THE FREEDOM BEACON

"There were so many things that were left unsaid, but it’s the questions I can’t ask her anymore that haunt me the most.”

One of the most anticipated knockout matches takes place when Mexico plays England at the Azteca in the round of 16.

The husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was involved in a hit-and-run in California that left a parked car with "major" damage, authorities said Saturday.

A Delta flight arriving at Chicago's Midway International Airport on the Fourth of July reportedly made contact with a firework, the airline said.

Record-setting heat is suspected in 25 deaths from the Deep South to the Midwest to the East Coast, authorities said, with the temperature highs also suppressing some Fourth of July celebrations.

Officials say businesses and individuals need to take steps to reduce risk of infection from produce.

The strike centers mainly on wages and benefits. PECO says it has “comprehensive plans” to maintain service during the strike.

Pope Leo XIV is spending the Fourth of July in the epicenter of Europe’s migration debate. While the United States marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with rallies, parties and fireworks, history’s first U.S.-born pope traveled to t…

Two hundred and fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a new commercial asks: What if the Founding Fathers had access to Google Workspace?

Microsoft is pressing its Xbox business for growth and stronger profits after 25 years of losses and thin margins. Here's the math and the strategy behind the reset, with Xbox layoffs expected as soon as next week.

Just one of many reasons why routine appointments for this body part are so important.

A new study in Molecular Psychiatry suggests that the timing of childhood abuse is linked to distinct differences in how the adult brain processes emotional information, depending on whether the trauma happened in early childhood or adolescence.

He’s saving people’s wallets, one fried chicken sandwich at a time.

Companies say electronics, sensors and engineering will allow the robots to work alongside people

They include a healthcare provider, an handgun holster maker and a company owned by the Penobscot Nation.

Michael Burry shorted Micron stock. Here's what his numbers and Micron's own financials indicate.

A serial cruiser excited to go on a 20-day Alaskan voyage was met with stomach-sick passengers, strict disease protocols, and fear on board just days into the trip.

Silicon Valley’s AI boom makes Bay Area home-buying “miserable.”

Where the internet physically lives is being redrawn, and what's pulling it isn't engineers — it's electricity. Across the industry, the biggest new

Employees say pay stopped as the chain suddenly shut multiple restaurants.

Unity, a microreactor from Houston-based Deployable Energy, is the latest of the three to reach criticality as part of a Department of Energy effort to accelerate advanced...

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Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls is blocked in 132 countries, once again due to Sony's controversial PSN linking requirements.

Google limits what Android Auto can do, but you can sideload apps to unlock YouTube, screen mirroring, and more.

As memory costs push the iPhone 18 Pro retail price upward, Apple can rely on services such as online backups and connected accessories to prevent premium users from moving to Android.

A rumor claims that the slower packaging used on Apple’s older chipsets had to abandoned due to AI, with the A20 Pro bringing notable upgrades in this regard

Pokémon GO’s July 6-12 week sees us will into the season of Forever Forward! This is the biggest week of the year in Pokémon GO, with the Road of Legends and global GO Fest taking place! Plus the weekly rotating Raid Hours, Spotlight Hour, Dynamax Battles and…

Earn triple rewards, XP, and more by taking down criminals in the Bounty Hunter Bonuses event in Red Dead Online.

Pokemon Winds and Waves on Nintendo Switch 2 has a new leak that reveals the starter evolutions for Pombon, Browt, and Gecqua.

The DIN standard offered one size for a car stereo, making it easy to swap in a new one and not tempting automakers into fields they hadn't mastered.

While the free tier of the Gemini app allows you to be quite productive, subscribing to Google AI Plus or...

Following up on the recent announcement of Dragon Quest 11 S on Nintendo Switch 2, Square Enix provided more information including frame rate and resolution details. The company previously confirmed that two graphical options will be included.

Optical media is great — it’s pretty high density, relatively durable, and decently long-lasting if well cared for. If not well cared for, well, it’s only relatively durable, and …

Samsung's One UI 9 testing lineup grew again this week. Here's every confirmed device, plus a recap of what's already landed in previous updates.

A large-scale clinical trial has shown that even long-term consumption of DHA—an omega-3 fatty acid found in abundance in oily fish—may not lead to improvements in cognitive function.

