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Lawmakers send bills to Newsom shoring up ballot security, transparency for paid political posts
California lawmakers on Sunday approved bills aimed at preventing interference in this fall's midterm elections and requiring more transparency from social media influencers who are paid by political campaigns.
Taiwanese authorities raided the office of PCB maker Unimicron, an Nvidia and Intel supplier, alleging it illegally labeled China-made parts as made in Taiwan
Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: Taiwanese authorities raided the office of PCB maker Unimicron, an Nvidia and Intel supplier, alleging it illegally labeled China-made parts as made in Taiwan TAIPEI —
Study maps when optimization solutions remain stable as data change
A theoretical preprint sets out conditions under which optimization values and solution sets stay stable as objectives and feasible choices are sequentially perturbed. It also applies the framework to
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California lawmakers vote to change childhood sex abuse law
The 2019 law resulted in billions of dollars in payouts from local governments.
New algebraic view of Collatz map leaves key question open
A new arXiv preprint recasts an alternative Collatz integer map as a Boolean-polynomial operator, links it to finite-support binary sequences and derives explicit formulas for its carry terms, while l
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Spain spa deaths: Investigators examine spa fault after couple die
Post-mortem findings suggest cardiac arrest, but the cause remains unconfirmed.
Rockies player benched after flipping off Braves fans, caught on video giving the bird
Colorado Rockies rookie center fielder Cole Carrigg found himself in the doghouse after flipping off Atlanta Braves fans during Saturday's 2-1 loss at Truist Park.PETE CROW-ARMSTRONG GETS INTO UGLY, CURSE-FILLED SCREAMING MATCH WITH FEMALE WHITE SOX FANAs Colorado clung to a 1-0 lead, Carrigg dove for Michael Harris II's fly ball but came up empty. The ball went for a two-run double, giving Atlanta the lead.As Braves fans let him hear it, Carrigg lost his cool and flipped the bird toward the sta...
Many are making the argument that Jordan Travis was the greatest college QB of all time, and they aren't wrong
A lot has already been made about Florida State's lackluster 17-point win over New Mexico State on Saturday night.To most Seminoles fans, their week zero showing was just a microcosm of how rotten things have gotten in the past few years under the tutelage of head coach Mike Norvell.With the win, Norvell improved to a paltry 8-17 since the beginning of 2024, and failing to cover a 31.5-point spread against an undermanned G6 school did little to quell the bloodthirsty masses in Tallahassee.FROM F...
Parkgoer airlifted after Batman roller coaster incident leaves man with fractures to both legs
Panic and confusion followed at a theme park in Spain Saturday after a ride on a Batman-themed roller coaster left a visitor with fractures to both legs, according to local reports.The incident occurred on the Batman Gotham City Escape at Parque Warner Madrid, the the park said in a post on X.The 49-year-old rider reportedly suffered an open fracture in his left leg and a closed fracture in his right leg, Europa Press reported, citing emergency officials.WOMAN ALLEGEDLY EJECTED FROM ROLLER COAST...
Beloved Texas chiropractor, hiking group among those unaccounted for after Grand Canyon flash flood
A Texas chiropractor and the hiking group he was with are among those reported missing or unaccounted for after a flash flood tore through a remote stretch of the Grand Canyon, according to a public plea from his wife.Dr. John Giusti, a chiropractor and father of three from Granbury, Texas, was hiking and camping in the canyon when floodwaters swept through Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch area on Aug. 29, his wife said in an update shared by Whipple City Family Chiropractic."Please pra...
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The Telephone, Political Entrepreneurship, And Theodore M. Vail
The Telephone, Political Entrepreneurship, And Theodore M. Vail Authored by Joshua Mawhorter via Mises Institute, Originally, this article was intended to be an exploration as to how-after a period of initial patent monopoly and an all-too-brief episode of freer market competition-cronyism reestablished a telephone monopoly that would last for decades. While such an article is worthwhile and hopefully forthcoming, I was struck by the influence of one man's leadership strategy as pr...
AI turns mission instructions into satellite radio policies
A simulated satellite system translated natural-language missions into radio policies, while deterministic software handled the feasibility-critical configuration tasks.
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Why the United States can’t quit its wars
NY Times: Afghanistan defeat offers lessons as Trump's Iran war risks becoming endless.
