The trainer paced the grounds of a mountain enclave in southwestern Syria, shouting at dozens of new recruits as they drilled sprints between barricades made from old car tires. “You have to practice as if it’s real,” screamed the instructor, Fadi Azam. “Want me to start shooting at you instead to make it real?” he…
Planned Parenthood said that nine of its affiliates received notice that funding would be withheld under a program known as Title X, which has supported healthcare services for the poor since 1970. Reproductive health provider Planned Parenthood said on Monday the Trump administration would cut federal family planning funding as of Tuesday, affecting birth control,…
Jerry Jones just can’t help himself. The looming extension for Micah Parsons is the single most important piece of business the Cowboys have to conduct in the next year, and it’s a situation that required the utmost respect and humility. The problem is that Jerry doesn’t do respect or humility very well. So, when Jones…
Tom Hanks’ wife Rita Wilson is celebrating an important milestone this week – the actress and singer is marking 10 years cancer-free. Wilson, 68, shared an emotional video on Instagram with fans to commemorate the occasion, saying she is “so deeply grateful” to have her health after her breast cancer journey. The Sleepless in Seattle…
The auto industry witnessed a different kind of March madness last month as buyers flocked to dealerships to lock in deals before President Trump’s auto tariffs lift prices by thousands of dollars, several carmakers said. “This past weekend was by far the best weekend I’ve seen in a very long time,” Randy Parker, the chief…
Charlotte Webb, who as a young woman helped code breakers decipher enemy signals at Britain’s top-secret Bletchley Park, died on Monday. She was 101. Her death was confirmed by the Women’s Royal Army Corps Association and by the Bletchley Park Trust. Ms. Webb, known as Betty, was 18 when she joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service,…
OpenAI has been accused by many parties of training its AI on copyrighted content sans permission. Now a new paper by an AI watchdog organization makes the serious accusation that the company increasingly relied on non-public books it didn’t license to train more sophisticated AI models. AI models are essentially complex prediction engines. Trained on…
Ithaca College in New York admitted to letting a trans athlete compete in a Division III rowing competition over the weekend. The college allowed this despite the fact that the NCAA changed its gender eligibility policy back in February to prevent biological males from competing in women’s sports, in compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive…
Roger Daltrey says he’s feeling the march of time, revealing to a concert audience that he’s going deaf and blind. The frontman for The Who opened up at a gig at London’s Royal Albert Hall recently, telling fans that he’s losing his sight and hearing. “The joys of getting old mean you go deaf,” Daltrey…
President Trump has settled on a final plan for sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs, which are expected to take effect on Wednesday after he announces the details at an afternoon Rose Garden ceremony. The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, confirmed the timeline in a briefing with reporters on Tuesday, adding that Mr. Trump had been huddling…
