Record August Gas at $4.08 Is a Refining Story, Not a Crude One
The national average for regular gasoline hit $4.08 on Friday, a price no mid-August in American history […]
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Hollywood Got Its $4 Billion Summer and Three Movies Did Forty Percent of It
The domestic summer box office crossed $4 billion for only the second time since the pandemic. Spider-Man, The Odyssey and Toy Story 5 account for roughly forty percent of it, and that concentration is the real story.
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The First Fully AI-Generated Series on a Global Streamer Came Out of Istanbul, Not Hollywood
Prime Video began streaming Castle Walls worldwide Wednesday, the first long-form AI-generated series on a major platform. The story is not the visuals, it is that the model was trained only on its studio’s own catalogue.
Geno Auriemma Points Out the WNBA Is Fighting About a Player Who Does Not Exist
Geno Auriemma noted the WNBA has never had an openly transgender player, then asked why the league has spent three weeks arguing anyway. He is right on the fact and the prescription is harder than it sounds.
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Indiana Got a 1-in-1000-Year Rain on Ground a Derecho Had Already Stripped
Gov. Mike Braun declared a statewide disaster emergency Thursday after eastern Indiana absorbed a 1-in-1000-year rain event, 36 hours after a derecho had already taken out the grid and committed the region’s responders.
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A Nevada Judge Threw Out the Fake Electors Case Because the Defendants Never Hid What They Did
Clark County Judge Mary Kay Holthus dismissed forgery charges against six Nevada Republicans, ruling that because the signers announced the alternate certificate publicly, prosecutors could not show intent to deceive.
Chiba Got Three Times Its August Rain in Half a Day, and Japan Had Never Sent That Alert There Before
Eight people are dead in the prefecture that borders Tokyo after a night of rain that Japan’s
Keeping Your Data Safe at Gaming Platforms
Your personal information at casinos outside GamStop is valuable. Your name, address, payment details, ID photos. Hackers
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Elvis Week 2026 Is a Dress Rehearsal, and Graceland Is Saying So Out Loud
Elvis Presley has been dead for 49 years this Sunday, and the annual pilgrimage to Memphis has
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The Justice Department Just Charged the Woman Who Spent Her Career Tracking Hate Groups
Federal agents arrested Heidi Beirich in California on Wednesday. She is the first individual to be charged
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Lucy Davis Almost Skipped the Appointment. Now She Wants You to Book Yours.
Lucy Davis, who played Dawn Tinsley in the British version of The Office, told her followers on
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A Great White Pulled a 71-Year-Old Maine Lifeguard Under, and He Went Back on Patrol
Greg Wilfert has been a lifeguard for 55 years, which means he was already doing this job
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Wisconsin Democrats Chose Electability by 3,000 Votes, and It Took a Governor to Do It
David Crowley won the Democratic nomination for governor of Wisconsin on Tuesday by roughly 3,000 votes out
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Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Is on Track to Be the Deadliest Ever. Every Licensed Vaccine Targets a Different Species.
The World Health Organization said Wednesday that Congo’s Ebola epidemic is now on pace to become the
Nick Reiner’s Indictment Adds Lying in Wait, and Erases the Hearing That Would Have Tested It
A Los Angeles County grand jury indicted Nick Reiner on July 20 in the killings of his
A Licensed Daycare in Hopkins Was Also Someone’s Home, and Three People Died Inside It
Police in Hopkins, Minnesota, were called to an in-home daycare on Wednesday morning and found three people
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How Streaming Platforms Accelerate Esports Tournament Growth: From Niche Shows to Global Arenas
A decade ago, only in-person spectators could feel the rush of a championship point in real time.
Who Is Rinat Akhmetov? A Look at His Business Career and Public Impact
Rinat Akhmetov is a Ukrainian businessman, founder and shareholder of SCM, an international investment company and one of
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