United’s President Predicted in 1976 the Airline Would Fly Supersonic Jets in 2026
Flights were supposed to be pretty expensive too.
Lol, Paramount Turned Down Max Landis’ ‘GI Joe’ Pitch
If 'GI Joe' actually has any kind of future on the big screen, it sounds Max Landis won't be a part of it.
'The Madison' star Michelle Pfeiffer credits one simple beauty secret for her ageless glow at 67
Hollywood legend Michelle Pfeiffer is proving that aging gracefully and staying radiant isn’t about complicated routines it comes down to one simple daily habit she refuses to skip.The Oscar-nominated actress, 67, revealed her beauty secret in an interview with Fox News Digital for her new Paramount+ series, "The Madison," explaining that the real formula is a mix of good genetics, healthy habits and happiness."Oh gosh," Pfeiffer laughed when asked about her wellness regimen. "I got really good ...
AI comes with a hefty charge. Are you the one who gets stuck with the bill?
For the past two years, Americans have been told the artificial intelligence revolution will change everything, including how we work, how we invest, how we learn and how businesses operate.But there’s one place where AI could quietly show up that almost nobody is talking about.Your electric bill.And if the current trajectory continues, the AI boom could become one of the biggest hidden drivers of higher energy costs for American households in 100 years.TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S TOP 'SCIENTIFIC PRI...
Paige Spiranac applauds commenter for lewd remark that lifts her spirits
Golf influencer Paige Spiranac has taken the brunt of the negativity social media has to offer as she’s grown her following to more than a million on multiple platforms.Spiranac wrote on X on Thursday there was at least one social media user who was a shining light for her even through all the criticism she receives.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"There is this guy who comments ‘great cans’ on everything I post," she wrote. "In a world full of hate and despair I know he will a...
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Hormuz Chokepoint Claims Next Victim: World's Largest Aluminum Smelter Cuts Capacity
Hormuz Chokepoint Claims Next Victim: World's Largest Aluminum Smelter Cuts Capacity The world's largest single-site aluminium smelter in the Middle East cut its output by about 20% on Sunday, marking yet another troubling development for the global economy. The disruption in the Strait of Hormuz is no longer just an energy story - it's now spreading into industrial metals. These second- and third-order effects could soon disrupt global supply chains and tighten aluminium availabili...
Ben Shapiro praises Trump’s Iran strikes as ‘single bravest foreign policy move of my lifetime’
Ben Shapiro praised President Donald Trump’s military campaign against Iran as a historic turning point in U.S. foreign policy on Saturday, calling the operation "the single bravest foreign policy move of my lifetime" while arguing the Iranian regime is now in its "death throes.""What you're watching him [Trump] do in Iran is not only unprecedented in terms of its political courage. I think that it is and has the potential to be a true game changer for America's role in the world, not only for t...
AI News Weekly - 100 years from now : Future lost in transation - Mar 15th 2026
Welcome What happens when we can't understand the machines anymore? You were a lot to write back last week about the Museum of Human Effort piece, thanks for that feedback and happy to continue the co
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Cotton And Stefanik Bill Targets CCP Ties In U.S. Military Trucking
Cotton And Stefanik Bill Targets CCP Ties In U.S. Military Trucking Submitted by American Truckers United, Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) have introduced the “Trucking Security and CCP Disclosure Act of 2026.” This legislation requires any carrier handling Department of War equipment to certify that neither it nor its subcontractors are owned, controlled by, or maintain significant ties to entities on the Department of Defense’s list of Chinese military co...
NBA champion Glen Davis granted early prison release after fraud conviction
Former NBA star Glen Davis has returned home, more than a year earlier than initially anticipated.Davis was released Thursday after spending 17 months behind bars. He was sentenced to 40 months in prison following his conviction for his part in attempting to defraud a health care benefits plan. Davis’ attorney, Brendan White, said the NBA champion made the most of his time while serving his sentence."He used his time productively while serving his sentence and took many programs during that time...
