President Trump has discussed resuming full-scale war with Iran, but is opting to stay the course with diplomacy for now. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Trump has spoken to War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about abandoning peace talks and launching additional strikes against the Islamic Republic, but has decided negotiations are currently the best way to ensure Iran dismantles its nuclear weapons program. Under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed June 17, the US and Iran have 60 days to broker a final peace deal that resolves…
Dead-end bitcoin mining wastes as much energy as Switzerland’s entire hydropower generation capacity
Network latency in bitcoin mining is driving massive energy waste — the annual equivalent of the total generation capacity of Switzerland’s entire hydroelectric power system, scientists say. This wasted energy results from inefficiencies in the mining process and increasing competition among bitcoin miners.In a new study published May 26 in…
Tick these TikTok tricks off your list. With the rise in disease-harboring ticks across the country also comes an uptick in viral hacks to remove the nasty suckers. But don’t believe everything you see online — some methods may leave you with more than an itch to escape the city…
Happy Bobby Bonilla Day to those who celebrate. For the 16th straight year, the Mets are paying Bonilla $1.19 million on July 1 due to one of the most bizarre deals in sports history. After Bonilla, now 63, hit just .160 across 60 games for the Mets in 1999, the…
Before joining Love Island USA, Amora Cacheé Robinson found a job on Craigslist as a bikini server. “I went on Craigslist and I found a listing looking for bikini server girls,” Amora shared in the Tuesday, June 30, episode. “So I went and then they gave us these string bikinis.”…
It is the start of July. That means your favorite Giants players and coaches are somewhere other than the team facility, probably on vacation. The early weeks of summer are upon us, and if you cannot muster up some level of optimism about your favorite team, you are either a…
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WASHINGTON – President Trump will take his new Air Force One for its first flight on Wednesday when he heads to North Dakota to open the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. The trip is part of the nation’s 250th birthday celebrations. The president will also take a train ride, boarding the…
Aaron Judge is “starting to feel better,” Aaron Boone said, though that feeling has not yet translated into concrete progress toward a return. Thursday will mark four weeks since the Yankees announced their captain had suffered a stress fracture of a rib and would undergo additional medical imaging in “approximately…
Love Island USA‘s Caleb McDaniel is just as confused by the villa’s code words for sex as the audience is. During the Tuesday, June 30, episode of the Peacock show, Caleb asked what “French fry” means and Trinity Tatum replied that it was “Deejaying.” No more information was provided for…
California voters will weigh in on 14 statewide ballot measures in the Nov. 3 election — covering taxes, housing, healthcare funding, climate policy, election rules and public campaign finance. The proposals include competing tax plans, major borrowing measures for housing and medical research, changes to environmental review timelines, and new…
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The state of Christian Pulisic’s left calf has all but disappeared as a story headed into the U.S. national team’s Round of 32 clash against Bosnia-Herzegovina. Injury aside, though, it’s been more than three months since Pulisic played a full 90 minutes. He may be asked…
Love Island USA‘s Kenzie Annis stood behind her decision to explore multiple men at once in the villa. During the Tuesday, June 30, episode of the show, Kenzie confessed to Dylan Wrona that she secretly had a makeout session with Gal Tshnieder. She defended her decision to explore her feelings for…
WASHINGTON — In a seismic ruling for campaign finance law, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that federal limits on coordinated spending between political parties and their preferred candidates are unconstitutional. The 6-3 ruling paves the way for Republicans to exploit their massive fundraising advantage in the 2026 midterm cycle as they try to…
Sabrina Ionescu planted her feet and let the ball fly. Through the net it fell Tuesday night. She celebrated by waving finger guns. Finally. For two weeks, Ionescu had been searching for her shot and fit within a new system that matured without her. She looked off a count in…
Darrell Sheets’ son, Brandon Sheets, paid tribute to his father in an emotional celebration of life speech. “He was like a pillar. [He was] stellar, he was strong. He reminds me of his father so much,” Darrell’s Storage Wars costar Laura Dotson exclusively told Us Weekly of Brandon’s presence at…
Tori Spelling is reflecting on Shannen Doherty’s death nearly two years after her passing — revealing why it affected her differently than when she grieved the loss of her father, Aaron Spelling. “I had more of an emotional … outward reaction when Shan passed than my own father,” Tori, 53,…
Los Angeles’ controversial push to let non-U.S. citizens vote in city elections will not appear on ballots in November after the City Council unanimously concluded the proposal wasn’t ready to be actioned. The City Council unanimously slammed the brakes Tuesday, voting 14-0 to yank two charter amendments back to committee…
Rigged egg-flation. Three of the US’s major egg producers had been artificially inflating prices of the shelled food — spiking Americans’ grocery bills for months — and will now be forced to pay $3.3 million for their dirty business dealings after reaching a proposed settlement with the Justice Department and…
PHOENIX — The circumstances were too overwhelming to lead to any other result. Of course, with Landen Roupp on the mound, against the Diamondbacks, the Giants were going to fall Tuesday night. There have been no other outcomes in games involving either this particular San Francisco starting pitcher or the…
