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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
A bison grazes in the Upper Geyser Basin at Yellowstone National Park, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)

Video shows bison chasing child at Yellowstone boardwalk

A Yellowstone National Park visitor's cellphone video is going viral after a bison briefly chased down a child who wandered too close to the animal near a park boardwalk, the latest in a string of close calls between tourists and the park's bison herds this summer.

August 4, 2026
The letters "CJNG" for the group's formal name, Jalisco New Generation Cartel, covers the facade of an abandoned home in El Limoncito, in the Michoacan state of Mexico, Oct. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

CJNG cartel leader’s brother pleads guilty to drug trafficking, gun charge

A Mexican national who worked directly with one of Mexico's most prolific and dangerous drug cartels pleaded guilty Monday to a drug-trafficking conspiracy charge and a firearms offense tied to more than two decades of cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking into the United States, the Justice Department announced.

August 3, 2026
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Arizona skincare CEO pleads guilty to selling unapproved medical devices

Bryce Cleveland, president and CEO of Arizona-based skincare company Scalpa Inc., pleaded guilty Monday to three federal charges related to the company's sale of skincare products that had not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to the Justice Department.

August 3, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice logo is before a news conference, Monday, May 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Two N.Y. eye practices to pay $2.3 million to settle false claims allegations

Two New York ophthalmology practices have agreed to pay a combined $2.3 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by billing federal health care programs for medically unnecessary testing through an alleged kickback arrangement, the Justice Department announced.

August 3, 2026
People take photos near a John Harvard statue, left, on the Harvard University campus, Jan. 2, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Newsom’s UC regent pick says colleges are too ideologically uniform, not too indoctrinating

NYU professor comments on state of higher ed: "It's not indoctrination that's the threat, it's homogenization. And that is four out of five faculty members say a conservative member wouldn't fit in. And I think that we're doing a disservice to young people, whether they adopt a progressive ideology or not, of not providing them with thoughtful opposition that helps them be more critical thinkers."

August 1, 2026
People rally to support Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham after her comments on transgender athletes in women's sports before a WNBA basketball game between the Portland Fire and the Indiana Fever in Portland, Ore., Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)

Sophie Cunningham backers, trans-rights activists clash again outside WNBA game

About two dozen Sophie Cunningham supporters, along with counterprotesters and onlookers, gathered outside Portland's Moda Center on Friday night before the Indiana Fever's game against the Portland Fire, the second consecutive road stop where competing rallies have formed around Cunningham's public opposition to transgender participation in women's sports.

August 1, 2026