As the Vatican readies for the conclave, social media has already found its winner: Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle. A cardinal of the Catholic Church going viral for singing John Lennon’s “Imagine” was not on this year’s bingo card.
Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James sustained a Grade 2 MCL sprain in his left knee during Game 5 of the Western Conference first-round series against the Minnesota Timberwolves, ESPN reported on Friday. The Timberwolves ended that series in that game on Wednesday, courtesy of a 103-96 victory. Had the Lakers staved off elimination in…
Alyssa Scott is calling out Nick Cannon, claiming the TV personality hasn’t seen their 2-year-old daughter, Halo, in more than a month. The model took to Instagram Stories yesterdat after Cannon’s appearance on the Tea Time with Raven & Miranda podcast, where he talked about insuring his testicles for $10 million. Scott reposted a clip…
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said on Friday that he would travel next week to meet with President Trump for a high-stakes encounter between the two leaders of countries whose once-close friendship has collapsed amid a trade war and Mr. Trump’s threats to Canada’s sovereignty. Mr. Carney also announced that King Charles III would…
National Science Foundation Halts Funding Indefinitely National Science Foundation staff were told to freeze outgoing funding days after NSF leadership introduced a new policy that requires that grants be screened for “alignment with agency priorities” By Dan Garisto & Nature magazine JHVEPhoto/Alamy Stock Photo Staff members at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) were told…
Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom says AI companies are trying too hard to “juice engagement” by pestering their users with follow-up questions, instead of providing actually useful insights. Systrom said the tactics represent “a force that’s hurting us,” comparing them to those used by social media companies to expand aggressively. “You can see some of these…
Although Oregon Ducks center Nate Bittle was assumed to return to the program for the 2025-26 season, the 7-footer from Central Point, Ore. wanted to test out the NBA draft waters. On Friday, he received some news on that front. Bittle did not receive an invitation to the NBA Combine later this month, which could…
Jill Sobule, the woman behind the 1995 hit song I Kissed a Girl, has died. She was 66. A representative for the singer confirmed the news with Variety, revealing Sobule died in a Minneapolis house fire on Thursday morning (late Thursday night in Australia). ”Jill Sobule was a force of nature and human rights advocate…
A powerful alliance of armed gangs that has plunged Haiti into violence and launched attacks against state institutions was designated on Friday as a terrorist group by the Trump administration. The move is likely to worsen an already dire humanitarian crisis in Haiti, experts said, since gangs control much of the country’s economy and infrastructure,…
Charging an electric vehicle at night can reduce the demand on the power grid ifeelstock/Alamy A small financial reward can persuade many electric vehicle owners to charge their electric cars during off-peak nighttime hours – even when behavioural nudges fail to have the same effect. That is the finding of a real-world trial that demonstrated…
