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Graham Platner faces 94% odds of quitting Maine Senate race
Prediction market Kalshi shows 94% probability that Graham Platner will drop out of the Maine Senate race as rape allegation rocks his campaign.
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Team USA outclassed by Belgium as Swift-Kelce napkin and Dart boat party surface
This OutKick “Screencaps” column offers an opinion-driven, satirical reaction to Team USA’s heavy defeat by Belgium in a football match played in Seattle, which the author brands one of the most embarrassing performances in US sporting history. The piece matters chiefly as commentary on the poor state of American men’s football ahead of a home…
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Shahrnush Parsipur, Iranian novelist behind Women Without Men, dies aged 80
Shahrnush Parsipur, the acclaimed Iranian novelist best known for Women Without Men, has died at the age of 80. A pioneer of women’s literature in Iran, she used subversive feminist fiction to challenge the country’s patriarchal culture, and was imprisoned four times under both the Shah and the Islamic Republic. Her death marks the loss…
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Ushida Findlay retrospective opens at V&A Dundee celebrating Kathryn Findlay
A new exhibition at V&A Dundee celebrates the work of the Scottish-Japanese architectural partnership Ushida Findlay, formed by Kathryn Findlay and Eisaku Ushida. The pair became known for a sensual, surreal style of building that fused Celtic and Japanese design traditions with an interest in nature, fractal geometry and chaos theory, producing striking works such…
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Blame It All On My Roots: Garth Brooks returns to arenas in 2026
Country star Garth Brooks has announced a new outing, Blame It All On My Roots: The Arena Tour, which is set to launch in August 2026. The Country Music Hall of Famer revealed the news on the morning of Tuesday 7 July, marking a return to arena-sized venues after years of stadium shows and Las…
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Not For Nothing: Slow Pulp share second single from album Melodie
Chicago indie rock band Slow Pulp have released a new single, “Not For Nothing,” a piano ballad and the second track to be shared from their forthcoming album, Melodie. The release matters to fans and followers of the indie scene as it offers a further preview of the record and continues the band’s run of…
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Land after instructor jumped from cockpit mid-flight over Argentina
A student pilot, aged 22, was forced to land a light aircraft on her own after her flying instructor reportedly leapt to his death mid-flight in Argentina. The instructor, 42-year-old Leandro Bertazzo, is said to have opened the cockpit door of a Cessna C-150 and jumped while the pair were training, leaving the trainee —…
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South Norfolk woman sues pool body over transgender competition stance in £30,000 claim
Lynne Pinches, a 53-year-old pool player from Norwich who campaigned for transwomen to be banned from female competitions, has launched a £30,000 discrimination claim against Ultimate Pool Group (UPG), the professional body for eightball pool. She alleges she was excluded from tournaments because of her stance on the issue, marking a notable escalation in the…
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Solos unveils AirGo A6, a 19-gram camera-free smart glasses design
Solos has unveiled the AirGo A6, a new version of its camera-free smart glasses that swaps any lens for a sleeker, lighter design paired with a voice-controlled AI assistant. At around 19 grams, the A6 is roughly half the weight of last year’s AirGo A5 (36 to 40 grams) and considerably lighter than the recently…
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Orbitals brings retro anime co-op puzzling to Switch 2 this September
Engadget’s Mat Smith has previewed Orbitals, a two-player puzzle adventure game shown as a Switch 2 exclusive at Summer Game Fest 2026. The hands-on demo highlighted a co-operative experience wrapped in a nostalgic ’80s-’90s anime aesthetic, positioning the title as one of the more notable games in Nintendo’s showcase ahead of its release. Orbitals is…