the rule's own accounting puts at $0.94 billion.
Public Citizen says Medicare delayed Creon price talks by seven years
AbbVie's Creon cost Medicare $1.49 billion in 2024 and the drug picked instead cost about half a billion less.