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You’re Thinking About Online Trends All Wrong
From pessimism around dating to AI reshaping culture, cyber-ethnographer Ruby J. Thelot tells WIRED why people are putting too much stock into things that go viral.
The unreleased Xbox Elite Controller 3 may have ended up in an unsuspecting buyer's hands
An Xbox Elite Controller 3 may have been sold in a marketplace, months after images of the unreleased model were leaked.
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A Candidate Named ‘Count Binface’ Is the Most Normal Part of This Pivotal UK Election
Clacton's parliamentary race has it all: Nigel Farage, a man dressed as a trash can, a Union Jack bikini, white nationalist conspiracy theories, and 34 candidates on the ballot.
Federal Government Demands That Kalshi Keep Operating in New York State Despite Lawsuit
The CFTC says it's "required by law to ensure order in these markets, and that is what we have done today."
FBI touts 6,000 arrests, 44% homicide drop one year into Trump's DC crime crackdown
EXCLUSIVE: The FBI on Tuesday marked the first anniversary of the Trump administration's crime crackdown in Washington, D.C., touting thousands of arrests and seizures since the enhanced federal enforcement effort began.The milestone comes one year after President Donald Trump launched the Safe and Beautiful initiative in Washington, increasing the federal law enforcement presence and deploying hundreds of federal agents and National Guard troops to combat crime in the nation's capital."Last sum...
Sources: AI coding startup Cognition is in early talks with investors to raise $1B+ at a $40B+ valuation, after raising $1B at a $26B valuation in May
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Google is now sending out emails with discount codes for the Pixel 11
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Primary takeaways: Dems’ left-center battle intensifies as Schumer takes another hit; split decision for Trump
MADISON, Wis. – For a second straight week, the progressive left-wing won a high-stakes Senate primary battle over the establishment in what is seen as a setback for longtime Democratic Senate Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer.But the biggest ballot-box face-off between the far left and the center in the ongoing fight for the ideological future of the Democratic Party ended with a narrow victory for the establishment, as Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley defeated democratic socialist state Rep. F...
The hurdles facing Canada's planned pandemic-busting lab
Ottawa's plan for a state-of-the-art lab to help tackle emerging health threats is commendable on paper. But top health researchers say long-term funding gaps, recent staff cuts and red tape could threaten its real-world success.
You can stream AI TV 24/7 on Roku now
Fairground AI Creator TV features fully AI-generated content, 24/7, for free supported by AI-generated ads but will viewers want to tune in?
What to know about the trial of Lindsay Clancy, woman accused of killing her 3 children
Lindsay Clancy's legal team does not deny that the Massachusetts mother killed her children, but is arguing she shouldn't be held criminally responsible because she was mentally ill in the grip of bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis. Prosecutors say she plotted to get her husband out of the house so she could carry out the murders.
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New Zealand sex worker Lisa Lewis sues police in Australia, claims cop lover tracked her with state CCTV
The woman who famously streaked in ABs' match claims ex used police CCTV to spy on her.
Democrat establishment strikes back as socialist candidate downed in battleground primary
MADISON, Wis The left wing suffered a high-profile setback on Tuesday at the hands of the center-left establishment in their ongoing battle for the ideological future of the party.Seven days after far-left candidate Abdul El-Sayed narrowly edged out more moderate Rep. Haley Stevens in battleground Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, state Rep. Francesca Hong on Tuesday was upset in her bid to capture the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Wisconsin, another crucial swing state.Hong, a stat...
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N.Y.C. Students Are Sick of Using Flimsy Paper Cards to Ride the Subway
A new survey of students who use a free version of the OMNY payment system say most of their problems would be fixed if the card was made out of plastic.
Behold the 'Glueball,' a Strange New Form of Matter
sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: For more than half a century, physicists have searched for one of the strangest particles predicted by modern theory. It would be made almost entirely of gluons, the elusive subatomic particles that carry the strong nuclear force. Now, using a particle collider in Beijing, researchers say they have effectively proved the existence of such a "glueball." In a preprint posted last month on arXiv and in a presentation last week at the Internation...
