Skip to Main Content
 

Major Digest Home Major Digest - Reliable and Comprehensive News Sources

Trending in the United States

Stadium workers near Los Angeles vote to authorize a strike days before the World Cup begins

Stadium workers near Los Angeles have voted to authorize a strike as the venue prepares to host the U.S. men’s soccer team’s opening World Cup match.

Sex offender busted on Roblox mid-call with child as Louisiana declares war on online predators targeting kids

Louisiana deputies caught a registered sex offender using voice-changing technology to pose as a teen girl while talking to a child on Roblox.

Auburn student Weston Higginbotham found dead in Japan after weeklong search, mom confirms

James "Weston" Higginbotham, a 20-year-old Auburn University student who vanished during a family vacation in Japan, has been found dead, his mom says.

Stadium workers near Los Angeles vote to authorize a strike days before the World Cup begins

Stadium workers near Los Angeles have voted to authorize a strike as the venue prepares to host the U.S. men’s soccer team’s opening World Cup match.

Sex offender busted on Roblox mid-call with child as Louisiana declares war on online predators targeting kids

Louisiana deputies caught a registered sex offender using voice-changing technology to pose as a teen girl while talking to a child on Roblox.

Auburn student Weston Higginbotham found dead in Japan after weeklong search, mom confirms

James "Weston" Higginbotham, a 20-year-old Auburn University student who vanished during a family vacation in Japan, has been found dead, his mom says.

Stadium workers near Los Angeles vote to authorize a strike days before the World Cup begins

Stadium workers near Los Angeles have voted to authorize a strike as the venue prepares to host the U.S. men’s soccer team’s opening World Cup match.

Around the world

US military attacks Iran in 'self-defense strikes' over weekend

CENTCOM announced that it targeted Iran in "self-defense strikes" during the weekend, asserting that CENTCOM will defend American interests.

Israel strikes Beirut's southern suburbs days after US-supported ceasefire deal

Israel has struck Beirut's southern suburbs without warning, defying a U.S. request not to attack Lebanon's capital.

Pete Hegseth warns narco-terrorists as US backs Bolivia's government amid coup warnings

War Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. remains committed to defending Bolivia's government amid coup warnings and mass unrest over fuel prices.

Health workers at the epicenter of Congo's Ebola outbreak labor with little pay or rest

Health workers inside the epicenter of Congo's outbreak say they are working with little pay or rest.

Israel's military eliminates Hamas terrorist who helped abduct American-Israeli hostage, 3 others

The IDF announced it killed a Hamas Nukhba terrorist who participated in the abduction of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin during the Oct. 7 attack.

Sherpa missing for a week on Everest found crawling toward base camp after his family begins funeral rites

Rescuers call it a miracle after a Sherpa guide survived nearly a week alone on Mount Everest without food, water or supplemental oxygen in the death zone.

Albino buffalo nicknamed 'Donald Trump' becomes sensation at Bangladesh's national zoo for its blond hair

A rare albino buffalo nicknamed "Donald Trump" has become a sensation at Bangladesh's national zoo thanks to its blond hair resembling the president.

Technology

The next AI breakthrough won’t come from bigger models, but from better data

Artificial intelligence does not advance at the same pace across industries. It presses forward in some directions while lagging behind in others. Spend time with today’s most advanced AI applications, and this contrast becomes obvious. In software development, AI is quickly becoming ubiquitous.

Apple to open its first developer center in Europe

Apple in recent years has opened Apple Developer Centers in Cupertino, CA, Shanghai, Singapore, and Bengaluru to allow developers to meet, exchange ideas or get help from trained staffers.

Identity theft rarely announces itself: 6 signs you missed

Identity thieves count on you ignoring small clues like a $4 charge or a missing bill. Spot these six quiet signs before fraud damages your finances.

AI saves workers a day a week, but they don’t know what to do with it

A report released Wednesday by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) indicates that many organizations are having difficulty converting efficiency gains that are AI-driven into any sort of measurable value.

