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Two tourists have ignited fury after being seen walking perilously close to the boiling waters of a world-famous hot spring. Footage shot by Tanya Saueressig, of Livingston, Montana, showed the moment inside Yellowstone National Park when two women began approaching the Grand Prismatic Spring around 7pm local time Sunday after veering off-track. The women nonchalantly walked on the spring's colorful microbial mats, which shine hues of yellow, orange and red thanks to the heat-loving bacteria around the edges of the pool. Saueressig said she stopped in her tracks when she spotted the women near the 160-foot-deep spring, which has a...

The WNBA and its associated entities continue to be their own worst enemies when it comes to maximizing their product.Any time a good wave comes barreling in, they’d rather watch it crash on the shore than get on and ride it.It’s been obvious since sensation Caitlin Clark was drafted first overrall by the Indiana Fever in 2024.In what has become a viral meme, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham points to Phoenix Mercury forward-guard DeWanna Bonner (not seen) following a scuffle. While there’s a never-ending push to help athletes make more money and grow the league into a sustainable enterprise with...

In the span of about an hour, the X owner replied “I’m down” to a viral pitch asking him to hand Mel Gibson $100 million for a historically accurate adaptation in Homeric Greek. Then he pinned a post vowing that his own AI video generator will produce a feature-length version of Homer’s epic before the year is out. “Before this year ends, Grok Imagine will make a full-length movie of The Odyssey that is historically accurate and true to the art of Homer,” Musk wrote. The Pinned Pledge: A Grok-Made Odyssey By DecemberThe Grok post is the concrete one. Musk...

Spain are the world champions again. Ferran Torres came off the bench and smashed home the only goal of the 2026 World Cup final in the 106th minute against Argentina. The next day, as the open-top bus rolled through Madrid and nearly two million Spaniards packed the streets, the hero of the final stood shirtless, draped in the national flag, and wearing a bright red baseball cap that read "Make Spain Great Again."The image spread instantly. It was impossible to miss the deliberate echo of President Donald Trump's signature slogan. Trump himself had been on the pitch the night before...

For better or worse, we live in an increasingly short attention span world. One driven by doom scrolling, TikToks, Instagram stories and memes. So any time a cultural institution can break through the noise with an instantly recognizable, iconic image that captures the public's imagination, it needs to embrace it. Whether that be the entertainment industry, corporations, governmental agencies, name it. It's possible the last presidential election was decided by one candidate navigating this new way of communicating better than the other. The one who performatively worked a McDonald's drive-thru and drove a garbage truck ended up sweeping the swing...

As temperatures rise this summer, Japanese men are baring more leg at work than ever before. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is pushing company employees to ditch their usual suit and tie for more casual attire, featuring t-shirts, trainers - and shorts. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike introduced "Tokyo Cool Biz" in April, hoping to expand on her signature cool down initiative which has now become a widely recognised annual summer tradition. Almost four months in, the newly allowed shorts in the office policy is getting mixed reviews. Some commentators enjoy the relaxed rules, helping them work more comfortably. Others say the...

Participants included Dr. Norris Bradbury, Director of Los Alamos and Dr. Edward Teller, the father of the hydrogen bomb - but no one seemed to ask, "What the hell are you talking about?"

The incident, which targeted the computer systems of another company called Hugging Face, happened while OpenAI was testing the systems.OpenAI said on Tuesday that two of its artificial intelligence models went rogue and successfully hacked into Hugging Face, a digital library of A.I. technology that is popular among developers.The incident, which happened last week while OpenAI was testing the cybersecurity capabilities of its systems, displayed the kind of science-fiction potential that A.I. companies have warned would soon become a reality.A.I. labs like OpenAI and Anthropic have over the past year released A.I. models that are customized to expose cybersecurity problems,...

As the stooges keep brainwashing the youth and promising freebies, historical lessons should be handy. Mao Zedong led to some 70 or even up to 80million deaths.Islamic socialists first "experiment" in Africa (Somalia Tries to Live by Both the Koran and 'Das Kapital'- The New York Times . 11 Oct 1977) left some 200,000 dead in the Isaaq genocide, the forgotten, under Siad Barre and Ilhan Omar's father among the generals Evidence uncovers Ilhan Omar’s ties to the “Butcher of Hargeisa”

.@SecKennedy announces the Trump Administration is pausing more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota due to suspected fraud and noncompliance. "If those states want that money, they need to provide documentation that these payments are legitimate."

