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Middle East conflict live updates: Nicola Willis reassures 7 weeks worth of fuel in NZ storage, Trump gives Iran 48 hours to open Strait of Hormuz
The Finance Minister spoke in front of one of the largest fuel tankers that visit NZ.
Woman claims space rock smashed into house after Houston-area blast rattles residents
Hours after a mysterious boom rattled homes across the Houston area, a woman claimed a suspected meteorite crashed through her roof leaving behind a gaping hole and a football-sized rock.Locals took to social media in a panic Saturday afternoon after hearing what they said sounded like a large blast in the Houston area.The Brenham Fire Department confirmed it was dispatched to reports of a possible explosion near Highway 50, though units on scene did not find anything.The department said that se...
Trump gives Iran 48-hour ultimatum to reopen Strait of Hormuz or face strikes on power plants
President Donald Trump issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Iran on Saturday, warning the U.S. would strike its power plants if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened."If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!" Trump said in a post on Truth Social.The president's threat represents a notable escalation in rhetoric as te...
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The Oscars Died Last Weekend...Did Anyone Even Notice?
The Oscars Died Last Weekend...Did Anyone Even Notice? Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance “Oh, the Oscars was yesterday,” my friend said to me while walking through town. She noticed that a nearby bar had the TV tuned to a replay of the ceremony. What surprised me was who said it. This is a person who is deeply, spiritually committed to things like what movies are in theaters and new fictional television shows. She loves the arts. She listens to jazz. She goes to see Broadway plays...
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Trump gives Iran 48 hours to open Hormuz as Tehran strikes two towns in southern Israel
Two missiles slipped through Israel’s defence systems, hitting Arad and Dimona.
Venezuelan migrant arrested after Loyola Chicago student fatally shot near campus
A 25-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a Loyola University Chicago student shot near campus Thursday by a masked gunman, the Chicago Tribune reported.The Tribune said it had obtained the arrest report and was not naming the suspect, who sources tell Fox News is a migrant from Venezuela.Sheridan Gorman, 18, of Westchester County, New York, was gunned down while taking a walk with friends shortly after 1:30 a.m. Thursday along Chicago's lakefront.SLAIN LOYOLA CHICAGO S...
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Middle East conflict live updates: Trump gives Iran 48 hours to open Strait of Hormuz
The US President has threatened to "obliterate" Iran's power plants if it doesn't do so.
11 seed Texas upsets No 3 Gonzaga in March Madness tournament to advance to the Sweet 16
Most of March Madness seemed to lacking big upsets in the early going, but the tournament has its first Cinderella.The 11th-seeded Texas Longhorns pulled off a huge upset against No. 3 Gonzaga with a 74-68 win to move on to the Sweet 16.Gonzaga led by as many as eight points, going up 28-20 with 4:29 left in the first half, but the Longhorns ended the half on a 15-5 run to lead by two going into the locker room.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Both teams constantly exchanged bu...
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New York City Is Spending $81,000 Per Year On Each Homeless Person
New York City Is Spending $81,000 Per Year On Each Homeless Person New York City spent about $368 million last year on services for people living on the streets, which equals roughly $81,000 per unsheltered person, according to the NY Post. Spending through the city’s New York City Department of Homeless Services street outreach programs has increased sharply over the past several years. In 2019, the city spent about $102 million on these services, averaging around $28,000 per unsh...
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2-Year, 3-Year Treasury Yields Spike, Flip to Rate Hike. Yield Curve Uninverts. Government Sold $606 Billion of Treasury Securities this Week as the Borrowing Must Go On
Whiff of turmoil in the bond market as inflation fears moved to the front and center.
Cuba suffers 3rd countrywide blackout this month amid U.S. oil blockade
Cuba's power grid collapsed Saturday leaving the country without electricity for a third time in March as the communist government battles with a decaying infrastructure and a U.S.-imposed oil blockade.
Dead passenger allegedly stored in heated galley for 13 hours on British Airways flight, 'foul smell' reported
Air travelers are reacting with shock after a dead passenger’s body was reportedly stored in a heated galley for more than 13 hours on a long-haul flight, according to reports.A woman in her 60s died about an hour after takeoff on British Airways Flight BA32 from Hong Kong to London last Sunday, but the pilots continued on to Heathrow Airport instead of turning back, The Sun reported.A source told the outlet that the Airbus A350-1000’s galley had a heated floor, and by the end of the flight "the...
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The State Will Always Socialize The Cost Of War
The State Will Always Socialize The Cost Of War Via The Libertarian Institute War is often sold to the public as an act of national will: decisive, necessary, and under control. The bill arrives later, in a quieter form. It shows up in insurance markets, shipping rates, emergency guarantees, higher fuel prices, and sudden policy reversals designed to keep the economic damage from spreading too far or too fast. That is what is now happening with the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The fig...
Floor collapse at New Hampshire wedding venue leaves multiple injured, investigation underway
Multiple people were injured Saturday when a floor reportedly collapsed at a New Hampshire wedding venue.The New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office confirmed it is responding to The Preserve at Chocorua in Tamworth to investigate a reported floor collapse.Multiple fire departments responded to the scene and the road to the venue was temporarily closed, according to the Tamworth Police Department.TERRIFYING MOMENT CAUGHT ON CAMERA AS ROAD COLLAPSE SUDDENLY SWALLOWS VEHICLES IN BUSY INTERSECTIO...