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Rise And Fall Of "Climate Crisis" Info War As Dems Urge Politicians To Avoid Global Warming Talk
Rise And Fall Of "Climate Crisis" Info War As Dems Urge Politicians To Avoid Global Warming Talk The "climate crisis" headlines forced down the throats of the American people only began to emerge when socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and unhinged leftist Sen. Ed Markey introduced the Green New Deal in early 2019. That was the moment when global-warming headlines spiked and the NGO complex ramped up activist networks through protests and an informational war in the press, tric...
AI model learns edge geometry for noisy, small-sample regression
A preprint tests geometry-constrained KANs on symbolic and tabular regression benchmarks, reporting a Banach-KAN median NRMSE of 0.030 on clean data and different results under noise, limited samples
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US strikes Iran for first time in a month, Tehran retaliates
US strikes on Iran’s Larak Island prompt Tehran to target bases in Jordan.
California mom has both legs amputated after suspected impaired driver plows into her restaurant lunch table
An elderly California mother had both her legs amputated after an alleged impaired driver crashed into the outdoor dining area of a restaurant where she was eating lunch.Cristina Vargas, 81, was enjoying lunch at a sidewalk table outside Los Cinco Puntos in Los Angeles' Boyle Heights with her daughter, Gabriela Vargas, and their male friend when the SUV plowed into them at around 3:30 p.m. on July 7.Surveillance footage obtained by KTLA shows an SUV veering onto the sidewalk and into the outdoor...
Unlabeled Chest X-rays May Help Rank AI Models Under Data Shifts
A computational preprint benchmark reports that AURCC closely matched target-performance rankings for six chest X-ray foundation models, while results were more mixed in zero-shot testing and broader
Hasan Piker insists Abdul El-Sayed asked him to 'stump' for Michigan campaign amid backlash
Twitch streamer Hasan Piker said that Democratic Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed asked him to "stump" for his campaign during an interview Friday following the intense backlash the Democratic politician has faced for appearing with him.Piker spoke to Semafor columnist David Weigel about the backlash he has received from Democrats since appearing on the campaign trail with El-Sayed, which he claimed was El-Sayed's idea, not his."He asked me to stump for him, and I had not considered...
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US Forces Sink Vessel Providing At-Sea Refueling For Cartel: SOUTHCOM
US Forces Sink Vessel Providing At-Sea Refueling For Cartel: SOUTHCOM Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times, U.S. forces, on Aug. 28, sank a vessel in the eastern Pacific that the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said was serving as an at-sea refueling point for drug-trafficking boats. A vessel suspected of providing at-sea refueling for drug traffickers burns after being targeted by U.S. forces on Aug. 28, 2026. U.S. Southern Command SOUTHCOM, which oversees military operat...
The National | Nepal flooding traps hundreds in tunnels
Aug. 30, 2026 | Hundreds of workers are believed to be trapped in tunnels buried under metres of mud from flash flooding in Nepal. Google changes its maps to read Lake America in the U.S. and the switch shows up on several Canadian websites. And, an island suddenly appears then vanishes in northern B.C.
Nicolás Maduro flashes peace signs in first prison photos since US capture in Caracas
Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro appeared in photos posted to his social media accounts Sunday, offering the first known glimpse of him inside a New York prison since his capture by U.S. forces in January.Maduro, who was flown to the U.S. following a major military operation in Caracas, has been in custody for eight months at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn while facing drug trafficking charges.In the photos, shared to Maduro’s X account, the former dictator wore a matchi...
Bayesian method maps uncertainty when data cannot identify one answer
A theoretical preprint maps uncertainty about discrete outcomes into uncertainty about partially identified model parameters, then tests the approach in simulation.
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Leah Stewart on surviving a 4m great white shark attack at Coogee Beach, Sydney
Leah Stewart underwent 11 operations, including having her mauled left arm amputated.
Researchers test 18-question measure of generative AI knowledge
The 18-item GenAIT test measures conceptual generative AI knowledge and appears promising for group-level research, while its reliability varies across students’ score levels.
Moore-Read signature survives a non-Hermitian test, then fails
A numerical kagome-lattice study found that a Moore-Read counting pattern survives nonreciprocal deformation over finite windows before its entanglement gap collapses.
