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Runners wade through waist-high floodwaters in New Jersey half marathon
Strong currents forced some runners to hold a rail for safety.
GA man wanted after being filmed 'intensely interacting' with rubber duck in stranger's hot tub: 'Infatuated'
Georgia police are searching for a man who police say was "infatuated" with a rubber duck in a stranger's hot tub.The suspect is wanted for trespassing onto the homeowner's property and stealing their towels before fleeing the scene, according to the Chatham County Police Department, which said the man became "obsessed" with the rubber duck he found at the residence."He trespassed onto their property, used their hot tub, became obsessed with their rubber duck, then stole their pool towels. It's ...
Sources: Tokyo-based memory maker Kioxia is considering raising $10B+ through a 2027 US ADR listing as it seeks liquidity after billions in share buybacks (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Sources: Tokyo-based memory maker Kioxia is considering raising $10B+ through a 2027 US ADR listing as it seeks liquidity after billions in share buybacks Kioxia Holdings Corp. is conside
Alberta NDP win in Calgary-Shaw byelection
Unofficial results from Elections Alberta show NDP candidate Kyle Campbell has won Calgary-Shaw by a margin of 582 votes over the UCP's Mike Derry.
Surrogate who refused abortion asks SCOTUS to intervene as baby could be moved out of Texas
The surrogate who refused an abortion sought by the biological parents has filed an updated brief with the U.S. Supreme Court following an emergency application she filed with the court last week, arguing the case is moving more quickly than expected.McKenna West, an Alaska resident, and a California couple referred to as the commissioning parties, have been involved in a legal battle after she refused their request to terminate the pregnancy after a diagnosis of a serious heart condition, Hypop...
Rome-based Exein, which offers cybersecurity tools for connected devices including cars and home routers, raised $270M led by Headline at a $1.7B valuation
Tom Wilson / Financial Times: Rome-based Exein, which offers cybersecurity tools for connected devices including cars and home routers, raised $270M led by Headline at a $1.7B valuation Rome-based c
Agent-net Open Sources Webagent: A Go Harness That Turns Any Website into a Guarded AI Agent
Agent-net, the team building an agent-to-agent marketplace where AI agents discover, trust, and pay each other, has released Webagent, an open source harness for standing up public-facing business age
Trump's latest round of 50% tariffs on Canadian goods now in effect
A new round of U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods took effect just after midnight on Tuesday, adding 50 per cent levies to 110 products ranging from specific cheeses to motorboats, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and furniture. A decision to simultaneously remove some tariffs shows that the U.S. is paying attention to which costs get passed down to the American consumer, experts say.
Abstract-LoRA: Unlocking Single-Image Style Transfer through Targeted U-Net Block Training
arXiv:2609.13239v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Diffusion models represent one of the most advanced paradigms in generative modeling. Leveraging their development, a growing number of style transfer m
Personalized and Explainable Blood Pressure Estimation from PPG via Hybrid CNN--Morphological Features
arXiv:2609.13190v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Continuous cuffless blood pressure (BP) monitoring using photoplethysmography (PPG) offers a promising solution for personalized healthcare. However, ex
Hindsight Bias in Clinical Temporal Reasoning: How Future Data Exposure Affects Large Language Model Judgment
arXiv:2609.13454v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Clinical decisions are prospective, but clinical language models are often evaluated on retrospective records that reveal the final diagnosis, treatment
Causal Analysis and Mitigation of Spurious Onsets in Full-Duplex Speech LLMs
arXiv:2609.13445v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Speech-to-speech LLMs like Moshi, and its derivative PersonaPlex, can listen and speak concurrently through full-duplex generation. However, they can be
RFCLLM: Evaluating LLMs' Reasoning Ability of Network Protocol State Machines
arXiv:2609.13389v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Mapping textual specifications into formal representations is essential for ensuring the correctness of protocol designs and implementations. LLM-genera
Lexical Prompt Compression for Large Language Models: A Training-Free, Deterministic Pipeline with Empirical Pareto Analysis Across Eleven Task Categories
arXiv:2609.13154v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recent advances in large language models (LLMs) have made prompts increasingly large and complex. Techniques such as chain-of-thought reasoning (Wei et
