With Possible Strike Looming, U.S. Says Staff Can Leave Israel, and Urges Speed
In an email to embassy workers Friday morning, Ambassador Mike Huckabee warned them that if they wanted to leave Israel, they “should do so TODAY.”
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Anthropic refuses to bow to Pentagon despite Hegseth’s threats
Despite an ultimatum from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Anthropic said that it can’t “in good conscience” comply with a Pentagon edict to remove guardrails on its AI, CEO Dario Amodei wrote in a blog post. The Department of Defense had threatened to cancel a $200 million contract and label Anthropic a “supply chain risk” if…
Oregon State fires longtime basketball coach Wayne Tinkle before Pac-12 relaunch
Oregon State men’s basketball coach Wayne Tinkle will not return after the 2025-26 season, the school announced Thursday. Tinkle has the option to finish the campaign before departing from his post, but has not yet decided whether to see the season out, according to John Canzano. The Beavers are 16-14 this season and 9-8 in West…
Deepak Mukut claims Do Aur Do Paanch remake rights; reveals, “I wanted to remake it with Bobby Deol and Abhishek Bachchan”
Amid reports suggesting that Rohit Shetty’s Golmaal 5 would adapt the 1980 classic Do Aur Do Paanch, producer Deepak Mukut has set the record straight. Mukut, who owns the remake rights to the film, confirms that he, and not Shetty who is developing a new version of Do Aur Do Paanch, and intends to take…
How a Close Associate of Epstein’s Found Career Redemption in Japan
Top Japanese officials are backing a tech and entrepreneurship initiative led in part by Joichi Ito, whose involvement with Jeffrey Epstein may endanger efforts to get the project off the ground.
South Korea Clears Way for Google Maps to Fully Operate
South Korea approved Google’s request to export detailed map data, reversing a longstanding restriction that made the tool largely nonfunctional.
Katharine Burr Blodgett made a breakthrough when she discovered ‘invisible glass’
The 1930s prove to be an exceptional decade for research at the General Electric Company. Katharine Burr Blodgett works closely alongside her boss, Irving Langmuir, who wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1932. In 1938 Blodgett’s meticulous experiments with thin film coatings on solid surfaces lead to her most important breakthrough: nonreflecting glass. GE’s…
Netflix walks away from its deal to buy Warner Bros. after Paramount came back with a better offer
The transaction we negotiated would have created shareholder value with a clear path to regulatory approval. However, we’ve always been disciplined, and at the price required to match Paramount Skydance’s latest offer, the deal is no longer financially attractive, so we are declining to match the Paramount Skydance bid. We believe we would have been…
High school baseball and softball: Thursday’s scores
BASEBALL CITY SECTION Bravo 2, Fremont 1 Mendez 13, West Adams 1 Torres 12, Lincoln 2 SOUTHERN SECTION Aliso Niguel 5, Millikan 3 Anaheim Canyon 9, Villa Park 8 Arroyo 8, Edgewood 1 Banning 5, San Bernardino 3 Barstow 2, Eastvale Roosevelt 1 Bellflower 4, Mary Star of the Sea 0 Bell Gardens 12, Hacienda…
2026 PGA Awards Winners List
The first winners of the 37th annual PGA Awards were revealed Thursday, with its Children’s, Sports, Shortform and Innovation categories in the spotlight. See the list below. Thursday’s winners lead up to the Producers Guild Awards ceremony on Saturday in Los Angeles. Related Stories Below The Line 2026 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Oscars, Guilds, Tonys &…