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Breaking · PoliticsDemocratic Sen. Van Hollen challenges Schumer for Senate majority leader

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GOP Senator Calls Jensen Huang and Trump Commerce Secretary to Testify Before Congress

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BACK ONLINEMicrosoft begins restoring services amid global outage affecting Outlook and Teams

The Guardian3 h ago

KANSAS TURNS BLUEPoliticsDemocrat Cindy Holscher elected Kansas governor

Daily Kos3 h ago

'FOLLOWING AN AFFAIR'Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns following affair scandal

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PoliticsU.S. envoys Kushner and Witkoff arrive in Moscow after Ukraine peace talks

Kyiv Independent20 h ago

PoliticsMississippi elects first Democratic senator in 44 years as Dems gain Senate seat

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Daily Dumpster Fires

Drunk raccoon's viral liquor store rampage raises $290K for animal shelter

'I CAN'T DO IT'Man surrenders 76 cats crammed in car to rescue charity: 'I can't do it'

WHEELS OF MISFORTUNEChinese automaker BYD apologizes after delivering SUVs with rear wheels on front, front wheels on back

Hundreds of Chicagoans gathered to move the Bean sculpture 7 inches left to rescue a man trapped inside—who doesn't exist

BAD ADVICE.AIMan sues OpenAI after ChatGPT convinced him to stop paying rent, leaving him homeless

Parent upset over football blowout defecates in opposing school's hallway

Woman scoops council worker onto car bonnet over traffic cones; he needs titanium screws for fracture

19 runners fall ill at Santa Barbara half-marathon; police investigate possible ketamine poisoning

Pharmacists warn women not to put allergy tablets in their vaginas amid viral trend

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Political Dumpster Fires

Democrat Eric Jones ousts incumbent Rep. Mike Thompson in California's 4th District

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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says state 'turned purple' after Democratic sweep

Republican Senator Tells Vance to 'Put Down the Crack Pipe' Over Midterm Blame

DHS touts record ICE deportations in fiscal 2026 as Mullin says agency 'unleashed'

California teacher told Muslim student, 14: 'I don't negotiate with terrorists' after AP rejection

Leaked messages show Corey Lewandowski wielded major DHS power under Kristi Noem Trump muses about becoming Israel's prime minister, plans to 'get Cuba' in radio interview Trump's ex-chief of staff Susie Wiles now 'utterly hates him,' biographer claims Iranian family sues Trump's ICE over alleged sharing of detainee files with Iran regime

In This Economy?

$648K PER UNITLA Mayor Karen Bass opens $72M homeless housing project costing $648K per unit

RENT SQUEEZEMap shows where US renters face worst rent burdens as costs outpace earnings

16-YEAR SLUMPHome sales plunge to 16-year low as mortgage rates stay high

$22B IN THE REDCredit card debt surges $22B in Q3 as Democrats push interest rate caps

70% SPIKE WARNINGHeating oil prices could spike 70% this winter due to Iran tensions

13 million UK adults unable to pay essential bills this Christmas Hotter-than-expected inflation raises chances of Fed rate hike Nearly a quarter of Americans have debt in collections, study finds Trump's USDA could cut off food stamps to millions more Americans

Celebrity Crashouts

Travis Barker says he had esophageal precancer before quitting smoking

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Alanis Morissette recalls Ben Affleck asking why she didn't 'lead with' her sexuality on 'Dogma' set

Ex-assistant serves Libbie Mugrabi's mom with lawsuit while disguised in burqa at beauty event

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Files for Divorce From Kamilah Chavis After 5 Years

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had affair with wife of Chinese businessman who introduced them, report says

Dave Portnoy accuses Sofia Franklyn of orchestrating misconduct allegations against him

Viral cowboy who took horse on Detroit bus responds after city launches investigation

Trump scolds Spencer Pratt for third-place LA mayor finish, says he should have fought longer

Jen Affleck files for divorce from Zac while pregnant with fourth child

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49ers' George Kittle hints at wearing 'F–k Dallas' shirt for Cowboys game