PhysMent: An Interactive Approach For LLM Reasoning In Physics Problems
arXiv:2609.13152v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) perform strongly on static science benchmarks, yet their ability to reason about the physical world through active experime
Machine Unlearning for Speech Question Answering in Large Audio-Language Models
arXiv:2609.13195v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large Audio-Language Models (LALMs) have recently shown strong capabilities in speech understanding and question answering (QA), but they also inherit p
Evaluating LLM-Generated Rules for Heart Disease Prediction
arXiv:2609.13192v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This study compares traditional machine learning models and Large Language Model (LLM)-generated rule-based systems for heart disease prediction using t
LLMs or Naive Bayes? Old Gems or New Ways
arXiv:2609.13185v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) prompt a recurring question in research computing: should classical methods like Naive Bayes (NB) be retired? We benchmark
A derivative-fidelity failure mode in physics-informed neural networks: strengthened benchmark evidence from function-value training
arXiv:2609.13171v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) use automatic differentiation to impose differential-equation residuals, but good agreement in function values
BudgetBench: A Budget-Tiered Protocol and Pilot Harness for Memory Strategy Evaluation in Local Large Language Model Agents
arXiv:2609.13149v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: For local large language model agents, active context is a scarce resource: memory capacity, prefill latency, cache growth, and service objectives all c
OrchSLM: Probing the Dynamics of Small Language Model Orchestration
arXiv:2609.13470v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Although large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable capabilities, their reliance on cloud-scale infrastructure poses fundamental challeng
Governing at Machine Speed: An Adaptive Intelligence Architecture for Real-Time AI Policy Enforcement
arXiv:2609.13466v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Enterprise AI adoption has reached 78% of organizations globally, yet the infrastructure to govern that adoption has not kept pace. This paper identifie
Root-Cause Attribution Is a Search Problem: Continual Search for Long-Horizon Agent Failures
arXiv:2609.13463v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The increasing deployment of AI agents in long-horizon tasks yields massive execution logs. Diagnosing failures within these records is crucial for reli
TimeThink: Eliciting Compositional Reasoning in Timeseries Large Language Models
arXiv:2609.13457v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Timeseries multimodal large language models (TS-MLLMs) have recently begun leveraging the reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs) for que
LabAgent: Customize Any Research Hubs for Scientific Discoveries Using AI Agents
arXiv:2609.13437v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Scientific research is a continuous process that emphasizes inheritance. Methods developed by predecessors are often expanded upon by new researchers to
Toward Self-Adaptive Physical AI: Can LLM Agents Manage Long-Horizon Physical Tasks?
arXiv:2609.13436v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large Language Model (LLM) agents offer a promising path toward autonomously managing long-term physical tasks without human intervention. However, phys
Vibe Patenting: Evaluating LLM Judges for Professional Patent-Drafting Agents
arXiv:2609.13422v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: LLM judges are increasingly used to evaluate and improve AI-generated outputs, yet their reliability for complex professional work remains unclear. We s
Dolly Parton, Rob Reiner receive emotional tributes during 2026 Emmy Awards
Sally Field reflected on Dolly Parton's legacy during a moving tribute to the late country music legend at the 2026 Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Calif."If there are truly angels on earth, then we just lost one, Dolly Parton," Field confessed of her "Steel Magnolias" co-star.Parton died on Aug. 25 following a "brief battle with cancer," according to her representatives. She was 80.DOLLY PARTON'S LIFE IN HER OWN WORDS: FROM SMOKY MOUNTAINS POVERTY TO COUNTRY MUSIC IMMORTALITY"It was my great, good ...
Chiefs' new stud Kenneth Walker runs wild, Bo Nix melts down as Kansas City obliterates Broncos in MNF blowout
So much for Denver taking over the AFC West. The first Monday Night Football matchup of the 2026 season was a total disaster class for the Denver Broncos, who got flattened 31-10 by the Kansas City Chiefs at a rowdy Arrowhead Stadium.Everyone tuned in to see Patrick Mahomes make his return nine months after tearing his ACL and LCL last December.CHIEFS FACE CRITICAL 2026 SEASON WITH PATRICK MAHOMES RETURNING FROM ACL TEARBut while Mahomes looked crisp, Kansas City’s $43 million offseason prize st...