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Insurgent socialist candidate Melat Kiros defeated longtime Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) Tuesday in Colorado’s 1st District House primary, marking the latest blow to the establishment wing of the Democratic Party. Kiros came out on top of the incumbent, 49.3% to 43.5%, by the time the Associated Press called the race…
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — There is no crueler way to end a World Cup. A penalty shootout where talent and tactics go out the window in the span of five kicks. Where months of preparation and years of sacrifice can disappear into a goalkeeper’s gloves or sail over a crossbar.…
Victor Wembanyama is putting a new spin on Lesley Gore’s 1963 hit, “It’s My Party.” In it, she sings, “It’s my party, and I’ll cry if I want to.” Wembanyama, 22, essentially said the same thing when he addressed fans who have criticized and mocked him for crying following emotional…
Brittany Mahomes Gets Emotional Over Daughter Sterling’s Hair Milestone After Turning 5: ‘Wanna Cry’
Brittany Mahomes got emotional over daughter Sterling’s milestone moment. Brittany, 30, who shares Sterling, 5, with husband Patrick Mahomes, took to Instagram on Tuesday, April 28, to show off her little one’s haircut. In Sterling’s before photo, her blonde hair was straight on top with curly ends that cascaded down…
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt is turning heads with a “brilliant” campaign ad furiously calling out his rivals’ posh homes — after his own residence burned to the ground in the catastrophic Pacific Palisades fire last year. “This is where Mayor Bass lives. You notice something?” Pratt says in…
Fernando Mendoza may come off as a nice guy, but the new Raiders quarterback says he can be “an a-hole sometimes” when he’s out on the field. The former Indiana QB, selected No. 1 overall by Las Vegas in last week’s NFL draft, has garnered a reputation as a mild-mannered…
Steven McBee Jr. and Allie Eklund’s relationship took a turn for the worse after the pair attended a country music festival. After traveling to Indio, California, to experience Stagecoach with headliners Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson and Post Malone, McBee accused Eklund of cheating on him. “I still don’t know exactly…
Gavin Newsom is set to leave California a shocking legacy of a structural budget deficits of between $20 and $30 billion — as state officials admit they have no idea how much money from the general fund it spends on state worker’s salaries. A report by the state’s Legislative Analyst’s…
Fernando Mendoza can wear No. 15 in Las Vegas with a clear conscience. Former Raiders quarterback and coach Tom Flores recently revealed he’s given the team’s top draft pick his blessing to wear his old number. “He deserves my blessing,” Flores said of Mendoza. “Because if he’s not the real…
The Bachelor alum Madison “Madi” Prewett believes Charlie Kirk reaped “many rewards” upon his assassination at 31. “We live for an audience of one. We live to please one. We are going to be face-to-face with one,” Prewett, 30, preached on the Monday, April 27, episode of her “Stay True”…
California’s bullet train can’t catch a break. The state’s High-Speed Rail Authority board punted a vote Wednesday on its long-awaited business plan — after it was revealed that the project’s cost had ballooned to a staggering $231 billion. Lawmakers and budget hawks have ripped the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco train project…
Meta Platforms raised its annual capital spending forecast on Wednesday, plowing billions more into artificial intelligence infrastructure even as it grapples with possible losses from a global youth social media backlash. The Facebook parent projects 2026 capital expenditure between $125 billion and $145 billion, compared with its prior forecast of $115 billion…
There’s no more clarity in Steve Kerr’s situation following a reported meeting with the Warriors’ top decision-makers earlier this week. According to an ESPN report on Wednesday, Kerr met with owner Joe Lacob and general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. on Monday. The meeting lasted two hours, per ESPN, but while…
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WASHINGTON — President Trump is reviewing options, including renewed strikes on Iran, as negotiating progress stalls. Trump has doubled down on his 16-day blockade of Iran’s oil exports — after rejecting an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to all shipping and set aside nuclear talks for later.…
Meghan McCain is ripping her successor on ABC’s “The View” as a “joke” — blasting current co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin as not a real conservative. “I’m gonna say something that’s a little nasty,” McCain said Tuesday on her podcast, “Citizen McCain.” “The person they replaced me with is a joke.…
A discarded piece of a SpaceX rocket carelessly left adrift in space will likely crash into the moon this summer, a new report finds.The renegade rocket poses no risk to the moon or any working spacecraft, the report stresses. However, the collision — which is predicted to occur Aug. 5…
After a lackluster offensive performance Tuesday night, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts implored his team to “to have a better plan” at the plate. An afternoon later, however, the club was still searching. In a 3-2 loss to the Miami Marlins on Wednesday, the Dodgers not only dropped a three-game series…
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Long Island Rail Road union leaders and Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials finally returned to the bargaining table Wednesday after 40 days, but the session still ended with no deal in sight. With less than three weeks until workers can legally walk off the job, leaders of the Brotherhood of Locomotive…
Disney has decided to keep ESPN — shelving years of speculation about a potential spinoff — in one of the first major strategic calls by newly installed CEO Josh D’Amaro, according to a report. The move signals that the media giant is doubling down on sports as it navigates a…
OAKLAND, Calif. — Elon Musk said he was a “fool” to trust Sam Altman with the future of OpenAI in his second day of testimony in the bombshell trial over the future of the artificial intelligence giant. “I was a fool who provided them free funding to create a startup,”…
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