Washington state high school sports league blames state laws for trans athlete controversy
Washington State has been rocked in recent weeks by a controversy involving a men’s cross country runner who switched from a men’s team to a women’s team mid-season. The controversy culminated in a protest Tuesday, when a dozen Camas…
White House ‘super intelligence’ task force to hold first meeting
The White House Super Intelligence Task Force is set to meet for the first time Thursday as the Asset The administration faces growing fears about AI and its impacts on Americans, as well as competitive threats from China. The meeting is scheduled for 4…
How a Controversial Hepatitis B Study Was Funded by the CDC Amid Criticism
Despite widespread criticism, a halted hepatitis B vaccine clinical trial in Guinea-Bissau moved forward last month for the most mundane reasons: $1.6 million in grant funding needed by Danish researchers leading the study was expiring in the Centers for…
Apple TV 4K 2022 and 2026 buying guide: all the differences compared
Apple announced the fourth-generation Apple TV 4K earlier this week, introducing the A19 chip, built-in microphones for hands-free Siri, four-speaker HomePod surround sound, and an updated Siri remote. It replaces the third-generation model introduced…
Scoop: FTC subpoenas OpenAI and Anthropic for consumer harm
Why it’s important: The investigation is one of several steps the administration is taking to show its toughness with AI companies after multiple incidents in which unreleased models hacked websites or took deceptive or aggressive actions during…
US officials consider advertising campaign to encourage South African Afrikaners to emigrate | American immigration
The U.S. government could spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a media campaign in South Africa to understand why more white Afrikaners are not applying to become refugees in the United States, as Donald Trump had hoped. State Department officials,…
Farid Basharat argues with Payton Talbott after controversial UFC exit: ‘Shut the fuck up, boy’
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Let’s start the evening by looking back at the three biggest news stories for Thursday October 15, 2026. All of a sudden, Payton Talbott vs. Farid Basharat would be a really marketable fight… Jim Miller works the…
Sullivan and Peltola exchange verbal jabs and accuse each other of lying during ‘debate for the state’
Alaska’s two leading candidates for U.S. Senate disparaged each other and frequently interrupted each other during the “Debate for the State” Thursday night. Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and his opponent, former Democratic Rep. Mary…
Which countries waste the most food and how to reduce waste at home | Hunger News
For every five plates of food served around the world, about one ends up in the trash. This represents more than a billion tonnes of food per year. Meanwhile, 645 million people, or about one in 13 people worldwide, suffered from hunger in 2025,…
OpenAI engineer arrested by FBI for allegedly wiretapping his office booked one-way flight to Saudi Arabia
The OpenAI engineer who was fired after being accused this week of bugging the AI giant’s conference room was arrested by the FBI just three days before his one-way flight to Saudi Arabia took off, according to court documents. Abdulrahman…