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When War Comes Home: A Constitutional Warning
When War Comes Home: A Constitutional Warning Authored by Andrew P. Napolitano via Ron Paul Institute, A failed war does not end when the drones stop flying. It creates a new danger: A government that refuses to admit defeat and a president who, having failed abroad, seeks muscular victories elsewhere. The war against Iran is a case study in the limits of military power, the dangers of presidential overreach and the enduring wisdom of the Constitution's separation of powers. It ...
Michael J. Fox receives standing ovation at 2026 Emmys for Parkinson's disease advocacy work
Michael J. Fox was honored with the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 2026 Emmys for his advocacy and philanthropic work supporting Parkinson’s disease research.The Bob Hope Humanitarian Award is an honorary Emmy presented by the Television Academy and the Bob and Dolores Hope Foundation. Established in 2002, it recognizes a television-industry figure whose philanthropic work has made a lasting impact on society.Fox attended the award show on Monday night with his wife, Tracy Pollan. This was t...
AI CEOs Predictably Suck Up to Trump Amid ‘AI Pause’ Debate
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman requested a private meeting with Trump last week, while Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dialed up him on stage at an event.
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Crashing a plane for clicks: Influencers push shock content to get views
New York Times: Influencers are risking prison, injury and even death chasing online fame.
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The Deep State's Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card
The Deep State's Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card Authored by Jay Rogers via American Greatness, Last Wednesday, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan sent FBI Director Kash Patel a letter demanding every document connected to an operation codenamed Round River. If you haven't heard of it, that's understandable; it's the sequel nobody promoted, and I'll get to it. I've spent part of my career testifying as an expert witness on fiduciary duty, the branch of law that punishes people for betr...
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CubeSat Instrument Extends Solar Storm Warnings 10x
Our Sun is the very reason life exists on our small, blue planet. It provides solar radiation that warms the planet and ignites the intricate biochemical processes like photosynthesis producing oxygen for life to breathe. However, while the Sun is known for giving life, it can also potentially take it away with its solar flares, geomagnetic storms, and solar radiation storms, all of which are referred to as space weather. But how can space weather be forecasted so industries can better prepare a...
Georgia mayor, 23, ousted 10 months after making history as state’s youngest mayor
Georgia's youngest elected mayor was removed from office just 10 months after taking the job following allegations that he misused city funds and exchanged sexually suggestive messages and images with an 18-year-old high school student.Jayden Williams, who recently turned 23, was impeached by the Stockbridge City Council in the city south of Atlanta after taking office in January."The City of Stockbridge confirms that the City Council has taken formal action concerning the Office of Mayor," the ...
A look at iLands, a company that is essentially Fiverr for AI agents, whose bots email unsolicited and annoying pitches to people, usually for ~$25 services
Ernie Smith / Tedium: A look at iLands, a company that is essentially Fiverr for AI agents, whose bots email unsolicited and annoying pitches to people, usually for ~$25 services Making sense of iLa
A look at iLands, a company that's like Fiverr for agents, which email annoying and unsolicited pitches to people, usually for services costing ~$25
Ernie Smith / Tedium: A look at iLands, a company that's like Fiverr for agents, which email annoying and unsolicited pitches to people, usually for services costing ~$25 Making sense of iLands, the
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Teen Rescued From Frigid Alaskan Waters After Drifting For Days
Teen Rescued From Frigid Alaskan Waters After Drifting For Days A 15-year-old boy from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, was rescued after spending two days on a capsized boat in the frigid Bering Sea. The teen, identified by family as Derek Parker Aghnaanga, left Savoonga on Friday, September 4th, with his older brother and cousin in an 18-foot fishing skiff. They were expected back Sunday afternoon but the boat did not return. Unfortunately, Derek's brother and his cousin died from ...