Researchers have identified the brain circuitry that links deep sleep with the release of growth hormone, revealing how the two regulate each other. The newly discovered feedback loop helps explain why poor sleep can interfere with growth, muscle repair, fat …

In 2013, the psychologist Roy Baumeister and three colleagues published a paper with a plain title: “Some Key Differences between a Happy Life and a Meaningful Life.” They surveyed 397 adults and found something that cuts against the obvious assumption.

Add a low-impact challenge to your day in just 20 minutes

Andrew Freeman, a cardiologist at National Jewish Health in Denver, told TODAY.com the best habit isn't complicated. Roll out of bed, put on gym clothes, and just get it done before the day starts. "You don't have to worry about it," he said.

Tech News News: Anti-aging influencer and millionaire Bryan Johnson has recently disclosed that he is battling an autoimmune disease called autoimmune gastritis (AIG).

If you have a loved one who has suffered from dementia, you probably wish you could look into a crystal ball and know if you, too, will experience memory loss. But there’s reason to feel empowered, not fearful. There are everyday habits that can protect your …

Doctors share the ideal time everyone should be spending on the toilet — and what you can do to improve your bowel health.

The liver is one of the hardest-working organs in the human body. It filters toxins, helps digest food, stores nutrients, regulates metabolism, and supports immunity. Yet, despite its importance, it often suffers in silence.Liver cancer is now among the leadi…

Not all “bad” snacks are actually bad for your heart. Learn which dietitian-approved picks can support a heart-healthy eating pattern.

A typical workday now begins with a laptop and often ends with one. Between office meetings, traffic, television, and scrolling on phones, many people spend most of their waking hours sitting down. It feels harmless because sitting doesn't hurt.

The Alzheimer's Society has highlighted that changes in eating habits, including sudden cravings for sweet, fatty foods or carbohydrates, may be early warning signs of frontotemporal dementia

See the best drink you can sip on for joint health, according to registered dietitians. This healthy beverage is packed with antioxidants, and also benefits your heart, more.

At least 10 people have been infected and officials are still looking for the cause.

"You’re saving your baby, but you’re losing your baby, too," said mom Millie Grennan of her children, who both have MLD, often described as childhood dementi...

Registered dietitians share what happens to your blood sugar when you eat cherries, along with tips for managing blood sugar.

The discovery of a second enormous structure has raised fresh questions about the cosmological principle.

A blue whale can send a call through the ocean with a voice deeper than almost any animal sound on Earth. The strange part is not only that other blue whales can hear it. It is that killer whales, the only known natural predator of blue whales, may largely mi…

Researchers have proposed that black holes stop evaporating at the last moment, leaving behind tiny remnants that preserve all the information they contain. The same seven-dimensional geometry behind this idea could also help explain why elementary particles …

For much of the past century, many scientists believed the dinosaurs were already in decline when the asteroid struck 66 million years ago, a group past its prime that a cosmic accident merely finished off. A 2025 study published in the journal Science, built…

Ahead of his 80th birthday, Kyriacos Costa (K. C.) Nicolaou, Harry C. Wiess Professor of Chemistry at Rice University, spoke about his career in science.

Keeping a data centre cool on Earth is a surprisingly large part of the job. Cooling can swallow anywhere from a tenth to a third of a facility’s entire energy budget, and the thirstiest sites drink millions of litres of water to do it. Move that data centre …

Voyager 1, launched in 1977, is now so far from Earth that a radio signal travelling at the speed of light takes more than 22 hours to reach it. And it is still working, still sending data back from interstellar space, running on a nuclear power source that t…

Anxiety is still more often treated as a mood problem than a biology problem. A new study makes that harder to justify. Researchers analyzing genetic data from nearly 700,000 people have identified 74 distinct locations in the human genome linked to anxiety s…

Ask how many Earth-like planets there are, and the honest answer is that serious researchers give estimates spanning more than twenty orders of magnitude. At one end, essentially one, us, if the Rare Earth hypothesis is right. At the other, something approach…

A few years ago, Saturn was listed with 83 moons. Then astronomers looked harder, began finding them dozens at a time, and by 2026 the tally had reached 285, so many that Saturn now has nearly three times as many confirmed moons as Jupiter.

Science News: Astronomers have detected light from a tiny but powerful galaxy that existed when the universe was still emerging from a vast fog of hydrogen gas.

The bootprints that Apollo astronauts pressed into the lunar dust between 1969 and 1972 are still there, and they will stay for a very long time. By common estimates they should survive on the order of millions of years, quite plausibly ten million or more, b…

Biology could explain the find, but there are other potential explanations.

July 4, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.