For StoryCorps, Karán Founds-Benton talks to her friend about her cancer diagnosis and facing death.
A rare and powerful tornado developed over north-east Wisconsin on Monday, lasting 26 minutes and carving a 12-mile path of destruction in western parts of Appleton and Menasha before dissipating over Lake Winnebago. The US National Weather Service classified the tornado as an EF3, making it the fourth of that strength to strike Wisconsin in 2026. EF3 tornadoes are relatively rare in north-east Wisconsin, and this year’s total is already the state’s highest since 1984. Despite causing widespread
Migrants cross from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Thursday, July 30, 2026.
Football's governing body plans to continue the consultation process after Uefa threatens to boycott World Cups.
The territory's leader said the influx is overwhelming resources and urged the Spanish government to intervene.
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As the death toll rises to almost 1,500, and with a vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain potentially still months away, health workers face a battle to slow the outbreak The latest numbers of confirmed cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has made this latest outbreak the fastest growing in the known history of the virus. At 3,360 confirmed cases , the disease is now affecting people in five provinces in the east of the DRC, with 1,487 deaths recorded, representing an overall
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Price of an average home now £277,542, up from £277,484 the previous month but lower than in May, says Nationwide Business live – latest updates Economic uncertainty dampened UK house price growth in July as prospective house buyers remained cautious about interest rates during the US war with Iran in what should be peak housebuying season. House prices rose by just 0.1% in July from a month earlier, according to the lender Nationwide , while annual price growth slowed to 1.8% this month, down f
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Attorneys general meet in Darwin to work on nationalising the working with children check after serious allegations of safety breaches in childcare sector. Follow live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Nick Visser with the main action. State, territory and federal attorneys general are meeting today to discuss reform on working with children checks. The
