Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
CBS is axing Stephen Colbert’s show. He told his audience at a taping on Thursday that the network will end The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in May 2026. The announcement came two days after Colbert spoke out against Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS, over settling a lawsuit with US President Donald Trump.
Stephen Colbert announcing to his audience that his show has been cancelled.
pic.twitter.com/dWpu6BORLc— Pop Base (@PopBase) July 18, 2025
A man who captured the world’s attention with a record-breaking jump from the stratosphere in 2012 has died in a tragic accident. Austrian base jumper and skydiver Felix Baumgartner was killed while paragliding in Italy on Thursday. He reportedly lost control of his paraglider and crashed into a hotel swimming pool. Baumgartner was 56 years old.
Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 24-mile leap through the stratosphere more than a decade ago, died in a paraglider crash Thursday in Italy. He was 56.
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 18, 2025
This is him speaking after that record jump. pic.twitter.com/kK0wjFl9Sm
A 17-year-old boy learning to drive with his mother was hospitalized following a road rage incident in Calgary on Tuesday night. Police say the mother was teaching her son how to park when a pickup pulled up aggressively, drove around the victims’ vehicle, did a U-turn and parked. Two men then exited the truck and assaulted the boy while he tried to protect his mother.
Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 24-mile leap through the stratosphere more than a decade ago, died in a paraglider crash Thursday in Italy. He was 56.
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 18, 2025
This is him speaking after that record jump. pic.twitter.com/kK0wjFl9Sm
US President Donald Trump is dealing with a vein condition common in older adults that causes blood to pool in his veins. He was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency following medical checkup, prompted by “mild swelling” in the president’s lower legs. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed the diagnosis on Thursday.
President Trump is diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a common condition impacting the veins in his legs, the White House says https://t.co/oKYwSHjAcR
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 17, 2025
Rashee Rice was finally sentenced on Thursday in connection to his involvement in a high-speed crash that left multiple people injured on a Dallas highway last year. As part of a plea agreement, the Kansas City Chiefs receiver was sentenced to five years of deferred probation and 30 days in jail, which the 25-year-old can serve at his own leisure.
ESPN sources: A Dallas County judge just sentenced Chiefs WR Rashee Rice to five years probation and 30 days of jail time that can be served during those five years stemming for his role in a multi-car crash in Dallas during the 2024 offseason.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 17, 2025
Now that the judge has ruled, the… pic.twitter.com/MKGytL6Lzk
