The victims range in age from 7 to 61, according to the authorities.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/lightning-strike-new-jersey.html
The show is the sixth musical to announce a closing date since last month’s Tony Awards, reflecting financial challenges facing producers.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/theater/broadway-gypsy-audra-mcdonald-closing.html
Researchers think they have located the final resting place of the "L.W. Crane," a wooden side-wheel steam ship that caught fire and sank in the Fox River in 1880https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/underwater-archaeologists-were-looking-for-a-lost-shipwreck-in-wisconsin-they-stumbled-upon-a-different-vessel-instead-180986990/
Researchers captured the footage by surprise, with cameras initially set up to record bird behaviorhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/video-reveals-an-unlikely-bond-between-ocelots-and-opossums-in-the-amazon-walking-together-like-old-friends-180986994/
The medieval writer made puzzling references to a story called "The Song of Wade," which has been lost to history. Only a few lines quoted—or perhaps misquoted—in a 12th-century sermon survivehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-tiny-typo-may-explain-a-centuries-old-mystery-about-chaucers-canterbury-tales-and-troilus-and-criseyde-180986991/
Clashes between Bedouin tribal fighters, caretaker government forces and Druze militias stretched into their fourth day in Sweida on Wednesday while Israeli forces struck the Syrian capital, Damascus. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/07/1165413
In violence-wracked Haiti, more than 5.7 million people are estimated to be food insecure, with many unable to meet their daily food needs.https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/07/1165412
Craters filled with muddy water pocket the landscape of the Kono district in Sierra Leone – the result of past diamond mining ventures which sparked a vicious local battle over resources.https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/07/1165410
The Seattle Sounders FC (9-6-6, 33 points) host the Colorado Rapids (8-5-10, 29 points) at Lumen Field on Wednesday.https://www.newsweek.com/sports/how-watch-seattle-sounders-fc-vs-colorado-rapids-live-stream-mls-tv-channel-2100021
46-year-old Guang Hong was convicted in San Francisco this week of assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury.https://www.newsweek.com/san-francisco-walgreens-assault-conviction-sentence-2099958
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk issued a new message to Trump about Epstein, days after he said he was "done" talking about it.https://www.newsweek.com/jeffrey-epstein-files-update-charlie-kirk-trump-message-2099999
Maurene Comey is the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, who was fired by President Donald Trump during his first term.https://www.newsweek.com/maurene-comey-fired-epstein-maxwell-prosecutor-sdny-2100024
The Houston Astros are leading the way in the American League West division and could make their team stronger by upgrading the middle infield.https://www.newsweek.com/sports/mlb/astros-should-look-upgrade-middle-infield-cut-ties-brendan-rodgers-2099916
The Las Vegas Aces (10-11) will face off against the Dallas Wings (6-16) in WNBA action at College Park Center on Wednesday night.https://www.newsweek.com/sports/how-watch-las-vegas-aces-vs-dallas-wings-live-stream-wnba-tv-channel-2100018
The biggest names in sports and entertainment gather in Los Angeles on Wednesday night for the 2025 ESPY Awards, celebrating the best in sports.https://www.newsweek.com/sports/how-watch-espy-awards-live-stream-espys-2025-tv-channel-2100004
Group B play continues on Wednesday in the 2025 Copa América Femenina as Venezuela takes on Colombia.https://www.newsweek.com/sports/how-watch-venezuela-vs-colombia-live-stream-2025-copa-america-femenina-tv-channel-2099961
Greg Baker, Billy Bean's husband, shared his thoughts on the legacy of MLB's first Senior Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.https://www.newsweek.com/sports/mlb/honored-espn-billy-beans-husband-has-message-mlb-2100012
Former NFL lineman Willie Colon believes that Jalen Hurts is the best quarterback to get under center for the Philadelphia Eagles after winning the Super Bowl.https://www.newsweek.com/sports/nfl/former-nfl-champion-crowns-jalen-hurts-best-qb-eagles-history-2099355
Democratic Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota, 67, has served since 2018 and is crucial to her party's efforts to block Trump's agenda.https://www.newsweek.com/senator-tina-smith-hospitalized-minnesota-democrat-2100009
Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever take on Breanna Stewart and the New York Liberty in this WNBA matchup on Wednesday night.https://www.newsweek.com/sports/how-watch-indiana-fever-vs-new-york-liberty-live-stream-wnba-tv-channel-2099928