The US and Australia signed a pact to expand supplies of rare earths and other critical minerals, aiming to blunt China’s market dominance. A framework outlines $1bn for projects in both countries over the next six months and supports an $8.5bn pipeline of "ready-to-go" ventures to boost mining and processing,...
Washington’s surprise sequel is wobbling as Jayden Daniels misses time with knee and hamstring injuries, pushing Marcus Mariota into streaming range for a bye-heavy Week 8. Around the league: Jacoby Brissett has outplayed Kyler Murray; Minnesota is trapped between Carson Wentz and J.J. McCarthy; Rashee Rice dominated targets on limited...
In its fifth year, the Academy Museum Gala returned with a blue carpet and a sharpened couture focus, earning its “Met Gala of the West” nickname. Artful statements ranged from Kim Kardashian’s masked Maison Margiela gown to Rebecca Hall’s intarsia tulle and Jenna Ortega’s custom breastplate. Ayo Edebiri debuted as...
The Trump administration fired two assistant U.S. attorneys in Virginia who opposed the case against New York Attorney General Letitia James, a high-ranking Justice Department source told CBS News. Kristin Bird and Elizabeth Yusi were removed from the Norfolk office, where James’ prosecution is based, amid an ongoing purge. DOJ...
Justice Department prosecutors moved to question whether James Comey’s lead lawyer, Patrick Fitzgerald, can continue on the case, citing a potential conflict tied to alleged 2017 leaks of classified material. Comey’s team called the claim “provably false” and an “effort to defame.” A filing says “quarantined” evidence includes communications between...
About 90% of U.S. adults haven’t heard of cardiovascular‑kidney‑metabolic (CKM) syndrome, even as nearly 9 in 10 are at risk, an American Heart Association survey found. Defined by the AHA in October 2023, CKM links heart, kidney, diabetes and obesity; risk factors include high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol, high blood...
A major AWS outage rippled across the internet Monday, knocking out or slowing services from Venmo, Snapchat, Canva and Fortnite and even hobbling Alexa. Amazon traced the disruption to a DNS resolution issue affecting the DynamoDB API in the US-EAST-1 region; it says the DNS problem was fully mitigated at...
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis will question federal immigration officials in Chicago on Monday over possible violations of her order restricting tear gas and requiring body cameras, after renewed clashes with protesters and journalists. The hearing follows DHS’s Operation Midway Blitz, which it says led to more than 1,500 arrests...
Iniu’s P55-E2 portable charger just hit its lowest price yet: $13.74 on Amazon after an automatic 45 percent off coupon. The ultra-slim 10,000mAh bank offers up to 45W charging via USB-C, three ports (two USB-C, one USB-A) for powering multiple devices, and a display for real-time battery status. It supports...
Kenny Loggins condemned President Donald Trump for sharing an apparently AI-generated video that overlays his hit “Danger Zone” as a crowned, fighter-jet Trump dumps what Loggins called “brown sludge” on “No Kings” protesters. Calling it an unauthorized use of his recording, Loggins said he would have denied permission and demanded...
