Bird of the Day, theme 'Woodland'

Today's Bird of the Day; daily community event. Theme: #Woodland.

Imagination Library will keep sending free books to children

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library says its program will continue mailing age-appropriate books and explains how to sign up.

Gamescom 2026 opening, The Witcher 3 expansion 'Songs of the Past' revealed

CD Projekt Red unveiled Songs of the Past expansion for The Witcher 3, set in Letten with 30+ hours of new content.

Dolly Parton family asks donations to Imagination Library in lieu of flowers

Parton’s family requested donations to her Imagination Library after her death, directing mourners to the charity.

Tim Curry, star of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' dies at 80

British actor Tim Curry died Aug 25 at 80; famed for Dr. Frank‑N‑Furter, Pennywise and Clue.

Star Wars: Zero Company earns strong early reviews

Turn-based tactics game Star Wars: Zero Company is praised as an XCOM-like success in early critic reviews.

Shingles vaccine linked to lower risk of heart attack and stroke

Study finds two-dose Shingrix associated with reduced heart attack and stroke risk, compared to daily BP meds

Report: top Army general told to drop Kid Rock chopper probe before firing

Report says Gen. Randy George was advised to abandon an investigation into an Apache fly-by at Kid Rock’s home days before his removal.

Taylor Swift pays tribute to Dolly Parton

Swift called Parton 'true grace and true grit' and wrote 'a world without Dolly doesn’t feel possible.'

Andrew Garfield's new historical drama revealed as Robin Hood origin film

Paul Greengrass’ film has been retitled and positioned as the origin story of Robin Hood, with an October release window

Ted Lasso Season 4, Episode 4 'Greyhounds' Day Off' released

New Ted Lasso episode dropped tonight as coaches confront team cliques and Ted adjusts to life outside the locker room.

FDA approves daraxonrasib for advanced pancreatic cancer

FDA clears Revolution Medicines' daraxonrasib, a once-daily pill that in trials nearly doubled survival for advanced cases.

Mark Zuckerberg planned to replace thousands of Meta staff with AI, plan collapsed

Meta explored cutting many teams by as much as 60% to become 'AI native' but pulled back after technical incidents and staff revolt

Ukraine awards Elon Musk Order of Freedom for Starlink support

President Zelenskyy awarded Elon Musk one of Ukraine's highest honors, citing Starlink's role keeping Ukraine online.

Fake US thinktank funded by Israel sought to prime chatbots for pro-Israel propaganda

Site published 124 reports, over 560,000 words in nine days, to try to steer AI chatbots toward pro-Israel arguments, Guardian says

Prince Harry and Meghan arrive back in the UK with their children

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex landed in Birmingham as they return to Britain after six years in the United States.

Z.AI unveils Ox Alpha GLM model and plans to release its weights

China’s Z.AI says Ox Alpha is a new GLM-series multimodal model rivaling DeepSeek and will publish the model weights

Big Brother 28, Dee admits burning the Red Corner

Houseguest Dee says she flipped votes and 'burned' the Red Corner, then apologized for taking the heat from others.

Swerve Strickland defeats Jack Perry in AEW Dynamite main event

Swerve beat 'Jungle' Jack Perry in Dynamite's main event as the show builds toward All In London.

Nepal flood likely triggered by glacier ice avalanche

Manchester City sign Ayyoub Bouaddi from Lille for £85.6m

18-year-old Morocco midfielder joins City on a five-year contract, fee reported at about £85.6m (pending clearance)

Connections Puzzle, daily board #1172 shared

Players posted solutions and screenshots for NYT Connections Puzzle #1172, comparing boards and strategies.