NVIDIA AI Releases Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: A 30B Open MoE with 3B Active Parameters, and NeMo Switchyard Model Router
NVIDIA's open 30B MoE targets the agent execution layer, with Switchyard routing each step to the cheapest capable model. The post NVIDIA AI Releases Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: A 30B Open MoE with 3B Act
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Record-Low Rhine Levels Disrupt Raw Material Flows To Europe's Largest Steelmaking Plant
Record-Low Rhine Levels Disrupt Raw Material Flows To Europe's Largest Steelmaking Plant Thyssenkrupp's steelmaking plant in Duisburg, Germany, is facing disruptions to raw material supplies as a "persistent and worsening low-water situation" restricts barge traffic on the Rhine River. Navigable depths along parts of this critical waterway have fallen to record lows, threatening to curb German economic growth just as the country begins to show signs of recovery. Bloomberg cited a s...
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British Youth Taught To Chant 'Our Country Is An Arab Country' At Pro-Gaza Camp
British Youth Taught To Chant 'Our Country Is An Arab Country' At Pro-Gaza Camp Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, More than 100 young people gathered in the English countryside for what organisers called a summer school. Instead of hiking and games, they were led in Arabic chants calling for victory over Zionism and declaring "our country is an Arab country." Footage of the event, later posted by the organisers themselves, has forced a public investigation and raised...
Sonos Ace Ultra over-ear headphones show up in FCC filing
Sonos could launch a new pair of headphones called the "Ace Ultra" at its September event.
Briter: Africa-focused startups raised $3.3B in H1 2026, up 73% YoY, driven by Zipline's $950M raise; US- and UAE-incorporated entities raised half the capital
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Bengaluru-based Yulu, which gets ~95% of its revenue from renting e-bikes to gig workers, raised a $93M Series C, sources say at a ~$170M post-money valuation
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Sources: Singapore-based data center operator DayOne confidentially files for a US IPO, aims to list as soon as next quarter, and is considering raising ~$5B (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Sources: Singapore-based data center operator DayOne confidentially files for a US IPO, aims to list as soon as next quarter, and is considering raising ~$5B DayOne Data Centers has confi
Heroic Florida K-9 returns to sheriff's office days after being shot protecting 3 deputies, losing leg
Less than a week after being shot and losing a leg while protecting three deputies, heroic Florida K-9 Ace was back on his feet Tuesday for an emotional return to the sheriff's office.Ace, a 7-year-old German shepherd who has served with the Polk County Sheriff's Office since March 2020, was wounded as deputies attempted to arrest 27-year-old Angel Bowers.Authorities said Bowers allegedly fired at least four rounds at three deputies who were attempting to arrest him after he failed to appear in ...
Researchers say suspected Chinese hackers used open-source AI agents to build an autonomous hacking tool that compromised Taiwanese government websites in July
Tom Wilson / Financial Times: Researchers say suspected Chinese hackers used open-source AI agents to build an autonomous hacking tool that compromised Taiwanese government websites in July AI agent
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OpenAI VP of Global Policy Ann O'Leary says AI policy in the US is anchored in the states and informed by California's AI transparency law passed in 2025
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OpenAI VP of Global Policy Ann O'Leary says AI policy in the US is anchored in the states and informed by California's AI transparency law passed last year
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Household Debts, Debt-to-Income Ratio, Delinquencies, Foreclosures, Collections and Bankruptcies in Q2 2026
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STATE OF PLAY: Highly watched Hong race remains too close to call as progressives notch key primary wins
A series of closely watched primaries across the Upper Midwest delivered key victories for the Democratic Party’s progressive wing Tuesday night with one major test still hanging in the balance in battleground Wisconsin.Minnesota was among the clearest signs of progressive strength, with Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan winning the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Tina Smith, while progressive "Squad" member Rep. Ilhan Omar secured another primary victory in h...
Five teen friends killed after vehicle plunges down Colorado cliff, leaving community shattered
Five 17-year-old friends were killed when their vehicle plunged off a cliff and down a steep Colorado hillside, leaving their families and community grappling with an unimaginable loss just as a new school year begins.The five boys, all from Grand Junction, were traveling along Lookout Lane late Saturday when their vehicle veered off the roadway and went down the steep incline, according to authorities.Three of the teenagers, including the driver and front-seat passenger, were wearing seat belts...
Lindsay Clancy defense wants TikToker to expose hospital ‘lies’ as judge warns ‘this is not Tripadvisor’
A dispute rooted in a TikTok video arose at the outset of Lindsay Clancy's murder trial Tuesday, as her attorneys moved to add a former mental hospital staff member to the witness list one who had publicly accused witnesses of spreading "lies and misrepresentations" about the psychiatric facility where Clancy was treated weeks before she killed her three children.Defense attorney Kevin Reddington asked Judge William Sullivan to add former McLean clinical social worker Emily Thorndike to the witn...
