Jerome London
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Two Crises Are Closing In on Pete Hegseth at Once: Sailors Breaking Down Aboard the USS Lincoln and a Fight Over Our Weapons Supply
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing pressure on two fronts at once — one aboard a carrier that has been at sea for months, and another inside the administration over the nation’s weapons stockpile. The USS Abraham Lincoln has been at sea more than 200 days, and families say at least two sailors tried or…
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Michigan Senate Candidate Who Called Football ‘Toxically Masculine’ Still Watches It — ‘With Some Guilt’
A Michigan candidate for the US Senate is drawing attention for his comments against football and fireworks — and for admitting he hasn’t given up the game himself. The candidate came out against football and fireworks. He’s now trailing his opponent by one word: “wedge.” Despite his criticism of the sport, which he called toxically…
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The Kennedy Center Sued Jazz Musician Chuck Redd for Canceling a Gig Over Trump’s Name Change. Now a Judge Says It Owes Him $252,479
A jazz musician’s refusal to perform at a rebranded Kennedy Center has ended with the institution on the hook for a hefty legal bill. Chuck Redd walked away from a free Christmas Eve gig because he wouldn’t play a Kennedy Center with Donald Trump’s name on it. The Center sued him for it and lost.…
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Prosecutors Say Andrew Tate Had Passports Tied to Six Countries, and His Brother Had One Under a Bond Villain’s Name
British prosecutors are using Andrew Tate’s own boasts about his travel documents to argue that he’s too much of a flight risk to be released. Prosecutors say Andrew Tate had passports tied to six countries, and his brother had one under a Bond villain’s name. According to prosecutors, Tate claimed he has “8 lives ……
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“I Wasn’t Married To A Monster. I Was Married to Someone Who Got Sick.” — Patrick Clancy
Patrick Clancy came home on January 24, 2023 to find his three children strangled with exercise bands. His wife, Lindsay, a 32-year-old labor-and-delivery nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital, was on the ground outside the house after cutting her neck and wrists and jumping from an upstairs window. She survived, paralyzed. Cora, 5, and Dawson, 3,…
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Jimmy Fallon Says Karoline Leavitt Is Moving On to an Easier Job as Press Secretary for Taylor Farms Lettuce
Jimmy Fallon turned Karoline Leavitt’s White House exit into a punchline on Wednesday’s Tonight Show, joking that her next gig would be a step down from the West Wing. “She’s moving on to an easier job working as the press secretary for Taylor Farms lettuce,” Fallon said of Leavitt’s departure. The lettuce bit was the…
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“I Don’t Know if We’re Allowed to Say That”: Drake’s Reaction After Lily Phillips Said She’s on Peptides to Get to His Color
Drake’s latest livestream took an unexpected turn when adult star Lily Phillips brought up a beauty regimen aimed at matching his complexion. Drake ran a “20 v 1” dating stream, where he fielded a group of women at once. During the conversation, Phillips told him she’s taking peptides to tan herself up to his skin…
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Total Solar Eclipses Have Long Been Read as Omens of Doom, Here’s Why This One Revived Those Predictions
For up to 6 million people in Spain and 80,000 in Iceland, this was a once-in-a-lifetime shot. Some drove seven hours or slept in the mountains just to stand in the moon’s shadow for a little over two minutes. Totality reached Iceland’s westernmost coast at 5:44 p.m. local time and held for up to 2…
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2.4 Million Afghan Girls Are Locked Out of Secondary School, Five Years After the Taliban Took Power
Five years after the Taliban’s return to power, the doors to secondary school remain shut for millions of Afghan girls — and the numbers keep climbing. An estimated 2.4 million Afghan girls are now locked out of secondary education. Afghanistan is the only country on earth that legally bars girls from studying past primary school.…
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Gas Is Nearly $1 a Gallon Higher Than a Year Ago, but Karoline Leavitt Says the Country Is “More Affordable”
A gap has opened up between the Trump administration’s promises on gas prices and what drivers are actually paying, and the White House press secretary is drawing attention for how she’s framing it. Trump promised gas under $2 a gallon. The national average is now double that, and his own press secretary went on Fox…
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The Supreme Court Said Your Phone Reveals Too Much of Your Life to Track Without a Warrant. Privacy Advocates Say Flock’s Cameras Do the Same to Your Car
A legal fight over automated license plate readers is testing whether the privacy protections courts have extended to smartphones should also cover the movements of your car. The Supreme Court has said your phone reveals too much of your life to track without a warrant. Privacy advocates argue that Flock’s cameras do the same thing…
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Four Crew Killed in Red Sea Cargo Ship Strike, First Shipping Deaths Since Iran War Began
A cargo ship in the Red Sea has become the site of the first shipping deaths since the war with Iran began, with four crew members killed in a strike on a key maritime route. The Egyptian-owned Tihamah was hit in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Four crew members aboard the ship were killed. Two Yemeni…
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Mamdani Is Pushing a Law That Would Blow Up Amazon’s Cheap Delivery Model, and Amazon Is Threatening to Just Leave the City
A bill backed by New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani could upend the way Amazon runs its delivery network in the city — and the company is signaling it might walk away rather than comply. Right now the drivers in blue Amazon vests don’t actually work for Amazon. They work for small contractors, and when…
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Phoebe Gates Knew Her Shopping App Was Taking Credit for Sales It Never Drove, Seven Months Before the Company Said It Found Out
Phoebe Gates was aware that her shopping app, Phia, was claiming commissions on sales it never helped make — and internal messages suggest she knew about it seven months before the company said it discovered the problem. According to the messages, the app was designed to claim commissions on sales it never helped drive, and…
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Trump Used a Decoy Plane to Sneak Out of Turkey, a Trick Bill Clinton Pulled 25 Years Earlier Flying Into Pakistan
A presidential travel maneuver dating back to the Clinton era resurfaced this year, when Donald Trump reportedly used a decoy aircraft to leave Turkey undetected. Both times, the White House said the president was on the regular Air Force One while he was actually flying on a second, unmarked plane. Trump did it leaving Turkey…
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Russia Just Freed Former US Marine Robert Gilman, 32, and Sent Him Home on a State Department Plane With His Mother Beside Him
A former US Marine who had been imprisoned in Russia since 2022 is back on American soil, flown home on a State Department plane with his mother at his side. Russia just freed former US Marine Robert Gilman, 32, and sent him home on a State Department plane with his mother beside him. Gilman had…
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The US Government Keeps Making Memes With Pokemon and Naruto, and Japan Wants It to Stop
Japan has repeatedly urged US officials to stop repurposing its most famous fictional characters into government social media content — and the companies that own those characters aren’t happy about it either. Japan has asked the US government three times to stop turning Pokemon, Mario, and Naruto into official social media memes. Nobody gave permission,…
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A Stranded Driver on an Ohio Highway Had to Leap Onto a Concrete Barrier to Avoid Getting Hit, in What an Official Called “The Closest Call I’ve Ever Seen”
A near-miss on an Ohio interstate is drawing warnings from state transportation officials after a stranded driver narrowly avoided being struck by oncoming traffic. The shoulder of Interstate 670 in Ohio is a SmartLane, an emergency breakdown lane that only opens to traffic after it’s been swept and cleared of vehicles and debris. Video timestamped…