France strengthens security after unrest caused by police shooting of 17-year-old

A 17-year-old delivery driver was shot and killed by police during a traffic check. The death prompted nationwide concern and messages of anger and condolences.

'Unprecedented' Canadian wildfires impact Wisconsin, 19M+ acres burned

As smoke from Canadian wildfires prompted air quality problems in southeast Wisconsin Tuesday, closing parks and pools and canceling baseball games, a Canadian official said though they're doing all they can to fight these fires, we might be in for a long summer.

Canadian wildfires, 19M+ acres burned, equivalent to half of Wisconsin
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As smoke from Canadian wildfires prompted air quality problems in southeast Wisconsin Tuesday, closing parks and pools and canceling baseball games, a Canadian official said though they're doing all they can to fight these fires, we might be in for a long summer.

Chimp who spent entire life inside indoor lab 'in awe' after seeing open sky for the first time

Save the Chimps, a privately funded sanctuary in Fort Pierce, on Florida’s east coast, released video showing Vanilla “awestruck as she beholds the open sky for the first time at her new island home," the group said.

Fungal meningitis outbreak linked to Mexico clinics kills 6

U.S. health officials say the death toll from an outbreak of fungal meningitis tied to surgical procedures in a city along the U.S.-Mexico border has risen to six.

Search intensifies for Italy tourist who carved name in Colosseum

Italy’s culture and tourism ministers have vowed to find and punish a tourist who was filmed carving his name and that of his apparent girlfriend in the wall of the Colosseum in Rome, a crime that resulted in hefty fines in the past.

Pizza at Pompeii: Newly-discovered painting shows the food’s ‘distant ancestor’

So if it looks like pizza, smells like pizza, and tastes like pizza – why isn’t it pizza? Take a look at this 2,000-year-old painting at Pompeii that shows pizza’s “distant ancestor.”

Russia drops charges against Prigozhin, others who took part in rebellion

Meanwhile, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin arrived in Belarus after his short-lived armed mutiny in Russia.

Putin blasts mercenaries, says aborted rebellion played into enemy's hands

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday blasted organizers of a weekend revolt as traitors who played into the hands of Ukraine’s government and its allies.

Chicago man has surgery overseas to become taller

People all over the world are enamored by a man who just returned from Turkey where he had surgery to grow from 5-feet-5-inches tall to 6-feet.

YouTube star MrBeast claims he declined invite to join Titantic-bound submersible trip

MrBeast posted a screenshot on Twitter of a brief message he claims to have had with another person about an invite to ride on the Titan submersible that has caused controversy.