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Judge postpones civil trial over deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Key Bridge after late settlements
BALTIMORE — A federal judge agreed Monday to postpone a civil trial over the 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge after a flurry of last-minute settlements resolved most of the remaining claims. U.S. District Judge James Bredar expressed frustration about the timing of last week’s settlements, including deals resolving all pending claims over the deaths…
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Top CBS newsman erupts at Weiss in ‘heated meeting’: ‘She’s murdering 60 Minutes’
60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley confronted new executive producer Nick Bilton and another CBS executive Monday morning in what Guardian US media reporter Jeremy Barr described as a “heated meeting,” pushing back forcefully on last week’s mass firings at the storied newsmagazine. Pelley didn’t mince words about who he held responsible. “She’s murdering 60 Minutes,”…
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AI company Anthropic files to list shares, heating up race with OpenAI
Anthropic, the company behind the powerful artificial intelligence chatbot Claude, has filed to go public, the company said Monday. The development comes days after the company raised $65 billion, valuing it at $965 billion. The company, founded in 2021 by a breakaway faction from OpenAI, was viewed as an upstart that tailored its chatbots to…
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Internal emails show officials alarmed by rushed plan to privatize portion of DC park
The Trump administration repeatedly overruled internal objections from National Park Service officials as it pushed to lease a large swath of public parkland in Washington, D.C., to a private operator. Internal records obtained through a public records request reveal that Park Service employees raised repeated legal, environmental and ethical alarms about a plan to lease…
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I’m a 32-year-old heart failure survivor — don’t ignore these 5 symptoms
Heart problems aren’t only for the old. Nearly 6.7 million Americans over the age of 20 are living with heart failure — yet many don’t know they have it thanks to the silent symptoms that accompany this chronic condition. 32-year-old Alex Balmes experienced that firsthand after ignoring several symptoms that ultimately led to organ failure.…
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How to watch ‘Love Island UK’ Season 13 live in the US: Start time, cast
This week, 12 hot new bombshells will enter the villa to officially kick off Season 13 of “Love Island UK.” The UK series’ premiere comes just one day before its United States counterpart’s first episode drops. Maya Jama will return as host for her fifth season, with narrator Iain Stirling returning (still pulling double duty…
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Dodgers pitcher Tanner Scott’s wife reveals death threats she received about their child
The Tanner Scott redemption story took a dark, twisted turn Saturday night. Not because the Dodgers reliever gave up three runs in the eighth inning to the Philadelphia Phillies, blowing a save opportunity and getting tagged with his first loss of the season. Getting knocked around happens. But comments directed toward Scott’s wife on social…
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Trump meeting with Mike Johnson after $1.7B fund ‘completely screwed’ GOP priority: report
President Donald Trump is expected to meet with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Monday at the White House to address a major obstacle to a top GOP priority – one created by the president himself, Punchbowl News’ Jake Sherman revealed. That obstacle is Trump’s taxpayer-funded $1.7 billion “anti-weaponization fund,” designed to award payouts to…
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A new trove of Mandelson files brings more bad news for Keir Starmer
LONDON — His poll ratings are dismal and rivals are eyeing his job. Now British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces more embarrassment Monday with the publication of hundreds of pages of files about former U.K. ambassador to Washington Peter Mandelson, a friend of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The government complied with a demand by lawmakers to…
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Satellite images reveal Iran has hit US military bases far worse than Trump has admitted
Iran has struck at least 20 American military facilities across the Middle East since the start of the war, according to a new satellite imagery and video analysis — significantly more than the United States has publicly acknowledged. The attacks have targeted key bases across eight countries, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar,…