Gamescom Crime Spree? Three Exhibitors Report Their Laptops Were Stolen
From the gaming news site Aftermath" Game developer and consultant Ryan Laley traveled to Cologne, Germany from Essex, England to showcase his upcoming horror social deduction game Mimic at the annual Gamescom event. He paid "thousands of pounds" to get a booth at the show, where other game developers and press could try the game ahead of its October release. But Laley's Gamescom was cut short when he realized Friday morning that his brand new Alienware laptop, purchased for the event, was mis...
AI models showed different playing strengths across languages
A controlled self-play study found that three open-weight models did not play six fixed games with equal strength across eight language interfaces; the gap varied by game, and changing the intermediat
Alex Palou clinches fourth straight IndyCar title and fifth overall in doubleheader at Milwaukee Mile
Àlex Palou officially clinched the 2026 NTT IndyCar Series championship on a doubleheader weekend in Milwaukee that turned into an unusual partial doubleheader on Sunday.The 29-year-old Spaniard qualified well for both races, but served an engine penalty in the first, which got underway on Saturday.Rain, however, caused a red flag at the 90-lap mark, and the rest of the race was postponed to Sunday morning.Come Sunday morning, the track was still too wet, which led to an unusual schedule for the...
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7-stage journey reveals how falling space rocks survive air
At least once in our lives, we’ve all seen a bright streak of light briefly blaze across the sky and have quickly referred to it as an asteroid, meteor, shooting star, comet, or some other whimsical name we’ve heard others use to describe it. For those calling it a meteor, you would be correct, but we’ll touch upon this later. The time it takes for a space rock, bolide being its scientific name, to travel through Earth's atmosphere and crash into the ground literally takes only a few seconds. Bu...
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These Are The World's Safest (And Least Safe) Cities
These Are The World's Safest (And Least Safe) Cities Doha ranks as the safest major city in the world in 2026, while Caracas sits at the opposite end of the ranking. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Dorothy Neufeld, compares the world’s safest and least safe major cities using Numbeo’s 2026 Safety Index. Scores are based on five years of user submissions covering perceptions of crime, personal safety, property crime, and violent crime. They do not measure official crime rates ...
Abbey Gate survivor describes chaos before attack, says pullout was botched from the start
Abbey Gate bombing survivor retired Marine Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews said Saturday on "The Big Weekend Show" that U.S. Marines were forced to improvise their way through the chaotic evacuation of Afghanistan after inadequate preparation and support left them facing overwhelming crowds in the days leading up to the deadly attack.Vargas-Andrews, who lost his right arm and left leg in the Aug. 26, 2021, suicide bombing, said Marines at Hamid Karzai International Airport were left to adapt on the gr...
Chip design startup Agentrys has raised a $19.1M seed round led by Etna Labs and a $5.4M pre-seed led by MediaTek
Chris Metinko / Axios: Chip design startup Agentrys has raised a $19.1M seed round led by Etna Labs and a $5.4M pre-seed led by MediaTek Agentrys, a Nvidia alum-led chip design startup, raised $24.5
Shortlist-first LLM judging exceeds its 90% Guarantee Success Rate target
A shortlist-first design reported Guarantee Success Rates above 90% across tested multi-candidate settings, while its formal result remained conditional on calibration and monotonicity assumptions.
Understanding ChatGPT Work
OpenAI announced ChatGPT Work on July 9th, and have been furiously iterating on it ever since. It is an extraordinarily confusing and very powerful product. Here's what I've figured out about it so fa
San Diego Padres swept by Rays after outfielder drops fly ball over the fence for a home run: WATCH
With the calendar set to turn to September, the San Diego Padres are fighting for their playoff lives.Entering a tough weekend series against the Tampa Bay Rays, San Diego had a 16-8 record in August, including an impressive sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers. Their slumping offense had finally come alive in recent weeks, with Fernando Tatis Jr. breaking out of a power drought, Jackson Merrill turning around his year, and Ty France continuing to be a surprising offensive force.Their typically aggres...
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Central Asia Resists US Pressure To Choose Sides In AI Race
Central Asia Resists US Pressure To Choose Sides In AI Race Authored by Eurasianet via OilPrice, Kazakhstan is continuing to expand AI cooperation with China even after joining the US-led Pax Silica initiative. Uzbekistan says it wants access to both cutting-edge American technology and lower-cost Chinese AI models rather than choosing between them. Their positions illustrate the difficulty Washington faces in persuading Central Asian governments to take sides in the intensifying...