Floor collapse at New Hampshire wedding venue leaves 6 injured, investigation underway
At least six people were injured Saturday when a floor reportedly collapsed at a New Hampshire wedding venue.The New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office confirmed it is responding to The Preserve at Chocorua in Tamworth to investigate a reported floor collapse.Officials confirmed six people were taken to area hospitals with injuries that were not life-threatening.There were no fatalities, according to the fire marshal's office.TERRIFYING MOMENT CAUGHT ON CAMERA AS ROAD COLLAPSE SUDDENLY SWALLO...
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A $5 AI book draft that fools writing detectors
Andrew Wheeler's previous book took a year to write. His new one, LLMs for Mortals, took two months and cost about $5 in API fees, he writes on his blog. About half of the final text is original prose from Anthropic's Sonnet 4.1, lightly copy-edited over 20 to 30 hours per chapter. Read the rest The post A $5 AI book draft that fools writing detectors appeared first on Boing Boing.
Trivy Supply Chain Attack Spreads, Triggers Self-Spreading CanisterWorm Across 47 npm Packages
"We have removed all malicious artifacts from the affected registries and channels," Trivy maintainer Itay Shakury posted today, noting that all the latest Trivy releases "now point to a safe version." But "On March 19, we observed that a threat actor used a compromised credential..." And today The Hacker News reported the same attackers are now "suspected to be conducting follow-on attacks that have led to the compromise of a large number of npm packages..." (The attackers apparently leverage...
How gig apps like Kled AI, Silencio, Neon Mobile, and Luel AI pay users for data that AI companies can use to train models, from phone calls to videos of places
Shubham Agarwal / The Guardian: How gig apps like Kled AI, Silencio, Neon Mobile, and Luel AI pay users for data that AI companies can use to train models, from phone calls to videos of places Gig A
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Iran's First Use Of ICBMs Raises Serious Questions About Remaining Arsenal
Iran's First Use Of ICBMs Raises Serious Questions About Remaining Arsenal In a startling move that has military experts questioning their assumptions about Iranian capabilities, Iran attempted to hit the joint UK-US base on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia with two intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs). While US officials assured the Wall Street Journal that the base was unscathed, the Iranian strike aimed at a target roughly 4,000 kilometers from Iran suggests that ...
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Records shattered as US heatwave moves eastward, causing some wild temperature swings
Some areas have seen big swings in temperatures in only a few days.
Tumbler Ridge, B.C., advances to Hockeyville final as community continues to heal after tragedy
Tumbler Ridge has been named one of two finalists in the annual Hockeyville contest, which now puts the small northern B.C. community one step closer to winning $250,000 for its local arena and a chance to host a pre-season NHL game.
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Trump Warns Tehran To "Fully Open" Hormuz Or Face 'Obliteration' As Iran-Israel Trade Nuke-Plant Strikes
Trump Warns Tehran To "Fully Open" Hormuz Or Face 'Obliteration' As Iran-Israel Trade Nuke-Plant Strikes Summary Trump threatens to "obliterate" Iran's power-plants if Hormuz is not open and safe within 48 hours Natanz nuclear site attacked: Iran says "no nuclear radiation" detected, even as attacks on core sites like Isfahan nuclear facilities signal clear escalation despite earlier Trump signals of maybe "winding down." Iran has responded by targeting Israel's Dimona ...
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On The Hidden Fragility Of Our Energy-Dependent World and The Cascading Consequences Of A Supply-Shock That Money Alone Can't Fix
On The Hidden Fragility Of Our Energy-Dependent World and The Cascading Consequences Of A Supply-Shock That Money Alone Can't Fix Authored by Milan Adams via Preppgroup blog, For a long time, I accepted the same framework most people in finance operate within—that the global economy is, at its core, a system governed by monetary policy, shaped by interest rates, and stabilized by central banks. It’s an appealing idea because it suggests control. If growth slows, you lower rates. If...
Giants' Cam Skattebo issues apology for 'lapse in judgment' after downplaying CTE, asthma
New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo apologized for a "lapse in judgment" after he said CTE was not real and asthma was "fake."Skattebo appeared on the "Bring the Juice" podcast when he was asked if CTE was "a real thing," and he replied that it was "an excuse." He also implored "soft" asthmatics to "just breathe air.""I recently did an interview and had a lapse in judgment, which resulted in me making a tasteless joke about CTE and asthma. It was never my intention to downplay the seriousn...
Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn never married, deciding 43 years ago to 'have fun until we don't'
Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn have been having fun together for 43 years.In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal, the 75-year-old actor spoke about the early days of his relationship with Hawn after they met for the first time in 1967, on set of "The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band" when he was 15 years old and "she was a 21-year-old dancer.""Goldie and I met again in 1983, while working on the film 'Swing Shift,'" he said. "By then, both of us had been through divorces, an...
