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The arrest comes after more than a year of investigations into the death of the textile magnate, which was initially thought to be accidental after he fell off a cliff while walking with his son in the Salnitre caves in Barcelona's Collbató. Spanish authorities have arrested the son of the founder of fashion retailer Mango for the alleged murder of his billionaire father, who died in December 2024. Isak Andic died during a hiking trip on the mountain of Montserrat in Catalonia. According to his son Jonathan Andic's initial account of events, he fell some 150 metres into off a...

The Heart Attack Grill, the over-the-top Las Vegas restaurant known for its calorie-loaded "Bypass Burgers" and hospital-themed servers, announced this week it will close its Sin City doors. The restaurant was founded by Jon Basso in Chandler, Arizona, in 2005. It relocated to downtown Las Vegas in 2011. It's most known for its unapologetically indulgent menu — including massive burgers, fries cooked in pure lard, even unfiltered cigarettes.

BBC: When “Civilian” Becomes Propaganda The Bias Behind Caitríona Perry's Broadcast Word Stress, Narrative Control. BBC's (just another) Caitríona Perry biased anchor emphasizes the word “civilians” even when there is no evidence distinguishing who is a Hezbollah operative and who is not. Today 5/19/26, while reporting JD Vance’s statement on Iran, the Perry placed noticeable verbal emphasis on the word “civilian,” carefully inserting Iran’s propaganda narrative regarding its alleged nuclear aims. Perry hosts 'BBC America.'

There’s some drama happening in the progressive wing of the Democratic Party — rivalry between Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ro Khanna ahead of the 2028 presidential race, according to Axios. It’s been clear to see both position themselves as possible heirs to the Bernie Sanders movement, but they are not in agreement on what that movement looks like. What’s interesting here is that the divide isn’t just about personality. It’s about strategy, staffing and what version of “Bernie-style politics” they’re actually trying to inherit. Axios reports that on one side, you have what some are calling the “Old Bernie” approach...

(Image Matthew G Eddy / Shutterstock) AI uses a lot of power, and it needs massive data centers to support it. That's why, despite data centers having existed for decades, people are suddenly running for the hills. But do they have a reason to be afraid? You be the judge. Here are the scariest facts about data centers: Data centers are the ugliest buildings on earth: Ancient Greeks never built utilitarian buildings. They're almost as bad as nuclear power plants: And 100 times more deadly. They drink up one whole ocean per ChatGPT query: We might need the oceans...

“A vote for me will be a vote to change Labour,” Mr Burnham told the audience at the Great North summit in Leeds. For Labour, read Sir Keir Starmer. Mr Burnham could be prime minister before schools break for the summer holidays, so what he says on the campaign trail in this mother of all by-elections really matters. The theme first. Mr Burnham is arguing that Britain has been on the wrong path since the 1980s, a four-decade slide into decline that he is vowing to overturn. It is a rebuke not only of Thatcherism, which he argues gutted the...

Oil prices rose and global bonds wobbled on Monday, as fresh tensions in the Middle East fed inflation fears and bets that central banks will have to increase interest rates. Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil, rose on Monday, after an attack on a nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates. It came as peace talks between the US and Iran stalled in the sixth week of ceasefire. Donald Trump wrote on social media: “For Iran, the Clock is Ticking, and they better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them. TIME IS OF THE...

Fox News host Jesse Watters lit the internet on fire after airing a jaw-dropping segment discussing alleged UFO crash recoveries, “non-human intelligence,” and even so-called “reptilian” alien species that some researchers claim have been secretly studied by the U.S. government for decades. The bombshell discussion comes after the Trump administration’s recent release of declassified UFO/UAP files through a new Pentagon transparency initiative that has already generated massive public attention. The Gateway Pundit previously reported Dr. Hal Puthoff, 89, a Stanford-trained quantum physicist who previously led remote-viewing programs for the CIA and advised the Pentagon’s Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program...