Curacao wins second Little League World Series in country's history, first since 2004
A dream 22 years in the making has become a reality, as Curaçao has captured its first Little League World Series title since 2004.The tiny island nation of less than 200,000 citizens rode a dominant pitching performance and an offensive onslaught to an 11-2 victory over Nevada in the championship game.It was the second championship in the country's history, coming on the heels of their shutout victory over Japan in the International final.LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES SIGN-STEALING CONTROVERSY ERU...
AI writing scores higher in tests of paper trajectories
A preprint tests whether turning scientific papers into staged writing records is associated with broader writing scores than plain paper text or generic text, with reasoning results remaining close t
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Gardening the Moon's Cosmic Archives
When a meteoroid hits the Moon's surface, it does more than just dig up a little dirt. It actually excavates a little bit of cosmic history that recorded a long-ago supernova explosion. Scientists at the University of Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology have come up with a way to decode that history and learn something about such energetic events in the Universe.
Airport chaos erupts after driver suddenly smashes through fence, hits plane and tractor: police
A New Hampshire airport was allegedly breached Saturday after a teenager fleeing police crashed through a perimeter fence, striking a parked plane and nearby tractor, authorities said.The incident unfolded at Portsmouth International Airport shortly after 8 p.m., New Hampshire State Police (NHSP) said Sunday.The suspect was identified as Wyatt Seely, 17, of Rochester, who officials said was found intoxicated following the crash.According to authorities, the pursuit began when officials were sear...
AI model reports better 4D flow MRI at 50× acceleration
A reconstruction model for 4D flow MRI reported better image and velocity metrics than four comparator methods, including at 50-fold acceleration, in a benchmark using a challenge dataset.
Evan Kung wins Bassmaster Elite at St. Lawrence River in a tournament for the record books
What a finale to the 2026 Bassmaster Elite Series regular season.Nine different anglers crossed the 100-pound mark this week at the Bassmaster Elite at St. Lawrence River the most Century Belts ever awarded at a single smallmouth event in Bassmaster history.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICK OUTDOORSAnd shockingly, that historic number almost wasn't even the most exciting thing that happened.Evan Kung made a furious final-day charge from behind to run down leader Trey McKinney and steal t...
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Federal Court Rules Sexual AI Images Of Children Are Legal To Possess
Federal Court Rules Sexual AI Images Of Children Are Legal To Possess Perhaps sometimes it's best for judges to ignore technical loopholes and rigid legal precedent for the sake of doing the right thing? Maybe, in extreme cases where absolute evil is involved, our system could dismiss the "rights of artists" and enforce restrictions based on the potential long term damage to society as a whole? Yes, the constitutional conundrums are plenty, but can't we also simply use common sen...
Preprint tests diffusion models for finer daily precipitation maps
A preprint compares three conditioning routes for a diffusion model that generates probabilistic daily precipitation at finer resolution.
Family sues after 6-year-old girl dies when badminton racket shaft pierces skull
The family of a 6-year-old New Jersey girl who died after a badminton racket came apart and pierced her skull during a Maine vacation is suing the Massachusetts-based maker of the sports equipment."This case represents a parent’s worst nightmare," Attorney Charles P. Hehmeyer, who is representing the family, said. "The Morgan family was enjoying an idyllic summer vacation here in Maine when they lost Lucy due to what we allege was a dangerous and defective piece of sports equipment."The wrongful...
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Weird, wet heat is finally set to taper off: Here's where and when
Expect weather that feels "more like California than Miami," the National Weather Service says
How to improve your audio quality on Apple CarPlay
Apple CarPlay can sound great, but you have to make sure you're sending it high-quality audio. A few quick checks can boost your audio enjoyment on the road.
AI Weather Models Forecast Well but Miss the Butterfly Effect
A modeling study across ERA5, PlaSim and Lorenz 96 finds a trade-off between large-scale forecast skill and physically realistic error growth.
15 people may be missing after Grand Canyon flash flood, dozens evacuated
A major flash flood at the Grand Canyon forced the evacuation of dozens of people and swept large boulders, metal structures and other debris into the Colorado River that runs through it, the U.S. National Park Service said. Saturday's flooding has left the park service seeking information about 15 people who may be missing or unaccounted for.