2026 network outage report and internet health check

ThousandEyes, a Cisco company, monitors how ISPs, cloud providers and conferencing services are handling any performance challenges and provides Network World with a weekly roundup of events that impact service delivery.

Cisco sees quantum networking as the future of networking

Particle entanglement, superposition and teleportation are key concepts in quantum physics. Einstein famously dismissed such phenomena as “spooky action at a distance.

Anthropic suggests slowing AI research until we can align it with human goals

AI could soon lead to systems capable of improving their own performance faster than humans can effectively supervise them, reviving concerns about the industry’s longstanding “alignment problem,” ensuring AI systems reliably pursue human goals, senior Anthropic researchers have warned in a new blog

Sports News

Alexander Zverev faces Flavio Cobolli in French Open final chasing elusive Grand Slam title

Alexander Zverev is under pressure to win an elusive Grand Slam title when he plays 14th-ranked Flavio Cobolli in the French Open final.

Victor Wembanyama, well over 7 feet tall, gets away with hard foul after getting boxed out by Jose Alvarado

Victor Wembanyama sparked controversy in Game 2 of the NBA Finals after appearing to grab Jose Alvarado around the neck during a physical rebound battle.

French Open winner Mirra Andreeva quickly corrects trophy pose after historic victory

Mirra Andreeva, 19, became the youngest French Open women's champion since Monica Seles in 1992 after defeating Maja Chwalinska 6-3, 6-2 Saturday.

Alexander Zverev faces Flavio Cobolli in French Open final chasing elusive Grand Slam title

Alexander Zverev is under pressure to win an elusive Grand Slam title when he plays 14th-ranked Flavio Cobolli in the French Open final.

Victor Wembanyama, well over 7 feet tall, gets away with hard foul after getting boxed out by Jose Alvarado

Victor Wembanyama sparked controversy in Game 2 of the NBA Finals after appearing to grab Jose Alvarado around the neck during a physical rebound battle.

French Open winner Mirra Andreeva quickly corrects trophy pose after historic victory

Mirra Andreeva, 19, became the youngest French Open women's champion since Monica Seles in 1992 after defeating Maja Chwalinska 6-3, 6-2 Saturday.

Alexander Zverev faces Flavio Cobolli in French Open final chasing elusive Grand Slam title

Alexander Zverev is under pressure to win an elusive Grand Slam title when he plays 14th-ranked Flavio Cobolli in the French Open final.

Politics News

Top House Democrat says there's 'no way' Platner didn't know tattoo's Nazi origins

Rep. Brad Schneider said Senate candidate Graham Platner's denial of knowing his tattoo's Nazi origins is not credible, joining Democratic criticism.

The Forest Service says it's closing offices to cut costs. But the math doesn't add up

The Forest Service is trying to shut down research hubs because it says it needs to live within its means. But the agency plans to close facilities that cost less than $1 to rent while keeping open one that costs $1 million.

Trump's deportation agenda is about to get a $70B infusion from Congress

The $70 billion package that was approved overnight by the Senate and now goes to the House will be able to power President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda for the remainder of his term.

Delaney Hall snack purchases cast doubt on hunger strike reports, DHS says

DHS commissary data shows revenue tripled at Delaney Hall during the reported hunger strike period, undercutting Democrats' claims of dire conditions.

British deputy prime minister tells JD Vance he was wrong to blame immigration for teen's murder

Britain’s deputy prime minister said Sunday that he told U.S. Vice President JD Vance he was wrong to blame immigration for the death of a university student who was handcuffed as he lay dying from a stab wound.

WATCH: Maine voters divided on Platner as scandals shadow Democratic primary

Maine voters are split on whether explosive allegations against Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner will affect their vote in Tuesday's primary.

Female Navy officers say they fear a career cap after Hegseth cuts women from promotions list

Several female Navy officers say they see Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's recent intervention in a promotions list as a sign their careers now have a ceiling.