The Beautiful Great Game: Extra Time & Penalties

With growing numbers of incursions reported by Israeli forces into southwest Syria, the latest incidents are noteworthy both for being unusual in size and in one case for going far deeper into Syria than previous operations. Dozens of Israeli soldiers, supported by at least 15 military vehicles, entered Syria today and headed into the town […]

Hawaii Has America's Highest Life Expectancy, West Virginia The Lowest Life expectancy varies widely across the U.S., with clear regional patterns emerging in the latest data. States in the Northeast and on the West Coast tend to have higher life expectancies, while many in the South and Appalachia rank lower. This map, via Visual Capitalist's Niccolo Conte, shows these differences using data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, based on 2022 life tables published in December 2025, the latest publicly available state-level figures as of March 2026. The CDC’s report uses period...

Israeli forces continued to carry out drone strikes across southern Lebanon again this weekend, along with reported artillery strikes against towns around the Tyre District. At least one person was reported killed in incidents, and several others wounded. The one killed person was on a motorcycle near Kfar Roumine, in the Nabatieh District, when he […]