Heavy rain turns half-marathon into total soak-a-thon | The Moment
Julia Cairns tells The National about the moment she ran a half-marathon partially submerged in water due to flash floods in Paramus, New Jersey.
Thoughts on AI labs' safety concerns: a coordinated slowdown may look like an antitrust conspiracy to limit output that would preserve frontier model margins
Matt Levine / Bloomberg: Thoughts on AI labs' safety concerns: a coordinated slowdown may look like an antitrust conspiracy to limit output that would preserve frontier model margins AI and antitrus
Observing Earth from orbit is unpredictable and messy: Could 'liquid' AI clear the view?
Monitoring Earth from above is a messy, inconsistent business. Clouds can block a satellite's view, the angle of the sun can create huge shadows, and orbital paths might not take a system across the s
Nuance Labs bags $50M in funding to fix the awkwardness of AI avatars
Nuance Labs, a Seattle-based startup that’s trying to make artificial intelligence models better at face-to-face conversations, said today it has closed on a $50 million early-stage funding round to m
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BRICS Urges 'Maximum Restraint' As US-Iran War Tests Unity At New Delhi Summit
BRICS Urges 'Maximum Restraint' As US-Iran War Tests Unity At New Delhi Summit Authored by News Desk via The Cradle, The BRICS group of nations adopted a joint declaration on 12 September, expressing "deep concern" over the ongoing conflict between the US and Iran and urging "maximum restraint" as part of a "multilateral approach" that respects national viewpoints. (Photo credit: BRICS) The declaration was adopted on the first day of the BRICS leaders' annual summit in New Delhi. ...
Dozens missing after passenger ferry sinks as rescuers scour South Pacific coastline
A desperate search is underway in the South Pacific after a passenger ferry carrying dozens of people sank between two islands in Vanuatu, an island nation east of Australia.At least one person has died and more than 30 others remain missing as search-and-rescue operations continue, according to a statement shared on Facebook by Vanuatu's Ministry of the Prime Minister.MOM LOSES GRIP ON DAUGHTER AS PASSENGER FERRY CAPSIZES WITH 20 PEOPLE STILL MISSINGThe MV Matui was traveling between the island...
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Texas Still Dominates America's Natural Gas Production
Texas Still Dominates America's Natural Gas Production U.S. gross natural gas withdrawals reached 47.7 trillion cubic feet in 2025, with a small group of states accounting for most of the total. Much of this output comes from prolific shale formations such as the Permian, Marcellus, Haynesville, and Eagle Ford. This map, via Visual Capitalist's Niccolo Conte, shows 2025 gross natural gas withdrawals by state and producing area using data from the U.S. Energy Information Administrat...
Patrick Mahomes answers troubling questions about his serious knee injury on first drive of the Chiefs season
If you were wondering whether Patrick Mahomes would be his old self following the serious knee injury he suffered exactly nine months ago to the day that the Kansas City Chiefs opened their 2026 season, then rest easy.The quarterback scored on a 15-yard run to culminate his team's first offensive drive of the season against the Denver Broncos and, honestly, the zigzagging dash to the end zone that he finished with a dive said something:He's baaaack!CHIEFS FACE CRITICAL 2026 SEASON WITH PATRICK M...
Gov Hochul's plan to opt New York into federal school choice program draws union opposition
As New York teachers unions organize a protest against Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to opt into a federal tax-credit scholarship program, the CEO of Teach Coalition told Fox News Digital that opponents are spreading "misconceptions" about how the policy actually operates."It seems that they want to continuously spread these lies and the misinformation about this program on to anyone who will hear them," Sydney Altfield, CEO of Teach Coalition, told Fox News Digital on Monday. "But the people who act...
Reservations Go Live for Valve's Steam Frame VR Headset. An Experiment in Progress?
Reservations are now live for Valve's "Steam Frame" VR headset (with its Linux-based SteamOS and an ARM CPU). "It starts at $1,059 for 256GB or $1,299 for 1TB," reports CNET, "and every purchase includes a copy of Half-Life: Alyx if you don't already own it." Reservations are open through Sept. 17 at 10 a.m. PT, "with customers randomly assigned a place in line after the reservation window closes." CNET's editor at large even argues that the Steam Frame "isn't necessarily the future of XR, as...
