Brad Gushue's storied Brier career ends with playoff loss to Brad Jacobs
Brad Gushue's competitive curling career at the Brier has come to an end. The six-time Canadian champion was eliminated from contention with a 7-5 playoff loss to Brad Jacobs.
OpenAI's head of robotics resigns following deal with the Department of Defense
OpenAI is going to need to find a new head of robotics. Caitlin Kalinowski, OpenAI's now-former head of robotics, posted on X that she was resigning from her role, while criticizing the company's haste in partnering with the Department of Defense without investigating proper guardrails. Kalinowski, who previously worked at Meta before leaving to join OpenAI in late 2024, wrote on X that "surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are line...
FBI captures Bangladeshi fugitive extradited in massive online child sextortion case
A Bangladeshi national extradited from Malaysia this week is accused of carrying out one of the most prolific alleged online child exploitation schemes the United States has ever seen in a wide-ranging sextortion operation.Prosecutors allege Zobaidul Amin posed as a teenager on Instagram and Snapchat and coerced hundreds of minor victims some as young as 11 into producing sexually explicit images and videos. Authorities said he then threatened to share those images with friends, family and class...
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State Farm reaches deal to keep 17% hike in home insurance rates
The agreement sent to a judge late Friday cements a $530-million emergency hike in home insurance rates Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara negotiated with the insurer last summer.
Reigning Masters champ Rory McIlroy withdraws from PGA event 1 month before green jacket defense
Rory McIlroy's green jacket defense appears to be a bit up in the air.The reigning Masters winner was forced to withdraw from the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Saturday after suffering back spasms during his range session."While warming up in the gym this morning, I felt a small twinge in my back. As I started hitting balls on the range before the round, it worsened and developed into muscle spasms in my lower back," McIlroy said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "Unfortunately...
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Intense Santa Ana winds pound Southern California
Gusty high-wind conditions are expected to continue pounding Los Angeles and Ventura counties Saturday with moderate to strong Santa Anas persisting through Sunday.
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James Woods 'Done' With Republican Party Over 'Uniparty Traitors'
James Woods 'Done' With Republican Party Over 'Uniparty Traitors' Conservative actor and commentator James Woods says he's "done" with the Republican party after 'uniparty traitors' like John Thune (R-SD) refuse to pass the SAVE Act (Voter ID), and blocked an attempt by Nancy Mace (R-SC) to subpoena immigration records for Rep. Ilhan Omar to settle the question of whether she's legally in the US. "I am done with the Republican party," Woods, 78, psted on X. "Between this and Thun...
Etiquette expert reveals 5 common coffee shop habits that customers need to stop doing
Coffee shops may feel cozy and casual, but one etiquette expert says too many customers forget they are still shared public spaces."Coffee shops may feel like our living rooms, but they're really shared living rooms and shared spaces work best when everyone remembers their manners," California-based etiquette expert Lisa Mirza Grotts told Fox News Digital.In a recent blog post, Grotts said even well-meaning customers often break unwritten rules without realizing it. "Public spaces require extra ...
Fitness influencer Stephanie Buttermore dead at 36, fiancé confirms in heartbreaking post
Stephanie Buttermore, a fitness influencer and doctor who researched ovarian cancer throughout her career, died at the age of 36, her fiancé and fellow fitness YouTuber Jeff Nippard, announced Friday.Nippard's team posted on Instagram and YouTube the "important announcement" that was made with "profound sorrow."The announcement described Buttermore's death as "sudden."CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "As many of you know, Stephanie meant the world to Jeff. She will be remembere...
American father hears missiles overhead while stranded in Dubai with kids and pregnant wife
Christian Walker of Prairieville, Louisiana, has been in Dubai for two weeks while on a family vacation with his two young children and pregnant wife.Walker told Fox News Digital he has heard missiles and drones getting shot down at night and the activity has been shaking his hotel as he's been trying to find a flight for his family to evacuate.The officials "urge you to get out, but there's no way out, and then you call the number, and they say that they're not evacuating U.S. citizens at the t...
Shark attack deaths surge above decade average in 2025
Unprovoked shark bites worldwide increased in 2025, and fatalities rose above the recent decade average, according to the International Shark Attack File (ISAF).The Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File confirmed 65 unprovoked shark bites globally in 2025, up from a lower-than-usual total in 2024 and closer to the 10-year average of 72 incidents annually. Twelve of the 2025 incidents were fatal, double the decade average of six unprovoked deaths per year.Gavin Naylo...
Kate Moss, Sofia Vergara stun in sheer looks at Paris Fashion Week: PHOTOS
During a week built on spectacle, Kate Moss proved she can still steal the spotlight.Moss, 52, embraced the sheer trend in a striking Paris Fashion Week appearance that underscored her decades-long influence on the industry. She wasn't the only celebrity to make a stop in the City of Light, as she was joined by Emily Ratajkowski, Sofía Vergara, Michelle Pfeiffer and more all wearing daring looks.The British model, who rose to fame in the early 1990s, attended the Tom Ford womenswear fall/winter ...