Blue Jays apologize after Muslim community outcry over Santander's Instagram posts

Stephen A Smith taunts Dallas Cowboys outside White House after Trump interview

Dejounte Murray accuses Pelicans of 'sabotage' in deleted posts after blowout loss

Dana White reacts to Usman-Merab hotel brawl

NBA suspends Rockets' Marcus Smart 3 games for punching Charles Bassey

Shohei Ohtani denied MVP history as Pete Crow-Armstrong wins in landslide

23 players suspended after massive postgame brawl between Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Grambling State

Rams reverse course, place Puka Nacua on injured reserve one day after McVay's assurances

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1Drunk raccoon's viral liquor store rampage raises $290K for animal shelter 2Man surrenders 76 cats crammed in car to rescue charity: 'I can't do it'3Chinese automaker BYD apologizes after delivering SUVs with rear wheels on front, front wheels on back

Florida Man

EMU ON THE LAMN.J. officials warn residents not to chase loose emu

'HELP US'Florida man arrested after children rescued holding 'Help us' note at window

HANGING AROUNDUpside-down bobcat rescued from barbed wire fence in Florida

Florida mushroom found to contain both psychedelic drugs and deadly toxins

EMU-BARRASSED DEPUTIESSouth Carolina deputies struggle to capture loose emu

Florida woman with 3X legal BAC crashes into guardrail in front of trooper

Famed ocean liner bigger than Titanic sunk as artificial reef in Gulf of Mexico

Man spotted driving red convertible piled high with hot dogs in Tampa

Florida couple found passed out in U-Haul van with 2 kids and drugs inside, cops say

Florida woman arrested after refusing to leave Mini Cooper during traffic stop

Travel Gone Wrong

DOUBLE TROUBLEBritish Airways flight suffers double tail strike during aborted landing at Heathrow

Daily Mail3 h ago

GOING DOWN IN HISTORYGiant cruise liner SS United States sunk off Florida to create world's largest artificial reef

WINTER'S ARRIVALFirst snowstorm of season impacts 19 states, triggers flight delays on East Coast

Frontier flight makes emergency landing after leaky bathroom floods cabin

Historic ship that carried JFK and Walt Disney deliberately sunk off Florida coast

Unruly passenger and cabin flooding reported on 2 separate flights that landed in Chicago

Airbnb worker evicts guest who dumped mouldy food and bacon in toilet

ICE issues detainer for Honduran man arrested after alleged cockpit rush on United flight

Family abandons £1.8k TUI holiday after finding ants in room, broken toilet

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Busted

BILLION-DOLLAR SLOPEFugitive L.A. gang member charged in Olympic snowboarder's billion-dollar drug ring

GOTTA CART 'EM ALLMen accused of hot-wiring and stealing golf carts in The Villages

GOING APEMan jailed for stealing £800 orangutan statue from garden centre, cycling away

FOUL PLAYIndiana father arrested for biting multiple kids at child's birthday party over basketball

SPIKED SWEETSMinnesota's Largest Candy Store owner charged with selling booze-filled candy without license

Woman arrested after months squatting in $5M San Francisco home

Baltimore man wanted by police reveals his location by going live on Instagram

Alleged serial rapist arrested at Burger King, 1,000 miles from crime scenes

ESPN analyst Rex Ryan arrested after allegedly hitting pedestrians with truck in Nashville

The World Is Ending

3 YEARS TO SAFEGUARDAI researchers warn super-intelligent machines could seize control within 3 years

Something Strange and Massive Lurking Beyond Neptune, Scientists Say

Cars swept away as flash floods hit Italian holiday regions

Antarctic ozone hole grows to largest size in nearly 50 years, NASA and NOAA say

Tornado warning issued for parts of New York City

NOAA: 60% chance this year's El Niño becomes strongest since 1950

OpenAI board member says AI accident is most likely way to kill humanity Nor'easter brings severe storms, flooding to NYC region; up to a foot of snow in high elevations El Niño could push global temperatures above 1.5°C threshold permanently