Sen Eric Schmitt pushes for legislation to tackle rising sports ticket costs
Sports fans hoping to follow their favorite team throughout the season may face steep prices as the cost of streaming services rises, but attending those games in person could be even less cost-effective.The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last month, citing data collected from the Consumer Price Index program, that admissions for sporting events increased 123% from 2000. In addition to rising admission costs over the last 25 years, fans will pay for concessions and transportation and, while...
Canada's Kalle Eriksson, guide Sierra Smith earn slalom bronze for 3rd medal of Paralympic debut
Canadian Para alpine skier Kalle Eriksson and guide Sierra Smith capped their memorable Paralympic debut with bronze in the men's visually impaired slalom on Sunday at the Milano-Cortina Games.
The real reason for sagging jowls, and what will and won't help, according to an expert
For many people, sagging jowls loose skin that develops along the lower cheeks and jawline are one of the first unexpected signs of aging.Dr. Shereene Idriss, a board-certified dermatologist and founder of Idriss Dermatology in New York City, spoke to Fox News Digital about the best practices for managing the downward "drag."To understand why jowls form and how to treat them, Idriss suggests visualizing the face as a piece of furniture.BRAIN AGING MAY ACCELERATE AFTER CANCER TREATMENT, STUDY SUG...
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"New Era" Begins In Venezuela As U.S. Flag Is Raised At Embassy For First Time In Years
"New Era" Begins In Venezuela As U.S. Flag Is Raised At Embassy For First Time In Years The United States Embassy in Caracas announced on X early Saturday morning that the U.S. flag was raised for the first time in seven years, stating that "a new era has begun for relations between the United States and Venezuela." "On the morning of March 14, 2019, the American flag was lowered for the last time at the United States Embassy in Caracas. This morning, March 14, 2026, at the same ho...
Pentagon identifies 6 US airmen killed in refueling tanker crash in Iraq after mid-air collision
The Pentagon has identified six U.S. service members who were killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq during a combat mission in support of Operation Epic Fury.The incident, which occurred on Thursday, took place in "friendly" airspace during an unspecified incident involving another aircraft. While the other plane landed safely, the KC-135 crashed. Military officials said the incident was not due to hostile or friendly fire and remains under investigation.The airmen were...
Pentagon identifies 6 US airmen killed in refueling tanker crash in Iraq after midair collision
The Pentagon has identified six U.S. service members who were killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq during a combat mission in support of Operation Epic Fury.The incident, which occurred on Thursday, took place in "friendly" airspace during an unspecified incident involving another aircraft. While the other plane landed safely, the KC-135 crashed. Military officials said the incident was not due to hostile or friendly fire and remains under investigation.The airmen were...
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Singularity Update: You Have No Idea How Crazy Humanoid Robots Have Gotten
Singularity Update: You Have No Idea How Crazy Humanoid Robots Have Gotten Authored by Peter H. Diamandis via Metatrends, I just spent the afternoon at Figure headquarters in San Jose with Brett Adcock and David Blundin, and I’m still processing what I saw. We’re not talking about concept robots. We’re talking about fully autonomous humanoid robots running neural networks end-to-end, doing kitchen work, unloading dishwashers, organizing packages – for hours at a time, with no hu...
I reluctantly went to my first Grateful Dead show and discovered one of Earth’s great religions
"Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy."The Fourth Commandment suddenly came to mind recently as I happened upon Larissa Phillips’ Free Press article about the Grateful Dead. It is all about following the Dead and how the whole thing was like a giant, mobile, joyous church.I concur.GRATEFUL DEAD LEGEND BOB WEIR DIES AT AGE 78 SURROUNDED BY FAMILY AFTER CANCER BATTLEStanding among thousands of fellow Deadheads, especially at the goosebump-inducing peak of a transcendent Jerry Garcia guitar so...
Amanda Seyfried questions Oscars’ importance as expert likens awards show to ‘the tire industry’
The 98th Academy Awards are here.Year after year, Hollywood's biggest stars gather at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles to acknowledge the best in their industry for their work that year.While many actors consider winning an Oscar the highest honor of their career, others have said it isn't something they are particularly interested in achieving.Fox News contributor Raymond Arroyo, who hosts "Arroyo Grande with Raymond Arroyo," agrees with those who say winning an award no longer boosts your rele...