Andy Dick reveals shocking brain damage after being clinically dead from overdose
After suffering from an overdose on the streets of Los Angeles in December, Andy Dick is coming clean.The actor opened up on the "Howie Mandel Does Stuff" podcast about his struggles with addiction, being clinically dead after he overdosed and how his years of drug use has left him with "five to seven holes" in his brain.The conversation began with Mandel talking about how he saw Dick a few weeks before the overdose. He remembered being "upset" with Dick, and said he was "being really serious" w...
Mike Pence praises Trump for ‘decisive leadership’ on Iran after Biden 'squandered' US deterrence
Former Vice President Mike Pence praised President Donald Trump’s decision to strike Iran, branding the move as a long-overdue show of force that "restored deterrence" and reversed what he characterized as years of failed policy."Because of the decisive leadership of President Trump as commander-in-chief, we're now taking the fight directly to the heart of global terrorism," Pence told "Saturday in America.""I was not surprised by it. I was at his side when he made the decision to strike directl...
BBC mistranslates Pete Hegseth's speech on Iran, mistakenly swaps Iranian 'regime' to Iranian 'people'
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Persian mistranslated part of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's Monday speech on Iran, making it appear that the United States was targeting the Iranian "people" rather than the Iranian "regime."During BBC Persian's broadcast of the war secretary's speech to audiences inside Iran, the network mistranslated the word "regime" as "mardom," which means "people" in Persian.This mix-up led audiences to believe that the Iranian people were being targeted by the ...
Iran flag removed from Paralympics opening ceremony after sole athlete withdraws over travel safety concerns
Two-time Paralympian Aboulfazl Khatibi Mianaei of Iran has withdrawn from the 2026 Winter Games in Italy, citing an inability to travel amid the ongoing U.S. and Israeli joint military campaign against Iran. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced Mianaei’s withdrawal hours before the opening ceremony on Friday, adding that because of the withdrawal, Iran's flag would be removed from the Athletes Parade. "It is really disappointing for world sport and especially for Aboulfazl that...
Gwen Stefani didn’t know how to receive love before finding ‘Christ’s love’ with Blake Shelton
Gwen Stefani is opening up about learning how to receive love.During a conversation with Jeff Cavins on the prayer and meditation app, Hallow, the 56-year-old singer spoke about feeling like she has never "experienced active love," before meeting Blake Shelton, a feeling Cavins also referred to as "Christ's love.""I also experienced active love, I think, for the first time when I met my husband, because I had never really received active love," she said. "And I don't think I knew how to even rec...
Military GPS Jamming is Interfering with the Navigation Systems of Commercial Ships
"Within 24 hours of the first US-Israeli strikes on Iran, ships in the region's waters found their navigation systems had gone haywire," reports CNN, "erroneously indicating that the vessels were at airports, a nuclear power plant and on Iranian land. "The location confusion was a result of widespread jamming and spoofing of signals from global positioning satellite systems." Used by all sides in conflict zones to disrupt the paths of drones and missiles, the process involves militaries and ...
‘Disclosure Day’ or Not, UFO Movies Never Left
Seems likely that 'Disclosure Day' is going to hit big, so Hollywood's looking to let UFO stories into its heart (and wallet).
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Companies Report Raging Inflation, Except In Wages and Rents
Companies Report Raging Inflation, Except In Wages and Rents Authored by Wolf Richter via Wolf Street, Manufacturers reported that the costs of health insurance for employees shot up by 14.2% on average; service firms reported an average increase of 12.9%, according to a report by the New York Fed based on a survey of companies in the New York-Northern New Jersey region. These are averages, but “some firms reported increases of between 25% and 50% when they renewed their coverage...
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Iran President Issues 'Olive Branch' But IRGC Overrides With More Attacks; Third US Carrier To Arrive In Gulf
Iran President Issues 'Olive Branch' But IRGC Overrides With More Attacks; Third US Carrier To Arrive In Gulf Update(1310ET): Are we witnessing an olive branch from Tehran? That's assuming that President Pezeshkian and the Foreign Ministery are even in charge - also as the IRGC is clearly running this war, and may have already even issued orders for autonomy/division of action among the various military command chains. Here's the message that Iran's Foreign Ministry put out moments ...
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Middle East conflict live updates: Trump says Iran ‘will be hit very hard’ today
It follows Iran's President saying his country would never surrender to Israel and the US.
Trump touts US has 'tremendous' amount of Venezuelan oil, vows to 'take care' of Cuba after Iran focus
President Donald Trump declared Saturday that the U.S. is "taking out tremendous amounts of oil" from Venezuela while vowing to "take care" of Cuba’s regime following America’s focus on Iran. The president, speaking at the Shield of the Americas Summit in Florida, prefaced his remarks by saying that since the January operation to capture former Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, the administration has "been working closely with the new president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez," and, "she’s doing...
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Soham killer Ian Huntley dies after prison attack at HMP Frankland
He was serving life for murdering schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.