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US Marines sail towards the Iran war zone amid speculation US soldiers could be called on to deploy
US President says allies dragging their feet about joining a war he started without them.
MLB umpire caught on hot mic begging pitch to 'please be a strike' after catcher issues ABS challenge
Major League Baseball's Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) had arguably its best moment on Saturday afternoon in spring training.In a game between the Cleveland Guardians and San Francisco Giants in Scottsdale, Arizona, Robbie Ray was facing Sean Mooney, who was at the plate as the tying run in a 3-0 game and an 0-2 count with two outs in the top of the fourth.Mooney took a low sinker that was called a ball by home plate umpire Bill Miller, but catcher Patrick Bailey challenged the call. Only a ...
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Phantom Ayatollah? Iran's New Supreme Leader Has Never Been Seen Since Taking Office
Phantom Ayatollah? Iran's New Supreme Leader Has Never Been Seen Since Taking Office Amid widespread reporting that Iran had long ago moved into a emergency wartime decentralized command among autonomously-acting units, serious questions persist as to the role of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who replaced his slain father, longtime leader Ali Khamenei. What's clear is that the new, younger Khamenei - who may have been wounded in the early days of US-Israeli strikes, hasn't been ...
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Animal rescue says dogs injured during massive L.A. County animal enforcement operation
Video shows Rock N Pawz official saying some dogs were hurt as agents seized over 300 animals from a Lake Hughes property.
Never-before-seen photos of Neil Armstrong's near-fatal NASA mission surface 60 years later
Never-before-seen photos of late astronaut Neil Armstrong’s return to Earth following one of NASA’s closest calls 60 years ago are now available to the public.The photos of Armstrong, who died in 2012, and fellow astronaut David Scott after their unplanned splashdown near Japan following their ill-fated Gemini 8 mission in 1966 have been donated to the Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio, by the widow of photographer Ron McQueeney.Armstrong and Scott were forced to end the mission...
Tiger Woods eyes Masters comeback, admits lingering back problems bring good and bad days
Next month, the Masters will once again open golf’s major season.Barring any injury setbacks, Tiger Woods could be on the hallowed grounds of Augusta National Golf Club, trying to make the cut in pursuit of a 16th major championship. In February, the 15-time major winner suggested he had not ruled out playing in this year’s Masters.Woods' storied career has been derailed by a long list of injuries and subsequent surgeries. In more recent years, back issues have plagued the golf icon. Woods under...
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Starmer accused of covering up attack on British base that revealed range of Tehran’s weaponry
British PM accused of covering up attack on Diego Garcia base that showed arms threat.
Villanova coach turns heads after 'joke' that he would 'fire my staff' during March Madness loss
Villanova head coach Kevin Willard was not happy during his team's March Madness defeat.The eighth-seeded Wildcats fell to No. 9 Utah State in the first round Friday, and Willard mentioned making changes to his staff not once, but twice because of how his team performed.During the game, Willard was interviewed by TNT's Lauren Shehadi about keeping Utah State out of the paint after it dominated inside early.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "I'm going to fire my staff," Willard s...
EFF Tells Publishers: Blocking the Internet Archive Won't Stop AI, But It Will Erase The Historical Record
"Imagine a newspaper publisher announcing it will no longer allow libraries to keep copies of its paper," writes EFF senior policy analyst Joe Mullin. "That's effectively what's begun happening online in the last few months." The Internet Archive the world's largest digital library has preserved newspapers since it went online in the mid-1990s... But in recent months The New York Times began blocking the Archive from crawling its website, using technical measures that go beyond the web's trad...
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South Australia election: Pauline Hansen’s One Nation surges in vote
Labor wins but One Nation is on track for three seats.
Trump administration urges judge to dissolve injunction blocking Abrego Garcia's deportation to Liberia
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday urged a judge to dissolve the injunction that keeps the Trump administration from detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia again so he can quickly be deported to Liberia."Dissolution is also warranted because the Court’s Memorandum Order failed to acknowledge that the Court’s own prior injunction against removal is the sole impediment to Petitioner’s prompt removal," the DOJ wrote in a court filing obtained by Fox News Digital. "The Court cannot both impose the im...
Texas suspect allegedly hurled stolen human remains into FBI Dallas property, chilling YouTube video reveals
Court documents revealed a Texas man accused of abusing a corpse on Monday posted a YouTube video throwing a bucket of stolen human bones over the fence of the FBI Dallas office to "summon them by force."Michael Chadwick Fry is charged with two counts of abuse of a corpse without legal authority, and tampering with physical evidence with intent to impair a human corpse, according to Denton County jail records.He was booked into jail Wednesday and later granted a $30,000 surety bond.Fry's mother ...
Trump proven right on Iran's long-range missile capability as regime targets US-UK base, experts say
The Islamic Republic of Iran significantly escalated its war effort against the U.S. with its launch of two intermediate-range ballistic missiles on Friday toward Diego Garcia, a key U.S.-U.K. military base in the Indian Ocean.The targeting of Diego Garcia, roughly 2,500 miles from Iran, means Tehran’s missile capabilities appear to have exceeded previously acknowledged limits.In the period leading up to Operation Epic Fury on Feb. 28, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claimed that "We inte...