Manchin blasts Cornyn for abandoning stance he once backed: 'Deeply disappointing'
Sen. John Cornyn’s reversal on scrapping the Senate filibuster is sparking backlash among some supporters of the 60-vote rule, with one leading proponent, former Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., accusing the Texas Republican of ditching his long-standing position for political expediency. "When I was a U.S. Senator, there was not another person more committed to keeping the filibuster than Senator John Cornyn," Manchin wrote in a scathing social media post Thursday. "He understood the incredible polit...
Archaeologists uncover lost medieval city that vanished without a trace: 'True time capsule'
Archaeologists have uncovered a lost medieval town nestled in a remote forest and new evidence is revealing what the city looked like before its sudden decline.Researchers uncovered the remains of Stolzenberg, a medieval town that appears to have collapsed in the 14th or 15th century, in a forest outside the modern-day Polish village of Sławoborze.The city was founded on the border of Pomerania and Neumark, a historically contested border region between Germany and Poland.FORBIDDEN PASSAGE? SECR...
Anti-Trump Oscar nominees abound as ceremony looks to navigate fraught political scene
Some of the nominees vying for Oscars this year share a history of negative commentary about President Donald Trump, and the messages of some of the featured films could play a part in determining if the ceremony has a political bent.Hosted by Conan O'Brien, this year's Oscars may be walking a "political tightrope," as one Politico report put it last week. Liberal Hollywood figures could be eager for anti-Trump commentary, but a new survey shows a plurality of even Californians think the enterta...
Tuition scams; Sobeys faces scrutiny from Manitoba; soaring plane ticket costs: CBC's Marketplace Cheat Sheet
The CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week.
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US Navy Surveillance Plane Made Provocative Flight Over Taiwan Strait, Weeks Before Trump-Xi Summit
US Navy Surveillance Plane Made Provocative Flight Over Taiwan Strait, Weeks Before Trump-Xi Summit With the world's attention hyper-focused on fast-paced events in Iran and the effectively shuttered vital oil transit hub, the Hormuz Strait, some significant things were also happening around Taiwan this past week. The US military confirmed that a P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine patrol aircraft transited the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, a move that predictably drew Beijing's attention. ...
Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets
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Trump seeks warships from other countries to help secure Strait of Hormuz
Iran's decades-long use of the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint for global oil shipping from the Middle East will come to an end, according to President Donald Trump, and he is rallying the world to free it."Many Countries, especially those who are affected by Iran’s attempted closure of the Hormuz Strait, will be sending War Ships, in conjunction with the United States of America, to keep the Strait open and safe," Trump wrote Saturday morning on Truth Social.Iran closing the strait has roiled globa...
The Sequence Radar #824: Last Week in AI: Sovereign Lobsters, Self-Coding Agents, and Gigawatt Factories
Major releases from Google and Anthropic, a fun project from Karpathy and massive compute deals.
New guard of GOP women say Democrats can't ‘pigeonhole’ female voters as they target key House races
A new wave of Republican women running in competitive congressional races is aiming to chip away at Democrats’ long-held advantage with female voters and flip key seats that could determine control of the House this November.In an interview with Fox News Digital, one of these candidates, Laurie Buckhout, a former cattle rancher, U.S. Army veteran and mother, knocked the Democratic Party for trying to "pigeonhole" female voters into a single category."The Democrats try way too hard to pigeonhole ...
New guard of GOP women says Democrats can't ‘pigeonhole’ female voters as they target key House races
A new wave of Republican women running in competitive congressional races is aiming to chip away at Democrats’ long-held advantage with female voters and flip key seats that could determine control of the House this November.In an interview with Fox News Digital, one of these candidates, Laurie Buckhout, a former cattle rancher, U.S. Army veteran and mother, knocked the Democratic Party for trying to "pigeonhole" female voters into a single category."The Democrats try way too hard to pigeonhole ...