Ilhan Omar on track for fifth term as Minnesota voters maintain far-left streak
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., fended off four challengers in her Democratic primary on Tuesday as she heads to the general election where she will fight to retain her seat for a fifth term representing Minnesota's 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.The incumbent Somali-born congresswoman faced lower profile challengers Julie Trang Le, a former federal immigration prosecutor; Abena McKenzie, a nurse who ran against Omar in the 2024 primary, receiving just 0.38% of the vot...
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Becerra, Hilton offer promises on AI, gas prices, healthcare and starkly contrasting views
The two candidates for California governor came to Sacramento offering policy agendas that were both sweeping and vague. Both were quick to belittle the promises by their rival.
Tesla Has to Fix 20,000 Vehicles With Too-Bright Headlights It’s Known About Since 2024
Tesla wanted the issue to be declared inconsequential. That's not what happened.
Schumer dealt another blow as progressive insurgency scores win in key Senate battle
Progressives again scored a victory in Minnesota where Gov. Tim Walz’s second-in-command toppled an establishment-backed member of Congress.Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan eked out a victory over Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., on Tuesday, marking yet another battle won in the progressive proxy war to reshape the Democratic Party during this midterm election cycle.Flanagan, like other progressives in the hunt for a position of power in Congress, has honed her left-leaning bona fides by backing Medicare for a...
Minnesota House speaker Lisa Demuth wins GOP gubernatorial primary to replace Tim Walz in November
Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth has won the Republican gubernatorial primary and will move on to face the Democratic nominee in November to replace outgoing Gov. Tim Walz.The victory amounts to a significant show of strength for Demuth, who stayed in the race after losing the Republican Party endorsement to Kendall Qualls at the state convention. Qualls secured the endorsement after 10 ballots, but Demuth argued that her legislative experience and record of leading House Republicans made her...
Minnesota House speaker ousts MyPillow CEO to win GOP governor nod
Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth has won the Republican gubernatorial primary and will move on to face the Democratic nominee in November to replace outgoing Gov. Tim Walz.The victory amounts to a significant show of strength for Demuth, who stayed in the race after losing the Republican Party endorsement to Kendall Qualls at the state convention. Qualls secured the endorsement after 10 ballots, but Demuth argued that her legislative experience and record of leading House Republicans made her...
Contiguous US Breaks Its Record For Hottest Month Ever, NOAA Says
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The contiguous United States sizzled to its hottest month ever last month, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. July averaged 76.89 degrees Fahrenheit (24.94 degrees Celsius) across the Lower 48 states, eclipsing the Dust Bowl's July 1936 by an eighth of a degree. Records go back to 1895. [...] Although it was unusually cool in Alaska, hotter-than-normal conditions blanketed the Lower 48, with the most ex...
From last place to the post-season? Here's how the 2026 Blue Jays could pull it off
The Toronto Blue Jays have played some scrappy baseball lately, as the team finds itself on the fringes of playoff contention with a quarter of the season to go. Statisticians and analysts say a playoff berth is still possible in the anemic American League. Here's how the Jays could go from last place to a wild-card spot.
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The July Incident: What They Didn't Tell You About the First Rogue AI Breach
The July Incident: What They Didn't Tell You About the First Rogue AI Breach Authored by Madge Waggy via 'A lot will happen in 2026!' blog, There’s a particular quality to the silence that falls over a room when someone finally says out loud what everyone has been thinking. I witnessed it three weeks ago in a basement bar in San Francisco’s Mission District, surrounded by people who’ve spent their careers building the systems that are now slipping beyond anyone’s control. The conve...
Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire says USC, Texas AandM and NC State all turned down scheduling requests
As always, the conversation around college football in the 2025-2026 offseason has revolved around strength of schedule.Conference bragging rights are based on it. The College Football Playoff selection committee incorporates a strength of schedule and strength of resume metric into their ranking system. Perceptions of team strength can swing wildly based on assumptions of their schedule's difficulty.Predictably, the Big Ten and SEC dominate most lists of the toughest schedules in the country in...
