La. Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy fails to make runoff in primary, as Trump-backed challenger tops vote

WASHINGTON — Sen. Bill Cassidy was denied a third term by Louisiana Republican primary voters Saturday, as he was projected to finish third behind Trump-endorsed Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.) and state Treasurer John Fleming. With 92 percent of the vote in, Letlow was leading with 44.8 percent and Fleming was in second with 28.4%, and were projected to be the winners by the Associated Press — while Cassidy brought up the rear with 24.7 percent. Letlow and Fleming will now advance to a June 27 runoff, with Letlow favored to secure the nomination on the strength of President Trump’s endorsement, which…

The hits keep coming for the Mets as the beat rolls on for juggernaut Yankees

After all these years, with this sort of borough proximity, you’d think maybe the Mets’ bad luck might occasionally transfer to the traditionally successful Yankees. Or vice versa.  But no, the pinstriped team with 27 World Series titles and 33 straight winning seasons continues to be unaffected by its unlucky…

Preakness Stakes 2026: Picks and predictions from the experts

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The fun activities that can trick your body into aging slower

Forget the fountain of youth — the secret to staying young may lie in how you spend your free time. New research has identified a series of fun activities that appear to help slow how quickly the body ages, with effects similar to those linked to exercise. But don’t expect…

8-year-old African American boy from Colonial Maryland found buried with white Colonists, and it’s unclear if he was enslaved

A composite image of Anne Wolseley Calvert, whose skeletal remains excavated from a 17th-century cemetery have been superimposed onto an image of what she may have looked like in life.(Image credit: Chip Clark/Smithsonian Institution)Two indentured servants and an 8-year-old boy who was possibly enslaved were buried alongside distinguished local families…

Brutal first-punch KO ends boxing match in controversy: ‘Super unfair’

The first and only punch of a boxing match delivered a knockout and plenty of controversy. Viktor Jurk, 26, landed a vicious left-hook knockout of Edwin Castillo, 23, to open their heavyweight fight on the Karen Chukhadzhian-Paddy Donovan undercard in Mannheim, Germany, on Friday night.  “Unbelievable,” DAZN play-by-play man Adam…

Buzz kill! Feds nix VA contract to buy thousands of vibrators for female vets

The Veterans’ Affairs Administration pulled the plug this month on a Biden-era initiative to supply vibrators to female vets. Lawmakers and watchdogs says it’s only the latest out-of-touch proposal from the free-spending agency. The off-the-shelf machines – called “Clitoral Therapy Devices” – were for the “clinical needs of impaired patient…

AI job screeners prefer AI-written resumes over human ones, researchers find

Choose your bot wisely. Job seekers desperate for a new gig now have to contend with a thoroughly modern hurdle: applicant tracking systems that automatically give preference to candidates who used AI to write their resumes. A recent study found AI-powered applicant tracking systems, or ATS, not only prefer AI-written…

Science news this week: PCOS has a new name, Neanderthals were the world’s oldest dentists, and the first nuclear bomb explosion spawned an ‘alien’ crystal

This week’s science news featured some big headlines for health, including the landmark decision to officially rename polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS).The name change — the culmination of a 14-year process that took input from over 14,000 patients and health professionals — was made to…

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