Seattle Times

Philippine flood-control projects made substandard to allow huge kickbacks, Senate inquiry told

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Most flood control projects, road and other infrastructure projects built in a Philippine province near the capital in the last six years were substandard or overpriced to ...
CBS News

China accuses Philippines of ship collision near disputed shoal in South China Sea

China's coast guard accused a Philippine ship of deliberately ramming one of its vessels on Tuesday near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. The Philippines denied it, saying ...
Boston Herald

Tensions flare as Chinese and Philippine ships collide near disputed shoal in South China Sea

BEIJING (AP) — China’s coast guard accused a Philippine ship of deliberately ramming one of its vessels on Tuesday near Scarborough Shoal, a disputed territory that both countries claim in the South ...
Yahoo

China fires water cannon at Philippine ships in South China Sea

FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of a China Coast Guard ship navigating near the disputed Scarborough Shoal, as Philippine Coast Guard aircraft carrying journalists patrols the area BEIJING (Reuters) - ...
People

Owner of Plane at Center of Charlie Kirk Shooter Conspiracy Theory Speaks Out

Following Kirk's death on Sept. 10, online speculation began to arise regarding a private jet departing Provo Airport shortly after the shooting took place The owner of a private jet at the center of ...
The Forward

Israel is being blamed for Charlie Kirk’s death. Here’s what that conspiracy theory says about the far right’s divide

Sign up for Antisemitism Decoded, the Forward’s guide through the news and noise about Jewish safety, brought to you biweekly by investigative journalist Arno ...
Cosmopolitan

There’s a Completely Wild Theory About Conrad’s Fate on ‘The Summer I Turn Pretty’

Today in hopefully off-the-wall fan theories from The Summer I Turned Pretty, there's speculation that Conrad Fisher might die at the end of the season. Gonna give you a moment to process that ...
The Heritage Foundation

Next Steps for the U.S.–Philippine Alliance

The U.S.–Philippine alliance—like many alliances—has had its share of strong and weak points, where the capitals have drifted closer and farther from one another. The alliance is entering a period of ...
MSNBC

The big problem with the White House’s spin about the economy

The Trump administration has a problem. The latest jobs report showed just 22,000 jobs were added in August. Employment data for June was revised to a loss of 13,000 jobs, the first net loss since the ...
Mashable

What is the dead internet theory?

Exactly three years ago today, Elon Musk tweeted that 90 percent of his tweet replies on what was then called Twitter were bot accounts. His insistence that Twitter was essentially one large bot farm ...
Wall Street Journal

RFK Jr. Is Dismantling Public Health. A Fringe Theory May Explain Why.

Why do people get sick? Ask Robert F. Kennedy Jr., America’s highest-ranking public-health official, and he may chalk it up to their terrain. For centuries, doctors and scientists have agreed that ...