In Peter Ticktin’s world, there always seems to be a conspiracy or cover-up lurking. The 2020 election? Ticktin claims multiple countries interfered to steal it from President Donald Trump. The criminal case against Tina Peters, the former Colorado clerk who was freed from prison last month? Ticktin insists his client was the victim of Democratic election officials concealing their own supposed crimes.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/06/politics/peter-ticktin-trump-election-fraud
China on Monday conducted a rare test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile in the Pacific Ocean, sparking criticism from New Zealand and Australia for actions that they said threatened peace and stability in the region. A People’s Liberation Army Navy submarine “launched a strategic missile carrying a dummy warhead toward relevant high seas of the Pacific Ocean, which landed precisely within the designated waters,” said a statement from Senior Capt. Wang Xuemeng, a spokesperson for the PLA Navy. “This test launch was a routine part of China’s annual military training schedule,” said Wang, who added that “relevant nations” were informed in advance about the test.
We’ve long known that healthy eating is linked to better brain health. Now there’s even more evidence, just published in the journal JAMA Network Open, that an anti-inflammatory diet may play an important role in reducing dementia risk — even among people already at higher biological risk for the condition. What did this study find? What exactly is an anti-inflammatory diet? And what practical steps can people take to keep their brains healthy as they age?
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/06/health/anti-inflammatory-diet-dementia-wellness
A woman said Monday that Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Maine, entered her home without permission and raped her while he was heavily intoxicated nearly five years ago when they were in a casual dating relationship – an allegation Platner denies. The alleged assault was first reported by Politico. In an interview with CNN, Jenny Racicot, 41, said the attack occurred in the Maine town where she lived in 2021, two years after she and Platner began casually dating. The interview will be broadcast on The Lead with Jake Tapper.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/06/us/graham-platner-racicot-allegation-maine-invs