The Combating Organized Retail Crime Act has passed the House and is now before the Senate, and is designed to provide coordination and support to state and local law enforcement to fight large-scale organized retail crime, and is not about petty theft or federalizing
U.S. airlines paid billions of dollars more for jet fuel in May, in the second consecutive month that fuel costs exceeded $6 billion, according to government data released Tuesday. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics found that airlines spent $6.6 billion on jet fuel in
Variety is celebrating the 2026 Emmy nominees who have appeared on the magazine’s covers, participated in Actors on Actors and the Awards Circuit Podcast. The nominations for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday morning, with “The Pitt” leading the pack with
Much of the genome is made up of repetitive DNA sequences that trace back to ancient mobile elements, many of which have lost their ability to copy themselves into new locations but can still cause problems if they become active again at the wrong time. Now, two studies
More than 90% of the key nutrients degrading the Mar Menor, such as ammonium, phosphorus and silica, do not come from streams or continental groundwater, but rather through a mechanism that has so far been overlooked: Water from the lagoon itself infiltrates the sediments and
High-speed movies of microscopic worms may sound like a dull night at the cinema, but this advanced imaging capability could help scientists better understand how diseases begin and progress, track subtle changes in cells and study how the body responds to treatments.
Anthropic will begin moving into the office later this summer and has space in the facility for about 1,700 desks, according to the company. New York already ranked as Anthropic’s second-largest office hub aside from its headquarters in San Francisco.
To hell with it all, I'll take a crack at the balancing.
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON, July 8 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will fly from Turkey to Britain on an older Air Force One aircraft, an unexpected switch that raised questions about a retrofitted Boeing 747 donated by Qatar that he unveiled only weeks
By Gram Slattery and Humeyra Pamuk ANKARA, July 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday told reporters there had been "tremendous unity" at the NATO summit in Turkey and also promised to increase U.S. defense production. "They (European nations) want the American
MOSCOW, July 8 (Reuters) - Russia introduced a ban on diesel exports on Wednesday as part of a raft of measures to support the domestic fuel market after systematic Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries triggered shortages and price spikes in some regions. Drivers in many
By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall DUBAI, July 8 - Control over the Strait of Hormuz has become a "golden weapon" to Iran, for which it is willing to risk new escalations with the United States, and is a bigger priority than a nuclear programme for which it accepted decades of
Meanwhile, the United Nations launched an urgent appeal on Wednesday to raise €259 million for relief operations.
Heather Sawyer has been in Madison punk bands like the Hussy, Proud Parents, and Boo/Hiss, and she makes her own spiky, gnarly, catchy DIY tracks as Heather The Jerk. Just a few months ago, she impressed us mightily with the cassette album Scroll If You Love Devil , which our
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) issued a statement Wednesday blasting President Trump’s peace deal with Iran as a “total, utter disaster.” He issued the scathing statement after Trump said the memorandum of understanding (MOU) to end hostilities with Iran and
The IMF has also lifted its 2026 global inflation forecast to 4.7%, citing rising energy and commodity prices and risks from tensions in the Middle East.
The 2027 Atlus remake of RPG Persona 4 is looking to make the Yosuke's behavior more appropriate for the modern day
Michael J. Fox has landed an Emmy nomination for his guest-star role on Apple TV’s “Shrinking,” a part he came out of five years of acting retirement for last year. When the 78th annual Emmy Award nominations were revealed Wednesday, Fox was among a list of outstanding guest
The Bethesda Games Studios Union shared images of the now-removed display featuring photos of fired devs
Microplastic contamination has been a much-discussed topic over the last several years, but contamination from even smaller plastic particles represents another pressing issue. Nanoplastics—defined as being under a micrometer in diameter—may pose an even higher ecological risk
NASA seems to have forgotten the formula that helped the Falcon 9 get off the ground.
Brent Montgomery’s media company Wheelhouse and kids and teens-friendly social media platform Zigazoo have teamed on a new studio that will develop projects based on content from Gen Alpha stars on the TikTok-style app. Named Zigazoo Studios, the joint venture will focus on
The news comes with Activision Blizzard parent company Xbox cutting jobs across the board.
A new poll shows that the Michigan Democratic Senate race is a tight one after state Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D) dropped out on Sunday. The Politico survey, conducted by Tavern Research on Monday and Tuesday, found that 42 percent of respondents would vote for moderate Rep. Haley
The White Stripes blew up fast. I was a high school senior in 2002, when V2 Records brought the prior year’s White Blood Cells to the MTV2 viewers of America. I remember immersing myself in the album on a portable CD player in the backseat of my parents’ sedan on my way from
It’s the morning of the 2026 Emmy nominations, and there were plenty of surprises early on. From unscripted triumphs to hard-campaigning celebs that didn’t make the cut, it’s already a heated race well ahead of the Sept. 14 ceremony. Read below for some of the biggest snubs and
The Senate Judiciary Committee has one job: make the president find a more suitable candidate.
Here's an unexpected combination! Say Anything and Wavves both came along in the '00s, and they had extremely different takes on pop-punk. Say Anything had a troubled run in the Warped Tour spotlight before Wavves emerged as a scrappy, noisy lo-fi auteur. But now, all these
Scientists have long known that heat can be used to help fight cancer. But heating tumors and cancer cells is trickier than it sounds. Apply too much heat and patients could get hurt; apply too little or target the wrong location and the therapy will not be effective.
Scientists say human-driven climate change is increasing the intensity, length and frequency of extreme weather events such as heatwaves.
Designing high-performance catalysts is essential for cleaner energy technologies, but the behavior of multi-element modern catalyst materials is difficult to predict. In a new study, researchers at Tohoku University with international collaborators developed a collaborative
This would have been handy last Prime Day.
Evil Dead Burn packs gruesome kills and stylish filmmaking, but its attempt to unite every era of the franchise falls flat.
"Although the grueling pace of everyday life stifles opportunities for human connection, [two] women continue to dream of intimacy," reads a synopsis for Aung Phyoe’s Karlovy Vary film, the first Burmese movie at the Czech fest.
Yosuke is apparently getting some changes to how he ‘treats outsiders’
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) directed state officials on Tuesday to “immediately” launch an investigation into a state hospital for allegedly seeking to profit from “birth tourism” practices. Abbott said in a letter to Stephanie Muth, the executive commissioner of the Texas
Three summers ago we shared Serotonin , the debut album God Of War. The band — a collaboration between They Are Gutting A Body Of Water's Doug Dulgarian and the two members of Hooky, Scott Turner and Sam Silbert — is back today with news of a second LP. It's called Molly
