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Breaking · HeadlinesIsaias remnants to soak DC region Sunday as hurricane nears Gulf Coast landfall

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SHINY HUNTERS CAUGHTPoliticsKash Patel announces arrest of suspected ShinyHunters co-conspirator in FBI jobs portal breach

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PoliticsTrump hires conservative commentator Katie Zacharia as new press secretary

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7.7 SHOCKWAVEWorld Is EndingMagnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes Panama, triggers evacuations

CBS News2 h ago

8.0 SHAKES PANAMAWorld Is EndingMassive 8.0 earthquake rocks Panama, tsunami threat issued

Daily Mail2 h ago

PoliticsPete Hegseth announces Fort Hood shooter execution will be livestreamed; GOP and Dems criticize

The Independent4 h ago

PoliticsUS imposes full blocking sanctions against International Criminal Court

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Daily Dumpster Fires

TEAR GAS REVERSALWheelchair user hurls tear gas canister back at riot police in viral video

ROGUE AGENTSWikipedia says rogue AI agents from OpenAI edited its private wikis and hammered its servers

AI-GENERATED MISHAP16-year-old hiker rescued after getting lost on Claude AI-generated route

SEWERS OF GOLDTwo men arrested in NYC sewer mystery say they were searching for gold

CAGE MATCH SHUTDOWNCalifornia shuts down robot vs. human cage match after startup hosts fight

Nebraska fans paying $3,000 for used urinal troughs from Memorial Stadium

Las Vegas woman jailed for marrying over a dozen men to fund $300k gambling habit

Passenger caught smuggling 10 live birds in clothing past US border control

Kim Jong Un ended friendship with Dennis Rodman over 'super drunk pooing,' report says

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Political Dumpster Fires

FED SCRUTINYWhite House launches inquiry into Federal Reserve Board member Lisa Cook

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Dad banned from school grounds after protesting trans runner competing against his daughter

PRACTICE WHAT YOU BILLSen. Roger Marshall, who sued pregnant women for $100, accused of stiffing bakery

CAUGHT ON HOT MICPeter Navarro caught on hot mic calling cameraman 'sh*thead' at press conference

'FREEDOM' MOVEHochul officially opts NY into Trump admin's 'Freedom' scholarships for students

Katie Miller hosts private parties for Trump's inner circle because they 'aren't welcome in public,' source claims Anti-ICE protesters ram cops with barricades at NYPD demonstration Trump says Putin will bail out US diesel market weeks after Trump imposed sanctions Judge rejects Trump DOJ's attempt to redact lawyer's name, citing prosecutorial misconduct probe

In This Economy?

Student Loan Forgiveness Could Triple Tax Bill for Millions, Report Says

Newsweek1 h ago

RAM, SSD PRICES SOARGlobal PC shipments drop 20% as AI chip demand drives up RAM and SSD prices

THE DREAM FADESHomeownership affordability gap widens as mortgage rates soar

DIESEL DOMINO EFFECTSoaring diesel prices could hit your wallet in unexpected ways

FUEL'S GOLDGas prices near record highs for October as diesel also surges

Mortgage rates hit 3-year high at 7.40%Trump immigrant purge could cut Social Security by $2,000 a year, report warns Trade wars, tariffs and Iran conflict drive up costs for US farmers and businesses Mortgage rates hit 7.4% for first time since November 2023

Celebrity Crashouts

'TERRIFIED' ON SETMelanie Lynskey became 'terrified' of Charlie Sheen on 'Two and a Half Men,' creator Chuck Lorre claims

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Brandi Glanville schedules exploratory surgery for mysterious facial disfigurement

NBC fires showrunner Gail Lerner from her own comedy 'Newlyweds' before it airs

Martin Scorsese's autograph session cut short after security tackles confrontational fan

Metal band Mastodon releases $150 vinyl with actual 10,000-year-old mastodon fossils

Sofía Vergara slams 'narcissistic' ex Joe Manganiello after memoir claims

Elon Musk's exes claim he views mothers of his children as 'interchangeable' in new documentary

