Rodgers, the 42‑year‑old star quarterback, has agreed to a one‑year contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers. This move marks his 22nd season in the National Football League. The veteran had left fans wondering if he would keep playing or return to Pittsburgh after last season with the team. R
The Virginia state Supreme Court just handed down a 4‑to‑3 decision that rejected a new voting map, a move that could have shifted four U. S. House seats from Republican to Democrat. The loss stunned Virginia Democrats, who had hoped the map would boost their representation. In a swift reaction, Ja
In a surprising turn of events, Bulgaria captured its first Eurovision title in the final seconds of the show. The contest had already been charged with tension, as Israel was seen by many as a favorite after years of strong performances. Fans had been debating which act would come out on top. The
A nine‑year‑old boy’s holiday to a small Texas town sparked the most serious measles outbreak in the U. S. in over thirty years, and then crossed the border into Mexico where it spread even more widely. The chain of events began when the child, who had not received the standard two doses of the MMR
The first Netflix MMA event saw Ronda Rousey face Gina Carano, but the real headline was Rousey’s 17‑second armbar win. At 39, she finished her fight in the same swift style that defined her early career. This bout ended a two‑fight losing streak that began with Holly Holm’s upset in 2015.
A pickup truck carrying 15 workers fell off a low‑water bridge into the river in Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County, Guangxi province, on Saturday. The crash claimed one life and left nine people unaccounted for. The vehicle was on its way to a sweet potato farm when the bridge collapsed under heav
"The 12‑meter humpback that had been nicknamed “Timmy” in German media finally met its end, with Danish divers confirming the identity of the carcass off Anholt island. The whale had been stranded on a sandbank near Wismar Bay in March, and after several failed attempts to free it, private rescuers
Ukraine carried out one of its largest drone assaults against Russian territory, striking homes and infrastructure near Moscow and killing four people. The attack hit a house in Khimki, a town northwest of the capital, and two men in Pogorelki, a village just north of Moscow. A drone also struck a t
A new set of iridium compounds was made by removing a methyl group from older ionic versions. These neutral pieces, called 3 and 4, have a big ring of carbon atoms and a side group that can be chlorine or iodine. Scientists used them to build strange mixed‑metal structures that combine iridium
The study looks at how oil spills alter the tiny life that lives in underground water and the soil around it. Scientists collected samples from a site where oil had leaked into the ground, taking both water and the rock‑filled layers that sit below it. They also gathered “clean” samples from a nearb
