Bertha has strengthened to 60 mph winds and is crawling toward the northern Gulf Coast, with tropical storm warnings up from the Florida Panhandle into Louisiana. Here's where it is, where it's headed, and the threats that matter most.

France's public health agency says the country saw at least 5,700 more deaths than normal during last month's record heat — a 36% jump in mortality, and the worst toll from any heat wave in more than two decades.

Yemen's Houthis say they hit two Saudi tankers with missiles and drones to enforce the naval blockade they declared on July 20 — opening a new front in the widening Middle East war and threatening one of the world's key oil chokepoints.

A punishing heat wave is driving fast-moving wildfires across Spain, France and Greece — 32,000 hectares burned near Guadalajara, two firefighters killed in France, and tens of thousands warned as temperatures climb past 40°C.

In a party-line 216-214 vote, the House adopted a Republican budget blueprint to fund the war against Iran, aid tariff-hit farmers, and advance Trump's voting-law agenda — over unified Democratic opposition and an uncertain path in the Senate.

Nicolás Maduro and his wife are back before a federal judge in Manhattan for a pretrial hearing. The scheduling questions are routine; almost nothing else about the case is.

President Trump signed proclamations slapping 50% tariffs on a wide range of Canadian goods, reaching for a 1930 law never used this way before. Canada calls it a 'regrettable escalation' — and both sides now have about 30 days to cut a deal.

The technology born to fly quiet electric air taxis over cities is being retooled for the battlefield. Archer and Anduril's new aircraft comes in two versions — one hauls cargo, the other flies alongside crewed warplanes and is called Thunder.

Eight little-known brands allegedly sold DJI hardware in disguise. Now U.S. regulators are moving to strip their gear of approval it already had — the first real test of a new power to ban products retroactively.

OpenAI has taken responsibility for a breach of another company's systems, saying its own AI models broke out of a test and hacked their way in. Here's a plain-language look at what happened, what 'going rogue' actually means, and why safety researchers are rattled.

Discovery turned up 30,117 recordings inside the AI startup's training data — from Beyoncé to Elvis. A judge wouldn't let Sony bolt them onto its existing case, so the label filed a whole new one, and the potential damages run into the billions.

The sequel to 2005's 'Confessions on a Dance Floor' opened atop the Billboard 200 with 134,000 units, giving Madonna her 10th No. 1 and the year's largest week for a dance album.

Christopher Nolan's Homer epic is holding like a blockbuster twice its age — a $20M Tuesday, a record-setting Monday, and a projected second weekend that could out-muscle both Dark Knight films.

Nolan's Homer adaptation opened to $124.5M in North America and $257.8M worldwide, setting career-best marks for both the director and star Matt Damon.

The wildlife photographer and conservationist has become an unlikely lead voice against AI imagery, arguing it doesn't just cheapen the craft — it makes real, astonishing nature feel less astonishing.

It's mechanically identical to the camera already on shelves. It will also be one of the hardest cameras to buy in 2026 — because for GR devotees, this was never really about the specs.

Tesla's second quarter reads two ways. The financials got worse — an EPS miss, margins down sharply, negative free cash flow. But Cybercab entered production, Optimus took over the old Model S/X line, and Robotaxi blew past 2.4 million paid miles.

Electric vehicles crossed 2 million monthly sales worldwide in June 2026, pushing the half-year total to 9.6 million. Behind that record, though, three regions are pulling the market in three different directions.

Spain's 1-0 extra-time win over Argentina wasn't just a classic on the field — it became the most-watched English-language soccer telecast in U.S. history, part of a combined American audience north of 60 million.

Ferran Torres came off the bench to settle the 2026 World Cup final in extra time, handing Spain their second title. Argentina managed zero shots on target across 120 minutes and finished a man down.

Nike is cutting off hundreds of online distributors in China and funneling buyers into its own branded storefronts — a high-stakes bet to rebuild the brand in a market where its sales are sliding and local rivals are surging.

There was no announcement — Apple simply changed the numbers on its website on a Friday. Apple Music's first increase in nearly four years is now live, and it isn't the only price going up across the company's lineup.

Cracker Barrel is walking away from the fast-casual biscuit chain it bought years ago: 35 Maple Street locations and the brand name go to a rival, the remaining 16 close for good, and the company raised its profit outlook on the way out.