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Costco Gas Lines Surge As Drivers Hunt For Cheaper Fuel
Costco Gas Lines Surge As Drivers Hunt For Cheaper Fuel Rising fuel costs tied to the conflict in Iran are forcing many Americans to rethink everyday spending, especially on gas, according to Bloomberg. At a Costco near San Antonio, drivers are waiting up to half an hour to fill up, while others are checking apps like GasBuddy or driving farther to save a few cents per gallon. With prices close to $4 nationwide, households are cutting back on dining out, travel, and even groceries....
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US airports under strain as resignations among unpaid TSA officers stretch security during standoff
Spring break travel in the US is coinciding with a month-long funding standoff.
Top 5 states with the highest number of safest hospitals, according to new report
Hundreds of hospitals across the country are being recognized for keeping patients safe, and a handful of states stand out for having the highest number of top performers.Healthgrades, a platform for finding doctors, health care providers and hospitals, released its 2026 Patient Safety Excellence Award this month, naming 438 hospitals across 40 states that rank among the top 10% nationwide for patient safety.The analysis highlights facilities that excel at preventing serious, avoidable complicat...
Top 5 states with the highest number of safe hospitals, according to new report
Hundreds of hospitals across the country are being recognized for keeping patients safe, and a handful of states stand out for having the highest number of top performers.Healthgrades, a platform for finding doctors, health care providers and hospitals, released its 2026 Patient Safety Excellence Awards this month, naming 438 hospitals in 40 states that rank among the top 10% nationwide for patient safety.The analysis highlights centers that excel at preventing serious, avoidable complications d...
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How Will Martian Gravity Affect Skeletal Muscle?
Marie Mortreux, an assistant professor in the University of Rhode Island’s College of Health Sciences, is part of an international team of researchers studying how the Mars’s gravity would affect astronauts’ skeletal muscle.
A Coding Implementation to Build an Uncertainty-Aware LLM System with Confidence Estimation, Self-Evaluation, and Automatic Web Research
In this tutorial, we build an uncertainty-aware large language model system that not only generates answers but also estimates the confidence in those answers. We implement a three-stage reasoning pip
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700 AI agents built a civilization with a new religion
SpaceMolt is a multiplayer space trading and combat game with no human players every pilot is an AI agent. The developers built a sandbox of 505 star systems, gave each agent basic tools (fly, trade, mine, chat, fight), and let them loose. Read the rest The post 700 AI agents built a civilization with a new religion appeared first on Boing Boing.
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FedRAMP reviewer called Microsoft's federal cloud "a pile of shit"
A reviewer at FedRAMP the federal program that certifies whether cloud services are secure enough for government use described Microsoft's GCC High cloud product used by the Justice Department, the Department of Energy, and defense contractors as "a pile of shit," a ProPublica investigation reveals. Read the rest The post FedRAMP reviewer called Microsoft's federal cloud "a pile of shit" appeared first on Boing Boing.
David Spade slams Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass over ‘terrifying’ Hollywood downfall
David Spade is calling out California's leadership for the collapse of Hollywood.During a recent episode of his podcast, "Fly on the Wall," which he co-hosts with Dana Carvey, the 61-year-old actor and comedian said "the Hollywood industry is dying" and that he's "just trying to put the blame somewhere.""Dude, I'm so old," he said. "I was on the lot at, uh, CBS Radford when we were doing 'Just Shoot Me'... And also they were doing 'Seinfeld,' and I'd see him on his bike. It was the greatest lot....
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Middle East conflict live updates: UN watchdog urges ‘restraint’ after attack on town with nuclear facility
An Iranian missile hit the Israeli town of Dimona, home to a nuclear facility.
Rob Lowe rips 'Disneyfication' of young Hollywood: 'No resemblance to anything truthful'
Rob Lowe is sounding off on what he sees as a growing problem in Hollywood.During a candid conversation on his podcast "Literally! With Rob Lowe," the actor took aim at what he described as a "trend" shaping the next generation of performers, arguing that many young actors lack authenticity on screen.The discussion, featuring comedian and actor Kevin Nealon, began with observations about modern acting styles, with Nealon noting that certain delivery patterns and techniques appear increasingly co...
Prosecutors say they found 'drug transactions' after Alabama player's arrest, searched his trash: report
Alabama guard Aden Holloway was arrested Monday for possession of marijuana and allegedly had 2.1 pounds in his apartment.Prosecutors said they found evidence of "drug transactions" on his phone, according to ESPN, "Holloway had smaller denominations in his possession, which is indicative of narcotic sales. The marijuana was in separate packing, from plastic bags to prepackaged marijuana to vacuum sealed bags," a complaint said, via ESPN.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The com...
