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Data-Center Spending Hit $68.3 Billion in June While Everything Else Dropped by More Than $100 Billion
A single corner of the American economy is now growing fast enough to prop up the whole thing — and it’s built on the AI boom. Data-center spending hit $68.3 billion in June, even as investment across the rest of the economy, from houses to hospitals, fell by more than $100 billion. Economists now credit…
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Perez Hilton, 48, Was Hospitalized After Multiple People Called Police Over a Livestream
Perez Hilton, 48, was hospitalized after multiple people called police over a livestream that showed him harming himself. Miami-Dade deputies responded to Hilton’s home on August 4 after several people reported an individual livestreaming acts of self-harm on social media. The sheriff’s office said the person was “safely recovered and transported” to a local hospital…
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Maritime Patrols Off Oaxaca Netted 4 Tons of Cocaine, Three Boats, and 13 Arrests in a Single Operation
A single maritime operation off the coast of Oaxaca has delivered one of the region’s larger recent drug seizures, along with a violent aftermath on land. The Mexican Navy said patrols in the area netted 4 tons of cocaine, three boats, and 13 arrests. Officials said the haul will keep millions of doses of cocaine…
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Natalie Maines Got Dropped From Country Radio for Slamming a President in 2003. She Just Did It Again, Calling Trump a “Fugly Slut” on Instagram
Natalie Maines has never been one to soften her politics for the sake of her career, and more than two decades after a comment about a president cost The Chicks their spot on country radio, she’s making headlines for going after a sitting president again. The last time Natalie Maines went after a sitting president,…
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Pete Buttigieg Says He’s “More Inclined Than Not” to Run for President in 2028
Pete Buttigieg is signaling he may enter the 2028 presidential race, saying he’s “more inclined than not” to run. But the former transportation secretary noted that becoming a parent has reshaped how he weighs the decision. Two adopted kids at home now factor into whether he runs again. “That’s changed all of my equations,” Buttigieg…
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The Minocqua Brewing Company Sold Beer Themed Around Democratic Politicians and Offered Free Rounds “The Day He Dies.” Wisconsin Is Pulling Its Alcohol Permit
A Wisconsin brewery known for its politically charged beer is now facing the loss of its alcohol permit, and the two sides can’t agree on why. The Minocqua Brewing Company sold beer themed around Democratic politicians and offered free rounds “the day he dies.” Wisconsin is pulling its alcohol permit. The state says the real…
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A Federal Employee Is Suing Tesla for $10.3 Million After a Test-Drive Model Y in Insane Mode Crashed Into a Hair Salon
A first-time electric-vehicle driver says a Tesla test drive ended with a Model Y plowing into a hair salon — and now she’s taking the company to court for millions. The federal employee is suing Tesla for $10.3 million after the test-drive Model Y, set to Insane Mode, crashed into the salon. She told the…
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Hundreds Of Migrants Are Camped On A Ceuta Beach After Both Of The City’s Reception Centers Collapsed
Both of the migrant reception centers in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta have failed, leaving hundreds of people camped out on a local beach with nowhere else to go. Ceuta’s two reception centers, one for adults and one for children, have collapsed, and thousands of people have nowhere to go. Reuters footage shows people lying…
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18 Months After Kurt Cobain Died, Courtney Love Had Her Lawyer Ask Seattle’s Police Chief to Give Her the Whole Investigation File and Destroy Every Copy
Roughly a year and a half after Kurt Cobain’s death, Courtney Love reportedly made an unusual request of Seattle police: she wanted the entire investigation file into her husband’s death handed over to her — and every copy destroyed. The ask came 18 months after Cobain died. Through her lawyer, Love reportedly requested that Seattle’s…
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Trump Says Jeanine Pirro “Choked” and “Folded Like an Umbrella” for Dropping the Lincoln Memorial Vandalism Case
President Donald Trump is publicly criticizing one of his closest allies over her handling of a vandalism case tied to the Lincoln Memorial. Pirro’s office argued the damage came from bad construction, not a person, and moved to drop charges against a former Olympian. Trump says surveillance footage proves it was vandalism, and he’s “really…
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The Secret Service Wants 80,000 People to Apply for Jobs by Next Year, and It’s Paying $90 Million in Ads to Get Them
The U.S. Secret Service is mounting an unusually aggressive hiring push, aiming to draw 80,000 job applicants by next year with a $90 million advertising campaign behind it. The agency has never spent anywhere near this much to hire, and it handed the job to a firm that’s never won a federal contract before. The…
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The No-Fly Zone Over Trump Tower Is Now Permanent, and It Stays Even After Trump Leaves Office, Sells the Building, or Dies
A newly permanent flight restriction over Trump Tower will remain in place regardless of who owns the building or whether Donald Trump is still in office — or alive. The no-fly zone over Trump Tower is now permanent, and it stays even after Trump leaves office, sells the building, or dies. No other president got…
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Scammers Are Cloning OnlyFans Creators With AI, Telling Fans a Kid Is Sick in the Hospital, Then Vanishing With the CashApp Money
A new breed of online scam is exploiting the trust between OnlyFans creators and their followers, using AI to impersonate the very people fans think they’re supporting. Fans think they’re talking to the OnlyFans creator they follow. They’re talking to an AI clone that mimics her voice, invents a sick relative, and takes their money…
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The Federal Cyber Agency Is Telling US Water Operators to Pull Their Control Systems Off the Internet as Fast as Possible
The nation’s top cybersecurity authority has issued an urgent directive to water utilities across the country: disconnect their control systems from the internet as quickly as they can. The warning comes as hackers have locked water operators out of their own systems, forcing boil-water notices and manual operations in at least seven states. Some utilities…
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The Iran War Drove Oil Profits to Their Highest Levels in Years, and ExxonMobil Just Doubled Its Money to $14.5 Billion
As the Iran war stretches into its fifth month, the oil giants are posting some of their strongest earnings in years — and the numbers are drawing scrutiny even as public support for the conflict falls. The Iran war drove oil profits to their highest levels in years, and ExxonMobil just doubled its money to…
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Before He Was Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost Spent Years Posting About Gun Control, Immigration, and War on X, and Nobody Who Vetted Him Bothered to Read It
The conservative operatives who tried to block Robert Prevost from becoming pope missed the most obvious source of all: his own public posts. A well-funded conservative operation spent months building dossiers to keep a liberal off the papal throne. They found almost nothing on Robert Prevost: no books, one canon law dissertation, and a man…
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At 18, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya Let the Nazis Torture Her for Hours and Refused to Give Up Even Her Real Name
During World War II, an 18-year-old faced hours of Nazi torture and refused to surrender the one thing they demanded most — her name. Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya was that young woman. Captured and interrogated, she endured hours of brutality without giving her captors what they wanted. They came at her with a leather belt, lit matches,…
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George Soros and His Son Gave the DNC Over $1 Million in 2022. This Year They Haven’t Given It a Dollar
The Democratic National Committee’s most reliable megadonors appear to be sitting out this cycle — and the drop-off is steep enough that party insiders are turning it into a punchline. George Soros and his son gave the DNC over $1 million in 2022. This year they haven’t given it a dollar. The DNC’s biggest checks…