Brompton Electric T-Line Folding Electric Bicycle Review: Pocket-Sized Pedal Power
Brompton's latest folding electric bicycle is beautiful, genuinely portable, and doesn't quite go fast enough.
This At-Home Hair Growth System Just Dropped in Price
Our favorite red light therapy device for hair growth just dropped in price. Grab it while it lasts.
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Unhappy Ending: Chinese National Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering Over Prostitution Scheme
Unhappy Ending: Chinese National Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering Over Prostitution Scheme Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Chinese national has pleaded guilty to laundering more than $2 million from a prostitution enterprise run through spa businesses in New York’s capital region, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York announced on March 11. The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Aug. 7, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epo...
Does Canada Need Nationalized, Public AI?
While AI CEOs worry governments might nationalize AI, others are advocating for something similar. Canadian security professional Bruce Schneier and Harvard data scientist Nathan Sanders published this call to action in Canada's most widely-read newspaper (with a readership over 6 million): "Canada Needs Nationalized, Public AI." While there are Canadian AI companies, they remain for-profit enterprises, their interests not necessarily aligned with our collective good. The only real alternative...
iGarden M1 Pro Max 100 Review: A Sports Car for Your Pool
iGarden's new pool-cleaning robot pairs sporty design with a long runtime, though there are a few quirks.
Restaurants revive retro pricing for anniversaries but does the trend make ‘cents’?
Restaurants are increasingly leaning into nostalgia with limited-time promotions that bring back menu prices from decades ago to help celebrate anniversaries.Across the country, eateries marking milestone birthdays are temporarily slashing prices, offering everything from burgers and cocktails priced as they were when the restaurants first opened to specials tied to the anniversary number such as $1.65 fries for 65 years in business.At Burgerville, a Pacific Northwest burger chain that celebrate...
Former college volleyball star Kaylie Ray opens up on viral clash with Arizona Democrat senator
Former Utah State volleyball star Kaylie Ray became a viral folk hero in the "save women's sports" movement after sparring with Arizona state senator Catherine Miranda. Ray shared her experience enduring the San Jose State volleyball scandal and leading a team forfeit in protest of a male athlete, at a state education hearing Tuesday, while lobbying for a bill that would provide protections for girls' and women's sports in Arizona. Miranda responded by commenting on Ray's body before asking, "so...
Former college volleyball star Kaylie Ray opens up on viral clash with Arizona Democratic senator
Former Utah State volleyball star Kaylie Ray became a viral folk hero in the "save women's sports" movement after sparring with Arizona state Sen. Catherine Miranda. Ray shared her experience enduring the San Jose State volleyball scandal and leading a team forfeit in protest of a male athlete, at a state education hearing Tuesday, while lobbying for a bill that would provide protections for girls' and women's sports in Arizona. Miranda responded by commenting on Ray's body before asking, "So ho...
11-year-old accused of premeditated murder in brother’s death can’t be tried as adult, former DA says
An 11-year-old Colorado boy is facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of his 5-year-old brother a stunning and highly unusual case that legal experts say is almost unheard of under state law.Authorities in Arapahoe County say deputies responded Tuesday evening to a report of a child’s death at a home in Centennial. When they arrived, they found the 5-year-old boy dead. By Wednesday, investigators had identified the child’s 11-year-old brother as the suspect and announced the case was b...
American Culture Quiz: Test yourself on tipping turmoil and burger buzz
The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States.This week's quiz highlights tipping turmoil, burger buzz and a lot more.Can you get all 8 questions right?Give it a try and see how you do!CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIESTo try your hand at more quizzes from Fox News Digital, click here. Also, to take our latest News Quiz published every Friday click here.
Chinese fishing 'militia' formations signal rising gray-zone pressure on Taiwan
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan: Last Christmas Eve, satellite tracking and ship-transponder data revealed an unusual maritime event in the East China Sea: thousands of Chinese fishing vessels gathered into tight, linear formations and holding position for extended periods. It happened again two weeks later.Analysts from a geospatial analytical firm were the first to identify two large stationary formations involving roughly 1,400 and 2,000 fishing vessels. Cargo ships in the area were forced to reroute or ca...