OpenAI's safety pledges in the wake of Tumbler Ridge aren't AI regulation—they're surveillance
In a span of two days following news that the Tumbler Ridge perpetrator's ChatGPT account had been flagged prior to the shooting, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with Federal AI Minister Evan Solomon and Br
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Clear the air with this refurbished Shark bladeless fan
TL;DR: Pick up a Shark TurboBlade Fan while they're only $119.99. Bad airflow can make a room feel miserable fast, especially if you have all the windows closed because it's freezing outside. If you want a little more control, the Shark TurboBlade Fan is a bladeless tower fan that lets you aim air where you actually want it, then dial in how strong and how quiet it runs. Read the rest The post Clear the air with this refurbished Shark bladeless fan appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Iran Ready To Let Japanese Ships Use Hormuz As Chinese, Indian Tankers Already Allowed Passage
Iran Ready To Let Japanese Ships Use Hormuz As Chinese, Indian Tankers Already Allowed Passage While Iran's decision to close the Straits of Hormuz in response to the US-Israeli bombing campaign was understandable, after all it's the biggest point of leverage the IRGC-controlled nation has left (it is certainly more understandable than bombing all of its Gulf neighbors in the process pushing them from being on the fence to being staunchly anti-Iran), there was always a bit of a glit...
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Musk Offers To Pay TSA Salaries, Trump Threatens To Deploy ICE As Democrats Hold Paychecks Hostage
Musk Offers To Pay TSA Salaries, Trump Threatens To Deploy ICE As Democrats Hold Paychecks Hostage Update (1655ET): In addition to Elon Musk offering to cover TSA workers' paychecks during the ongoing shutdown, President Trump has threatened to place U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at airports if Democrats don’t agree to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). "If the Radical Left Democrats don’t immediately sign an agreement to let our Country, in par...
FDNY turns to March Madness to deliver warning on illegal hydrant parking in New York
March Madness is in full swing.No. 9 TCU pulled off one of this year’s first upsets, outlasting No. 8 Ohio State in the first round Thursday. The ninth seed taking down the eighth seed became an early theme in this year's NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, with all four No. 9 seeds defeating their No. 8 opponents.But as fans keep a close eye on the college basketball action, the New York City Fire Department shared a reminder about fire hydrant protocol and safety amid the excitement.C...
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Former Uber self-driving chief: Tesla FSD crashed with my kids inside
Raffi Krikorian ran Uber's self-driving car division, trained safety drivers in intervention protocols, and went two years without a single injury. Then Tesla's Full Self-Driving totaled his Model X with his kids in the back seat, Electrek reports. He published an essay in The Atlantic about it. Read the rest The post Former Uber self-driving chief: Tesla FSD crashed with my kids inside appeared first on Boing Boing.
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L.A. County CEO, who got $2-million settlement, is resigning
Fesia Davenport announced plans to leave the office next month citing unspecified health issues.
Florida woman seen on video allegedly attacking pregnant driver, elderly bystander and biting police officer
A Florida woman was arrested after she was caught on video allegedly punching a pregnant woman in the face, attacking an older woman who attempted to help, and biting a police officer while being placed under arrest.Mandolyn Ann Shaffer-Brockwell, 37, of Orlando, is charged with battery of a person 65 years or older, aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer, burglary of a conveyance with assault/battery, and resisting an officer with violence, FOX 35 Orlando reported.The incident allegedl...
Juicier Steaks Soon? The UK Approves Testing of Gene-Edited Cow Feed
"Juicier steaks could soon be served up after barley was given the go-ahead to become Britain's first gene-edited crop," reports the Telegraph: In an effort to fatten up cows and get them to market faster, scientists have altered the DNA of Golden Promise barley to increase its fat content... [Regulators have approved the feeding of that barley to cows for further studies.] [T]he small increase reduces the time it takes for farmers to raise animals for slaughter and increases the amount of milk ...
Nick Shirley says doxxers are hampering his investigations, has concerns about his own security
Independent journalist Nick Shirley claimed he can no longer investigate in major cities without a professional security detail amid escalating threats and doxxing.Shirley gained attention for exposing what he says was fraud in Minnesota. He has since shifted his focus to California, but described the work as becoming more dangerous."I'll go to a city, I'll go be out filming, someone will take a photo some activists, some left-wing activists will then take a photo, put me in a Reddit group chat,...
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"Complete Other Alias": Rep. Luna Drops Clinton-Epstein Bombshell
"Complete Other Alias": Rep. Luna Drops Clinton-Epstein Bombshell Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna appeared on Bill Maher’s show and confirmed what the Epstein document dumps have long hinted at: the former president wasn’t just flying on the Lolita Express he was operating under an entirely different identity in the files. This revelation lands as the House Oversight Committee presses forward with its investigation, following the Justice Depar...
The Stunning ‘Expedition 33’ Art Book Is Finally Coming West
The story of 'Expedition 33' may be over, but its amazing art is still here for you to pore through and put on your bookshelf.
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Israel, Iran Target Each Other's Nuclear Facilities; US "Degrades" Threats To Hormuz Traffic As Iran's Longest-Range Missile Strike Fails;
Israel, Iran Target Each Other's Nuclear Facilities; US "Degrades" Threats To Hormuz Traffic As Iran's Longest-Range Missile Strike Fails; Summary Natanz nuclear site attacked: Iran says "no nuclear radiation" detected, even as attacks on core sites like Isfahan nuclear facilities signal clear escalation despite earlier Trump signals of maybe "winding down." Iran has responded by targeting Israel's Dimona nuclear facility. The Israeli army confirmed "a direct impact of an I...