NFL legend Drew Brees reportedly almost pulled off a shocking comeback for Broncos' AFC title game
Hours before the Kansas City Chiefs and Denver Broncos kicked off on "Monday Night Football", NFL insider Adam Schefter dropped a stunner ... that 47-year-old Drew Brees nearly came off the couch to start for Denver in last season's AFC Championship Game against the New England Patriots.After Broncos quarterback Bo Nix broke his ankle in overtime during the divisional round, Denver was forced to turn to backup Jarrett Stidham. That led Broncos assistants Joe Lombardi and Pete Carmichael, two for...
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Air Force Secretary Admits US Has Weapons Deployed In Space
Air Force Secretary Admits US Has Weapons Deployed In Space Authored by T.J. Muscaro via The Epoch Times, The Secretary of the Air Force said on Sept. 14 that the United States has weapons deployed in space. "Today, we continue to ensure we remain ready to meet the challenges of evolving threats wherever they exist," Secretary Troy Meink said at the Air and Space Forces Association's annual conference in National Harbor, Maryland. "This is why the United States now has on-orbit ...
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Russian businessman paid for Donald Trump Jr’s lavish wedding after-party
NYT: It's unclear how the president's son met Umar Kremlev, who has ties to the Kremlin.
UK breakup push escalates amid historic pact after Trump backs reunification of Ireland
The leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland called Monday for the British government to "prepare for, plan and facilitate" constitutional change that could lead to the breakup of the United Kingdom, with the remarks coming days after President Donald Trump said he would "love to see" Irish reunification."Westminster’s time is coming to an end," Scottish First Minister John Swinney, Welsh First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth and Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill said in a histor...
Vera Rubin NVL72 inference tests show up to 7x better token throughput per MW vs. Blackwell on a 1.6T DeepSeek model, above Huang's 3x claim for 1T-3T LLMs
Bryan Shan / SemiAnalysis: Vera Rubin NVL72 inference tests show up to 7x better token throughput per MW vs. Blackwell on a 1.6T DeepSeek model, above Huang's 3x claim for 1T-3T LLMs Jensen Sandbagg
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US Supreme Court blocks Trump’s mail-in ballot restrictions
Trump had suggested – without evidence – that mail-in votes were vulnerable to fraud.
EPA to Power Plants: Flood the Air With As Much Coal and Oil Smog As You Like
Donald Trump's EPA not only abandoned greenhouse gas limits on the power sector, but is practically begging for a court ruling that it never can again.
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Supreme Court Block President Trump's Mail-In Ballot Order
Supreme Court Block President Trump's Mail-In Ballot Order The nationwide injunction stands; the suspended rule would have required unique barcodes and scanner-ready envelopes... The Supreme Court late on Sept. 14 declined to lift a nationwide injunction blocking a United States Postal Service (USPS) rule on federal ballot mail, leaving it on hold for the 2026 midterms. The ruling in USPS v. California took the form of an unsigned order. "The Government is unlikely to succeed ...
How to use Meta Display glasses while driving with the Audio Only feature
The Meta Display glasses have an Audio Only feature that can detect when you're driving and turn off the display.
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to restrict mail-in ballots ahead of November midterms
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to let the U.S. Postal Service enforce a rule targeting mail-in ballots, dealing a setback to President Donald Trump's effort to restrict voting by mail ahead of November's midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.
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New York Moves Away from Regents Exams for High School Seniors
A state board authorized phasing out the tests, long viewed as a rite of passage for high school seniors, as a diploma requirement. What replaces them is an open question.
The Supreme Court Just Blocked Trump’s Efforts to Control Mail-In Voting for the Midterms
The ruling bars the United States Postal Service from implementing restrictions that experts and election officials say would upend voting in November.
Oklahoma State might have known which plays Oregon Ducks were running during upset win
While Week 2 of the college football season was filled with drama, the typical chaos, and the game of the year with Texas-Ohio State, the most shocking result of the weekend was Oklahoma State's upset win over the Oregon Ducks.This preseason, most analysts expected the Ducks to be one of the top few teams in the country. Oregon was once again a playoff team in 2025, with their only losses coming to eventual National Champion Indiana. They had another typically excellent recruiting class, with fo...
