Meta’s $17.1 Billion Reckoning: States Say Zuckerberg Built Instagram to Hook America’s Children
Meta’s $17.1 Billion Reckoning: States Say Zuckerberg Built Instagram to Hook America’s Children For years, parents, lawmakers, whistleblowers and even some of Meta’s own employees have warned that Instagram and Facebook were not simply neutral social networks being used excessively by teenagers. The far more serious allegation was that Meta Platforms deliberately engineered features to […]
CIA Director John Ratcliffe Secretly Flew to Moscow With a Warning for Putin: Do Not Attack NATO
CIA Director Secretly Flew to Moscow to Warn Putin: Do Not Attack NATO CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an extraordinary, unannounced trip to Moscow this week to deliver one of the most consequential warnings Washington can send another nuclear power: do not attack NATO. The mission was initially surrounded by mystery after publicly available flight-tracking […]
Sergey Brin – Trump Hall of Shame
Sergey Brin, the Refugee Billionaire Who Went From Protesting Trump to Dining With Him There may be no better symbol of Silicon Valley’s political transformation than Google co-founder Sergey Brin. In January 2017, Brin appeared at San Francisco International Airport alongside demonstrators protesting President Donald Trump’s travel restrictions. The issue was intensely personal. Born in […]
Chinese Hackers Breach NASA, Federal Reserve, DOJ and U.S. Senate in Massive State Sponsored Cyberattack
Chinese State Backed Hackers Targeted NASA, Federal Reserve, DOJ and U.S. Senate “Why doesn’t Congress pass a law that imposes a real world financial penalty every time China is proven responsible for a cyberattack against the United States? If a state sponsored Chinese operation attacks American government agencies or critical infrastructure, deduct a predetermined amount […]
Flock Cameras? DeSantis Says Get the Flock Out of Florida!
DeSantis Says Get the Flock Out of Florida as License Plate Surveillance Backlash Explodes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is taking aim at one of the fastest growing surveillance technologies in American policing, warning that automated license plate readers have gotten “out of control” and calling on state lawmakers to impose new restrictions before Florida drifts […]
2026 SEC Football Season Preview: Georgia, Texas Lead a Brutal New Era
The 2026 SEC football season is shaping up to be one of the most demanding campaigns in conference history, with the Georgia Bulldogs and Texas Longhorns entering the year as the consensus heavyweights expected to battle for the league championship on Dec. 5 in Atlanta. This season also marks a major change for the SEC. […]
Secret Service Responds to Reports of Iranian Threat Against Trump’s Son Barron
Iranian Threat Against Trump’s Son Barron The U.S. Secret Service has confirmed that it is aware of an Iranian state media video that appears to threaten the life of Barron Trump, the 20 year old son of President Donald Trump. The agency said it is reviewing the material as part of its responsibility to investigate […]
Hollywood Lifeguard Rushes Into Action To Save His Own Family After Aruba Tubing Accident
Aruba Tubing Accident A family vacation in Aruba turned terrifying when a tubing excursion went horribly wrong, sending several relatives into the water and leaving a professional lifeguard to rely on his training to save the people closest to him. Marcelo Lorenzo, a 24-year-old Hollywood Ocean Rescue lifeguard, was vacationing with his family on Aug. […]
2026 ACC Football Season Preview: Miami Enters as the Team to Beat
The 2026 ACC football season arrives with the Miami Hurricanes positioned at the center of the conference championship conversation. Miami enters the season carrying enormous expectations after reaching the 2025 National Championship Game. Head coach Mario Cristobal has assembled what many preseason observers view as the conference’s most talented roster, led by Duke transfer quarterback […]
Two Unvaccinated People Die From Measles in Pennsylvania as Outbreak Reaches Nearly 400 Cases
Two People Died From Measles Two unvaccinated people in Pennsylvania have died after contracting measles, marking the first measles related deaths in the state in 35 years and the first reported measles deaths in the United States in 2026, state health officials confirmed Tuesday. The Pennsylvania Department of Health said both victims were residents of […]
Federal Judge Strikes Down Texas Drag Show Ban, Calling Law Unconstitutionally Vague
Texas Drag Show Ban A federal judge has struck down Texas’ controversial drag show law, ruling that the 2023 measure is unconstitutional because its language is too vague and reaches protected expression. The decision represents another major setback for Texas’ effort to restrict certain performances that state lawmakers argued could expose children to sexually oriented […]
Alabama’s Kinley Rasmus Sets Little League World Series Hits Record
Kinley Rasmus continues to make history at the 2026 Little League Baseball World Series. The 12-year-old shortstop and pitcher from Phenix City, Alabama, broke the Little League World Series record for most total hits by a girl Tuesday, collecting her fifth hit of the tournament during Phenix City’s 4-2 victory over Tacoma, Washington. Rasmus delivered […]
How Uber Uses AI to Charge You More: Why Your Ride Is So Expensive
Uber Uses AI to Charge You More Uber was built around a simple idea: open an app, request a car and know roughly what you are going to pay. But the company’s pricing system has evolved into something far more complicated. Today, algorithms, real time demand, traffic patterns and other data points can determine the […]
Tim Curry, ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Icon, Dead at 80
Actor Tim Curry Dead at 80 Tim Curry, the acclaimed British actor and singer whose unforgettable performance as Dr. Frank N. Furter in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” made him a cultural icon, has died at the age of 80. Curry died at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, Aug. 25, according to […]
College Conferences Move to Block NFL, NBA and WNBA Players From Returning to College
The college sports landscape is undergoing another major eligibility shift as the Southeastern Conference and Big Ten move to prevent athletes who have entered professional sports from returning to college competition. The SEC announced Tuesday that its member schools unanimously approved a new conference policy prohibiting athletes with certain professional football or basketball experience from […]
Tigers End Six Game Skid With 4-1 Win Over Rays
The Detroit Tigers finally put an end to their six-game losing streak Tuesday night, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 behind a strong pitching performance and a memorable home run from rookie Max Clark. Clark launched his second career home run in the fifth inning, and his first at Comerica Park, giving Detroit a 2-1 […]
Red Sox Rally Past Marlins 7-3 on Jarren Duran’s 11th-Inning Grand Slam
The Boston Red Sox continued their torrid stretch Tuesday night, rallying for a 7-3 victory over the Miami Marlins after Jarren Duran delivered a go-ahead grand slam in the 11th inning. Boston won its fifth consecutive game and ninth in its last 12. The Red Sox have now won three straight series and 14 of […]