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Hawaii's Big Island under rare hurricane landfall threat as Tropical Storm Lala strengthens

HONOLULU (AP) — Tropical Storm Lala is expected to strengthen to a hurricane before reaching Hawaii's Big Island this weekend, forecasters said Friday, bringing heavy rains that can cause destructive…

What to know about Luigi Mangione's guilty plea in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione’s guilty plea on Friday to federal stalking-to-kill charges raised…

Judge refuses to block Trump administration from building border wall along tribe's reservation

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge refused on Friday to block the Trump administration from…

Shootings in Michigan leave 5 people plus suspect dead following large-scale search

A series of shootings in Michigan left five people plus a suspect dead Friday, police…

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Prosecution rests in Lindsay Clancy murder trial. Defense now gets its turn calling witnesses

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Prosecutors have finished presenting their case in the emotionally charged trial…

Flooding risk remains as storms move from the Midwest to the mid-Atlantic

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (AP) — Thunderstorms, heavy rain and flash flooding continued to threaten a swath…

The Latest: Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea

President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to scale back annual joint military exercises with…

All eyez on Tupac: Long-awaited trial begins in rapper's 1996 killing

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Opening statements are set to begin Monday in the trial of…

Arthur Brooks: Beware the Facebook Parents’ Group

One Sunday night in 2022, our middle son, then still on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps, called on…

The Negotiating Table

Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist whose cartoons have appeared in the New…

The Cynical Coverage of Conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln

In 2006, I was deployed aboard the USS Iwo Jima as a Marine. Israel invaded…

Claude Masterclass for CFOs starts in 3 hours (LIVE)

We are hosting a private Claude Masterclass for CFOs today.Thursday, August 13, at 11:00 AM ET.This is not a demo.…

Banning data centers would blow up the U.S. economy

Photo by Chad Davis via Wikimedia CommonsMy last post mentioned some of the more extreme…

Should we "pace" AI self-improvement?

Photo by Lucyin via Wikimedia CommonsOn one hand, I love AI technology. On the other…

What Happens When Superhuman AIs Compete for Control?

In AI 2027, one company called OpenBrain dominates the AI race in the US. Looking around at the current state…

Forecast how AI will progress in 2026

We’ve worked with AI Digest to create a survey where you can forecast how AI…

Meta Superintelligence – Leadership Compute, Talent, and Data

Meta’s shocking purchase of 49% of Scale AI at a ~$30B valuation shows that money…

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Shake Shack worker robbed restaurant, later returned to work: Court docs

The man reportedly robbed the store at gunpoint, locked two coworkers in a cooler and returned to work days later.

Bedbugs can cause people to lose sleep — and blood. Here's what to do about them

NEW YORK (AP) — Bedbugs are sometimes called the vampires of the insect world — hiding during the day and…

Obesity drugs show early promise against the hormonal disorder PMOS, giving a suffering family hope

Charlotte Touzalin was still a young teenager when she began struggling with weight gain, abnormal periods and unwanted facial hair…

5 people shot at Virginia State University as police investigate multiple shooters

A shooting involving multiple suspects and five people shot at Virginia State University prompted a campus lockdown early Saturday. It…

'I could have opened a pharmacy!' – Lloyd Jones on his new Charlton Athletic contract, gambling by playing on with ankle issue and early Championship test against West Ham

Defensive rock Lloyd Jones has signed a new contract at Charlton Athletic until the summer of 2028.The Addicks have rewarded the centre-back for an excellent season in the Championship where…

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Inside The Lakers Record-Breaking $12 Billion Sale

(Adam Silver, Joshua Kushner, and Bob Iger at the US Open)I was writing a newsletter…

What is behind Arthur Okonkwo's drop in status at Wrexham? We get the lowdown on goalkeeper linked with Charlton Athletic

Charlton Athletic have been linked with a move for Wrexham goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo amid doubts…

What's needed most right now?

so much depends upon…It’s Saturday morning as I start this. Up above, there is that nice gray marine layer softening the fierce sun; I sure do like when the light…

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Dirty White Shoes as a Status Symbol

I had coffee with my old boss on Tuesday and I explained to him that this weekend I’d be addressing the topic of white summer shoes to which he had…

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Clarifying how our AI timelines forecasts have changed since AI 2027

Note: since writing this, we published our Q1 2026 Timelines Update, which contains our views as of April 2026.Some recent news articles discuss updates to our AI timelines since AI…

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Zelda's Lullaby Part 11: RAGE

The rest of this post unlocks for free subscribers on September 1st, 2026. Read more

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The Lie That Killed Comedy for a Decade, with ‘The Babylon Bee’ CEO Seth Dillon

Seth Dillon is a man who has spent years fighting to get free speech back on social media—for the sake of comedy. Now he thinks that fight created a problem…

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Grading AI 2027’s 2025 Predictions

AI 2027 laid out a detailed scenario for how AI would progress from 2025 through 2027, including quantitative predictions and qualitative descriptions of the AI landscape.Now that we’re in early…

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As the Board of Peace Cosplays Diplomacy, Israel Once Again Ramps Up Killing in Gaza

Drop Site is a reader-funded, independent news outlet. Without your support, we can’t operate. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber or making a 501(c)(3) tax-deductible donation today.Subscribe nowAhmed Abu Al-Kas…

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Democrats Are Left With Two Primary Lessons

Beyond the favorite legacy-media, conflict-driven, click-bait coverage (Progressives vs. centrists! Dems in disarray!), Democrats would do well to focus on two aspects of the primary season. Abdul El-Sayed speaks at…

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What To Wear To Dinner / Summer 2026

Went out to an impossibly hip, impossibly expensive, fancy but not dressy dinner last Saturday night and the clothing pile on the bed an hour before our reservation reached Everest…

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Intel 18A Details & Cost, Future of DRAM 4F2 vs 3D, Backside Power Adoption (or Not), China’s FlipFET, Digital Twins from Atoms to Fabs, and More

Long time readers will recall that SemiAnalysis covers more than just datacenters and AMD. Today we’re back to semiconductors with a tech-focused roundup of the best from this year’s VLSI…

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