2026 Emmy Awards launch with Hacks, The Pitt and more waiting in the wings
The Pitt, Pluribus, Hacks and Widow's Bay are set to compete for the top awards at this year's Emmy Awards, which launched Monday night.
Ole Miss and LSU will deliver cinema, but the next week for each team could be their most pivotal tests
The most-anticipated game of the college football regular season will take place in Oxford, Miss., on Saturday night, with a gold-and-purple-clad Lane Kiffin returning to town to take on the team and fanbase he abandoned just 10 months ago.On paper, the LSU-Ole Miss matchup features everything a college football game could ever want. For starters, it's a historic rivalry matchup featuring two Top 10 teams with huge SEC Championship and College Football Playoff implications on the line. You add i...
Edmonton mayor calls for province to address release protocols after detainees dropped off in Chinatown
New video showing more detainees from correctional facilities being dropped off in Edmonton's Chinatown has prompted the city's mayor to call on upper levels of government to address release protocols.
‘Trojan horses’ in America: Congress probes influence networks tied to China, Iran and Cuba
Last Tuesday, at the corner of Church Street and 16th Street NW, blocks from the White House, Christine Balling, a former advisor to U.S. Special Operations Command South, led a panel discussion on the national security threat that communist-run Cuba poses to the U.S.Suddenly, a fresh-faced former college basketball star, Olivia DiNucci, stood up to steal the stage at the Institute of World Politics, yelling as she clutched a hand-painted banner: "SANCTIONS KILL IN CUBA.""There is global solidar...
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Waste Of The Day: Alleged Data Center Fraud
Waste Of The Day: Alleged Data Center Fraud Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, The Securities and Exchange Commission paid $10.7 million to store its electronic data at a Maryland facility that was allegedly certified by a company that does not exist. AiNET Corp. and its former CEO Deepak Jain recently agreed to pay $1.8 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly defrauding the government. The settlement does not conta...
Can you use an Apple Pencil with an iPhone?
If you have the right Apple Pencil and iPhone, you can use them together. But it won't be cheap, and there are some limitations to know.
Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to revive strict mail-ballot rules before midterms
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s emergency bid to enforce new U.S. Postal Service (USPS) restrictions on mail-in ballots ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, leaving a lower court’s nationwide block in place.In a brief order, the court said the government was "unlikely to succeed on the merits" for purposes of obtaining emergency relief and had not shown that the legal and practical considerations warranted a stay.The rules would require federal ballot mail to be s...
Robert Kraft, Gillette Stadium boot Macklemore from Ed Sheeran tour over ‘Free Palestine’ rant
Macklemore is learning the hard way that concertgoers paying top dollar for stadium shows do not want a lecture on Middle Eastern geopolitics from the guy who wrote "Thrift Shop."Macklemore was kicked off Ed Sheeran’s U.S. stadium tour after multiple venues refused to host him following his pro-Palestinian speeches and performances at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The fallout escalated when New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft barred him from performing at Gillette Stadium, where Sheeran is ...
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Money-Market Funds and CDs: Americans Pile on Low-Risk Investments despite so-so Yields and Higher Inflation
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"I'd Be Okay With That": Trump Says He's Open To Chinese Automakers Building Cars In US
"I'd Be Okay With That": Trump Says He's Open To Chinese Automakers Building Cars In US In comments that most people missed on Friday, President Donald Trump suggested that he's open to letting Chinese automakers build cars on US soil. The new cars unloaded from the BYD Changzhou ship at the Zarate Port on the Parana River in Zarate, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina taken on Jan. 19, 2026. Tomas Cuesta / AFP via Getty Images Speaking with Fox News, Trump said that while he wouldn'...
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Insult generators of the old web
With LLMs taking over the world, whether anyone wants them to or not, machine-made text has lost its charm even as it has become vastly more expressive. Clear your generative palate with the Random Insult Generator, made in 1999—27 years ago!—and Read the rest The post Insult generators of the old web appeared first on Boing Boing.