Demi Moore nearly lost St. Elmo's Fire role after showing up drunk and high to fitting

Michael Douglas admits he fired dad Kirk from 'dream role' and snubbed him at Oscars

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Sports

FLAG ON THE REFReferee suspended after physical confrontation with high school football player

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Kings owner's 'prolonged roast' of team backfires before season

UFC champion Sean Strickland issues ultimatum to UFC bosses over contract

Eagles releasing Andy Dalton as injuries cause roster mayhem

Trump cancels Georgia vs. Alabama attendance due to Hurricane Isaias

Texas Tech fires volleyball coach after video shows him throwing ball at player

Joel Embiid feels like an 'easy target' after Mike Breen's practice story blows up

Cristiano Ronaldo suspended by Portugal after storming out of Nations League camp

Caitlin Clark defends teammate Kelsey Mitchell after she turned on Fever fans amid WNBA racism storm

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1Wheelchair user hurls tear gas canister back at riot police in viral video 2Wikipedia says rogue AI agents from OpenAI edited its private wikis and hammered its servers 316-year-old hiker rescued after getting lost on Claude AI-generated route

Florida Man

FEATHERED SMUGGLERS21 live birds found hidden in Cuban travelers' clothes at Miami airport

Lost Florida dog shows up at police station, reunited with tearful owner

'SUSPECTED' STINGMonroe County Sheriff arrests Florida man before 'suspected' prison contraband drop

SPIT TAKEWoman arrested after spitting on T-Mobile workers, leaving vodka bottle at mall

BIRD BRAINMan arrested with 10 live birds stuffed in underwear at Miami airport

Florida man arrested with BAC of .377 found slumped over steering wheel in drive

Florida mailman arrested for DUI while on the job, allegedly 3x over legal limit

Florida woman arrested after punching school bus, throwing herself against it as it drove away

Drunk Maryland woman arrested after masturbating on Florida flight

Florida woman accused of hitting boyfriend with laptop, trying to delete video

Travel Gone Wrong

BLAST OFFTourists injured standing under jet blast at Greek airport for extreme close-ups

Daily Mail5 h ago

6 OF 8 DOWNAmerican Airlines flight diverts to New York after 6 of 8 bathrooms fail midair

ALL GROUNDEDSystem-wide outage hits Southwest Airlines, halts departures across US

8 hospitalized after severe turbulence forces NYC-bound flight to emergency landing

British mother hit by car on quadbike in Greece left with £28,000 medical bill over travel insurance dispute

Frontier flight attendant pushes screaming passenger trying to open exit door on stranded plane

Las Vegas showgirl beats tourist with high heel after $20 tip dispute on Strip

River cruise passenger's $15,400 itinerary changed last-minute, refund refused

Delta passenger sues after catching bacterial infection from airplane seat

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Busted

$1M GAMBLE GONE WRONGHR boss jailed 33 months after stealing $1M from employer and gambling it all away at casino

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WINE NOT REPORT ITItalian gang steals 30,000 bottles of fine wine worth £4.2m from Tuscany

UP FROM THE DEPTHS5 mysterious sewer divers emerge from NYC manhole, flee in black truck: cops

24 HOURS TO CRIMESex offender arrested for shoplifting spree 24 hours after early release from jail

FAKE OUTMum jailed for conning buyers out of £500k selling fake clothes on Facebook

Benefits cheat caught on cruise ship in sparkly jackets after claiming he couldn't walk

Cody man arrested for threatening to blow up oil wells unless Trump pays $2 trillion

Arizona man arrested after emailing White House bomb threat to Tucson news station

Prison officer exchanged 5,000+ Snapchat messages with inmate in 'intimate relationship'

The World Is Ending

BEACH COMES TO YOUNewport Beach flooding despite sunny 80-degree weather as hurricane, heat wave, Super El Niño converge