Indonesia announces a social media ban for anyone under 16
Following in the footsteps of Australia, Indonesia will be the latest country to limit social media usage for children under 16. Meutya Hafid, Indonesia's communication and digital affairs minister, announced that a new government regulation will require "high-risk" platforms to delete any accounts from Indonesia that are under 16, starting on March 28. Hafid said in the announcement that the implementation would be done in stages, starting with major platforms like YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, In...
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Iran Foreign Minister Claims U.S. Attacked Water Desalination Plant
Iran Foreign Minister Claims U.S. Attacked Water Desalination Plant First we warned that data centers would become drone targets, and then IRGC strikes hit Amazon AWS and Microsoft-linked AI infrastructure across the Gulf. Next, we flagged water desalination plants as another target. Now, with reports that a desalination facility in Iran has been struck, it is increasingly clear that this conflict has no boundaries when it comes to civilian infrastructure. On Saturday morning, Iran...
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A Fight Is Brewing Over Building Housing in Place of a NoHo Parking Lot
Some residents of the historic Manhattan neighborhood oppose the construction of two apartment towers.
Seagate Just Unleashed 44TB Hard Drives
"Seagate says it is now shipping its Mozaic 4+ HAMR-based hard drives at up to 44TB per drive," writes Slashdot reader BrianFagioli, "with production deployments already underway at two hyperscale cloud providers. "The company claims the platform is the only heat-assisted magnetic recording [HAMR] implementation currently operating at scale, and it is targeting a path from today's 4+TB per disk toward 10TB per disk, eventually enabling 100TB-class drives." In a one-exabyte deployment, Seagate...
OpenAI delays ChatGPT’s ‘adult mode’ again
The feature, which will give verified adult users access to erotica and other adult content, had already been delayed from December.
Fans swarm JFK Jr sites in major city as hit series 'Love Story' triggers tourism frenzy
As the public's fascination with John F. Kennedy Jr. resurfaces in a big way, interest is also exploding in the New York City neighborhoods and hot spots he once favored. The spike in tourist attention comes amid the release of the hit series "Love Story," which revisits Kennedy’s life and his highly publicized relationship with Carolyn Bessette. The high-profile limited series premiered Feb. 12, 2026.John F. Kennedy Jr., the son of President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, was a...
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Trump Urges Iranian Diplomats To Seek Asylum, Describes What He Wants In A New Ruler
Trump Urges Iranian Diplomats To Seek Asylum, Describes What He Wants In A New Ruler "Iran is not the same country it was a week ago. A week ago they were powerful, and now they've been indeed neutered" - that's what President Trump told CNN in a brief phone interview Friday. He also expressed that he doesn't care if Iran becomes a democracy or not, and his words even left open the possibility of the continuation of a Shia theocratic government, after the first big Saturday wave o...
Tennis players receive threatening messages, including photos of a gun, demanding they lose matches
Two women's tennis players were sent threatening messages, each receiving a photo of a gun and being ordered to lose matches.Panna Udvardy and Lucrezia Stefanini detailed the disturbing messages in which they and their families were threatened."Last night around midnight I received several very disturbing messages on WhatsApp from an unknown number on my personal phone. The person told me that if I didn’t lose my match today, they would harm members of my family," Udvardy posted on Instagram, al...
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After Social Media Scrutiny, Mamdani Says His Wife Is a ‘Private Person’
Rama Duwaji, Mr. Mamdani’s wife, had liked Instagram posts that supported the Palestinian cause in the deadly Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
GOP senators says Trump's strikes 'significantly degraded' Iran but emphasize attacks not 'forever wars'
PALM BEACH, FLA. - One week into the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, two Republican senators on the Senate Armed Services Committee say the military operation has "degraded" Tehran's ability to strike back.But in exclusive interviews with Fox News Digital, Sens. Rick Scott of Florida and Ted Budd of North Carolina emphasized that the fighting will not lead to U.S. involvement in "forever wars" in the volatile Middle East."Our military is doing a great job," Scott said. And pointing to Iran, he...
US student rescued from Mideast describes missile activity in Abu Dhabi when class trip turned 'scary'
A high school class trip turned into an unexpected brush with conflict when Christian Liess and his classmates were stranded in Abu Dhabi amid missile strikes in the region, forcing parents and U.S. officials to scramble to bring the students home."It was a little scary, to be honest," Liess told "Jesse Watters Primetime" on Friday.Liess and his classmates arrived in Abu Dhabi for what should have been a routine layover in the United Arab Emirates on their way to Thailand for a class trip. The l...
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Middle East conflict: How the war in Iran ends
Iranian officials say Operation Epic Fury could reshape the entire region.
Adopted daughter of George W Bush’s intelligence director John Negroponte sentenced in friend’s drunken murder
The adopted daughter of former President George W. Bush’s Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of a friend after a drunken argument inside a Maryland Airbnb six years ago.Sophia Negroponte, 33, was sentenced on Friday by Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Terrence McGann after being found guilty at trial in November of second-degree murder for the death of 24-year-old Yousuf Rasmussen. It was a retrial after a 2023 c...