KIT4 study reports more coherent TV localization; final pair unresolved
A preprint comparison of four penalties on measured KIT4 EIT data found more spatially coherent localization with smoothed TV and Huber-TV, but none of the four satisfactorily resolved the final diffi
Scottie Scheffler turns hot-mic F-bomb into motivation, rallies for Tour Championship win
Scottie Scheffler shot a bogey-free 66 during Saturday’s third round at the Tour Championship and still looked frustrated throughout the round.After missing a putt at East Lake, Scheffler’s emotions finally boiled over and they were caught on a hot mic."How does it go back that way? F---ing grain’s over here," Scheffler said.Scheffler’s inability to convert longer birdie looks in the third round left him three shots behind Viktor Hovland entering Sunday’s final round.But, as is often the case wi...
The challenges John Ternus inherits as he replaces Tim Cook on Sept. 1 amid rising component costs, staff retention issues, efforts to catch up in AI, and more
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: The challenges John Ternus inherits as he replaces Tim Cook on Sept. 1 amid rising component costs, staff retention issues, efforts to catch up in AI, and more Apple's chang
Ex-Pentagon official urges US to ‘squeeze’ UK on defense amid Falklands furor
A report that Washington could use the Falkland Islands to pressure Britain into meeting its NATO defense commitments drew a swift rebuttal Sunday from a former Pentagon official, who insisted the long-standing U.S. neutrality on the islands remains unchanged.Morgan Murphy, a former press secretary in the War Department, told Fox News Digital that while Washington has not altered its position on Falklands sovereignty, he believes the Trump administration may apply heavy diplomatic leverage over ...
A detector-sharing method broadens coverage while retaining expertise
A proposed training scheme used transfer difficulty to order four heterogeneous object detectors, then sent consolidated knowledge back to them. In the reported benchmark, final carriers scored 2.6 AP
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What Do "Capitalism" And "Socialism" Really Mean?
What Do "Capitalism" And "Socialism" Really Mean? Authored by Vincent Cook via Mises Institute, The old debate between socialism and capitalism is back. It wasn't that long ago when socialist economics had been repudiated even by former Soviet insiders, businesses like Wendy's and Miller ran clever television advertisements poking fun at the once-mighty but by then grossly dysfunctional Soviet Union, and the remaining leftist political parties in Western countries pivoted to focusi...
AI's 'Creepy' Crawlers Criticized by Linux Foundation's IT Infrastructure Director
The Linux Foundation's director of IT infrastructure says they now spend more CPU cycles "rendering commits for scrapers than we spend on all other kinds of legitimate access." At any one time, across 5 geo-distributed nodes, there are 14 CPU cores doing nothing but rendering git commits as html.... [W]hen a source is guaranteed to be LLM-free, like the entire history of kernel commits, it's worth its weight in gold as a source of training data... At the time of writing, linux.git is about 1...
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One dead, more than a dozen unaccounted for after Grand Canyon flash flood
The flash flood happened around 2:30 p.m. Saturday and resulted in 'significant impacts' to infrastructure throughout Bright Angel Canyon.
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More than 20 may be missing after Grand Canyon flash flood
The flash flood happened around 2:30 p.m. Saturday and resulted in "significant impacts" to infrastructure throughout Bright Angel Canyon.
How to soft and hard reset your iPhone
Is your iPhone acting up? Let's walk through the different kinds of resets, what they do and how to perform them.
Mamdani turns on New York City teachers union with lawsuit blocking pay raises for educators
The United Federation of Teachers (UFT), New York City's largest teachers union, is fighting back against Mayor Zohran Mamdani's efforts to block a city-backed pay raise for education paraprofessionals, after the group previously endorsed him last year.Last month, the New York City Council unanimously passed the "RESPECT Check Act," which would offer up to a $10,000-bonus for education paraprofessionals.Though Mamdani supported a version of the bill in the past, he has since spoken out against i...
AI explainer recovers more literature-backed clues from drug-pair scores
A new post-training explainer for drug-synergy models recovered more literature-backed molecular regions than comparison methods, while its scores aligned more closely with the model it was explaining
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More than 20 people may be missing in Grand Canyon flash flood
The floods hit the Bright Angel Canyon and Phantom Ranch area at the weekend.
