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MILAN, ITALY - JUNE 24: Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World opens for Linkin Park at the I-Days Festival at Ippodromo Snai La Maura on June 24, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Images)
JIMMY NEED HELP

Band Cancels Gigs as Star Seeks ‘Immediate Medical Help’

The group has canceled a run of shows after the frontman was carted off for emergency surgery.

Will Neal

Carolina Flores Gomez
BRUTAL

Mexican Beauty Queen Found Shot Dead in Luxury Apartment

Her husband and his mother were in the residence when she died.

Muskaan Arshad

An investigative agent stands inside what the Attorney General's Office of Chihuahua said was a clandestine methamphetamine processing laboratory discovered during an operation by Mexican authorities in a mountainous area near Guachochi, in Chihuahua state, Mexico, in this handout photo distributed on April 18, 2026. Attorney General's Office of Chihuahua/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
WHAT HAPPENED?

Two U.S. Officials Killed in Mexico Revealed as CIA Officers

The U.S. ambassador to Mexico had initially said that “two U.S. Embassy personnel” were the victims.

Erkki Forster

A tourist is assisted after being evacuated from a hotel during a 6.5 magnitude earthquake in Acapulco, Guerrero state, Mexico on January 2, 2026.
MOVING AND SHAKING

Earthquake Shakes Up Mexican President’s Press Briefing

The 6.5 magnitude earthquake put the president’s presser on pause.

Vic Verbalaitis

Mexican lawmakers were filmed shoving each other an pulling hair on the floor of Congress in Mexico City on Monday.
LAW-BREAKERS

Lawmakers Brawl After Congress Debate Gets Heated

Video showed rival politicians shoving and pulling hair during a chamber dispute.

Tom Latchem

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 10:  An British Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner with tail registration number G-ZBKL comes in to land over houses at Heathrow Airport on August 10, 2025 in London, England.
FLIGHT TO NOWHERE

Passengers Endure 9-Hour Flight to End Up Where They Started

The passengers returned to the same airport they departed hours earlier.

Georgina DiNardo

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MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - FEBRUARY 20: President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during the daily morning briefing at the National Palace on February 20, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico.
THROW THE BOOK

World Leader Pressing Charges Against Man Who Groped Her

Claudia Sheinbaum has said she’s taking action on behalf of all women because “no man has the right to violate that space.”

Will Neal

FBI Returns Missing Conquistador Documents
NATIONAL TREASURE

FBI Recovers Stolen 16th Century Conquistador Documents

The document was believed to have been stolen between 1985 and 1993, and passed hands “many times” before its recovery.

Tom Sanders

A Delta Airlines’ Boeing 737 plane takes off to Detroit from LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York on May 24, 2024.
TAKEOFF TROUBLE

Jet Almost Lands on Delta Plane in Scary Runway Close Call

The Delta flight was carrying 144 customers and six crew members at the time.

Harry Thompson

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum and Kristi Noem.
TAKE THAT

Mexico Bans Noem’s ‘Foreign Propaganda’ ICE Barbie Ads

Claudia Sheinbaum outlawed all anti-migrant ads by restoring a 2014 law.

Kenneal Patterson

A transgenic fluorescent green pig walks with normal pigs in Taipei January 13, 2006.
SWINE FLEW

Flight Diverted Over Horrible Stench From 100 Pigs Onboard

The aircraft, its crew, and the 259 human passengers landed in Bermuda late Friday where the were put up in hotels for the night due to reported “oxygen issues.”

Lily Mae Lazarus

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