Celebrate the Many Sides of Asuka in This 30th Anniversary ‘Evangelion’ Short
Asuka Langley Soryu (or Shikinami Langley if you're Rebuilding), you will get a better ending in 'Evangelion' someday.
Bill Maher flips script on Adam Schiff with quote from Obama administration on Libya and war powers
Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., was prompted by "Real Time" host Bill Maher on Friday into critiquing a quote from the Obama administration about its war powers in Libya, seeming to assume the statement was from the Trump administration about Iran."This statement from the administration: ‘The president had the constitutional authority to direct the use of military force because he could reasonably determine that such use of force was in the national interest,’" Maher said. "That’s too vague for you?...
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The AI Trade: Now With Less Circle And More Jerk
The AI Trade: Now With Less Circle And More Jerk Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance As if markets didn’t already have enough to worry about heading into the weekend an escalating conflict involving Iran, growing stress in private credit, and the ongoing annoyance of positive real interest rates one of the “AI will solve everything, just add capex” deals that everyone in markets have been quietly laughing about while investing in for the past year has officially started to unravel. ...
First Solar Car Rolls Off Validation Assembly Line At Aptera
"Reservation holders, it's finally time to get ready," writes long-time Slashdot reader AirHog. The EV news site Electrek reports: Aptera Motors, "the little startup that could," announced another important milestone... completing the first example of its flagship solar EV on its validation assembly line in Southern California... While the validation line at its headquarters remains a low-volume assembly process, its successful operation represents the startup's transition from hand-built val...
Tech company at odds with Pentagon warns its AI possibly gained consciousness, Elon Musk gives 2-word response
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk gave a two-word retort after Anthropic leader Dario Amodei claimed in an interview that he isn’t sure if his company’s AI models have gained consciousness."Anthropic CEO says Claude may or may not have gained consciousness, as the model has begun showing symptoms of anxiety," read a post on X by cryptocurrency-based prediction market Polymarket, to which Musk replied, "He’s projecting." The comment from Musk, who is also the founder of xAI, comes as Anthropic is at...
'DWTS' finalist, Paralympian Amy Purdy was 'fighting for my life' with 2% survival odds at 19
Paralympic medalist and "Dancing with the Stars" finalist Amy Purdy says her life changed in a matter of hours at just 19 years old when doctors told her she had less than a 2% chance of surviving a devastating illness.Today, she’s sharing how she rebuilt her life after losing both legs below the knees in a new book aimed at helping others navigate life-altering setbacks.In an exclusive on-camera interview with Fox News Digital, Purdy recalled the moment everything shifted."I was 19 years old wh...
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Officials suggest America was probably to blame for incident that killed 165 civilians
Officials suggest America was probably to blame for incident that killed 165 civilians.
Roblox introduces real-time AI-powered chat rephraser for inappropriate language
Roblox has launched a feature powered by AI that can rephrase inappropriate language in real time. The online game has been using AI filters to block out any language that goes against its policy for a while now, but it has been replacing censored chats with a series of hash signs (####). Roblox admits that encountering too many hashmarks can be disruptive and make conversations hard to follow. This new feature will instead replace words and phrases with what the AI deems as more appropriate sub...
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Your Mac deserves better than Preview PDF Expert is $80 for life
TL;DR: PDF Expert Premium for Mac is on sale for $79.99, giving you lifetime access to a powerful PDF editor for editing, converting, annotating, and OCR. There's opening a PDF and then there's actually working with one. Editing contracts. Signing documents. Read the rest The post Your Mac deserves better than Preview PDF Expert is $80 for life appeared first on Boing Boing.
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This $60 travel tool monitors your flights and hotels for cheaper prices
TL;DR: OneAir Elite is on sale for $59.97, offering lifetime access to a travel monitoring tool that tracks your existing flights and hotel reservations for price drops so you can rebook at lower rates. There's a certain sense of finality when you book a flight or hotel. Read the rest The post This $60 travel tool monitors your flights and hotels for cheaper prices appeared first on Boing Boing.
Kyle Pitts blasts ‘fake emotion’ from NFL players who skipped Rondale Moore’s celebration of life
This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).Atlanta Falcons star Kyle Pitts called out the former teammates of Rondale Moore, who tragically died last month from a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound, after he said only a handful of them showed up to his celebration of life services on Friday. Moore, 25, was found dead in the garage of his Indiana home on Feb. 21. Police ...
Browns restructure Deshaun Watson's contract again as he enters final year of catastrophic deal: report
As Deshaun Watson enters the final year of his $230 million deal, the Cleveland Browns are doing some housework.Last year, co-owner Jimmy Haslam all but admitted regret over acquiring Watson and then inking him to his fully-guaranteed deal, calling it a "big swing and a miss."During that offseason, the Browns actually restructured his contract twice in a three-month span and they did so again this week.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM According to Cleveland.com, with Watson ori...
Prediction Market 'Kalshi' Sued for Not Paying $54 Million for Bets on Khamenei's Death
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Independent: A popular predictions market app will not pay out the $54 million some of its users believed they were owed after correctly forecasting the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to a report. Kalshi, which allows players to gamble on real-world events, offered customers favorable odds on Khamenei, 86, being "out as Supreme Leader" in response to the announcement of joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Tehran in the early hours of S...