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Pentagon Grabs 35% Equity Stake In Venezuelan Oil As Trump Vows To "Fill Up" The SPR
Pentagon Grabs 35% Equity Stake In Venezuelan Oil As Trump Vows To "Fill Up" The SPR Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez on Saturday evening unveiled further details of the grand US oil deal that was announced by President Trump on Friday, detailing that her country will receive about $19 per barrel of oil produced under the long-term energy deal. Rodriguez, who was Maduro's #2 as VP before the former president's overthrow by invading US forces less than a year ago, hailed the "hi...
Changing gains may expose hidden links in feedback networks
A working paper proposes using known changes in actuation gains to separate hidden coupling from confounding influences, with simulations and financial case studies showing both promise and sharp limi
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A dead glacier is a loss. A dying one is a threat
New York Times: Melting ice from the Himalayas is creating thousands of unstable lakes.
Getting an 'iPhone Unavailable' message? Here's how to fix it
If you're having trouble getting into your iPhone, you'll need your old passcode or Apple Account password.
Anthropic signs out some Claude users, removes saved payment methods, and issues refunds after infostealer malware on user PCs hijacked sessions to drain usage
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Anthropic signs out some Claude users, removes saved payment methods, and issues refunds after infostealer malware on their PCs hijacked sessions to drain usage
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Border czar Tom Homan fires back after Democrat Chris Murphy claims ICE is ‘terrorizing little kids’
White House border czar Tom Homan fired back on Sunday's "State of the Union" after Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., accused U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") of targeting parents at school bus stops in Danbury, Connecticut."Trump says ICE is targeting criminals. They aren't. It's a lie," Murphy posted to X on Friday. "In Danbury, they are just targeting parents sitting at school bus stops just to terrorize little kids."On CNN's "State of the Union", Homan rejected Murphy's characteriz...
Christie Brinkley and Sailor Brinkley Cook twin in denim at John Mayer's show in New York
Christie Brinkley is proving her genetics is strong in new photos with her daughter.The 72-year-old model and her 28-year-old daughter Sailor Brinkley Cook attended John Mayer's live performance for SiriusXM in New York on Wednesday, Aug. 26 looking like twins.Cook stunned on the red carpet in a denim on denim look with jeans and a denim jacket, paired with a black tank top showing off her midriff.Brinkley also sported denim jeans, but chose to pair it with a loose black tank top with lace desig...
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US launches strikes on Iran rocket launchers for first time in a month
US Navy Captain Tim Hawkins confirmed the US had taken action in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Opportunity Lost? Gained? Squandered?
Opportunity Lost? Gained? Squandered? Submitted by Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Another week with so many competing narratives driving markets. The information flow was coming so fast and furious that it is difficult to believe that Economic D-Day kicked off the week (it already seems longer than that). Today, we will take a quick romp through how things seem to be playing out. Opportunities Lost? As anyone reading recent T-Reports knows, I was hopeful Warsh would take th...
Urgent search underway for more than a dozen people after Grand Canyon flash flood
Fifteen people may be missing or unaccounted for after a major flash flood tore through a remote area of the Grand Canyon, prompting an urgent public plea from the National Park Service.Grand Canyon National Park said 62 people had been evacuated as of Sunday morning from Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch area, where significant flooding hit on Aug. 29. Officials are asking for the public’s help to account for approximately 15 people who may have been in the affected area during the floo...
Urgent search underway for more than 20 people after Grand Canyon flash flood
More than 20 people may be missing or unaccounted for after a major flash flood tore through a remote area of the Grand Canyon, prompting an urgent public plea from the National Park Service..Grand Canyon National Park said 62 people had been evacuated as of Sunday morning from Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch area, where significant flooding hit on Aug. 29. Officials are asking for the public’s help to account for more than 20 people who may have been in the affected area during the fl...
From FSU to Dan Mullen, here are three 'overreactions' from week zero of the college football season
The college football appetizer known as week zero has come and gone, and although it wasn't quite as robust as the real opening week that is still to come, it did more than enough to keep football fans satisfied while they wait for the main course this coming Saturday.Yesterday felt like a return to normalcy for college football fanatics after months of court dates and NIL doomsday prophecies, and it was nice to just sit back and watch some glorious pigskin action without worrying about any of t...