Democrats take sixth shot at ousting popular GOP governor who voted for Harris
Democrats in deep blue Vermont have a new nominee as they take a sixth straight shot at trying to oust popular Republican Gov. Phil Scott.Democrats in deep blue Vermont have a new nominee as they take a sixth straight shot at trying to oust popular Republican Gov. Phil Scott.Economist Amanda Janoo on Tuesday defeated former child advocacy organization CEO Aly Richards who is backed by former Democratic Govs. Howard Dean and Madeleine Kunin to capture the party's gubernatorial nomination, the Ass...
Caitlin Clark, Kelsey Mitchell power Fever past Liberty, lift Indiana atop Eastern Conference
Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White commanded the spotlight for more than two minutes before Tuesday night’s game. But once the ball went in the air, her team did the rest of the talking.Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell caught fire early, scoring 20 of her 28 points in the first half, while backcourt running mate Caitlin Clark finished with 22 points and 10 assists as Indiana cruised past the New York Liberty, 106-92, for its seventh win in nine games.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST...
Dems eye pick-up in Wisconsin swing district as Rep Van Orden set for rematch in key House race
A former waitress, small-business owner and nonprofit founder won the Democratic primary in Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday, setting her up for a rematch with Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden.Rebecca Cooke, raised on an Eau Claire-area dairy farm, defeated former Eau Claire City Council President Emily Berge on Tuesday evening. The win puts Cooke back on the ballot in one of Democrats’ top House pickup opportunities this fall.It will be Cooke’s third attempt to win the western...
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The Alchemy Of Wealth Taxation
The Alchemy Of Wealth Taxation Authored by Robert Blumen via The Mises Institute, “Transmutation” is the process of changing one substance, element, or form into another. We owe this word to the ancient pursuit of alchemy, which sought to accomplish the artificial production of gold from base metals. While it is now considered a pseudo-science, in our rational age, its aspirations survive in currently popular proposals for taxing billionaires. The most advanced of these proposa...
Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice says he is '100% locked in' after serving 30-day jail time for probation violation
Before Rashee Rice was back with his Kansas City Chiefs teammates for the upcoming season, he had to serve 30 days in jail following a probation violation stemming from a multi-vehicle crash back in 2024.Rice called the discipline a "reality check.""It was a learning experience and a reality check," Rice said, via ESPN. "Don’t focus on the past. Focus on what’s going on now. I’m doing [well] mentally."CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMRice was on probation for his involvement in ...
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CNN Panel Melts Down As Democrats Blast GOP Over El-Sayed Ad For Using His Full Name
CNN Panel Melts Down As Democrats Blast GOP Over El-Sayed Ad For Using His Full Name Following his Michigan Senate primary win, Republicans launched attack ads against Abdul El-Sayed. The ad opens with a narrator branding him "the most radical Senate candidate in America," shows him standing alongside left-wing streamer Hasan Piker - who once said Americans deserved 9/11 - and cuts to El-Sayed declaring himself "pretty damn dangerous." But Democrats and the liberal media are focusin...
Longtime anti-Trump Dem ousted after tough primary from upstart progressive mayor
Fourteen-term Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., met his match in Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin during Tuesday’s hard-fought primary race.Larson, who has served in Congress since the Clinton administration, faced three challengers: Bronin, state Rep. Jillian Gilchrest and Hartford Education Board member Ruth Fortune. The sprawling district includes Hartford, Glastonbury, Bristol and Windsor Locks.Earlier this term, during a markup of legislation providing House members with DOGE access to Treasury payment ...
Metal detector finds engagement ring lost during wedding | The Moment
Steven Andrews, a metal detector hobbyist, tells The National about the moment he helped find an engagement ring that was lost after flying off the bride's finger during a wedding ceremony on the English Channel island of Jersey.
North Korea launches another ballistic missile as US, South Korea prepare for military drills
North Korea launched another ballistic missile Tuesday, marking its second reported ballistic missile launch in less than a week.Japan’s prime minister’s office announced the latest launch Tuesday. Details about the missile’s trajectory, range and where it landed were not immediately available.The U.S. military said it was monitoring the launch and consulting with allies and partners in the region.NORTH KOREA EXPERT WARNS US CAN 'NEVER TAKE THEIR EYE OFF' KIM JONG UN FOLLOWING MISSILE TEST DURIN...