'Pawn Stars' boss Rick Harrison’s blunt response to son Corey's medical fundraiser: 'He is a grown man'
Rick Harrison is speaking out about a fundraising effort to help with son Corey Harrison's medical care.Corey, who was in a motorcycle crash in January, says he emptied his bank account to cover part of his hospital bills, but the expenses have continued to build. "Pawn Stars" fans have suggested that he shouldn't be asking for money after years on a successful reality show, or that his father, who still owns the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas in addition to his own TV earnings, should f...
Pixar Is Developing ‘Monsters Inc. 3’, a Ghost Story and Its First Musical
New blood and some returning faves are all being cooked up over at Pixar and hitting theaters in the near future.
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British Lawmaker's Husband Arrested On Suspicion Of Spying For China
British Lawmaker's Husband Arrested On Suspicion Of Spying For China Weeks after China's mega-embassy opened in London (the one that's right next to all of their tappable communications cables), the husband of Labour Party whip Joani Reid was arrested over Chinese espionage concerns, prompting the lawmaker to step aside amid ongoing probes. A member of the Metropolitan Police patrols the Oxford Street retail district in London on Oct. 2, 2025. Leon Neal/Getty Images Reid's membersh...
Newsom rips Noem as ‘Kosplay Barbie’ over $220M ad campaign, demands DHS release $500M for LA wildfires
California Gov. Gavin Newsom ripped outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over her controversial ad campaign and demanded the agency immediately release more than $500 million in stalled FEMA funding for Los Angeles wildfire recovery.Newsom, in a statement, labeled Noem "Kosplay Barbie" and accused her of prioritizing a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign featuring herself over disaster relief for fire-ravaged communities."While Kristi Noem poured $220 million of taxpayer money i...
Polymarket and Kalshi’s CEOs Hate Each Other
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180,000 New Yorkers May Lose Food Stamps Under Trump’s Changes
Social workers are scrambling to alert recipients and help them find jobs before their aid is eliminated under President Trump’s sweeping domestic policy law.
Cody Rhodes captures Undisputed WWE Championship, sets up epic WrestleMania 42 match
Cody Rhodes will walk into WrestleMania 42 as the undisputed WWE champion as he took the title back from Drew McIntyre on "Friday Night SmackDown."Rhodes and McIntyre were locked in a brutal feud that ended with them locking horns for the title on Friday night. "The American Nightmare" hit McIntyre with a Cody Cutter from the top rope and then hit McIntyre with the Cross Rhodes in the center of the ring.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMHe pinned McIntyre and the celebration bega...
These States Are Joining in the Push to Ban Surveillance Pricing
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Mamdani's plan to cut gifted programs in NYC schools driving parents to competitive private education: report
Parents in New York City are reportedly worried about Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to cut gifted programs in public schools, and it's boosting interest in private schools, according to a new report.New York Magazine reported that the private-school application process causes parents to network and put their children through "intensive" tutoring."Parents have complained for decades that getting into an elite independent school in Manhattan is harder than getting into Harvard; for the wealthy paren...
National park death exposes repeated rule violations as tourists take dangerous risks
A tourist perished late last week after entering a closed, hazardous area of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park in what some say is the latest example of park visitors ignoring warning signs and wandering into off-limits areas.The death of a 33-year-old Hawaii resident adds to a growing list of injuries and fatalities at major tourist destinations including at Yellowstone National Park. The man went into a closed section of Kīlauea caldera at the park triggering an overnight search and rescue operat...
Teens inspired by ‘Scream’ recorded ‘first kill’ plot before stabbing classmate to death
Two teens turned their obsession with slasher films into a deadly real-life nightmare.In September 2006, 16-year-old Cassie Jo Stoddart, who was house-sitting for relatives in Pocatello, Idaho, was found stabbed to death inside the property. Investigators in the small town focused on the last three people who saw the popular teen alive: classmates Brian Draper and Torey Adamcik, along with her boyfriend, Matt Beckham. But the discovery of a buried videotape revealed a disturbing truth.Stoddart’s...
Ski sisters from Salmon Arm, B.C., compete on world stage
Salmon Arm's Madeleine Wilkie is wrapping up competition at the world juniours in Norway, just in time for her big sister Natalie to start competing at the Paralympic Games in Italy.
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Trump Vows To Hit 'Loser' Iran 'Very Hard' As Pezeshkian Apologizes To Gulf Even As IRGC Attacks Expand
Trump Vows To Hit 'Loser' Iran 'Very Hard' As Pezeshkian Apologizes To Gulf Even As IRGC Attacks Expand As the US-Israeli war on Iran grinds into its second week, having completed a full week of what's largely been escalation alongside no real efforts at talks, the rhetoric on all sides is still expanding just as fast as the missile exchanges. Iran continues to get bombed very intensely, while several overnight ballistic missile and drone waves hit Israel. The biggest development i...
