U.S. Strikes in Yemen Burning Through Munitions With Limited Success

President Trump said this week that Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen have been “decimated by the relentless strikes” that he ordered beginning on March 15. But that’s not what Pentagon and military officials are privately telling Congress and allied countries. In closed briefings in recent days, Pentagon officials have acknowledged that there has been only…

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The Cubs are one of MLB’s top revenue machines. So why aren’t they paying for more players?

By Patrick Mooney, Ken Rosenthal and Sahadev Sharma CHICAGO —  At first glance, the post from an X user named @Brooks_Gate seemed like something a multibillion-dollar company would ignore. It consisted of a chart that used estimated data to illustrate the percentage of revenue spent on player payroll. Rather than sitting at the top with…

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Protesters in Gaza Call on Hamas to Step Aside

In a rare and perilous public show of anger against Hamas, hundreds of Palestinians marched through Beit Lahia in northern Gaza this week, demanding that the militant group relinquish control of the territory and end the war with Israel, according to four witnesses. The march on Wednesday appeared to be the latest of a handful…

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Nearly half of National Weather Service offices are critically understaffed amid surge in severe weather

Detailed vacancy data for all 122 weather field offices show eight offices are missing more than 35% of their staff—including in the South where tornadoes and torrential rain hit this week. After Trump administration job cuts, nearly half of National Weather Service forecast offices have 20% vacancy rates — twice that of just a decade ago…

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Celebrity couples who are high school sweethearts: In pictures including Jon Bon Jovi and Dorothea Hurley, Bono and Ali Hewson and Snoop Dogg and Shante Broadus

It was “game, set, match” for Novak Djokovic and Jelena Ristic when they met as high schoolers in the ’90s. The pair bonded over a shared interest in tennis – of course – and became friends. However, they didn’t start dating until a few years later, in the early 2000s, and had their first date…

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