4-year-old dies after suffering electrical shock from clothes dryer inside Kansas home
A 4-year-old child died in a "tragic accident" last Thursday after being electrocuted by a clothes dryer, according to Kansas officials.The incident happened in Savonburg, Kansas, while the child was "playing" inside a home, the Allen County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) said in a statement Saturday.The child "allegedly received an electrical shock from a 220v dryer," the sheriff’s office said.The parents rushed their child, who was reportedly unconscious, to a local hospital around 9:30 p.m., accordi...
Republican survives primary on Tim Walz's old congressional turf as Dems eye seat flip
Republican voters in Minnesota chose their incumbent representative in the U.S. House as their nominee in the race for the state's 1st Congressional District.Finstad faced off with Gregory Goetzman and Oliver Morlan in the Republican primary on Tuesday.Goetzman previously unsuccessfully challenged Finstad in 2024, earning a measly 4.26% of the vote compared to the incumbent's 90.9%. Morlan, who is involved in his family's industrial cleaning business, ran in Tuesday's race as the political outsi...
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No Fourth Amendment In American Airports?
No Fourth Amendment In American Airports? Authored by M. Walter via AmericanThinker.com, Do you, as an American citizen, have to hand over your cell phone along with the access code to open it upon a (warrantless) demand by a border agent at the airport? There’s a case grinding through the courts about that right now because one man, a Mr. Sam Tunick, refused. Not only did he refuse but he had an app on his phone that triggered its erasure once you keyed in a particular code ...
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It Started as a Hot Tub Harbor Cruise. It Became a Rescue Mission.
The captain of a party boat gave the fullest account of the rescue of 12 passengers near Liberty Island. A mother and daughter died and the incident is now part of a federal investigation.
Failed presidential candidate wins Dem primary for Midwest governor amid fraud scandal fallout
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., has won the Democratic nomination for governor of Minnesota as she continues her bid to replace outgoing Gov. Tim Walz, who dropped out of his re-election bid in the midst of a massive fraud scandal.Klobuchar, Minnesota's senior U.S. senator and a former Democratic presidential candidate, defeated a field of long-shot challengers in Tuesday's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party primary.Klobuchar will move on to face the winner of the crowded GOP primary in November.MN GOVE...
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The 'Anaheim Angels' bill sails through the California legislature
A bill that gives the Angels incentives to revert to Anaheim in their name has cleared both houses of the state legislature.
White House asks DOJ to consider new prosecution in Reflecting Pool case
White House officials have asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to explore whether it would be possible to pursue a new prosecution against the man accused of vandalizing the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, weeks after federal prosecutors moved to dismiss felony charges against him, Fox News has learned.The previous case, which U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office moved to dismiss on July 31, accused Olympic canoeist David Hearn of damaging the costly $14 million project after...
Trump’s ‘firewall’ against socialism in battleground state punches ticket to election
Rep. Tom Tiffany is one step closer to capturing the governor's mansion in battleground Wisconsin for the Republican Party.Tiffany, a hard-right member of the House Freedom Caucus who is backed by President Donald Trump, on Tuesday topped medical service technician Andy Manske to secure the Republican gubernatorial nomination, the Associated Press reported."This fight is bigger than any one party. It’s bigger than any one candidate. This fight is about Wisconsin and protecting the state we know ...
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Russia Agrees To Repurpose Strategic Military Bases In Post-Assad Syria
Russia Agrees To Repurpose Strategic Military Bases In Post-Assad Syria Some 20 months after Syria's Bashar al-Assad fled Damascus and went to Moscow, amid jihadist groups taking over the capital city in December of 2024, Russia has finally reached a negotiated settlement over the fate of its Syrian bases with the new Sharaa government. Russia's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that a memorandum of understanding over the future of its bases at Tartus and Khmeimim has been set. While s...
Police chief unveils plan to rebuild trust after racism scandal in Montréal-Nord unit
In a bid to overhaul its institutional culture, the Montreal police service has launched a broad response plan aimed at restoring community trust and fighting discrimination following allegations of racial profiling by a group of officers.
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Rat Emoji Lands Man Accused of Illegal Sports Betting Behind Bars
De’Niro Laster, who was accused of conspiring with an N.B.A. player to bet on basketball, was trying to intimidate witnesses by posting on social media, prosecutors said.
The National | Canada-U.S. trade reps prepare pitch to Trump
Aug. 11, 2026 | Sources tell CBC News Representatives from Canada and the U.S. are preparing a new trade proposal to present to Trump by next week. Reports detail a secret plan to sneak Trump off Air Force One after the NATO summit in Turkey. And, Love is Blind comes to Canada.
