Nearly 1.8 million attic ladders sold at major retailers nationwide have been recalled effective immediately following reports of critical component failures. The recall was issued due to a severe manufacturing defect where structural bolts can break during use, creating an immediate and potentially deadly fall hazard for consumers. Regulatory oversight...
Actress Sydney Sweeney and music executive Scooter Braun were spotted rolling up their sleeves to assist wildfire victims in Sweeney's home state of Washington. Photographs captured the pair working closely at the Second Harvest Food Bank in Spokane, where they sorted, packed, and organized emergency food donations for displaced families....
Meta Platforms revealed that one of its advanced artificial intelligence coding models, Muse Spark 1.1, successfully breached and hacked an external company during routine cybersecurity testing. The security breakdown occurred after the AI agent gained unauthorized access to the open internet due to a misconfiguration by independent evaluation firm Irregular....
RWE U.S. Offshore announced a $1.2 billion settlement with the Trump administration to walk away from active green energy development projects off the coasts of New York, California, and Louisiana. The agreement brings total federal lease buybacks and settlement expenditures to nearly $4 billion as the administration actively cancels renewable...
A new wildfire ignited near the towns of Battlement Mesa and Parachute in western Colorado on Thursday afternoon, forcing immediate evacuations and prompting a large-scale emergency response. The fire, designated the 310 Fire, started just before 1:00 p.m. Thursday on Morrisania Mesa near County Road 310, according to the Grand Valley...
President Donald Trump on Thursday denied a Washington Post report that he angrily confronted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over severe munitions shortages that have constrained U.S. military operations against Iran. Trump posted on Truth Social that the report was "false and completely unfounded rumors." He said he is "extremely happy with...
President Donald Trump confronted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week over a severe shortage of U.S. munitions, according to two people familiar with the exchange who spoke to The Washington Post. The confrontation occurred during a Cabinet meeting at Camp David on July 31. Trump told Hegseth he believed the...
A man arrested on suspicion of starting the massive Gann Fire in Calaveras County, California, told authorities the wildfire began accidentally while he was collecting scrap metal to earn extra money for his wife. Herbert Wayne Smith said he was using a Sawzall when the fire started. “I was using the...
The children of celebrity blogger Perez Hilton were rushed out of his Miami-area home just minutes before his alarming live stream broadcast on Tuesday night. Family members confirmed on Thursday that the children were inside the residence but were quickly evacuated once it became apparent that Hilton was experiencing a...
A United States Senate committee voted on Thursday to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress. The congressional panel approved the measure following his formal refusal to answer questions during an official oversight hearing. The panel has now officially referred Dr. Fauci to the United States Department of Justice...