'We back': Aaron Donald returns to the Rams and a defense now loaded with Myles Garrett and others
When Michael Jordan announced his return to the NBA in 1995, all he said was "I'm back" in a statement. Well we've come a long way since then because Aaron Donald on Sunday announced his return to the NFL.And he did it with a full-on video on Instagram.(There's something to be said for 1995).FORMER RAMS STAR SAYS HE'S KEEPING TABS ON AARON DONALD RETURN AFTER MYLES GARRETT TRADEOne thing 1995 couldn't offer: Instant reaction from the wife."I let him out the house y'all," Erica Donald, the defens...
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State Department Revokes Visa Of Iraqi National On FBI Terror Watchlist
State Department Revokes Visa Of Iraqi National On FBI Terror Watchlist Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, The State Department has revoked the visa of an Iraqi national who was placed on the FBI's Terror Watchlist, ending her ability to enter the United States years after she received a high-profile award from the Biden administration. The U.S. Department of State in Washington on March 28, 2025.Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Taif Sami Mohammed Al Shakarchi is no l...
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High debt and high prices catch up to Donald Trump as midterms near
New York Times: US prices rose by 3.7% in July compared with a year earlier.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard retaliates after U.S. bombs targets in Strait of Hormuz
U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday in the first military action in a month, prompting an Iranian response and breaking a lull in fighting during an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard vows retaliation after U.S. bombs targets in Strait of Hormuz
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in a statement carried by Iran's state broadcaster noted "the martyrdom and injury of several of our fighters and compatriots" after the U.S. bombed targets in the Strait of Hormuz.
Google AI Introduces EnvHarness: A Programmable Layer That Turns Static Agent Environments Into Adaptive Training Worlds
Google Cloud AI Research, with Washington University in St. Louis and UNC Chapel Hill, has released EnvHarness, an Apache-2.0 layer that turns a static agent benchmark into one that adapts to the poli
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'We're not changing it': SoCal-based Mapquest takes stand against Trump's 'Lake America'
Like a voice of dissent from 2005, the mapping site holds firm to Lake Ontario despite Trump's executive order stemming from his escalating trade war with Canada.
Chess.com Launches New Poker Site, Plans More Classic Game Sites with Player Ratings - Thanks to AI Protyping
In May Chess.com "quietly launched" a free educational poker site named Gambit, reports The Verge, where players can learn the game and improve an Elo-like rating without risking real money. And next Chess.com will expand into more classic games, including go, backgammon, and mahjong: Like Gambit, Chess.com is developing Elo-style rating systems for these games, as well. [Chess.com's chief growth officer, Albert Cheng] didn't say when the new sites will launch but that "development is moving qu...
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The Mother Of All Mean Reversions: Commodities Have Never Been This Cheap Versus Stocks
The Mother Of All Mean Reversions: Commodities Have Never Been This Cheap Versus Stocks Across Wall Street, from Barclays and UBS to HSBC, JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, a common view is taking shape: physical scarcity is emerging across multiple commodity classes, driving prices sharply higher and signaling a broader hard-asset squeeze. Last week, UBS strategist Sagar Khandelwal issued a similar call heard across Wall Street, telling clients to “position for a commodity upcycle.” On...
Shailene Woodley Remembers Almost Being in ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2’
Among the casualties the 'Amazing Spider-Man' faced, Woodley's turn as Mary Jane as one of the more underdiscussed.
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Pentagon Strikes Iranian Island Target, In First US Military Action In Weeks
Pentagon Strikes Iranian Island Target, In First US Military Action In Weeks Update(1615ET): Things have been quiet for many days and weeks on the military front when it comes to the Iran war, but on Sunday there are some emerging reports of new but limited US strikes. According to the latest late Sunday from Axios: Senior American official: Earlier today, American forces attacked two Iranian launchers on Larzac Island. Revolutionary Guard forces were observed preparing to launch ...
Scott Wolf's wife says ‘my brain turned on me’ as she apologizes to family for 'profound harm' after psychosis
More than a year after Kelley Wolf was placed under an involuntary psychiatric hold following reports of erratic behavior, the former reality star is now speaking publicly about the experience and offering an apology to her husband Scott Wolf and their family.In an Instagram carousel, Kelley said she had been diagnosed with what she called "breakthrough drug-induced mania with psychosis," which she attributed to a combination of stress, past trauma, hormonal shifts, hallucinogens and prescribed ...