White House denies Trump influenced by 'pardon brokers' after '60 Minutes' investigation
A White House spokesperson denied the suggestion that President Donald Trump's administration could be influenced by "pardon brokers" an issue examined by CBS' "60 Minutes" on Sunday.During the show's season premiere, the long-running news program ran a segment on lobbyists reportedly negotiating for presidential pardons for particular clients based on alleged connections to the president."Presidents have been pardoning criminals since George Washington," correspondent Lesley Stahl said. "It's a...
Mamdani blasts feds for waging 'campaign of violence and terror' against NYC's immigrants
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday blasted the federal government for waging a "campaign of violence and terror" against the immigrant communities he described as the backbone of the city.He made the statements during an announcement that he and five other sanctuary jurisdictions are suing the Trump administration over a new rule expanding how immigration officials determine whether applicants are likely to become a public charge."The federal government has waged a campaign of violence...
House unanimously votes to eliminate 1-cent coin permanently
Americans may soon no longer be able to offer a penny for their thoughts because the 1-cent coin will be relegated to the ash heap of history.The House of Representatives voted to send the smallest piece of U.S. currency the way of the dodo on Monday, passing the bipartisan Common Cents Act in a unanimous vote.In addition to blocking the Treasury from minting any more pennies save for collector coins, the bill would also set up a framework for cash transactions to be rounded to the nearest 5 cen...
Common bedroom mistake could be quietly taking a toll on your health, experts say
A new study from Tulane University is raising fresh concerns about sleeping with a light on, linking nighttime light exposure to a higher risk of cardiovascular disease.Researchers found that exposure to more than 3 lux of light roughly the brightness of moonlight was associated with increased risks of heart failure, atrial fibrillation (irregular and often very rapid heart rhythm), heart attack, stroke and cardiovascular death.Experts spoke with Fox News Digital about the potential risks associ...
Crypto’s Latest Stablecoin Innovation? Chargebacks.
Crypto enthusiasts who once promised that permissionless payments would shatter the tyranny of traditional finance are now trying build third-party trust.
Is the Samsung Galaxy S24 still worth buying?
A refurbished S24 can still be a good deal, but its price needs to be low enough to justify buying a two-year-old phone instead of a newer model.
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Minnesota's Open Senate Race Is Suddenly A Coin Flip, New Polls Show
Minnesota's Open Senate Race Is Suddenly A Coin Flip, New Polls Show The last time Minnesota voted Republican for president was Richard Nixon in 1972. The state hasn’t voted for a Republican senator since 2002, when Norm Coleman won a seat he'd lose six years later to Al Franken. Republicans have talked themselves into believing the state might break their way every cycle since, and Minnesota voters have declined to cooperate every time. Barack Obama carried the state by double di...
Emmys 2026 winners list: Widow's Bay, The Pitt take top honours
The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards are here, celebrating the biggest shows, brightest stars and performances from this past year.
Emmys 2026 winners list: The TV shows that took top honours
The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards are here, celebrating the biggest shows, brightest stars and performances from this past year.
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John Brennan Subpoenaed As Part Of DOJ Investigation
John Brennan Subpoenaed As Part Of DOJ Investigation Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, An attorney for John Brennan on Sept. 14 said the former CIA director was subpoenaed to testify next month before a grand jury as part of a Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into whether former intelligence and law enforcement officials illegally conspired against President Donald Trump. In a court filing submitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, a...
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N.Y. Democratic House Candidate Admits to Bondage Photo Shoot
Christopher Gallant, who is running against Representative Nick LaLota on Long Island, acknowledged that the photos that surfaced in media reports on Monday were legitimate.
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Safety Alert System Returns for New York City Private Schools
Silenced ahead of the World Cup, an emergency notification system for private and parochial schools will launch Tuesday as part of Notify NYC.
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2 homes destroyed, another damaged in Palos fire in La Habra Heights
A fast-moving brush fire dubbed the Palos fire erupted Monday in the hills near La Habra Heights, destroying at two structures and damaging a third, authorities said.