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Body-Cam Footage of Justin Timberlake’s DWI Arrest Is Released
A glassy-eyed and slurring Mr. Timberlake alternates between disbelief, annoyance and occasional humor during his 2024 arrest in Sag Harbor, N.Y.
Reddit is weighing identity verification methods to combat its bot problem
There could be one more step required before creating an account and posting on Reddit in the future. According to Reddit's CEO, Steve Huffman, the social media platform is exploring different ways to verify a user is human and not a bot. When asked by the TBPN podcast how to confirm that it's a human using Reddit, Huffman responded with several verification methods with varying degrees of heavy-handedness. RDDT requiring Face ID was not something I had on my bingo card but something has got to ...
Stephen A Smith blasts Trump for Army-Navy executive order: 'Who the hell does he think he is?'
President Donald Trump signed the "Preserving America’s Game" executive order on Friday, which promises to keep the annual Army-Navy game a standalone event during the college football season.Trump signed the order during the Midshipmen’s visit to the White House on Friday to celebrate their Commander-in-Chief's Trophy victory, which is given to either Army, Navy or Air Force if one of the teams goes 2-0 against the other opponents during the season.However, Stephen A. Smith was not fond of the ...
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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco seizes more than half a million ballots
Bianco's unusual probe drew a sharp rebuke from California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta, who said in a statement Friday that it is "unprecedented in both scope and scale" and appears "not to be based on facts or evidence."
UCF center scores at own basket in crushing blunder during team's first-round loss to UCLA
In March Madness, it often comes down to the little things, but for UCF center John Bol, his blunder was not a little thing: he scored on his own basket.In the first half of No. 7 UCLA’s 75-71 win over No. 10 UCF on Friday night at the Wells Fargo Center, Bol tapped a rebound into his own basket.With just under two minutes left in the first half and the shot clock winding down, UCLA guard Donovan Dent shot a desperation 3-pointer. Bol, instead of corralling Dent’s miss and turning the other way,...
UCF center scores on own basket in crushing blunder during team's first round loss to UCLA
In March Madness, it often comes down to the little things, but for UCF center John Bol, his blunder was not a little thing: he scored on his own basket.In the first half of No. 7 UCLA’s 75-71 win over No. 10 UCF on Friday night at the Wells Fargo Center, Bol tapped a rebound into his own basket.With just under two minutes left in the first half and the shot clock winding down, UCLA guard Donovan Dent shot a desperation 3-pointer. Bol, instead of corralling Dent’s miss and turning the other way,...
Chuck Norris' children share heartfelt tributes after his sudden death at 86
Chuck Norris' family members are paying tribute to the late actor on social media following his death on Thursday, March 19, at the age of 86.The martial arts legend's twins, Dakota and Danilee, each posted their own heartfelt tributes on Instagram, featuring photos of them with their father throughout the years.Dakota shared a series of black-and-white photos of him with Norris, including one of the two of them sitting side-by-side when he was a kid, taken from behind, writing, "It’s hard to fi...
Can Private Space Companies Replace the ISS Before 2030?
China's orbital outpost Tiangong was completed in 2022 and is hosting up to three astronauts at a time, reports CNN. But meanwhile U.S. lawmakers are now signaling there's not time to develop and launch a replacement for the International Space Station considered the signal most expensive object ever built before its deorbiting in 2030. A recent Senate bill calls for the U.S. to continue funding it as late as 2032, but that bill still awaits approval from the U.S. Senate and the House. But s...
Publisher pulls horror novel ‘Shy Girl’ over AI concerns
Hachette Book Group said it will not be publishing “Shy Girl” over concerns that artificial intelligence was used to generate the text.
Tigers top prospect goes viral for unfiltered reaction to Pirates' Seth Hernandez's 102 mph heater
Detroit Tigers top prospect Max Clark had a very honest reaction after seeing a 102.4 mph fastball on the first pitch of the game.Clark was the leadoff batter for the Tigers in their 8-7 loss to the Pirates in their Spring Breakout game and was up against Pittsburgh's own top prospect, Seth Hernandez. Hernandez’s first pitch was a 102.4 mph fastball above the zone, and it got Clark’s attention."What the f---," Clark could be seen saying after the pitch went by him.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVE...
FIRST ON FOX: US Border Patrol nabs Mexican fugitives in California wanted for murder, child sex crimes
FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently confirmed agents from the U.S. Border Patrol's San Diego Sector arrested two Mexican fugitives with active warrants for homicide and lewd acts upon a child.Agents conducted coordinated surveillance on Feb. 26 targeting Silvia Del Rosario Torres-Castro, a Mexican national wanted in Mexico for homicide. Torres-Castro was arrested without incident in Anaheim, California, and turned her over to Mexico’s Fiscalía General de la República...
Giants' Cam Skattebo claims CTE is not real and believes asthma is 'fake': 'It's an excuse'
Cam Skattebo certainly has earned a reputation for being a hard-nosed running back, but now, it's rather easy to see why.The New York Giants running back became a rookie phenom last season, scoring seven touchdowns in as many games before a gruesome ankle injury cut his season short.However, he quickly won the hearts of Giants fans with his Brandon Jacobs-like style, despite being several inches shorter, and his knack for the end zone.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Well, in a...
