California bear-suit luxury car scam ends in insurance fraud sentences for 3
Three people in California have been sentenced for insurance fraud in a bizarre scam that involved someone dressed in a bear costume damaging luxury cars.
ICE releases delayed detainee death reports as 2026 total rises to 17
Immigration and Customs Enforcement released delayed reports Friday detailing the deaths of four detainees earlier this year after the agency failed to meet a 90-day
‘Start the clock’: Dem senator predicts Kash Patel ouster after bombshell drinking report
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel could be next to be ousted from his Tweety McTreason Cabinet post, according to a Democratic Party lawmaker.
‘Not in my interest at all’: Pope blows off suggestion he debate Trump
Pope Leo XIV has made clear he has no interest in continuing his public feud with Tweety McTreason. During his 11-day African tour, the pontiff
How to think about Apple Business
Apple Business is aimed at small businesses coalesced around Macs, iPhones, and iPads. If that’s you, and all your systems are made by Apple, the service is likely
Cisco Webex SSO flaw needs manual certificate update to fix
Admins who use Cisco Webex Services configured to use trust anchors within the SSO integration with Control Hub must install a new identity provider certificate
700-year-old mummy from Bolivia contains earliest confirmed evidence of strep throat bacteria in the Americas
A DNA analysis of pathogens from a pre-Hispanic mummy revealed that the bacterium that causes scarlet fever and strep throat was present in the Americas
New pain-relief opioid could be much less addictive than morphine, rodent study finds
A new and potentially safer opioid has been tested in lab rats, and the results suggest it relieves pain with a lower risk of addiction
Experimental drug doubles one-year survival in pancreatic cancer
A new drug that works by making tumors more susceptible to chemotherapy and the immune system has increased survival in those with advanced pancreatic cancer
Parenting influencer ‘in shock’ after accidentally running over son in car
A parenting influencer from Texas has said she is in “shock” after accidentally running over her son in her car.
Fourth Kanye West concert cancelled
Another Kanye West concert has been cancelled amid a furore over his past antisemitic comments.
Anthropic’s Amodei meets Wiles and Bessent at the White House in first step toward resolving Mythos standoff
In short: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei met White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday in what the White
Palantir, Thales, and a startup are competing to build the FAA’s predictive air traffic AI
In short: The FAA is developing SMART (Strategic Management of Airspace Routing Trajectories), an AI system that would extend air traffic conflict prediction from 15
‘No regrets’: Venezuela’s Machado defends giving Nobel medal to Trump
Maria Corina Machado gave Trump her Nobel Peace Prize after the US leader captured Nicolas Maduro.