☢ Doom Score34Mild unease

Doomsday Clock85 sec DEFCON (unofficial)DEFCON 3 People who died today27,930 Armed conflicts worldwide61 All 20 meters →

Artificial Intelligence

$7B GAMBLESoftBank loses $7 billion as AI data center investment falters

Futurism3 h ago

AI STRIKES A CHORDElvis Presley's and Eminem's music owners sue AI music generator Suno

New Zealand workers say AI tracking of toilet breaks forces them to defecate in warehouse aisles

Anthropic says key AI safety alarm triggered days before IPO

WATCHING YOUR GAMETencent launches AI gaming companion that watches your screen and gives advice

Microsoft researchers find AI models can be backdoored by editing fewer than 10 neurons Instagram expands AI system to catch teens lying about their age Linus Torvalds: AI fixes drove most progress in latest Linux kernel Claude AI builds working OS with 1,000 agents in eight days

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Robot Uprising

WALK THIS WAYRobotic dog takes real dog for a walk in San Francisco

AI PILOT ONLYRing confirms camera drone won't have manual controls after CBS News crash

TRANSFORM AND ROLL OUTFour-metre-tall Transformer-like robot unveiled for dangerous tasks

LASER FOCUSNorway deploys 2,000 underwater AI laser robots to kill salmon lice on farms

DRONE SWEET DRONEAmazon unveils $250 Ring security drone that patrols homes and flies between rooms

DARPA robot assembles structure in space for first time Waymo taxis won't stop for stopped school buses, feds investigate Tesla launches Robotaxi in San Antonio with 274 sq mi geofence, but much may be unbookable Georgia Tech student's homemade 'Reaper' drone hits 491 mph, claims world record

Alien Invasion

'SEE-THROUGH' VISITORMassive 'see-through' UFO caught on camera over Oregon home before witnesses suffer mysterious symptoms

Daily Mail3 h ago

'Jellyfish UFO' spotted hovering near Alaska military base before vanishing

Scientists discover source of mysterious radio signal flashing every eight minutes

EARTH'S NEW GIFTAstronomers discover new mini-moon captured by Earth's gravity

Object heading toward Earth mysteriously accelerating; scientist claims it's a lost spacecraft

1978 New Zealand TV crew captured UFOs on camera during Kaikōura sightings

Fireball traveling 47,000 mph spotted over North Carolina, Tennessee

Meteor lights up Tennessee sky with blue, white and orange fireball, NASA confirms

Airline captain claims UFOs flew in front of plane over Brussels multiple times

Earth captures new temporary moon as asteroid 2026 QQ8 enters orbit

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CelebrityTed Turner left ex-wife Jane Fonda out of his $2.5 billion willDaily Mail15 min ago

WarUS denies warning Israel to prepare for war resuming as Iran fires at American shipsMirror15 min ago

WarNavy scrambles to ramp up Tomahawk production after Iran war burns through arsenalThe Daily Caller25 min ago

PoliticsGun charges dropped for three leftist militants after Trump policy halts enforcementWashington Examiner25 min ago

PoliticsLeaked memo shows Stephen Miller shifting White House strategy away from Susie Wiles' approachDaily Mail25 min ago

PoliticsUK targets all of Russia's top 10 oil producers with new sanctionsKyiv Independent25 min ago

PoliticsNavy families upset after learning deployed sailors won't be home for ChristmasThe Daily Beast25 min ago

WarFinland detects strike on Russian warship as Zelenskyy meets US envoysAl Jazeera25 min ago

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WarIran War Sparks Explosive Town Hall Between Navy Brass, Military FamiliesThe Daily Caller1 h ago

CelebrityLeBron James' $37M Beverly Hills mansion nears completion as stalker arrested at LA homeDaily Mail1 h ago

CelebrityChiefs' Rashee Rice files for bankruptcy with $13K in bank despite NFL salaryDaily Mail1 h ago

WarPutin warns US he would target any foreign troops sent to UkraineThe Guardian1 h ago

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