Dozens of Polymarket Bets Show Signs of Insider Trading, The Times Finds
Dozens of long-shot bets on Polymarket, from the war with Iran to the cryptocurrency market, have defied the odds, according to a New York Times
A Start-Up Aiming to Make Geothermal Energy Mainstream Goes Public
Fervo Energy, which uses drilling techniques from the oil and gas industry to produce power from the earth’s heat, raised $1.9 billion in an initial
US lawyer found guilty of killing wife and son has murder convictions overturned
A US lawyer who was found guilty of killing his wife and son has had his murder convictions overturned by a court and will now
Drug counsellor jailed for two years for delivering ketamine to Matthew Perry
An addiction counsellor who helped sell ketamine to Friends star Matthew Perry has been sentenced to two years in prison.
Meta launches Incognito Chat on WhatsApp, the first AI mode it says even Meta cannot read
The new mode runs Meta AI on WhatsApp inside the company’s Private Processing enclave, with conversations deleted by default and no server-side record retained. Meta
LinkedIn becomes the latest name on a 100,000-job tech layoff list
Microsoft’s professional network becomes the latest name on a list that now includes Meta, Amazon, Oracle, and IBM, even as the same companies are guiding
US Senator Cassidy’s vote to convict Trump looms over Louisiana primary
Cassidy voted to convict Trump during his 2021 impeachment, faces Trump-backed challenger in test of president’s pull.
Drug overdose deaths drop in United States for third year in a row
Experts cite range of factors as overdose deaths drop to nearly 70,000 in 2025, a 14 percent decline over previous year.
Can Macron’s Kenya visit revive French influence in Africa?
France is facing deepening resentment in former African colonies where it once had political influence.
Inspecting hantavirus fact sheet that says virus isn’t contagious
It’s possible the fact sheet was written before human-to-human transmission of hantavirus was first documented in one strain of hantavirus.
11 rumors we’ve probed about aliens, UFOs
The Trump administration’s Department of Defense released its first batch of files regarding “unidentified anomalous phenomena” in May 2026.
Israeli strikes on cars in southern Lebanon kill 12, health ministry says
Two children are among those reported dead after seven cars were struck in separate attacks south of Beirut.
Does same baker make Girl Scout cookies and Dollar Tree knockoffs? We checked
Oven Baked offers a similar — but not identical — flavor of the fan-favorite Girl Scout Cookie flavor Thin Mints.
Trade, Iran and Taiwan on the agenda as Trump arrives in China for high-stakes talks with Xi
The US president says his first request to Xi would be to “open up” China, while Beijing is expected to press Trump on the status