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The White House has reportedly chosen a deputy of Robert F Kennedy Jr to serve as the acting head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a decision that comes as the standoff over the firing of director Susan Monarez, has deepened, with Monarez’s lawyers claiming she will not depart unless Donald Trump himself removes her.The Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing two people familiar with the decision, that the White House has selected Jim O’Neill, currently the deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. The decision would give Kennedy a CDC chief who…

The cast shakeup at Saturday Night Live is turning into an earthquake. The latest performer to exit the show is Heidi Gardner, who will depart after eight seasons on SNL. She joined the NBC series in the 2017-18 as a featured player and moved up to the main cast two seasons later. NBC declined comment. More to come

Great Britain’s Georgia Hunter Bell, Dina Asher-Smith and Max Burgin produced impressive performances at the Diamond League Final as they finalised their preparations for next month’s World Championships.The trio, each named in the British squad for Tokyo earlier this week, achieved second-place finishes in Zurich with just 16 days until the action gets under way in Tokyo on 13 September.Having last week chosen to target the 800m in pursuit of another global podium, Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Hunter Bell ran a personal best one minute 55.96 seconds in that event as she finished runner-up in a thrilling finish against Switzerland’s…

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Researchers at Texas A&M University are perfecting a deceptively simple solution to our increasingly overburdened energy grid: ice-cooled buildings. This approach, known as thermal energy storage or sometimes referred to colloquially as “ice batteries,” uses energy to freeze liquid overnight, when most people are asleep and electricity demand is lower. That stored ice is then melted to help cool building temperatures during peak hours. If successful, the end result is reduced electricity use for air conditioning during the day, which could decrease overall energy demand and…

Russia struck Kyiv on, hitting the EU delegation mission and other sites in one of the heaviest attacks in months.

The Tesla Diner, an electric-vehicle (EV) charging hub and roadside restaurant that opened in July in Los Angeles, is not your typical service station. The architecture is sleek and retro-futuristic. The menu offers traditional diner fare with a deluxe twist (including wagyu-beef chilli). Optimus, Tesla’s humanoid robot, serves popcorn at an open-air cinema, which drivers can enjoy while their vehicles charge.

Honor’s latest foldable phone-tablet attempts to usurp Samsung as the leader of the pack with a super-thin body, massive battery and a ginormous camera lump on the back.The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more.The Magic V5 is an impressively thin piece of engineering, slimmed down to about 8.9mm thick when shut, with each half about the same thickness as a USB-C port. It feels very similar to a standard slab phone in the hand, but one you can open up like a book for a mini-tablet on the…

Mindy Kaling‘s upcoming Hulu comedy series “Not Suitable for Work” has found its five series leads. Variety has learned that Ella Hunt (“Saturday Night,” “Dickinson”), Avantika (“Mean Girls,” “The Sex Lives of College Girls”), Will Angus (upcoming “Artificial,” “The Real Bros of Simi Valley: High School Reunion”), Jack Martin (“La Brea,” “The Rookie”), and Nicholas Duvernay (“The White Lotus,” “Bel Air”) have all joined the show, was picked up at Hulu back in Februrary. All five have been cast as series regulars. The official logline for the series states that it “centers around five work-obsessed twenty-somethings striving for professional success…

Rich CiminiAug 28, 2025, 11:44 AM ETCloseRich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for the New York Daily News and is a graduate of Syracuse University.FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — It took a few years and a few stops before former high draft picks Sam Darnold and Baker Mayfield became productive quarterbacks.New York Jets starter Justin Fields can join that company, according to Jets general…

Getting the shingles vaccine could lower your risk of a heart attack or stroke by as much as 20%, according to the first study of its kind.Shingles is a common condition affecting millions worldwide that causes a painful rash and can lead to serious problems such as deafness, long-lasting pain and blindness. It is more likely to cause serious problems in older age groups.Most countries tend to only recommend the vaccine to older people or immunosuppressed adults but the findings suggest it could have cardiovascular protective effects in adults as young as 18.The results from the study, the world’s first…