Prior scores tied to shifts in AI judges' ratings, tests find
Tests across eight AI judges found lower ratings in most models when a full anchored-metadata package was included, while threshold-based acceptance and industry classification results also shifted.
Cross Country Checkup: Should kids be allowed to buy energy drinks?
A new law in Quebec bans kids under 16 years of age from buying energy drinks. What do you think?
Jena Sims keeps the wholesome golf content coming as she leaves it all on the course doing the worm
Jena Sims served up a valuable reminder to those making golf commercials that it doesn’t have to be that hard. You don't need to attempt to make some parody that ends up in flames to get people's attention.The equation isn't a difficult one. She traded in her pants for the Chili's golf club collection, she then smacked a golf ball off a building. The approach was a simple one. This was all about fun.Jena's having fun, she's all smiles throughout, and she looks great the entire time in the commer...
Ivanka Trump takes surfing lesson in Costa Rica during latest family beach vacation getaway
Ivanka Trump is showing off her athleticism while on vacation.The 44-year-old former White House aid and daughter to President Donald Trump, was photographed taking a surfing lesson while on a family vacation in Costa Rica.In the photos, Ivanka is wearing black bikini bottoms and a long-sleeved white rash guard as she took on the waves on her green surfboard.Some of the photos show her standing up on the board and shredding the waves, while others show her standing next to the surfboard while kn...
How to improve your audio quality on Android Auto
If the sound you're getting through Android Auto is disappointing, there are several components and settings you should check.
NASA launches $4B Roman astronomical observatory to explore depths of space
NASA began a new mission to probe some of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics and cosmology with the launch on Sunday of the U.S. space agency's new flagship astronomical observatory, a repurposed spy satellite that will capture panoramic views of the cosmos.
Does USC's poor opening game attendance mean Lincoln Riley's on the hot seat already?
The 2026 college football season is officially underway, and with it returns one of the greatest sporting traditions: criticizing crowd sizes and attendance.This season, the culprit was USC, as the Trojans opened their 2026 season at home against San Jose State. Because college football scheduling is no longer based on what makes sense given a location, local time zones, time of year, or weather, NBC picked the 12pm Pacific Time window for kickoff.That's always a tough time for Southern Californ...
Americans warned against travel plans as terrorism threatens popular destination
Americans planning travel to Israel are being urged to reconsider those plans as the U.S. State Department warns of terrorism and unrest, with some areas carrying an even higher warning due to armed conflict.The department recently reissued Israel's Level 3 advisory, "Reconsider Travel," though officials said there was no change to the overall advisory level.The State Department warns that the security environment in Israel is complex and can change quickly.US WARNS TRAVELERS TO AVOID PICTURESQU...
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AI's China Syndrome: Who Will Control The World's Newest Energy?
AI's China Syndrome: Who Will Control The World's Newest Energy? Authored by J.T. Young via Substack, Ceding leadership in AI to China's Chinese Communist Party (CCP), what could go wrong? Just about everything. Yet that is precisely what some here in the U.S.-and all in Beijing-want to occur. America is currently being swept by misguided attempts to curtail AI's development and the development of the data centers on which AI's development will depend. Some of these stem from leg...
JONATHAN TURLEY: University of Pennsylvania professor calls for litmus test for all Democratic candidates
University of Pennsylvania professor Michael Mann is the vice provost for Climate Science, Policy, and Action and has pushed candidates to commit to major environmental reforms. Notably, he seemed to pivot in an interview with Peter Dominick on a podcast last week, calling for all Democratic candidates to face a litmus test on committing to pack the Supreme Court: promise to pack or get the sack.It is only the latest example of how the hostile takeover of the court is now the priority for many D...
AI Models Agree on Some Shape Impressions, but Not All
Six vision-language models showed more agreement when ranking the emotional qualities of 3D objects, but their results varied sharply by category and were not checked against human judgments.
Justin Rose slam dunks hole-in-one during final round of Tour Championship on extremely difficult Par 3
Justin Rose was putting together a forgettable final round at the Tour Championship on Sunday, but then things changed in an instant with one swing on the par 3 ninth hole.Standing on the ninth tee at 2-over par for the day and well out of contention in the PGA Tour's season finale, Rose grabbed a six-iron out of his bag and proceeded to hit the perfect shot, literally. The Par 3 was playing 208 yards on Sunday, and it isn't necessarily the ideal spot to turn around your day with the hole demand...