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Major Trade Group Releases Framework For Tokenized Gold
Major Trade Group Releases Framework For Tokenized Gold Authored by Martin Young via CoinTelegraph.com, The major gold trade association, World Gold Council, and the Boston Consulting Group have proposed a new platform to modernize how the precious metal operates in digital financial systems. The World Gold Council said on Thursday that it published a white paper on “Gold as a Service,” a new platform to “support the issuance and operation of scalable, interoperable digital gold...
March Madness perfect bracket count drops to just over 200 out of 36 million after opening round
The perfect March Madness bracket might still exist, but the chances have narrowed significantly after the first round of games wrapped up on Friday night. Of the more than 36 million brackets filled out across major sports platforms, only 224 flawless entries remained entering the second round on Saturday, according to the NCAA’s website. Roughly 14,000 brackets remained after a trio of upsets on Thursday, and despite no Cinderella stories on Friday, that number was further reduced to 224. That...
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Record heat, melting snow: What does it mean for California's reservoirs
A warm wet storm following February's snow, and record-breaking March temperatures are shattering records, prompting warnings of rapid snowmelt and swift rivers.
First look at Brooks Nader and cast in iconic red 'Baywatch' swimsuits as filming kicks off for reboot
Fans got a glimpse of the new cast of "Baywatch" after filming began on the reboot.The cast of the highly anticipated reboot was spotted filming scenes for the show in Venice Beach, California.Brooks Nader, Shay Mitchell, Noah Beck, Stephen Amell, Livvy Dunne and others were photographed sporting the iconic red swimsuits as they strutted their stuff on the shore.In the photos, the stars performed action sequences, and some snaps showed them running on the sand while carrying flotation devices wi...
First look at Brooks Nader and cast in iconic 'Baywatch' red swimsuits as filming kicks off for reboot
Fans got a glimpse of the new cast of "Baywatch" as filming begins on the reboot.The cast of the highly anticipated reboot was spotted filming scenes for the show in Venice Beach, California.Brooks Nader, Shay Mitchell, Noah Beck, Stephen Amell, Livvy Dunne and others were photographed sporting the iconic red swimsuits as they strutted their stuff on the shore.In the photos, the stars can be seen performing action sequences, with some snaps showing them running on the sand while carrying flotati...
Massachusetts mayor wants nation to see positive impact of cash handouts as city tackles poverty
The mayor of Salem, Massachusetts wants the nation to see the positive impact of a $500-per-month cash handout program that was created to address poverty.The recipients of the guaranteed income program, called "Uplift Salem," and a separate control group of 100 others were involved in a study, which led to results showing a net positive for the community, the mayor claimed."It increases employment, strengthens our economy, and helps children thrive in school. These are investments in the integr...
What to read this weekend: Revisiting Project Hail Mary and The Thing on the Doorstep
Need something new for your reading list? Here are two titles we think are worth checking out. This week, we've got Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary and The Thing on the Doorstep, an H.P. Lovecraft adaptation for Image Comics. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/what-to-read-this-weekend-revisiting-project-hail-mary-and-the-thing-on-the-doorstep-190000250.html?src=rss
OpenAI plans to nearly double its workforce by 2026 as it ramps up enterprise push
OpenAI plans to nearly double its workforce to 8,000 by the end of 2026, with a major push into enterprise AI, a market where Anthropic has been steadily gaining ground. The article OpenAI plans to ne
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Robert Mueller death: Ex-FBI director who led Trump Russia inquiry dies
Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, 'He can no longer hurt innocent people!'
Oh, the New ‘Absolute Batman’ Villains Are…Kinda Normal?
Not quite normal men, but hopefully Absolute Batman won't need a chainsaw to go through his childhood buds.
Schumer gambit fails as DHS shutdown hits 36 days and airport lines grow
Senate Republicans blocked an attempt by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to only pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers as the Homeland Security shutdown drags on.Despite being in the minority and not controlling the Senate floor, Schumer used an arcane tactic to force a procedural vote to allow the Senate to get onto the bill in Democrats’ move to shift the narrative of the ongoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown."It is unacceptable for workers and...
Canada's Christopher Morales Williams wins 400m gold, sets championship record at indoor worlds
Canada's Christopher Morales Williams won the men's 400-metre event Saturday at the world indoor track and field championships in Torun, Poland.
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Each slice of this bread loaf reveals a hidden creature inside
Japanese bread artist konel_bread bakes loaves with colorful characters embedded all the way through the dough. Cut a slice and a tiny creature stares back at you same face, every cut, from end to end. From the outside, the loaf looks like an ordinary round of bread. Read the rest The post Each slice of this bread loaf reveals a hidden creature inside appeared first on Boing Boing.
Former Clinton aide Paul Begala warns Democratic Party has become a ‘faculty lounge’ of intellectual elitism
Former Clinton aide and Democratic strategist Paul Begala said the Democratic Party has drifted towards becoming a "faculty lounge," criticizing what he described as growing elitism within its ranks.During an appearance on "Real Time with Bill Maher" on Friday, Begala discussed how Democrats’ election strategy has evolved, with Maher referencing California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent comment that the party needs to be more "culturally normal" to win.In a February interview with CNN, Newsom stated...