Razer Boomslang 20th Anniversary Mouse Review: For Collectors
Despite a price tag that’s a literal joke, this is still a cool collector’s item for gaming nerds.
Eighty Years Later, the Chemex Still Makes Better Coffee
The iconic hourglass pour-over brewer proves great design never goes out of style.
Hollywood copyright complaints force Bytedance to shelve global launch of AI video generator Seedance 2.0
Bytedance planned to launch its AI video model Seedance 2.0 globally in mid-March. That's not happening, because Hollywood's biggest studios have collectively put the brakes on the rollout. The backla
Kate Middleton reveals she rarely drinks alcohol after her cancer diagnosis during brewery visit: reports
Kate Middleton this week admitted she rarely drinks alcohol after her cancer diagnosis two years ago."Since my diagnosis I haven't had much alcohol," the Princess of Wales said when offered a pint at Fabal Beerhall while touring London’s Bermondsey Beer Mile on Thursday, according to several U.K. outlets. "It's something I have to be a lot more conscious of now."The princess asked owner Hannah Rhodes if the beerhall had any non-alcoholic brews."We don’t yet, I’m afraid," Rhodes told her, The Ind...
LangChain Releases Deep Agents: A Structured Runtime for Planning, Memory, and Context Isolation in Multi-Step AI Agents
Most LLM agents work well for short tool-calling loops but start to break down when the task becomes multi-step, stateful, and artifact-heavy. LangChain’s Deep Agents is designed for that gap. The pro
Codewall's AI agent hacked an AI recruiter, then impersonated Trump to test its voice bot's guardrails
AI agents can hack systems, defend them, and be hacked themselves. Codewall's one-hour takeover of an AI recruiting platform shows just how tangled this new security landscape has become. The article
Co-Founder of Uber Pivots Real Estate Company to Robots, Posts Manifesto
Travis Kalanick is back, and he’s “treating atoms like bits.”
A New Study Details How Cats Almost Always Land on Their Feet
The secret to this acrobatic skill lies in an extremely flexible part of the spine that allows cats to twist in the air and land safely.
Kashechewan chief walks back calls for Indigenous Services minister to resign
Kashechewan First Nation Chief Hosea Wesley says he takes back a call he made earlier in the month for Indigenous Services Canada Minister Mandy Gull-Masty to resign.
Japan suffers shocking collapse to Venezuela in World Baseball Classic
Shohei Ohtani and his Japanese teammates will not repeat as World Baseball Classic champions after falling apart against Venezuela in the quarterfinal round.Ohtani’s third home run of the tournament was wasted as Japan saw its 11-game WBC winning streak snapped.Wilyer Abreu hit a go-ahead, three-run homer after Maikel Garcia sparked the comeback with a two-run shot, and Venezuela beat the defending champions 8-5 on Saturday night.Venezuela reached its first WBC semis since 2009 and clinched a sp...
Zhipu AI Introduces GLM-OCR: A 0.9B Multimodal OCR Model for Document Parsing and Key Information Extraction (KIE)
Why Document OCR Still Remains a Hard Engineering Problem? What does it take to make OCR useful for real documents instead of clean demo images? And can a compact multimodal model handle parsing, tabl
State Department urges Americans to leave Middle East as airspace closures disrupt travel
The U.S. State Department is urging Americans in the Middle East to leave the region immediately as escalating conflict and widespread airspace closures disrupt travel and evacuation efforts. However, attacks from Iran, closed embassies and shuttered airspace have created difficulties for Americans who find themselves trapped with few options.Shanice Day was one of thousands of Americans who said they found themselves stranded in the Middle East after the conflict began. She and her best friend ...
Withdrawn charges in Stronach sex assault trial raise questions about prosecution
When his trial began in February, Frank Stronach faced 12 counts related to seven female complainants whose allegations included sexual assault and the historical charges of rape and attempted rape. Now, with all the evidence heard and closing submissions set for the end of the month, those charges have been whittled down to seven related to four of the initial seven complainants.