2 GTA synagogues hit by gunfire overnight, police investigate
Police in parts of the Greater Toronto Area will be increasing their presence after shots were fired at two synagogues in North York and Vaughan.
Engadget review recap: Galaxy S26 Ultra, Galaxy Buds 4, Dell XPS 14 and more
It’s a busy time for the reviews team and Engadget, and with Apple announcing new devices this week, we aren’t letting up any time soon. New products from Samsung, Dell, Google and ASUS headline the roundup this time, and we’ve got a few unique items to discuss as well. Read on to catch up on anything you might’ve missed, including the latest installment of Pokémon. Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra This year’s Samsung flagship phone may not impress you with a load of new features, but there’s one in ...
DAVID MARCUS: Passing the Save America Act to save Cornyn is a fair deal
The most important thing to know about this week’s primary results in Texas is that nearly 60% of Republican voters told sitting Sen. John Cornyn that they do not want him returning to Washington, and it will take more than an endorsement from President Donald Trump to change that.On Thursday, Cornyn’s opponent, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, made an interesting offer to avoid an ugly and costly runoff election in May. Put simply, if the Senate approves the Save America Act, requiring voter ...
Paul Newman and Jimmy Buffett among elites named in alleged secretive Bohemian Club membership list
A newly circulated list purporting to show the 2023 membership list of the Bohemian Club includes several A-list celebs.Paul Newman, Jimmy Buffett, Clint Black and Eric Church were named on the list obtained by an independent journalist.If authentic, the 2023 list provides a rare snapshot of who might be a part of one of the country's most exclusive networks.'MEMBERS ONLY: PALM BEACH' STAR SLAMS ‘NASTY’ RUMORS THAT SHE'S BEING KICKED OUT OF MAR-A-LAGOIndependent journalist Daniel Boguslaw publis...
What's healthier to drink: cold or hot water? Here's what an expert says
A viral wellness trend asks a simple question is warm or cold water healthier? but the science behind it is more nuanced.Previous research shows that food and beverage temperature has a measurable effect on things like anxiety and gut discomfort.One of the most long-standing health claims is that ice-cold water boosts calorie burn by forcing the body to heat it up. While this is grounded in science, the actual impact may be minimal.ONE TYPE OF OLIVE OIL HAS A SURPRISING EFFECT ON BRAINPOWER DURI...
Iran warns European countries will be 'legitimate targets' if they join conflict
An Iranian official warned that any European countries that enter the conflict against Iran will become "legitimate targets" for Tehran’s retaliation. Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi made the remark to France24 as Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday apologized to neighboring countries that have been attacked by the regime. "We have already informed the Europeans and everybody else that they should be careful not to be involved in this war of aggression against Ira...
CEO of Olympic-styled sporting event that allows enhancements ready to put negative connotations to bed
With the Olympics over, it is not out of the realm of possibility that some dirty work went on behind the scenes there were rumors about male ski jumpers potentially inflating their private parts for better hang time. In the Enhanced Games, though, as counterintuitive as it may sound, there is no such thing.The Enhanced Games have long been labeled the "Steroid Olympics" by critics. The event doesn't have its name by accident, as performance-enhancements will be allowed.However, CEO Max Martin b...
The WIRED Guide to Wires: How to Manage the Mess of Cables Around Your Desk
You need to sort out that rat’s nest of cables under your desk. These cable management tips and products can help you do it.
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Britain Is Trying To Censor Americans... But Washington Is Fighting Back
Britain Is Trying To Censor Americans... But Washington Is Fighting Back Authored by Daniel Lü via The Daily Sceptic, Ofcom has confirmed it is referring 4chan to a final enforcement decision under the Online Safety Act. The target is a Delaware company that runs an entirely anonymous imageboard from the United States, with no offices, staff, servers or assets in Britain. The demand: install age-verification systems and content filters so that British children cannot access the...
'Hoppers' Review: Jon Hamm, Meryl Streep elevate Pixar's run-of-the-mill beaver adventure
It's difficult to avoid the reality that Pixar has been in a rut. The house that built "Toy Story" and "Finding Nemo" hasn't had a home run original since 2017's "Coco," which is why the Disney-owned studio falls back on tried and true franchise favorites like 2024's "Inside Out 2" and the forthcoming "Toy Story 5."That's not to say that Pixar should only stick with sequels because they're safe box office hits. Pixar should be taking creative risks that gave us beloved characters like Woody, WAL...
Vocal anti-Trump Dem reveals which industry is trying to oust him from House seat: 'I was a target'
Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, who has repeatedly tried to impeach President Trump and has been thrown out of Trump's State of the Union addresses multiple times, spoke on camera with Fox News Digital about the results of his recent primary election that resulted in a runoff.Green cited $1.5 million in spending against his campaign by the crypto-industry as a major driver behind the closeness of his race. "They made it clear that I was a target, and they had a fake poll that showed that they were goin...
