New Jersey home explodes into pieces, killing 1 and injuring another
An explosion at a home on a quiet New Jersey cul-de-sac Thursday night killed one man, injured a second person and forced the evacuation of neighbors, officials said. Shocking footage shows a Middlesex County home nearly blown to pieces, smoke from a small fire and debris strewn across streets and neighboring yards. Police said the […]
Max streaming service to crack down on password sharing after move boosts Netflix: report
Warner Bros. Discovery will reportedly introduce paid sharing on Max later this year as subscribers become stricter about letting others use their accounts. bloomberg reported this week Warner Bros. Discovery will roll out option to pay ‘additional member’ streaming fees with Max subscriptions to allow members to use their own usernames and passwords as part […]
Ukraine Debuts AI-Generated Foreign Ministry “Spokeswoman”
Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Wednesday introduced a new “spokesperson” named “Victoria Shi” who has the distinction of being the world’s first digital diplomat. Shi is a simulation created by artificial intelligence (AI) software. “My name symbolizes our main goal – the victory of Ukraine, and the name of the artificial intelligence that […]
Politician Suspended After Husband Catches Her in Bed with Adopted Son, a Buddhist Monk
Prapaporn Choeiwadkho, a 45-year-old politician from Thailand’s Sukhothai province, was arrested by the Democratic Party of Thailand this week after her 64-year-old husband caught her in bed with the couple’s adopted son, 24-year-old Phra Maha. He was suspended from his job. , a Buddhist monk. The scandal has become a social media sensation across Southeast […]
John Smoltz’s constant talking ruins MLB broadcasts
It might be a good idea to start. I doubt Fox Sports executives will show up. they never do. They never responded to my invitation to sit and watch national baseball broadcasts on Fox and explain what they were thinking in the name of Abner Doubleday, and worse, why did they do it? Do you […]
Jalen Brunson, Knicks close out thrilling Game 6 to clinch series over 76ers
PHILADELPHIA – Josh Hart is here. The team’s guts and tenacity man was left wide open on the perimeter and for the Knicks’ biggest shot of the night. After a pass from Jalen Brunson, he hesitated for a moment but sank the game-winning 3-pointer with 24 seconds left to eliminate the Sixers in a 118-115 […]
How popular primaries foil conservatives and protect the uniparty
Allowing the masses to decide a party’s nominee through a down vote is the same as letting elites and special interests decide the outcome. We cling to one-party rule because incumbents rarely lose district elections and rarely lose primaries for statewide offices, including senator and governor. The only way to change the party in one […]
Album is no ‘Future Nostalgia’
music review radical optimism “Radical optimism” is solid. Had Sabrina Carpenter, Tate McRae, or any of the other up-and-coming pop girlies released this album, it would certainly have made them star makers. But Dua Lipa, a bona fide dance floor diva, set the bar too high for herself with 2020’s Future Nostalgia, one of the […]
M23 rebels seize key smartphone mineral mining town in eastern Congo
Rebels suspected of having ties to Rwanda this week seized control of Rubaya, a mining town in eastern Congo known for producing key minerals used in smartphones, the group said in a statement Thursday. In a statement shared with The Associated Press, a spokesperson for rebel group M23 said the town had been “liberated.” Aid […]
Mexican cops find tents, question people in the case of 2 Australians, 1 American missing in Baja
Mexican authorities said Thursday they had found a tent and questioned three people in the Pacific coast state of Baja California, where two Australians and an American went missing over the weekend. The state’s chief prosecutor, María Elena Andrade Ramírez, did not say whether the three people questioned were considered possible suspects or witnesses in […]