The negative people in your life are making you get older faster. Here’s how to handle them
Got a nagging father-in-law or a roommate who hounds you endlessly about how to properly load the dishwasher? Such people have something in common: they're hasslers, and they may be slowly shaving years off your life and putting you at a higher risk of developing chronic disease, according to a new study.
Shadow fleets of sanctions-skirting ships facing global crackdown: analysis
A CBC News analysis reveals the global scope of an enforcement crackdown on ships belonging to shadow fleets vessels often flying under false flags in order to skirt sanctions as the scale of seizures and detentions has skyrocketed in recent months.
Has Trump pushed Canada and the U.K. into each other's arms?
Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to visit the U.K. on March 15 his third trip since taking office leaving some political observers wondering if this is a new era of a special relationship, replacing the one once held between the U.K. and the U.S.
Canada named this castle-like courthouse a national historic site. Now a tower is set to rise beside it
Plans for a 54-storey residential tower next door to a national historic site in London, Ont., cast a literal shadow over the place where the city began, while at the same time shining a light on what some heritage advocates say is a gap in federal law.
Inside the weird world of Toronto’s transit seat upholstery
Scoring a seat on a busy bus, streetcar or subway is a hot commodity, but have you ever thought about why they're made the way they are? Welcome to the weird world of transit seat upholstery.
I just wanted to be ‘one of the guys’ on my hockey team, but it wasn’t always easy
Trevor Kew has many fond recollections of playing minor hockey in Rossland, B.C., but these are tempered by less pleasant memories.
Mapping the global crackdown on shadow fleets
A CBC News analysis reveals the global scope of an enforcement crackdown on ships belonging to shadow fleets vessels often flying under false flags in order to skirt sanctions as the scale of seizures and detentions has skyrocketed in recent months.
New Freenet Network Launches, Along With 'River' Group Chat
Wikipedia describes Freenet as "a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resistant, anonymous communication," released in the year 2000. "Both Freenet and some of its associated tools were originally designed by Ian Clarke," Wikipedia adds. (And in 2000 Clarke answered questions from Slashdot's readers...) And now Ian Clarke (aka Sanity Slashdot reader #1,431) returns to share this announcement: Freenet's new generation peer-to-peer network is now operational, along with the first application b...
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A Refugee Died After Border Patrol Left Him at a Cafe. Fear Followed.
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Commuters, Rejoice! The New Portal Bridge in New Jersey Is Ready for Riders.
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The gaming industry is shaping up to be one of the AI boom's biggest casualties, from job losses to rising console prices due to the global RAM shortage
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Zendesk agrees to acquire Forethought, which makes AI-powered customer support software, for an undisclosed sum; Forethought has raised $115M
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The Seven Hour Explosion Nobody Could Explain
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Exiled Iranian crown prince says he’s ready to lead Iran ‘as soon as the Islamic Republic falls’
Exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi said Saturday he is ready to lead Iran’s transition "as soon as the Islamic Republic falls."As the war in Iran entered its third week, Pahlavi the son of the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi said he has been working in recent months to develop a transition plan should the Iranian regime collapse to ensure the country does not experience a disruption in governance.Pahlavi said in a social media post that "capable individuals" have been identified both insid...
Kim Jong Un appears with teenage daughter at live-fire rocket test in North Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watched a live-fire test of multiple rocket launch systems alongside his teenage daughter Saturday, as the regime escalates weapons demonstrations amid joint U.S.–South Korea military exercises, state media reported.The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Kim oversaw a strike drill involving twelve 600mm ultra-precision multiple rocket launchers along North Korea’s east coast, according to The Associated Press.South Korea’s military said it detected about 10 ba...
