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Tim Cook Steps Down as Apple CEO After 15 Years — John Ternus Takes the Wheel

The hardware engineering chief who built the iPhone, iPad and AirPods teams now runs the nearly $4 trillion company Cook transformed from a smartphone maker into Wall Street's biggest fish.

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CONGRESS

House Passes Stopgap Funding Bill 370-48, Punting Shutdown Fight Past the Midterms

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DELL

Dell's AI Backlog Hits $95 Billion as Server Orders Blow Past Wall Street

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US · SAN DIEGO

North Carolina Teen, 17, Charged With Murder for Livestreaming San Diego Mosque Massacre

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US · ARIZONA

Grand Canyon Flash Flood Leaves 2 Dead, More Than a Dozen Missing as Search Drags On

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US · PUBLIC HEALTH

CDC Refuses to Count Pennsylvania's Measles Deaths as RFK Jr. Feuds With the State's Governor

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World

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Keir Starmer Quits Parliament Entirely, Six Weeks After Being Ousted as PM

The former prime minister is standing down as MP for Holborn and St Pancras after 11 years, triggering a London by-election and closing the book on a political career that began with a landslide and ended in a swift internal coup.

WORLD · MIDDLE EAST

Two Oil Tankers Struck in Strait of Hormuz Hours After US Hits Iranian Troops on Larak Island

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EUROPE

Spain's Deadly Summer: Heat Kills Record 5,232 People in 2026, Health Officials Confirm

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HIMALAYAS · DISASTER

Himalayan Glacier Collapse Death Toll Tops 1,000 as Nepal Buries Its Dead

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The WeeklyObserver

Tim Cook Steps Down as Apple CEO After 15 Years — John Ternus Takes the Wheel

House Passes Stopgap Funding Bill 370-48, Punting Shutdown Fight Past the Midterms

Dell's AI Backlog Hits $95 Billion as Server Orders Blow Past Wall Street

US News

North Carolina Teen, 17, Charged With Murder for Livestreaming San Diego Mosque Massacre

Grand Canyon Flash Flood Leaves 2 Dead, More Than a Dozen Missing as Search Drags On

CDC Refuses to Count Pennsylvania's Measles Deaths as RFK Jr. Feuds With the State's Governor

World

Keir Starmer Quits Parliament Entirely, Six Weeks After Being Ousted as PM

Two Oil Tankers Struck in Strait of Hormuz Hours After US Hits Iranian Troops on Larak Island

Spain's Deadly Summer: Heat Kills Record 5,232 People in 2026, Health Officials Confirm

Himalayan Glacier Collapse Death Toll Tops 1,000 as Nepal Buries Its Dead

Celebrity & Entertainment

Miley Cyrus Drops Her Last Name, Announces 10th Album 'Bass Persuades' and First-Ever Hollywood Bowl Shows

Doja Cat Opens Up About Past Cocaine and Alcohol Struggles in Raw TikTok Videos

Mel Gibson Apologizes After Mocking ASL Interpreter On Stage, Calls It "Thoughtless Idiocy"

Lionel Richie Rushed to ICU After St. Louis Concert Scare

JD Vance Calls Michigan Senate Candidate 'Very, Very Evil,' Warns Him to Leave Usha Vance's Name Out of His Mouth

Trump's Army Secretary Quits After Months of Warfare With Pentagon Chief Hegseth

Trump Officials Quietly Erase Census Bureau's Anti-Interference Rules

Oil Spikes Past $90 as Iran War Reignites — Energy Stocks Soar While Airlines Get Torched

Aon Stock Craters on Its Own $17 Billion Insurance Mega-Deal

Apple Squeezes Streaming Fans Again — Apple TV Jumps to $14.99 a Month

Affirm Stock Jumps 13% as Buy-Now-Pay-Later Giant Crushes Earnings Again

Sports

Team USA Loses A'ja Wilson AND Kelsey Plum Before World Cup Tips Off

Carlos Alcaraz Survives the Rust, Breezes Past Safiullin in US Open Return From Wrist Injury

Djokovic Vomits, Cramps, Then Crashes Out: 24-Time Major Champ Suffers First-Ever US Open First-Round Loss