Why some spiders decorate their webs remains unsettled, but a new study adds a fresh clue. Modeling the wasp spider’s ornate stabilimenta, researchers including Gabriele Greco found that a central, blob-like patch could reroute otherwise lost vibrations across the web, potentially improving signal reach to the spider. The effect appeared...
On The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Colin Farrell recalled Tom Cruise 'was not happy' with him during Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report. Amid substance abuse struggles, he partied the night before his May 31 birthday despite a 6 a.m. call and arrived disheveled. After asking for beers and cigarettes, he...
According to multiple reports, the Jets are sending cornerback Michael Carter to the Eagles for wide receiver John Metchie, with a 2027 sixth-round pick going to the Jets and a 2027 seventh-rounder going back to the Eagles. Carter, a 2021 fifth-rounder who has mostly played the slot, has 14 tackles...
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts signaled changes for Game 5, and ESPN reports catcher Will Smith will bat second with Mookie Betts sliding to third — his lowest spot since 2021. Alex Call will start in left field, either for Enrique Hernández or Andy Pages. The Dodgers have produced just three...
A jury convicted former Sangamon County deputy Sean Grayson of second-degree murder for the July 2024 shooting of Sonya Massey, who had called 911 about a possible intruder at her Springfield home. Jurors, instructed not to consider lower charges, viewed bodycam video from Grayson's partner showing Grayson threatening to shoot...
Masih Alinejad faced two men in a Manhattan courtroom who plotted to kill her, then watched as a federal judge sentenced them to 25 years. Judge Colleen McMahon called the scheme a politically motivated assassination attempt and said such conduct would not be tolerated. Prosecutors linked the plot to an...
The Times apologized and deleted a story after a reporter was duped by someone posing as Bill de Blasio, who blasted the fabricated quotes as an 'absolute violation of journalistic ethics.' The fake remarks, criticizing mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani’s cost estimates as unrealistic, were briefly published and picked up by...
Public Enemy released the video for The Hits Just Keep On Comin’, the first visual from June’s Black Sky Over The Projects: Apartment 2025, directed by Rhiannon Rae Ellis. It opens with 1960 footage of Ruby Bridges; actress Safara-Cree Stiggers, as a young Bridges, leads into a room of televisions...
Despite no official HBO confirmation, Variety reports The White Lotus will next shoot in France, with scouts eyeing Paris and the French Riviera. Season 4 is expected to unfold largely in the South of France with a Paris subplot; no hotels are locked, and filming is slated for next year....
Five unoccupied homes in North Carolina’s Outer Banks collapsed into the Atlantic on Tuesday afternoon amid rough surf, the National Park Service said. The houses, in Buxton on Tower Circle Road, Ocean Drive and Cottage Avenue, fell between 2 and 2:45 p.m. ET. Officials are contacting owners about debris removal...