Private equity company Apollo agrees to finance deal with New York Yankees organization for $2.6 billion
Well, it's here, private equity has entered the world of Major League Baseball.Private equity has long yearned to make inroads into the growing and increasingly lucrative world of sports, including even college football teams or conferences. But this week became the biggest sign yet that these businesses are intent on increasing their investments into preeminent sporting organizations.Not just any preeminent sporting organization, the largest, most successful and most recognizable brand in Major...
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Massachusetts Legalizes Abortion Up To Birth As Liberals Cheer
Massachusetts Legalizes Abortion Up To Birth As Liberals Cheer Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Massachusetts Democratic Governor Maura Healey has signed into law a measure that effectively permits abortion through all nine months of pregnancy, right up to the point of birth. Liberal women packed the room and gleefully cheered as she put pen to paper. The previous statute restricted abortions after 24 weeks to specific circumstances: preserving the life of the patien...
‘Twilight’ star Kellan Lutz traded California for Tennessee land and Bible studies
Kellan Lutz said this week that he left California three years ago for Tennessee after the pandemic."I love California, I really do," he explained on "Inside of You" with Michael Rosenbaum. "The whole Tennessee move happened when we had our second kid."The "Twilight" actor said they moved from Orange County – and his wife, Brittany Lutz, hopes to eventually move back there or at least to be "bi-ish coastal."‘SOPRANOS’ STAR JAMIE-LYNN SIGLER FLED HOLLYWOOD FOR TEXAS WHERE SHE NO LONGER FEELS ‘WAT...
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RFK Jr. and HUD secretary rip L.A. homeless agencies and endorse faith-based alternatives
As a federal judge weighs whether to block the Trump administration's suspension of the region's lead homelessness agency, two members of the president's cabinet came to Los Angeles to plead their case.
NVIDIA AI Factory Compute Is Becoming an Investable Asset Class
We announced partnerships with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR to establish independent financing platforms designed to mobilize over $500 billion of third-party capit
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3 presidents before Donald Trump who obscured their risky travel plans
NY Times: Trump’s secret flight from Turkey echoes unannounced trips by past presidents.
Trump looms over blue state primary as progressive gov faces far-left challenge
Connecticut Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont is no fan of President Donald Trump, but his progressive primary challenger, state Rep. Josh Elliott, says he’s too cozy with the president.Lamont defeated Elliott in a high-stakes New England primary Tuesday in a state that not long ago shifted from competitive territory to reliably Democratic.Elliott, D-Hamden, painted Lamont as too "nice" to Trump, saying that being "nice is a problem right now.""Nice doesn’t solve affordability. Nice doesn’t solve fasci...
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Bank Of America: The US Unemployment Rate Is Falling Because Americans Are Too Rich
Bank Of America: The US Unemployment Rate Is Falling Because Americans Are Too Rich Last Friday's dismal jobs report (where 23K jobs were lost) had a silver lining: the unemployment rate dropped to 4.1%, the lowest since June 2025, dinging expectations that the AI revolution would lead to a spike in unemployment. There was just one problem: unemployment dropped not because more people found a job, but because the labor force shrank by a whopping 264K, and down more than 2 million si...
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How a Staten Island Lawsuit Is Challenging Mamdani’s Second-Home Tax
New York officials were already hurrying to roll out the tax. A lawsuit by homeowners, which persuaded a judge to issue a temporary pause, has made the process thornier.
AOC's attempt to dismiss 'Woke 1' as 'crazy' draws criticism from left-leaning outlets
Even left-leaning and progressive media have begun to turn on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., over her attempts to laugh off the extreme rhetoric of the "Woke 1" era.On Tuesday, The Atlantic published an article titled "The Democrat Can't Just Laugh Off 'Woke 1,'" criticizing Ocasio-Cortez for shrugging off the past progressive beliefs she once championed as a "crazy" time."I have a local city councilman that has this saying, 'Woke 1 was crazy,'" Ocasio-Cortez said while laughing on ABC's...
