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A Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of posting secret intelligence reports online agreed to plead guilty on Monday in exchange for a sentence of up to about 16 years in prison and a pledge to comprehensively brief officials on what he leaked. The airman, Jack Teixeira, withdrew his not-guilty plea…
Military Memo Adds to Possible Interstellar Meteor Mystery
While many — including the two Harvard astronomers — have interpreted Space Command’s statement to NASA as confirmation that the meteor is interstellar, some astronomers believe more data is needed to back up the claim. The available measurements, they say, lack error bars that indicate how precise or uncertain they…
Coming Up After the Break: Trump Picks a Running Mate
His nomination assured, Donald Trump is turning to what will almost assuredly be a drawn-out, orchestrated process to select his running mate. The former president, who knows a thing or two about televised drama, is dropping hints about who is in and who is out, juicing up interest in his…
Flooding Inundates Kenya, Killing at Least 32 and Displacing Thousands
Days of torrential rains have pummeled parts of Kenya, leaving at least 32 dead, 15 injured and more than 40,000 people displaced, according to officials. The flooding has killed nearly 1,000 farm animals and destroyed thousands of acres of crops, with more rain expected across the country in the coming…
Florida Braces for Idalia, Which Is Expected to Strike as a Hurricane
Tropical Storm Idalia was expected to strengthen to a Category 2 hurricane by the time it reaches Florida’s Gulf Coast on Tuesday in what forecasters said would be a “very significant and impactful hurricane.” Winds were predicted to reach a peak of 100 miles per hour, Jamie Rhome, deputy director…
Biden Effigy Attacked at Kansas GOP Event
Kansas Republicans are coming under fire for holding a fund-raiser on Friday evening at which attendees physically assaulted an effigy resembling President Biden, according to video footage shared on social media over the weekend. The event, which took place on Friday in Overland Park, Kan., the state’s second-largest city, was…