52+ min ago   (163+ words) House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling for top artificial intelligence leaders to sit down with Congress and the White House and agree on safety legislation — but said the US cannot cede ground to China. The government needs to move quickly…...

1+ hour, 17+ min ago   (56+ words) Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were seen laughing during the somber reading of 9/11 victims at Ground Zero during the 25th anniversary service. The New York City Democratic Socialists of America darlings appeared all smiles in a live feed of…...

2+ hour, 28+ min ago   (281+ words) An American diplomat working at the US Embassy in London was detained and sent back to the US in a secret operation after authorities allegedly found child porn on his devices, according to a report. The unidentified diplomat is alleged…...

2+ hour, 39+ min ago   (293+ words) What’s in a name? These days quite a lot, it seems. Since President Trump issued his Executive Order declaring that the body of water conventionally known as Lake Ontario would henceforth be named “Lake America,” we’ve seen surprisingly impassioned demonstrations…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (611+ words) Back-to-back hotter-than-expected inflation readings may disappoint the majority of US central bankers who had been counting on price pressures easing on their own, setting the table for an interest-rate hike at the Federal Reserve’s meeting next week and potentially more…...

6+ hour, 14+ min ago   (456+ words) The favorite sandwich of legendary Beatles drummer Ringo Starr is remarkably simple: cheese on bread — but not just any cheese. “What is the best sandwich?” late-night television host Stephen Colbert asked Starr during a 2021 appearance on “The Late Show.” “I…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (798+ words) A key inflation gauge in August came in slightly hotter than expected – sending the odds the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates next week toward near certainty. The core figure in the Consumer Price Index – which excludes volatile food and…...

16+ hour, 50+ min ago   (1482+ words) The cameras cannot see her face yet, but her tiny shoulders, hitching violently upwards, tell the story. Then the audible sobs fill the room. Inside the Knox County Criminal Court that day, on March 30, 1996, 20-year-old Christa Pike is becoming the…...

16+ hour, 54+ min ago   (642+ words) Running time: 146 minutes. Not yet rated. In theaters Oct. 9. Truth be told, I was a little bjored at “Fjord.” Movies about Scandinavia can have that anesthetizing effect, with their monotonous, stone-faced conversations and cultural aversion to openly expressed emotion. Those…...

19+ hour, 46+ min ago   (745+ words) She was the perfect American neighbor — sweet, hardworking and the ideal homemaker. Everybody liked her. She was also a Nazi. The new movie “The Housewife,” which had its world premiere this week at the Toronto International Film Festival, tells the…...