Masked men set houses, vehicles and a city bus ablaze in Belfast, torching neighborhoods across the city after a graphic video of an alleged knife attack by an asylum seeker went viral, igniting the latest anti-immigration violence to convulse the U.K.
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Democracy Dies in Darkness
- Will a bigger, longer World Cup ultimately be better for fans and players? “We fear that, in the end, the World Cup will just turn into the survival of the fittest,” said Maheta Molango, who serves on the board of the FIFPRO players’ union.
- UFC has said Sunday night’s fight card at the White House is a celebration of America’s history, not politics, but the two seemed impossible to separate as the event started to take shape Wednesday afternoon.
- Suspended by ropes and chains, some people are embracing Pravilo, a body decompression practice. Pravilo master Ludmila Golovco said some have called the practice "torture and you will harm yourself, but another side, they're saying, wow, it's so cool."
00:00 - Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee demanded that Bill Pulte, President Trump’s controversial pick for acting director of national intelligence, submit to a full security check before assuming the post.
- The DOJ has indicted pro-Palestinian activists who it says were responsible for a harassment campaign against top University of Michigan officials, the Jewish Federation of Detroit and others in an effort to push the university to divest from Israel.
- Amtrak’s Downeaster can take you to Maine's beaches. Venture on the T to Massachusetts coast. Before you pack up your car, see where you can catch the train for your next beach getaway:
- The head of the Democratic fundraising engine ActBlue repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment during a congressional hearing where Republicans pressed her on the platform’s process for vetting foreign donations.
- A federal judge declined to bar the Trump administration from pursuing its $1.8 billion payout fund, but warned the Justice Department not to revive the fund. “Don’t play possum with this court,” said U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon.
- Experts say burial No. 56 at an old Jesuit chapel in St. Mary’s City, Maryland, was probably Leonard Greene, the son of Maryland’s second colonial governor, Thomas Greene, and his first wife, Anne Cox. Leonard Greene died around 1688.
- President Trump had 22 medical specialists assess him as part of his latest checkup, according to a medical report recently released by the White House, who also declined to identify which physicians assessed him.
- The latest exchange of attacks between the United States and Iran may mark the end of a fragile ceasefire that has withstood numerous violations over the past two months. But an outright return to full-on war still looks unlikely.
- Inflation is the highest it has been in three years. Prices have soared on many things Americans buy every day, including coffee, lettuce and more. While the war in Iran has fueled most of price increases, tariffs and drought have been playing a role.