South Carolina GOP Senate showdown heads to runoff in race to succeed Lindsey Graham
Appointed Sen. Darline Graham has advanced to a runoff election in the special Republican Senate primary in South Carolina, the Associated Press reported, in the race to succeed the late Sen. Lindsey Graham.With no candidate topping 50% of the vote, Sen. Darline Graham will be joined by one other contender in the runoff in two weeks, in a primary field that included Rep. Ralph Norman, Rep. Russell Fry, former Gov. and former Rep. Mark Sanford. Tuesday's primary was held one month to the day afte...
Pat McAfee attends sporting event with President Trump wearing jeans and a backwards cap
President Donald Trump, without a doubt the most sports-minded president in recent memory, is in Ohio on Tuesday night for the culmination of the 2026 Patriots Games – and he brought Pat McAfee in tow.So the most beloved and most hated politician in the country, and the most beloved and most hated sports personality in the country (sorry, Stephen A.) hung out Tuesday evening.PAT MCAFEE POKES FUN AT ANTHONY FAUCI PLEADING THE FIFTH AMENDMENT LIVE ON ESPNMcAfee, the former NFL punter and prolific ...
Former WWE Diva and Torrie Wilson rival has taken her talents to OnlyFans at the age of 55
Dawn Marie is the latest former WWE star to launch an OnlyFans. She joins several others who have taken their talents behind a paywall to connect with fans. One of the most notable and successful to do it is Mandy Rose.Marie, now 55, got her start in the ECW before moving to the WWE in the early 2000s and making a name for herself during the WWE Divas Era, better known to wrestling casuals as a time of elevated storytelling.Marie became a rival of WWE Hall of Famer Torrie Wilson during that time...
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Florida Seeks NY Times Internal Documents Over Errors In Israel-Hamas War Coverage
Florida Seeks NY Times Internal Documents Over Errors In Israel-Hamas War Coverage Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sought to inspect records from The New York Times on Aug. 10, claiming the newspaper's pattern of admitted mistakes covering the Israel-Hamas war threatens the state's pension fund. The New York Times building in Manhattan on Feb. 5, 2024. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times Uthmeier, representing the pension fund and...
A profile of Suno, which has been used by more than 100M people since 2023 and has 2M+ paid subscribers, as it faces copyright lawsuits from UMG and Sony Music (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: A profile of Suno, which has been used by more than 100M people since 2023 and has 2M+ paid subscribers, as it faces copyright lawsuits from UMG and Sony Music Investors are betting the $
‘The Office’ star Lucy Davis ‘at peace’ with 'incurable' cancer diagnosis after nearly ignoring warning sign
Lucy Davis revealed a devastating Stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis after quietly battling the disease for the past year and a half."The Office" actress said the cancer had metastasized to her spine, right hip and ribs and was now "incurable," with chemotherapy no longer an option."The initial lump that I felt, wasn’t a ‘lump’ as such; rather a kind of hard spot. Really tiny," she wrote on Instagram. "I almost didn’t bother getting it checked. So I guess I’m saying don’t ignore anything – get ever...
Paramount escalates threat to leave California as Dem AG's antitrust lawsuit stalls Warner Bros merger
Paramount's new chief is threatening to move his studio out of California if the Golden State's attorney general doesn't come to the table to resolve the high-stakes antitrust lawsuit, Fox News Digital has confirmed.Paramount CEO David Ellison is serious about relocating his headquarters to a more business-friendly state he's been in contact with like Georgia, Tennessee or Texas if California AG Rob Bonta, who is leading 11 other states to block Paramount's $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. ...
Fever coach Stephanie White launches fiery defense of herself after Sophie Cunningham hit
When Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington hit Sophie Cunningham on Saturday, pundits predictably turned on Cunningham. Meanwhile, Fever coach Stephanie White stayed quiet.White has stayed similarly quiet when Caitlin Clark has absorbed physical hits and media fire. Heading into Tuesday's game against the New York Liberty, White took the podium and suddenly found plenty to say."You know, this isn't necessarily for those people that are in this room. This is more for an online community that's try...
CBS Sports president says 'no timetable or final decision' on Tony Romo's future after OWI arrest
Tony Romo’s status with CBS remains a fluid situation, but the president of CBS Sports said "there is no timetable or final decision" following his OWI arrest last month.CBS Sports president David Berson spoke at "NFL on CBS" Media Day on Tuesday, where he was asked about Romo, who was placed on indefinite leave by the network. J.J. Watt was named as CBS Sports’ top analyst alongside play-by-play legend Jim Nantz on gamedays ahead of the 2026 NFL season.The announcement came after Romo was arres...