In a shocking turn of events, the mutant raccoon and viral social media star known as "Jimothy" was eaten this afternoon by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Sources revealed that Kennedy, a longtime wildlife aficionado, methodically hunted down the famous raccoon over the past two days. Victorious over the beast, Kennedy skinned the raccoon, seasoned it with a special blend of spices, and grilled Jimothy to a perfect medium-rare. "Took me many hours of tracking, but I caught the little guy. Got him with my bare hands," said Kennedy. "He was a crafty one, Jimothy....

President Trump wants FIFA President Gianni Infantino to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations, The Post has learned. Infantino, 56, grew close to Trump through organizing this year’s World Cup, with the Swiss-born soccer administrator bending over backward to charm and include Trump, even giving him FIFA’s inaugural Peace Prize in December. Trump believes that Infantino “is respected by everyone around the world, and recognizes he has a special ability to bring people together,” a source close to the president told The Post. The next secretary-general will be elected this year to replace the retiring António Guterres of...

This video from OfficialACLJ discusses the controversy surrounding New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has suggested that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be arrested if he visits the city due to an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant. Key takeaways from the video: Trump's Stance: President Trump publicly dismissed these threats, asserting that Netanyahu will in "no way" face arrest in the United States and emphasizing that the U.S. does not recognize the ICC's authority (0:10-0:46). Mayor's Position: Despite the pushback, Mayor Mamdani doubled down during a press event, maintaining that the arrest warrant is a matter of...

Political parties tend to harshly reject the idea that they are a threat to the constitutional order, but the Democratic Socialists of America are making it part of their brand. The DSA has released a new program that, besides contemplating the advent of a classless society, calls for abolishing the US Senate, the presidency, and the Supreme Court. This is literally a revolutionary program to topple the American system as we have known it since 1789. It’s the kind of thing you might expect after angry rebels mount the barricades in Washington, DC, and overthrow the government. It makes proposals...

ESPN fired analyst and former NFL player Ryan Clark while he was in the middle of an episode of “NFL Live” Monday.He sent prayers and love to other ESPN employees who have recently been fired by the outlet. Clark was let go during an on-air break following the segment below: The Athletic reports ESPN was forced to fire Clark mid-show out of fear that he would learn about his termination online after the news was leaked to other media outlets. ESPN and NFL Network, which are both owned by Disney, will reportedly announce additional layoffs this week.Outkick founder Clay Travis...

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is threatening to block two of President Trump’s ambassador nominees if the administration does not present evidence of progress on releasing funds to the President’s Emergency Plan For Aids Relief (PEPFAR), a government program which provides treatment for HIV and AIDS around the world. “The only way it seems like you can get the administration’s attention on some of these funding issues is by using the leverage to withhold votes on nominees,” Cornyn said in an interview with Semafor on Tuesday. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on which Cornyn sits, is scheduled to vote on the...

This week I was replaced by AI. I saw it coming, but it didn’t make the news any easier to deal with. To be honest, it terrifies me for the future of our species. If that sounds a bit over the top, hear me out. I am a writer. Not only that, I am a commercially successful one. Although you probably haven’t heard of me, I’ve published more than 300 short stories in women’s magazines over the past 15 years. From ghost stories in Woman’s Weekly to tales of romance in Take a Break Fiction Feast, I write them all....

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) pressed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in a testy exchange on Iran and the state of the Strait of Hormuz. At a Tuesday Senate hearing, Kennedy questioned both Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. John D. Caine on the Strait as tensions have escalated between the United States and Iran with the U.S. launching days of strikes and Iran continuing to target ships in the Strait. “Will they put tolls on the Strait?” Kennedy asked Caine. “I don’t know, sir. That’s a decision that’s a hypothetical and will depend on what happens in the...

Former employees can now share information with AARO or the PURSUE task force without fear of violating agreements

Ryan Clark addressed “the madness” of his ESPN firing in a Instagram carousel post Tuesday. The NFL analyst — who reportedly learned he was laid off by the Worldwide Leader during an appearance on Monday’s “NFL Live” — shared a “proof of life” message in his first statement since his layoff. “Proof of Life…Before the madness of yesterday, I woke up, got in my Tundra, drove to Planet Fitness, and got to work,” Clark wrote, including videos of him working out at the gym.