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Spiking oil prices may reveal how China has been more successful in electrifying its economy than most
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Over 3 Million Iranians Forcibly Displaced Under US-Israeli Bombardment
Over 3 Million Iranians Forcibly Displaced Under US-Israeli Bombardment More than 3 million Iranians have been displaced by the ongoing US-Israeli war against the Islamic Republic, according to the main UN refugee agency. Ayaki Ito, director of the Division of Emergency and Program Support at the UN refugee agency, has described that the US-Israeli attack has already triggered mass internal displacement across Iran. "Between 600,000 and 1 million Iranian households are now temporar...
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Seahawks GM warns Washington’s new 'millionaire tax' could hurt free agent recruiting
Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider highlighted a recent decision by Washington state lawmakers that he believes could pose problems as the reigning Super Bowl champions look to add players to sustain long-term success.Washington’s long-standing status as a largely tax-free state is set to change in 2028 after lawmakers approved a "millionaire tax" that would levy a 9.9% rate on high earners. The tax will apply to individuals earning more than $1 million annually. Gov. Bob Ferguson h...
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Jet Fuel Prices Soar As War In Iran Ripples Through Global Aviation
Jet Fuel Prices Soar As War In Iran Ripples Through Global Aviation Authored by Felicity Bradstock via OilPrice.com, Airlines, including Qantas, SAS, and Air New Zealand, have already announced airfare increases. Surging jet fuel prices and disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz are squeezing airline operations. Prolonged conflict could weaken travel demand and deepen pressure on global airline stocks. As the war in Iran spills over into other parts of the Middle East, energy expe...
America's First Large-Scale Offshore Wind Project Finally Finishes Construction
It's America's first large-scale offshore wind project, reports WBUR enough clean energy to power 400,000 homes in Massachusetts from 62 offshore wind turbines generating 800 megawatts. But it took a while... The plant's first construction delay happened back in 2019, they point out and then "Just three months ago, when the project was 95% complete, the U.S. Interior Department issued a stop-work order." But after successfully challenging that order in court, and "with a stretch of good weathe...
How to Build Type-Safe, Schema-Constrained, and Function-Driven LLM Pipelines Using Outlines and Pydantic
In this tutorial, we build a workflow using Outlines to generate structured and type-safe outputs from language models. We work with typed constraints like Literal, int, and bool, and design prompt te
Headless, handless body found on New York road 56 years ago identified through DNA; killer remains unknown
The headless, handless body of a man found on the side of a lonely road in New York’s Allegany County 56 years ago has been identified through DNA advancements, officials announced this week.Still, his killer hasn’t been caught.The body of Clyde A. Coppage, 35, was discovered along a road in Andover in upstate New York in March 1970.STAR MURDAUGH TRIAL WITNESS PROBES MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF BUSTER'S FORMER CLASSMATE"Over the course of nearly 56 years, investigating members of the New York State Poli...
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'Dangerous' heat wave warning issued for Southern California next week
Downtown Los Angeles could hit 101 degrees and Glendale may reach 104 degrees on Tuesday as a record-shattering March heat wave grips the region.
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Fundraising email features Trump at ritual for soldiers killed in Iran war
NYT: 'Donald Trump is fundraising off of dead soldiers,' California governor's office says
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North Korea Fires 10 Ballistic Missiles, Flexing During US Regional Drills
North Korea Fires 10 Ballistic Missiles, Flexing During US Regional Drills It's obvious that 'wars of choice' never get launched against nuclear-armed powers, and countries like North Korea want to keep it that way, given it is already treated like a 'rogue' state by the West. Saturday saw Pyongyang engage in more muscle-flexing, as its military fired about 10 ballistic missiles toward the eastern sea, according to South Korea's military said, staging its own show of force as the r...
Speech to US baseball team by Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden prompts liberal backlash
Former Navy SEAL Robert J. O'Neill, who was part of the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden, delivered a pregame speech to Team USA players ahead of their World Baseball Classic quarterfinal game against Canada Friday. Team USA beat Canada 5-3 to advance to the semifinals after O'Neill's pep talk. But the speech also received criticism from left-wing social media users within and beyond the U.S. Many who criticized the speech condemned its pro-war messaging and association of war with American...
