Thirteen children were sickened on Thursday at a YMCA summer camp in New Jersey after eating edibles that looked like candy, according to the YMCA and two parents of the children.

nyti.ms13 Children Accidentally Consume Edibles at New Jersey Y.M.C.A. Summer CampThe Y.M.C.A. said a camper had handed them out without its knowledge. A parent described the affected children as looking like “little baby zombies.”
A team of scientists uploaded videos of marmots burrowing nests or scurrying across rocks on the adult-content site OnlyFans to raise money amid government budget cuts.

nyti.ms‘OnlyMarms’: Marmots Are on OnlyFans to Raise Money for ResearchA team of scientists uploaded videos of the squirrel-like rodents in the wild on the adult-content site OnlyFans to raise money amid government budget cuts.
Breaking News: Federal officials acknowledged in court documents that they canceled grants to states that didn’t vote for President Trump in 2024. nyti.ms/4gRd5Kb

Global oil prices hovered around $100 a barrel Friday after Iran rejected a U.S. cease-fire offer, fueling investor concerns that the widening conflict could throttle energy shipments from the region indefinitely.

nyti.msBrent Crude Oil Prices Top $100 as Conflict With Iran Drags OnStocks in Asia were down following a sell-off in the U.S. markets over soaring oil prices, rising borrowing costs and worries about the technology industry.
From @theathletic.com: The latest ESPN layoffs impacted scores of people you never heard of, but who kept the lights and cameras going, our columnist writes. "ESPN is no longer the 1998 Yankees. There is less room for those who play the game the right way."

nyti.msOnce the ‘Worldwide Leader in Sports,’ ESPN’s latest layoffs cement its new identityESPN is still a destination spot in sports media, The Athletic's Andrew Marchand writes, but it has not been a utopia for a long time.
Several species of bats have made the New York City’s patchwork green spaces their homes, much to the surprise of some scientists.

nyti.msThey Don’t Fight Crime, but They Do Eat Bugs: The Bats of N.Y.C.Several species of bats have made the city’s patchwork green spaces their homes, much to the surprise of some scientists.
Movie star looks, slow-motion sequences and operatic emotion have made the World Cup must-see viewing. "Cannonball" host Wesley Morris and his guest, Pablo Torre, discuss the tournament's many spectacles. nyti.ms/44ysoQA
An orange-faced monkey, Colobus congoensis, has officially been recognized as a new species. It's only the fifth new African monkey described in the past 75 years.

nyti.msMeet Earth’s Newest Monkey. (And Check Out Its Orange Lips.)It is only the fifth new African monkey identified as a new species in the past 75 years.
Canada, including Toronto and other parts of Ontario, were covered in smoke as wildfires sent smoke into New York and beyond. nyti.ms/3RggSpO
Bright with lemon and herbs, and packed with hearty greens, this highly adaptable soup is a warming one-pot meal perfect for a rainy day. nyti.ms/4vomlch

nyti.msLemony White Bean Soup With Turkey and Greens Recipe • 5★Bright with lemon and herbs, and packed with hearty greens, this highly adaptable soup can be either light and brothy or thick and stewlike, depending on your preference. Smashing some of the beans to release their starch will give you a thicker soup that’s almost worthy of a fork.
To honor the artist Wim T. Schippers, who died last month at 83, workers at a museum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, recreated his art installation called “Pindakaasvloer,” or “Peanut Butter Floor.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/a...
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“Americans are right to be alarmed,” David French writes. “A failed war. A purge of officers. Potential war crimes. Each of these things should be a stark warning that the Trump administration is in the process of breaking one of America’s most vital institutions.”

nyti.msOpinion | Beware the Purging of General DonahueThe dangers of Pete Hegseth are mounting.
Breaking News: The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status, the deportation protection program that has permitted hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians to live and work legally in the U.S.

nyti.msSupreme Court Lets Trump End Deportation Protection for Haitians and SyriansPresident Trump has pushed to rescind Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of people from countries convulsed by humanitarian crises.
Nancy Lacore, a former Navy admiral who was fired by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, won the Democratic nomination for the First Congressional District of South Carolina.

nyti.msFired Navy Admiral Wins Democratic Runoff in South Carolina’s 1st DistrictDemocrats expect Nancy Lacore to run a competitive general election despite the district’s Republican leaning.
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The system that turned Gila monster venom into GLP-1 drugs is being dismantled through research budget cuts, Jeff Coller writes in a guest essay. “Less support for scientists means strange questions no one will get to chase. Exploring those questions is how medicine advances.”

nyti.msOpinion | We Need to Keep Funding Weird ScienceScience turned a serendipitous finding about lizard venom into one of the most important drugs of the century, but that type of research is getting harder to do.
Tens of thousands of residents in parts of Orange County, California, were under evacuation orders after a gas tank with toxic chemicals leaked, and a fire official said it could explode.

nyti.msLive Updates: Gas Explosion Feared at Garden Grove Chemical PlantEvacuation orders were issued to 40,000 Orange County residents. A fire official said a major spill or an explosion were the only expected outcomes.
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Despite what the Trump administration says, the president’s most lethal policy will almost surely be his 71% cut in humanitarian aid from 2024 to 2025, our columnist Nicholas Kristof writes of U.S.A.I.D. “The world’s richest men are crushing the world’s poorest children.”

nyti.msOpinion | This Is What Happened After We Gutted U.S.A.I.D.Trump’s most lethal policy will almost surely be his 71 percent cut in humanitarian aid from 2024 to 2025.
For men, going bald was once seen as a "part of life." Today, that's no longer true. A mass-marketing campaign is selling men on the idea that hair loss is optional, as long as they're willing to medicate. nyti.ms/4tyA7Zs

nyti.msFinasteride for Male Baldness is Rewriting the Rules of Male BeautyA pill to cure baldness is changing the way men age — and how they see themselves.
The protests in Iran are largely over, crushed by the heavy hand of the government, but the retribution is just beginning. The authorities are making mass arrests, seizing assets and hunting down doctors who treated protesters.

nyti.ms‘It’s Collective Punishment’: Iran Exacts Heavy Price on Protest SupportersThe authorities are making mass arrests, seizing assets and hunting down doctors who treated protesters. Some Iranians keep showing defiance anyway.
Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.

nyti.msE.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air PollutionIn a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.