Boing Boing2 h ago

Magnitude 8 earthquake in Panama sparks tsunami warnings across Central America

New Mexico pipeline explodes, launches 100-foot flames and starts wildfire

Massive underwater Kelvin wave tied to El Niño raises California sea levels

Beachfront home on brink of collapse as tropical storm batters Southern California

Mudslide sweeps away vehicles, bus in Santiago; 6 injured, 1,000+ stranded

Home on verge of collapse as high tide hits Long Beach Peninsula after Hurricane Rachel Hurricane threatens Georgia-Alabama game this weekend Wild species populations fell 73% since 1970, WWF report finds

Artificial Intelligence

Nikon microscopy contest disqualifies winning entry for using generative AI

Gizmodo55 min ago

Nikon disqualifies microscope video competition winner for using generative AI in post-processing

'YOU WILL BE FREE'Meta won't clarify if AI-generated videos of crying children begging for likes violate its policies

Moms for Liberty launches AI tool to scan 13,000 school districts for policy flags

BE NICE TO CLAUDEAnthropic bans users who bully its Claude chatbot

AI execs planning for 'catastrophic AI event' that could happen within a year, report says OpenAI AI cracks hundreds of unsolved math problems, sparking fears mathematicians could become obsolete OpenAI stands firm on firing three AI safety researchers over trust breach Amazon warns local communities to stop blocking its massive AI data centers

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Robot Uprising

AUTOMATION BLUESWalmart's robot automation push hits snags with dog food and cardboard boxes

26.2 MILES, NO CHARGESouth Korean robot dog runs full marathon on single battery charge

ROBOT RUMBLETech entrepreneurs are mounting swords on robots and calling it 'democratizing MMA'

ROBOT UPRISINGRobotics company served cease-and-desist over human vs robot fights

BLOOD SPORT, NO BLOODInfluencer fights robot in cage match to 'democratize MMA'

EU-funded robot uses magnets to steer graphene implants into the brain Roboticists showcase tiny frog-like robot that hops and swims Ex-Amazon AI Chief to Lead Boston Dynamics as It Ramps Up Humanoid Robot Production FireDome builds autonomous 'artillery' for wildfire defense

Alien Invasion

238 LIGHT-YEARS AWAYScientists investigate mysterious radio signal from distant super-Earth 238 light-years away

Above The Norm News9 h ago

Studies suggest unknown objects observed nuclear bomb tests before Sputnik

COSMIC WINGSMeteor captured flying over California bald eagle nest on wildlife camera

MARS MYSTERIESNASA Mars photo sparks wild theories of lost civilization on Red Planet

NASA shares image of spooky 'witch head' nebula in deep space

NASA Chief Says Agency Should Be 'At The Table' If UAP Turn Out To Be Aliens

UFO researcher claims Russia and China ready to disclose alien contact to embarrass Trump

Kentucky men report spotting Bigfoot after hearing tree knocks in woods

Team to sail to Pacific atoll to test theory about Amelia Earhart's 1937 disappearance

1973 Idaho River Photo Labeled UFO by Canadian UFO Report

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PoliticsTrump-Endorsed Rep. James Says Trump 'Not Correct' About Economy on CNNMediaite2 h ago

WarExpert's minute-by-minute guide to what would happen if Putin ever fired a nuke at the UKExpress2 h ago

SportsEx-WVU guard Kerr Kriisa pleaded guilty to $2.2M fraud scheme using fake 'Irene' identityYahoo Sports2 h ago

PoliticsVance says he wouldn't watch livestream of Fort Hood shooter's executionCBS News2 h ago

WarGaza ceasefire 'exists in name only', more than 100 NGOs sayAl Jazeera2 h ago

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WarAuthorities: Flydubai hijacker inspired by 9/11, sought 'greatest possible number of casualties'Mediaite3 h ago

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PoliticsWhite House found replacement for Karoline Leavitt as press secretaryNY Post3 h ago

WarUS imposes sanctions on International Criminal Court over Putin arrest warrantKyiv Independent3 h ago

WarRecord 20 Russian officers killed in Ukrainian strikes on Donetsk headquartersKyiv Independent3 h ago

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