The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier is set to make a temporary stop in Thailand next week as it heads back to the United States, Thai navy officials said, after spending more than 250 consecutive days at sea supporting US operations against Iran amid recent reports of poor living conditions and low morale onboard the vessel.

Meta has agreed to a landmark $18bn settlement in a major US federal case accusing it of endangering children, the terms of which will force the social media giant to introduce new safety features to platforms including Instagram and Facebook.

Experts say it's worth getting your home's electrical systems checked first.

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In March, the UK announced it would end its longstanding ban on the sale and use of plug-in solar panels. And today, August 27, is the date that the various laws and regulations have changed, making it legal to buy and install a small solar setup yourself. The move has been in the works for a while as part of a raft of initiatives to reduce the nation's dependence on fossil fuels. It's a big move, and one that could help countless households reduce the cost of their power bills. Here's what you need to understand and, crucially, a note not to rush into this too soon for plenty of sensible reasons.

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Pete Townshend asked him to join the Who, cocaine became a major problem after Frampton Comes Alive!, and he was dead broke just a few years after the peak of his fame

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Happy Thursday! It's August 27, 2026, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. This is where you'll find the most important stories that are shaping the way Americans drive and get around.

Fable is set to release on February 23, 2027, and developer Playground Games is feeling pretty confident that it will be ready for that date.

Speaking to IGN at gamescom, the RPG’s director, Ralph Fulton, told us that he feels “great about it.”

T here’s a ghost following Cooper Hoffman. Luckily for me, he brings it up first. 

We’re only around 20 minutes into breakfast at the West Village staple Morandi the first time Hoffman mentions his late father, the beloved actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. The restaurant has long been one of his family’s favorite haunts, and the booth three spots over is where Hoffman recently celebrated his younger sister’s high school graduation and acceptance to either Michigan State or the University of Michigan (Hoffman, laughing and shamefaced, keeps forgetting which). When the conversation turns to the New York Knicks’ unbelievable playoff run, a decades-in-the-making miracle that Hoffman had to watch “drunk in bed” while in London attending a wedding, he invokes the memory of a man he lost just a month before his 11th birthday. 

Picking the best starting class in Star Wars Zero Company is a little challenging when you haven't played any of the game yet. But don't worry: you can change your class specialization once you hit Cycle 3, which is very early on. After that point, you can also change the specialization and talents for hired operators too.

Microsoft is set to release a limited number of Xbox Series X - X25 Special Edition consoles in honor of the 25th anniversary of the original Xbox. This eye-catching translucent green console costs $899.99 and releases on November 13. It comes with a controller in the same retro OG Xbox style, as well as a digital copy of Halo: Campaign Evolved. Preorders have started rolling out, but they're selling out very quickly.