Alberta town wins $50K toward arena rebuild, holds street hockey fundraiser
A southern Alberta town that lost the use of its aging hockey arena after an explosion has won thousands of dollars to use in its recovery efforts. Taber was revealed Saturday as one of the Kraft Hockeyville contest’s provincial winners after a two-week judging process.
Emergency alert issued in Prince George, B.C. due to gas leak; residents told to evacuate
An emergency alert has been issued in Prince George due to a gas leak that officials say poses a threat to human life.
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Treasury Yields Jump, 10-Year to 4.28%, 30-Year to 4.90%, Mortgage Rates Spike to 6.41%, on Inflation and Deficit Fears
US Government sold $651 billion of Treasury securities this week into these rising yields.
Hulu not moving forward with Buffy reboot, Sarah Michelle Gellar says
Hulu's reboot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer will no longer be happening, the TV show's former star announced on Saturday.
Late Colts owner Jim Irsay’s memorabilia collection brings record prices at auction
Jim Irsay collected several pieces of iconic sports memorabilia during his lifetime.The late Indianapolis Colts owner’s collection was offered in a live online auction at Christie’s, an art and luxury auction house. From Thursday through Saturday, the collection generated more than $93 million at auction, far exceeding its pre-auction $40 million estimate.Aside from the coveted music pieces, the sports-themed items in Irsay’s collection sold at auction included Secretariat’s 1973 Triple Crown sa...
American flag raised, flies over US Embassy building in Venezuela for first time in 7 years
The American flag flew again over the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela on Saturday, marking the first time it has been raised in the South American country in seven years.The embassy compound in Caracas is still undergoing renovations, and officials have not announced when the building will fully reopen, The Associated Press reported.The flag’s return comes months after former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces in January. FROM PALACE TO PRISON: VENEZUELAN STRONGMAN MADURO ...
How a Raspberry Pi Microcontroller Saved the Super Nintendo's Infamously Inferior Version Of 'Doom'
"Just the anachronism of seeing Doom, one of the poster children for the moral panic around violent video games, on a Nintendo console is novel," writes Kotaku especially with the console's underpowered "Super FX" coprocessor Hampered by a nearly unplayable framerate, especially in later levels, and mired by sacrifices, like altered levels, no floor or ceiling textures, and the entire fourth episode being cut, [1995's] Doom on the Super NES was not a good version of the game, but it was Doom ru...
How a Raspberry Pi Saved the Super Nintendo's Infamously Inferior Version Of 'Doom'
"Just the anachronism of seeing Doom, one of the poster children for the moral panic around violent video games, on a Nintendo console is novel," writes Kotaku especially with the console's underpowered "Super FX" coprocessor Hampered by a nearly unplayable framerate, especially in later levels, and mired by sacrifices, like altered levels, no floor or ceiling textures, and the entire fourth episode being cut, [1995's] Doom on the Super NES was not a good version of the game, but it was Doom ru...
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Meta Plans 20% Layoffs To Divert Capital To Data Centers
Meta Plans 20% Layoffs To Divert Capital To Data Centers On Friday we noted that Meta has delayed the rollout of its latest AI model because it sucks - and may temporarily license superior models like Gemini to power the company's AI products. Now, Meta is reportedly mulling a massive new round of layoffs that could affect more than 20% of its workforce as it accelerates spending on AI data center buildouts. The move comes as other hyperscalers consider similar workforce restructu...
Sharon Osbourne tells Hollywood elites to save politics 'for your platform' when accepting awards
Sharon Osbourne is sharing how she feels about artists who choose to give politically motivated speeches at award shows.During a conversation with her son, Jack Osbourne, on a recent episode of "The Osbournes Podcast," Sharon said that while she "understand[s] [that] everybody needs their platform," she also understands that "everybody needs relief from what's going on in the world.""Everybody needs that escape," she said. "And the thing is, it's like I understand that people get really emotiona...
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Deployment of about 2500 US marines to the Middle East represents a new phase in the war in Iran
NY Times: The marines could launch raids, conduct counter-drone operations, escort ships.