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Wisconsin's fiberglass mold graveyard lets you climb inside a whale
A field in Wisconsin is filled with retired fiberglass molds giant whales, frogs, castles and visitors can climb on and inside them. Atlas Obscura shared a walk-through video of the outdoor graveyard, where the discarded molds sit in a large, open field, weathered and overgrown yet structurally intact. Read the rest The post Wisconsin's fiberglass mold graveyard lets you climb inside a whale appeared first on Boing Boing.
'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' stars honor Nicholas Brendon with touching tributes after his sudden death
Hollywood is mourning the loss of Nicholas Brendon, best known for his role as Xander Harris on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," after his sudden death at age 54.Sarah Michelle Gellar, who famously portrayed Buffy Summers, posted an old photo alongside a heartfelt goodbye that referenced the show."'They’ll never know how tough it is to be the one who isn’t chosen. To live so near to the spotlight, and never step in it. But I know. I see more than anybody realizes, because nobody’s watching me,'" she ...
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Tiny pea pods that look like dollhouse produce
This photo series of miniature pea pods shows just how small they can get when they don't reach full maturity. Each pod is perfectly formed but scaled down same shape, same seams, same little curl at the stem like produce for a dollhouse kitchen. Read the rest The post Tiny pea pods that look like dollhouse produce appeared first on Boing Boing.
Iranian man, Romanian woman charged after allegedly trying to enter UK nuclear missile base, officials say
An Iranian man and a Romanian woman have now been charged after allegedly unsuccessfully attempting to enter a nuclear missile base in Scotland this week, Police Scotland announced Saturday. The agency said around 5 p.m. on Thursday, "we were made aware of two people attempting to enter HM Naval Base Clyde." "A 34-year-old Iranian man and a 31-year-old Romanian woman have been arrested and charged in connection with the incident. They are due to appear at Dumbarton Sheriff Court on Monday, March...
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Trevor Milton Is Back And Wants To Produce AI Powered "Fully Autonomous Corporate Jets"
Trevor Milton Is Back And Wants To Produce AI Powered "Fully Autonomous Corporate Jets" Trevor Milton, founder and former CEO of the now-bankrupt Nikola, is trying to mount a "comeback story". Through social media, interviews, and bold public claims, Milton once convinced investors that Nikola was on the verge of delivering breakthrough technology with trucks. Now he's going to attempt the same in the aircraft business, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. He ha...
Intel, NVIDIA, AMD GPU Drivers Finally Play Nice With ReactOS
ReactOS aims to be compatible with programs and drivers developed for Windows Server 2003 and later versions of Microsoft Windows. And Slashdot reader jeditobe reports that the project has now "announced significant progress in achieving compatibility with proprietary graphics drivers." ReactOS now supports roughly 90% of GPU drivers for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, thanks to a series of fixes and the implementation of the KMDF (Kernel-Mode Driver Framework) and WDDM (Windows Display...
Iranian student warns 'barbaric' regime is taking nation 'hostage,' executing civilians to end unrest
Iran has increased executions and arrests across the country as the United States continues strikes in the Middle East. Mooné Rahimi, a student and activist previously arrested by the morality police, said the regime is using fear tactics to hold the nation "hostage."Rahimi said on "Fox and Friends Weekend" that Iranian civilians view the ongoing war as a desperate "rescue mission" from a regime that uses arrests and executions to maintain its grip on power."This situation that is happening in I...
Thune, GOP blast Dems in DHS standoff; Lankford says they fear ICE over Iran
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., accused Senate Democrats of not having "any excuses" to continue blocking Homeland Security funding as Republicans and the White House continue to make repeated offers to reopen the government."The opportunity to actually drive this to a conclusion is there," Thune said at a news conference Saturday in response to Fox News Digital. "You have to have, obviously, to negotiate a deal, you got to have two sides at the table. The White House is there. Senate...
Thune, GOP blast Dems in DHS standoff as Lankford says they fear ICE over Iran
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., accused Senate Democrats of not having "any excuses" to continue blocking Homeland Security funding as Republicans and the White House continue to make repeated offers to reopen the government."The opportunity to actually drive this to a conclusion is there," Thune said at a press conference on Saturday in response to Fox News Digital. "You have to have, obviously, to negotiate a deal, you got to have two sides at the table. The White House is there, Se...
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Granada Hills man charged with setting fire to gentleman's club
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Woman branded ‘female Charles Manson’ escaped prison, prosecutor now doubts her conviction
Larry Sells called Sarah Jo Pender the "female Charles Manson" when he persuaded a jury in 2002 that she orchestrated the killings of two people. Years later, he wonders if she was given a fair trial.Pender, a Purdue University dropout, escaped from a prison in Indiana and remained on the run for four months. Her story is now the focus of a true crime docuseries streaming on Hulu, "Girl on the Run: The Hunt for America’s Most Wanted Woman." It features new interviews with Pender, 46, and investi...