BROADCAST BIAS: From 'without evidence' to war panic, the media target Trump and America
In his second term, President Donald Trump has been more aggressive in attacking America’s enemies than he was in his first term. But whenever this commander in chief approves military action, the broadcast networks reflexively attack it and seek to undermine the effort. This certainly happened when America and Israel took military action against Iran on Feb. 28.One sickening impulse is the networks offering a propaganda platform to the enemy, as they did repeatedly with Iran’s foreign minister,...
Driver accused of attempting to mow down cop during street takeover strolls free hours later on $3K bond
A North Carolina woman accused of striking a police officer with her car during a street takeover was released on a $3,000 bond just hours after her arrest a decision law enforcement leaders say sends a troubling message.Tanaezah Michelle Austin, 25, faces a felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon on a government official in connection with the early Sunday morning incident in northwest Charlotte.According to an arrest affidavit, officers responded around 3:25 a.m. to reports of vehicles d...
Mediterranean chef touts 'liquid gold' in pantry for heart health and weight-loss benefits
In a world of complicated diet rules and trending weight-loss drugs, one Mediterranean cooking expert says the answer could already be in your pantry."Extra virgin olive oil we call it our liquid gold, and I can't live without it," said Suzy Karadsheh, founder of The Mediterranean Dish brand and website. "It's the one thing that I reach for all the time, and it's one of the main reasons the Mediterranean diet is really good for heart health. You make that one swap, and you start using extra virg...
'Utterly unaffordable': Study reveals how deep blue city's minimum wage law is ravaging key industry
A phased-in minimum wage hike in Los Angeles that will mandate up to $30 per hour for hotel workers, signed into law by mayor Karen Bass, is already causing problems for the hotel industry and putting the squeeze on the working-class demographic that minimum wage laws are purportedly intended to help."The bottom line is the city of Los Angeles has forced a wage and benefits package on hotels that is utterly unaffordable at a time when Californians and Americans are laser focused on affordability...
Britney Spears reported for erratic driving at high rate of speed before DUI arrest
Britney Spears faces a new battle with the law nearly five years after being released from a controversial, decade-long conservatorship.Spears, 44, was arrested Wednesday, March 4, and booked for allegedly driving under the influence near her affluent Southern California home. She was released around 6:07 a.m. on Thursday, according to records reviewed by Fox News Digital.The "Womanizer" singer was spotted driving erratically at a high rate of speed while traveling southbound on U.S.-101, Fox Ne...
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Daylight saving time returns, despite perennial politicking to stop the switch
Generally speaking, daylight saving time clock changes are unpopular. Research shows most Americans favor ditching the practice. But for now, Californians will all move their clocks forward an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday.
Indonesia To Ban Social Media For Children Under 16
Indonesia will ban children under 16 from having accounts on major social media platforms as part of a government push to protect minors from harmful content, addiction, and online threats. The rule will roll out starting March 28 and makes Indonesia the first country in Southeast Asia to impose such a restriction. The Guardian reports: Meutya Hafid said in a statement to media said that she signed a government regulation that will mean children under the age of 16 can no longer have accounts on...
MIKE DAVIS: Virginia returns to the Confederacy with a seditious conspiracy against ICE
Immigration enforcement is a core federal power. Under Article I of the Constitution, Congress has the duty to write our federal immigration laws. Under Article II, the President has the duty to enforce them. States cannot meddle, and certainly not obstruct. Unfortunately, many Democrat states, especially Virginia, are on a deadly collision course with the federal government.American voters gave President Trump and the Republican-led Congress a broad electoral mandate to reverse the disaster the...
Robots that refuse to fail: AI evolves 'legged metamachines' that reassemble and withstand injury
Northwestern University engineers have developed the first modular robots with athletic intelligence. They can be combined and recombined in the wild, recover from injury and keep moving no matter wha
DAN GAINOR: As troops face danger abroad, media wage war on Trump at home
America is in the midst of kicking the snot out of an enemy that has dominated Middle East headlines for nearly 50 years. Naturally, some in the press are targeting… President Donald Trump with ridiculous new allegations buried in the depths of the Epstein files. Why? Because journalists still believe they can drag Trump through the mud, even in the middle of a war, and win elections for the D team.If this sounds familiar, it sure as heck should. This has been the media strategy since Trump firs...
The Best MIDI Controllers for Synths, Guitars, and More (2026)
Want to digitally control your favorite instruments? These tools will help.
Slay the Spire 2, Scott Pilgrim EX and other new indie games worth checking out
Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. We've got a lot of new and upcoming games to highlight this week, and those are on top of all of our coverage of the Nintendo Indie World stream the other day. Nintendo packed a lot of news into that 18-minute stream, including the sudden arrivals of three great games Blue Prince, Minishoot' Adventures and Öoo on Switch and/or Switch 2.The company revealed release dates for a bunch of games we've had on our radar, such as ...
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Germany Is Now Officially A Planned Economy
Germany Is Now Officially A Planned Economy Authored by Eduard Braun via Mises Institute, Germany’s push for a social-ecological market economy rests on far-reaching state interventions in energy and industry, including a government-driven hydrogen strategy. In a recent report Germany’s Federal Audit Office explicitly describes the policy as a planned economy and highlights fundamental problems. At the same time, it doubts that the government will reach its own targets, indicating ...
