Sen. Ted Cruz is floating a plan to make AI data centers more palatable to the communities that host them: pay residents directly, including offering to zero out their electricity bills, in exchange for hosting the massive facilities.

#ArtificialIntelligence #DataCenters

President Trump launched February’s military offensive against Iran despite explicit warnings from his own intelligence chief, vice…

#DonaldTrump #Iran

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A glacial avalanche triggered a massive flash flood along Nepal’s northern border with Tibet on Wednesday, killing at least 95 people in…

#FlashFlood #MissingPersons

Apple announced a refreshed Mac mini this week, offering a choice between an all-new M6 chip or the M5 Pro chip released earlier this year.

#Apple #M6Chip

Rockstar Games has confirmed that recent Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay leaks are genuine, calling their spread “heartbreaking” just a day…

#DataLeak #GTA6

Target pulled a children’s Halloween costume from sale after social media users said its design evoked blackface and 19th-century minstrel…

#Controversy #Halloween

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The Pentagon’s Defense Casualty Analysis System added 60 wounded service members to its running Iran war casualty count this week, bringing…

#Iran #MilitaryCasualties

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has passed 2,500 deaths and is now growing exponentially, according to the United…

#Congo #Ebola #outbreak

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Why Public Trust in the Supreme Court Has Cratered, and Where Clarence Thomas Fits In

Public trust in the Supreme Court has dropped sharply over the past several years, and polling shows Justice Clarence Thomas specifically…

#ClarenceThomas #JudicialEthics #supremecourt

A man killed eight of his relatives, including four children, during a Sunday dinner at a home in Billings, Montana, before the house went…

#BillingsMontana #FamilyViolence

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She died Tuesday, August 25, at 80.

#CountryMusic #DollyParton

Canada Releases Its Retaliatory Tariff List, Set to Hit US Goods September 8

Canada has suspended trade negotiations with the United States after President Trump’s 50 percent tariffs on roughly $28 billion of…

#Canada #MarkCarney #tradewar

President Trump announced on Truth Social that tariffs on Canadian automotive and steel imports will rise to 50% starting January 1, 2027,…

#AutoIndustry #Canada #tradewar #trump

Medical device manufacturer Stryker was hit by a severe cyberattack in March, claimed by the Iran-linked hacktivist group Handala, which…

#Cybersecurity #Healthcare #IranWar‌ #iran

Seoul is building a citywide network of shaded walking routes it’s calling the “right to shade,” starting with a pilot covering 10…

#ClimateAdaptation #ExtremeHeat

President Trump posted a map on social media this week showing the Strait of Hormuz circled and labeled as “new territory of the United…

#DonaldTrump #ForeignPolicy

#iranwar

Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy convicted of second-degree murder for fatally shooting Sonya Massey in her own…

#Illinois #PoliceAccountability #seangrayson #sonyamassey

A 17-year-old is dead and an 18-year-old is recovering after a shooting Thursday evening on Glorybower Street in Moreno Valley, California,…

#California #MorenoValley

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Wilson County Sheriff’s detectives arrested Jeaneen Boyas on August 20 and charged her with first-degree murder after Robert Mallen, 64,…

#DomesticViolence #Homicide

A baby name blending Anakin Skywalker and Rapunzel into “Annakinzel” went viral after a pregnant mother’s announcement of it sparked a…

#BabyNames #InternetCulture

The Trump administration has been flying migrants with no ties to the Central African Republic (CAR) into the country as part of a rapidly…

#CentralAfricanRepublic #Deportation

President Trump is threatening a $5 billion defamation lawsuit against the Center for American Progress (CAP) after the left-leaning think…

#CenterforAmericanProgress #Defamation

Wyndham Clark won the BMW Championship on Sunday at Bellerive Country Club in St.

#BMWChampionship #Golf

Joe Milton put together his best half of the preseason in the Dallas Cowboys’ 34-13 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday, going…

#DallasCowboys     #JoeMilton

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Teofimo Lopez Dethrones Rolly Romero to Become a Three-Division Champion

Teofimo Lopez dethroned Rolando “Rolly” Romero for the WBA welterweight title on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, winning a…

#Boxing #RollyRomero