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Firefighters respond to a fire in Golders Green, London, Monday, March 23, 2026 after an apparent arson attack on four vehicles belonging to a Jewish ambulance service, Hatzola Northwest, in London.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

U.K. antisemitic incidents surge 21% amid Iran war, London terror attacks

Antisemitic incidents in the United Kingdom jumped 21% in the first half of 2026 compared with a year earlier, marking the second-highest six-month total ever recorded. A watchdog group tallied 1,926 antisemitic incidents between January and June, up from 1,598 during the same period last year.

August 5, 2026
Mugshot of Ronald Exantus in 2025. (Credit: Marion County Sheriff's Office)

Man who killed Kentucky boy freed as reform law came too late

Ronald Exantus, the Kentucky man found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2015 killing of 6-year-old Logan Tipton, was released from the Kentucky State Reformatory on July 29 after completing the sentence he received on separate assault convictions tied to the same attack.

August 5, 2026
Micheal Martin, Tanaiste of Ireland and leader of Fianna Fail speaks to the media during a visit to St Seton's Secondary School in Ballyfermot, Dublin, Ireland, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)

Ireland’s government jet reportedly lacks Israeli fog-landing system

Ireland's new government jet was delivered without an Israeli-linked vision system that can help pilots approach airports in fog and other low-visibility conditions, an omission that is reportedly attributed to Dublin's policy against awarding defense contracts to Israeli companies.

August 4, 2026
Mark Ruffalo poses for a portrait during the 96th Academy Awards Oscar nominees luncheon on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Mark Ruffalo backs Michigan left-wing candidates in fundraiser video

Actor MARK RUFFALO on the democratic socialist movement: "This is our movement coming to bear fruit. I mean, this is what we started in 2016. This is where the progressives have been moving ... And they have to spend more and more money each time to beat us. And it's just a matter of time till they flop, and this could be it."

August 4, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice logo is seen on a podium before a news conference, May 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Florida man pleads guilty in scheme smuggling guns to Haiti

A naturalized U.S. citizen from Lauderhill, Florida, pleaded guilty to conspiracy, smuggling and federal export-control violations for his role in a firearms-trafficking operation that sent at least 140 weapons to Haiti, according to the Justice Department.

August 4, 2026
A Taran tactical combat master hand gun is displayed for sale, June 23, 2022, in Hempstead, New York. A sweeping new gun law in New York that would require applicants to hand over social media information before they could carry a gun in public while declaring bucolic parks, bustling Times Square and a long list of other places off limits for firearms is scheduled to take effect on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, amid legal battles and lingering confusion. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)

Justice Department sues Montgomery County over Second Amendment gun law

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Montgomery County, Maryland, on Aug. 4, 2026, alleging that the county's newly enacted Bill 23-26 violates the Second Amendment by effectively preventing law-abiding citizens from carrying firearms as they go about their daily lives.

August 4, 2026
Firefighters operate during a wildfire near Porto Germeno, northwest of Athens, Greece, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

5 questions about the Greek and French wildfires

Firefighters in Greece raced to hold containment lines before winds returned, while in France, a Bordeaux-area wildfire that forced the country's largest civilian evacuation outside wartime has exposed hundreds of buried World War II-era shells.

August 4, 2026
From left to right: Casey Swails, NASA deputy associate administrator; Mike Waller, vice president of BL Harbert International Federal Division; Edward C. Forst, administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration; NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman; Dr. Trina Dyal, director of NASA’s Langley Research Center; Rep. Robert “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.); Virginia Lt. Gov. Ghazala F. Hashmi; Jimmy Gray, mayor, City of Hampton; and Amit Kshatriya, NASA associate administrator, pose for a photo before cutting the ribbon to open the Flight Dynamics Research Facility, NASA’s newest wind tunnel, Friday, July 31, 2026, at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. (Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s newest wind tunnel in 40 years opens in Virginia

NASA opened its newest wind tunnel, the Flight Dynamics Research Facility, giving the agency and its partners a critical new resource for testing the safety and performance of future aircraft, rockets and space exploration vehicles, the agency said in a July 31 press release.

August 4, 2026
Geno Segers attends the NBC Presentation of "Perfect Harmony" at the 2019 PaleyFest Fall TV Previews at The Paley Center for Media on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

Actor Geno Segers exits Broadway’s ‘Hadestown’ after backlash over resurfaced transgender comments

Broadway's "Hadestown" and actor Geno Segers mutually agreed that he would not join the production, days after theater fans circulated previously posted videos in which he criticized transgender women competing in women's sports and questioned pronoun practices. "I don't see transgender people becoming oppressed or being oppressed," Segers was quoted as saying in one video. The actor has apologized for his comments.

August 4, 2026