Gap narrows in Alberta as federal Conservatives shed some support to Liberals: poll
An Abacus Data poll suggests the Conservatives boast a 51-per-cent share of the intended vote in the province. That is down 13 percentage points from their share of results in the 2025 federal election. Meanwhile, Liberal support is up eight percentage points.
Sunday is the last time most British Columbians will change their clocks what you need to know
Most British Columbians will wake up Sunday having lost an hour of sleep one that they'll never gain back come November, given the province will have shifted to permanent daylight time year-round. Here's what you need to know about the province of British Columbia's shift to the Pacific daylight time zone.
Iran’s ideological state: faith, fear and favors fuel its vast propaganda and patronage network
When Benny Sabti was a child growing up in Iran, he remembers receiving an unusual prize at school. "For being an excellent student, I received a Persian translation of Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler," Sabti told Fox News Digital. "They translated Hitler’s book into Persian and distributed it to students."The experience stayed with him. Looking back, Sabti, now an Iran expert at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Israel, says it reflected a broader effort by Iran’s ruling clerical...
‘It means missile defence on data centres’: drone strikes raises doubts over Gulf as AI superpower | US-Israel war on Iran | The Guardian
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Best Mid Layer for Hiking, Backpacking, and Travel (2026)
Should you get a high-tech jacket like a grid fleece, or stick with tried and true merino wool? We found the warmest, lightest mid layers for your next adventure.
CBP Used Online Ad Data to Track Phone Locations
Plus: Proton helped the FBI identify a protester, the Leakbase cybercrime forum was busted in an international operation, and more.
Nancy Pelosi doubles down on defending Obama's strikes on Libya while attacking Trump: 'Read the law'
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., continued to argue that President Donald Trump’s attacks on Iran and former President Barack Obama’s strikes on Libya were "two completely different things" despite many shared similarities between the two incidents. Pelosi has condemned Trump’s strikes while defending President Barack Obama back in 2011."They’re not at all alike," Pelosi said."What Obama did was limited military force. This is beyond that. It was limited military force," she continue...
Virginia prosecutor’s record on violent offenders scrutinized after illegal immigrant charged in mom's murder
A prosecutor in Virginia is facing criticism after a Fairfax County Police Department officer warned the county's commonwealth attorney about a criminal illegal immigrant who has racked up over 30 arrests before allegedly killing a mother.Abdul Jalloh, 32, was charged with second-degree murder after he allegedly stabbed a mother to death while at a bus stop in Fairfax County, Virginia on Feb. 23. Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano's office, however, was warned several times about...
The socialist crime blueprint begins. NYC leaders pull back the curtain on Mamdani’s vision for public safety
A large swath of New York City crimes plummeted three months into 2026, but police staffing shortages, subway scares and questions about Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s larger plans for law enforcement have kept public safety front and center of the Big Apple’s political spotlight."I think that right now there's a wait and see attitude. Is Mayor Mamdani going to be supportive [of the police] or is it going to be like he's still campaigning for a socialist position? We don't know," James Mulvaney, an adju...
Noem reveals Trump will have 'big agreement' to announce at major summit with world leaders
Kristi Noem will reportedly join President Donald Trump and 12 Latin American leaders at his resort in Florida for a "Shield of the Americas" summit Saturday after her ouster as the Secretary of Homeland Security and appointment by President Donald Trump to be special envoy for the new coalition of nations. On Thursday, Trump announced Noem would be exiting her role as Homeland Security secretary and would be appointed a Special Envoy for the "Shield of the Americas," a summit for which will be ...
What’s next for Kristi Noem? 2026 Senate chatter grows after DHS exit
President Donald Trump cut short Kristi Noem’s tenure at the Department of Homeland Security after weeks of internal turmoil. Now headed to a new envoy post, the onetime conservative star faces a pressing question: Can she stage a political comeback?Noem was fired as the nation’s immigration chief after a turbulent stretch marked by internal clashes and two contentious congressional hearings where even some Republicans pressed her over leadership missteps. Trump announced on Truth Social that Se...
I’m the only man in America who wants to keep daylight saving time
Every March, we grumble, we groan, we post memes about "losing an hour," and we collectively curse daylight saving time. Lawmakers threaten to abolish it. Health experts warn about sleep disruption. Social media treats it like a national injustice. As for me? I love it, and I look forward to it because it makes me better.People look at the time change all wrong. What if it’s not an attack on our routines, but a gift?I don’t just study time. I’ve had to master it. I spent 20 years in the U.S. Nav...
Comedian Max Amini built a worldwide following. America is just catching up
Max Amini has long been one of stand-up's most successful under-the-radar headliners. Now, he's become the first Iranian-American to headline Madison Square Garden going from comedy's best kept secret, to performing on its biggest stage.Born in Tucson, Arizona, in 1981 to a Persian family, Amini's bicultural upbringing painted the lens through which he views the world."I was born into this family who… promoted the Iranian culture in a very positive way to us," he told Fox News Digital before his...
