Millions of trees knocked down by Hurricane Helene, combined with long stretches of dry weather this spring, are making for a long fire season in the Carolinas. Firefighters in North and South Carolina were battling multiple wind-driven wildfires Monday in rugged terrain that complicated containment efforts, officials said.
Sarah Ashlee Barker may have raised her WNBA Draft stock on Monday. At the very least, she jotted her name into the NCAA Tournament record book with a sharpie. The senior guard for the fifth-seeded Alabama Crimson Tide went down furiously swinging in the final game of her college career, scoring 45 points in a…
The wait is over! Emraan Hashmi is all set to return with the much-awaited sequel to his cult classic Awarapan. The confirmation came through an exciting video release by the makers, leaving fans thrilled about the resurrection of Hashmi’s iconic character. Awarapan 2 Officially Announced The announcement video masterfully revisits the story of Awarapan (2007),…
The United Nations announced on Monday that it would reduce its presence in Gaza by withdrawing about a one-third of its international workers there, following repeated strikes of its facilities by Israel. Secretary General António Guterres said in a statement that the decision to reduce the organization’s footprint in Gaza was “difficult” at a time…
The Arc Prize Foundation, a nonprofit co-founded by prominent AI researcher François Chollet, announced in a blog post on Monday that it has created a new, challenging test to measure the general intelligence of leading AI models. So far, the new test, called ARC-AGI-2, has stumped most models. “Reasoning” AI models like OpenAI’s o1-pro and…
After Xavier Worthy avoided assault charges following his arrest for an alleged assault against his ex-fiancee, he is now suing her. Worthy was arrested earlier this month in Texas, but was able to avoid the charges, District Attorney Shawn Dick said after speaking with multiple witnesses. But Worthy filed a lawsuit against his ex-fiancee, Tia…
As CinemaCon gets underway in Las Vegas next week, studios are locking down their release dates. Amazon MGM Studios is calling dibs on May 15, 2026 for Michael Showalter’s feature take of the Colleen Hoover novel, Verity. In a May male month next year of Disney/Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Doomsday and Star Wars: The Mandalorian and…
A Palestinian director of the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land” was beaten bloody near his home by Israeli settlers and detained by the Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank on Monday evening, witnesses said. The director, Hamdan Ballal, was set upon in Susya, his home village, by at least 20 masked people, mostly teenagers…
Tesla’s FSD software deployment in China is paused to comply with new government regulations.
Prince Harry’s Spare was an excellent read and I still maintain that Harry accomplished something no other Windsor has done: he created his own historical record, one which will be referenced for years to come. He wrote a definitive account of his own life and times, successfully altering dozens of false tabloid narratives about himself…