White House Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair is President Trump’s primary enforcer. He ensures that the Republicans on Capitol Hill follow orders and that the MAGA agenda is carried out. “Sometimes you can vote your conscience, other times you have to vote with the boss,”

A driver for ride share company “Lyft” is being closely monitored by the platform after he was accused of using artificial intelligence to claim a rider trashed his car. The rider, a teenage girl who lives in Boca Raton, was accused by the driver of leaving his car with fast-food all over the backseat, as seen in the image above. The driver demanded payment to clean up the car and fix the damage. *snip* She identified the image as being generated by Google Gemini. It turns out she was right.

The alleged gunmen in a shooting rampage that left three people dead outside a San Diego mosque have been identified as 17-year-old Cain Clark and 18-year-old Caleb Velasquez, according to a law enforcement source. At least one of the suspects took a weapon from his parents’ home and left a suicide note that talked about racial pride, a law enforcement source told The Post. Clark attended Madison High School and was a standout wrestler, according to the school’s social media page. His grandfather, David Clark, 78, said: ”We’re very sorry for what happened. We know as much as you do....

At a rally in a car park outside his campaign headquarters in Florence, Kentucky, on Saturday, congressman Thomas Massie said that the Republican politicians who joined him had made a brave choice. "I'm sure they'll be punished for coming here today," he said. It didn't take long for Massie's warning to prove prophetic, as Donald Trump took to Truth Social to make his displeasure known. Congresswoman Lauren Boebert of Colorado, who had been barnstorming with Massie all weekend, and Rand Paul, the Kentucky senator who endorsed Massie and shares his unorthodox small-government libertarianism, were "parading around like fools for the...

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tried his hand at an impression of President Donald Trump during a campaign rally in northern Kentucky on Monday, May 18. When he first offered me this job, he said, ‘Pete, you’re gonna have to be tough as ----,' ” Hegseth said in Trump’s voice, pausing for applause and laughter from the crowd in Hebron, Ky. “'They’re gonna come after ya.' ” Switching back to his own voice, Hegseth said, “And boy, was he right.” Hegseth made the comments while speaking at a campaign rally for Ed Gallrein, a former Navy SEAL challenging Rep. Thomas Massie...

The average pay of housekeepers in New York City hotels will increase to more than $100,000 a year as part of a contract settlement between an industry trade group and a powerful union. The deal, which the group ratified on Monday, averts a threatened strike this summer that could have disrupted the influx of tourists expected for the World Cup and America 250 festivities. The owners of nearly 250 hotels in the city reached agreement with the union, the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, on an eight-year contract that would more than double base wages for workers, union officials said....

“WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday that it is creating a $1.7 billion fund to compensate prosecuted allies of the Republican president after he moved to drop his lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service. The “Anti-Weaponization Fund” was announced by the Justice Department as part of a deal to resolve President Donald Trump's case over the leak of his tax returns. ”

"I hoarded a large database of something valuable, just not what you expect… 150k stools images." The poop database comes from an app called PoopCheck, an app made by a company called Soft All Things that purports to use AI to analyze images of one’s stool in order to give you a “daily gut health score.” With that in mind, here there is an estimation of pricing options: • 10,000 unreviewed images (AI-validated) — $3,000 • 5,000 fully human-reviewed & annotated (on top of AI validation) — $4,000 The appliance giant Kohler endured a security ****show when a researcher showed...

Dramatic video shows the two fighter jets colliding in midair before four parachutes are deployed. Both aircraft appeared to be flying extremely close together when they collided and seemingly became entangled, hurtling toward the ground as sparks shot off. The two jets, which appear to be Navy Super Hornet fighters, smashed into the runway with an enormous bang, producing a huge fireball and a cloud of smoke. Organizers, the Mountain Home Gunfighters, confirmed that the base was on lockdown in a statement posted on social media. This was the first time the air show had been held in eight years,...