Nintendo May Have Handled Switch 2 Preorders Differently in Japan and the U.S. Due to Varying Perceptions of Fairness, Japanese Study Suggests

Why did Nintendo offer Switch 2 preorders through a lottery system in Japan, but via “first-come, first-served” invites in the U.S. and other countries? A paper published by a Japanese university this month sought to answer this question, looking...

Israel Comes to the Defense of Syria’s Druze as Fears Mount Over a Dangerous Escalation

Entire Druze neighborhoods in Sweida lie in ruins and at least 300 are dead after days of brutal clashes with Syrian forces — an eruption that has now drawn Israeli airstrikes and raised fears of a wider regional war. The violence, sparked on July...

‘Rehab’ exposes the dark underside of U.S. drug treatment centers

Rehab Shoshana Walter Simon & Schuster, $29.99 A doctor, a mother, a pregnant teen, an adolescent boy who broke his ankle. All have had lives irrevocably influenced by drugs and their aftermath, and all are portrayed in Shoshana Walter’s...

Americans are increasingly likely to say AI will negatively affect society

As artificial intelligence tools continue to evolve rapidly, so do Americans’ feelings about AI. YouGov polls have periodically asked Americans about their concerns related to AI. The most recent polling finds that compared to March 2025, an...

Extended interview: ASD Superintendent sits down for one-on-one with Alaska’s News Source

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Anchorage School District is facing a double whammy financial impact going into the start of the new school year. This comes after the U.S. Department of Education froze over $14 million of education grant for the...

AG Uthmeier Demands U.S. Masters Swimming Adhere To Florida Law, Protect Women’s Sports

Attorney General Uthmeier Challenges USMS Policy on Biological Males in Female Competitions Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is taking a firm stance against U.S. Masters Swimming (USMS), a Florida-based non-profit, demanding the...

The Landlord Gutting America’s Hospitals

Al Letson: From the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX, this is Reveal. I’m Al Letson, and let me set the scene. It’s spring 2025. We’re in West Monroe, Louisiana. It’s the kind of small town where you stop for lunch on a road trip, and...

Harrow Secures Exclusive U.S. Rights to Samsung Bioepis’ Ophthalmology Biosimilars Portfolio

Harrow has announced a definitive commercialization agreement with Samsung Bioepis, granting Harrow the exclusive U.S. commercial rights to Samsung Bioepis’ ophthalmology biosimilars portfolio. This strategic move includes Byooviz...

America’s anti-immigrant zealotry is fading | Editorial

The increasingly sadistic features of the nation’s shameful deportation campaign speak for themselves. The question that begs an answer is why we’re doing this. Why? Why are Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis so hell-bent to purge the nation of workers...

Venezuela releases jailed Americans in deal freeing migrants deported to El Salvador by US

Venezuela today released 10 jailed US citizens and permanent residents in exchange for getting home scores of migrants deported by the United States to El Salvador months ago under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, officials said....

GENIUS Act Signed into Law US Enacts Federal Stablecoin Legislation

Today, President Donald Trump signs into law the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act of 2025 (the “GENIUS Act”), establishing the first federal regulatory framework for stablecoins in the United States. The signing...

‘You have rights, but clearly you don’t’: U.S. citizen arrested in ICE raid at Calif. Home Depot

United States: OBBBA Introduces New Excise Tax on Remittance Transfers

In brief The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, enacted as Public Law 119-21 on July 4, 2025, introduces new section 4475,i which imposes a 1% excise tax on remittance transfers made after December 31, 2025. The provision was initially touted as one that...

Nagasaki cathedral blesses bell that replaces one destroyed by U.S. atomic bomb in 1945

TOKYO – A Nagasaki cathedral has blessed the final piece to complete its restoration nearly 80 years after being destroyed by the second U.S. atomic bomb dropped on Japan: a reproduction of its lost bell restored by a group of Americans. The new...

U.S. children's health lags behind other wealthy nations, study finds

A brief from the Journal of the American Medical association showed the health of children in the U.S. is poor compared to kids in other wealthy countries. The data showed an increase in chronic conditions, among other things. Dr. Zorba Paster...

BTS Reclaims Spotlight After Military Service: Jimin, Jungkook Top June K-Pop Brand Rankings

The long-awaited return of BTS has finally arrived, and it’s already sending shockwaves through the K-pop industry. All seven members—Jimin, Jungkook, RM, Jin, V (Taehyung), Suga, and J-Hope—have completed their mandatory military service. Without...

U.S. Army veteran says he was wrongfully detained during immigration raid in Camarillo

A U.S. Army veteran is calling for a federal investigation after he says he was wrongfully detained during a recent immigration raid in Ventura County. George Retes, 25, works as a security guard at Glass House Farms in Camarillo. He said he was...

Paranormal investigator Dan Rivera died suddenly on Annabelle doll tour. Here's what we know

Annabelle, a real Raggedy Ann doll that paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren believed was possessed by a demonic entity, was the inspiration for the fictional doll of the same name in the spine-chilling "Conjuring" horror film...

They’re Kidding, Right? Trump’s DOJ Recommends 1-Day Prison Bid For Ex-Officer In Breonna Taylor Case 

Hankinson was the only involved officer who fired shots to be charged and convicted of any crime, while the officers who fired shots striking Taylor were never charged. The Department of Justice (DOJ) under the Trump administration attempts to...

2025 Report Reveals Safest City for Drivers—It’s in Texas

It feels like I’m always reading articles about how some cities in Texas have the worst drivers in the country. Today, I’m glad to report that a Texas city was determined to be the safest city for drivers in the U.S. A Texan’s Honest Take on Our...