An 80-year-old man in Montana pleaded guilty Tuesday to two felony wildlife crimes involving his plan to let paying customers hunt sheep on private ranches. But these weren’t just any old sheep. They were “massive hybrid sheep” created by illegally importing animal parts from central Asia, cloning the sheep, and then breeding an enormous hybrid … Read more
Photo: Steve Granitz (Getty Images) The specter of naked Sydney Sweeney, a rom-com actress whose boobs recently joined the culture war, is getting the horniest (and dumbest) members of X—the website formerly known as Twitter—to click malicious links. Even Twitter Can’t Kill Twitter | Letter From the Editor 404Media was the first to report that … Read more
In remarks Tuesday night, former President Donald Trump said, “It was announced that 325,000 people were flown in from parts unknown. Migrants were flown in — airplane — not going through borders, not going through that great Texas barrier.” Facts First: This is misleading. Trump appeared to be citing a new report released by the … Read more
Executive Chairman and CEO of Microsoft Corporation Satya Nadella attends a session during the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 16, 2024. Denis Balibouse | Reuters Microsoft is accusing The New York Times of “unsubstantiated” claims in the publisher’s lawsuit filed in December against OpenAI, a case that … Read more
The Oregon House this week passed a right to repair bill by nearly a 3-to-1 margin at 42 votes to 13. If signed into law, the northwestern state wouldn’t be the first the union to pass a right to repair bill (more like the fourth), but the legislation contains aggressive language that goes beyond those … Read more
Netflix‘s Avatar: The Last Airbender showrunner Albert Kim has spoken about the process of deciding which parts of the animated series could be adapted in to live-action. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Kim was asked about what the biggest challenge was when it came to adapting the animated series into a live-action production. The showrunner … Read more
‘RHOA’ star Porsha Williams parts ways with Simon Guobadia Porsha Williams and Simon Guobadia have just decided to go their separate ways, 15 months after they tied the knot. According to PEOPLE magazine, the outlet obtained court documents which stated that the Real Housewives of Atlanta alum had filed for divorce from Guobadia on Thursday, … Read more
By 2050, up to 47 percent of the Amazon could hit critical ecological tipping points, researchers say, transitioning into savanna grasslands or other degraded ecosystems because of deforestation and human-driven global warming. This could mean the large-scale collapse of a biome that has for 65 million years has served as the Earth’s carbon sink, absorbing … Read more
Oregon may soon become the latest state to pass right-to-repair legislation. Last month, Google lent its support in an open letter, calling Senate Bill 1596 “a compelling model for other states to follow.” The bill, sponsored by a sextet of state senators and representatives, was inspired in part by California SB 244, which Governor Gavin … Read more
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Hamas has begun to resurface in areas where Israel withdrew the bulk of its forces a month ago, deploying police officers and making salary payments to some of its civil servants in Gaza City in recent days, four residents and a senior official in the militant group said Saturday. Signs of … Read more