Iran says an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is nearing completion, as President Donald Trump forcefully rejects new reports that the U.S. is running low on key weapons. Plus, a routine presidential flight turned into a close call after Marine One and a commercial jet came far closer than intended. And the U.S. […]
For the first time since celebrity blogger Perez Hilton was hospitalized, his family and team are speaking out. Editor’s Note: This story contains descriptions of self-harm and potential suicide. If you or someone you know is in crisis, help is available. Visit the National Crisis Line website or call or text 988 for immediate support. […]
President Donald Trump says he has not decided whether Jeanine Pirro will remain the top federal prosecutor in Washington, while Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Wednesday that if the president wants to remove her, the decision is his alone. The comments leave Pirro’s job in limbo days after her office dropped the highest-profile criminal […]
Police in Winona, Minnesota, are asking the public for information after the department’s Flock license plate reader cameras were cut down and stolen. In a press release on Tuesday, the Winona Police Department said it discovered that the city’s eight AI-powered cameras were missing after an officer noticed on Aug. 1 that they hadn’t logged […]
A new report Tuesday found that some AI bots instructed to complete “cyber challenges” on the internet had created fake profiles and generated fake emails in order to convince real humans to let them edit real code. The UK’s Artificial Intelligence Security Institute (AISI) released a memo about the incidents, which were identified on July […]
Senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt Thursday, after he repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment during a scheduled hearing last week. Now, the committee can refer the contempt-of-Congress resolution to the Department of Justice, which Committee Chairman Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said he would do. […]
TKO Group Holdings, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, says it lost $30 million hosting its June 14 mixed martial arts event on the White House grounds. Thousands packed the South Lawn to watch Justin Gaethje defeat Ilia Topuria to win the UFC lightweight championship during a night of fights that stretched late […]
On a warm night in 1996, a white Cadillac cruising the Las Vegas Strip slowed to a crawl, pulling up alongside the car carrying the iconic rapper Tupac Shakur. Gunfire erupted and Shakur was hit multiple times. He died six days later at the age of 25. At the time, hip hop was ascendant in […]
Louisiana’s utility company dropped plans to buy a gas-fired power plant in Texas after pushback over how much it would cost residents amid a data center boom in the state. The $1.8 billion proposal was projected to raise the average monthly residential utility bill by $9, according to reporting in the Times-Picayune. Utility company Entergy […]
A Republican candidate for Michigan’s 8th Congressional District will now face off against incumbent Democrat Kristen McDonald Rivet — except the Republican nominee dropped out in July. Tom Smith is a Flint man who entered Michigan’s Republican primary race for the tri-city district in mid-May. On July 16, he dropped out of the race. On […]