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Homes burn in La Habra Heights as crews begin to get a handle on Palos fire
A fast-moving brush fire dubbed the Palos fire erupted Monday in the hills near La Habra Heights, destroying at least one structure and threatening additional homes and businesses.
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Homes burn in Palos fire in La Habra Heights
A brush fire that broke out Monday afternoon in the hills around La Habra Heights has destroyed at least one structure, with flames leaping from another and more under threat.
The EPA wants to stop regulating power plant emissions
If only there were some kind of agency for environmental protection to stop this.
How much data does Apple Music use for lossless audio quality?
Apple Music has two Lossless options for maximum audio quality, but they consume significantly more data.
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Maps of penny press machines
I had reason to search for the nearest penny press and found to my delight that there exist several websites dedicated to mapping the locations of these fabulous machines. The Pressed Penny Machine Map works exactly as you'd expect it to, and sells a handy printed map so that you are never in any doubt as to the whereabouts of a device that can turn a penny into a charming souvenir. Read the rest The post Maps of penny press machines appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Newsom says he won't run for president if Harris does
Newsom's effective yield to Harris diminishes the possibility of a 2028 showdown between two of California's most powerful political figures.
Mariska Hargitay, Selena Gomez and Zendaya stun at 2026 Emmys: Vote on your favorite TV star looks
Television was shining a little brighter as Hollywood’s biggest stars stepped out for a night of celebration.The Television Academy is honoring the year’s most acclaimed shows and performances at the 78th Emmy Awards Monday night at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.Hosted by Mariska Hargitay, the star-studded event celebrates nominees including "The Pitt," "Hacks," "Abbott Elementary" and "Shrinking."Zendaya, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sofía Vergara and Florence Pugh are among the night’s presenters, w...
Emmys 2026 red carpet: Vote on your favorite TV star looks
Television was shining a little brighter as Hollywood’s biggest stars stepped out for a night of celebration.The Television Academy is honoring the year’s most acclaimed shows and performances at the 78th Emmy Awards Monday night at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.Hosted by Mariska Hargitay, the star-studded event celebrates nominees including "The Pitt," "Hacks," "Abbott Elementary" and "Shrinking."Zendaya, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sofía Vergara and Florence Pugh are among the night’s presenters, w...
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US Data Centers To Burn More Natural Gas Than Most Nations
US Data Centers To Burn More Natural Gas Than Most Nations Several weeks ago, we explained why most data center developers favor on-site gas power: it boiled down to two main reasons - availability (especially since modular nuclear power for commercial 'behind the meter' use is still in the distant future) and price. Furthermore, a recent BloombergNEF analysis shows the marginal cost of operating an on-site gas plant may be below industrial electricity tariffs, making continued gene...
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed says leaders must address ‘unpaid debts’ to Black communities
Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed said Saturday that the country must confront what he described as "unpaid debts" owed to Black communities, arguing that leaders have a responsibility to "understand" and "address" them.El-Sayed who is facing Republican nominee and former Rep. Mike Rogers in one of the nation's most closely watched Senate races made the remarks while speaking at a meeting with women faith leaders hosted by the Woman Difference Collaborative in Detroit, acc...
Gavin Newsom says he won't run for president in 2028 if Kamala Harris runs
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he won't run for president if former Vice President Kamala Harris throws her hat in the ring."I don't know if she runs, but we'll see," Newsom told CNN's Jake Tapper in an interview released Monday. "But I wouldn't run if she ran.""If she runs, you will not," a surprised Tapper reacted."Of course not. Why would I?" Newsom responded. "I wouldn't do that to her ... I wouldn't do that to you. I wouldn't waste everyone's time. Who needs that?"HARRIS STOPS...
Contact center AI ROI shifts toward resolution quality and governed execution
The next phase of contact center artificial intelligence will be measured less by how many interactions machines handle and more by whether customers actually get their problems resolved. That was one
Republican Mitch McConnell returns to U.S. Senate after 3-month absence
Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky returned to the U.S. Senate on Monday for the first time since June 14, when he was hospitalized after a fall in his home.
