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Trump Pivots on AI Regulation, Worker Ousted by DOGE Runs for Office, and Hantavirus Explained
This week on Uncanny Valley, the team discusses the surprising reports of the Trump administration seemingly reversing its stance when it comes to AI safety and regulation. We also look into what exactly is going on with the Hantavirus outbreak, and whether you should be worried. Also, we get into the story of how a…
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Stocks fall from their records as oil prices yo-yo
Stocks fell from their records Thursday after oil prices yo-yoed as Wall Street waits to see whether its hopes for a deal to end the Iran war are warranted or just wishful. The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil settled at $100.06, down 1.2%, and continued its decline from more than $115 early…
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The CDC Fired All Its Cruise Ship Inspectors Before the Hantavirus Outbreak
A deadly hantavirus outbreak tearing through a Dutch cruise ship has put health officials on alert, raising questions of virus preparedness as exposed travelers branch out all over the globe. It’s also brought attention to an eyebrow-raising decision by the Trump administration made almost exactly a year ago. Targeted by sweeping cuts like other agencies…
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Find some of L.A.’s best new poke in a Koreatown parking lot
For the last five years Kelsey Sachi Lee sold seafood to some of the city’s top restaurants. Now she’s opening her orders to the public with weekly Instagram drops — and handing off poke from the back of her car. Lee still sources fish for some of the city’s most prominent chefs, such as Ari…
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Hundreds of Marilyn Monroe lookalikes to descend on California city for 100th birthday party — as her artifacts go on display in LA
Some like it hot — especially those who like springtime in the California desert. And in typical Golden State style, Southern California is celebrating its golden girl Marilyn Monroe later this month on what would have been her 100th birthday. On Saturday, May 30, Palm Springs will host Marilyn 100 at Downtown Park around the…
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What the War Is Doing to an Essential Metal
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. For true fans of Diet Coke, soda is sacrament, and reverence comes with strict parameters. The fountain version served…
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In ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures,’ Sally Field’s co-star is an octopus. She thinks you’ll like it too
There’s a welcome familiarity to Sally Field that emanates through the screen as you watch “Remarkably Bright Creatures,” a charmingly sweet adaptation of Shelby Van Pelt’s hit 2022 novel of the same name. The actor, 79, has been a part of viewers’ lives for decades, from TV shows like “The Flying Nun” and “The Girl…
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Stanley Tucci reflects on 21-year age gap with wife Felicity Blunt
Stanley Tucci, 65, couldn’t help but gush over his wife, Felicity Blunt, 45, as he reflected on their 21-year age gap marriage. “I wasn’t sure that I would ever remarry,” said Tucci — who was previously married to social worker Kathryn Spath from 1995 until she died from cancer in 2009 — on Jenna Bush…
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The Hantavirus Outbreak Is Serious. But It’s No COVID, Health Officials Say
A person in a white hazmat suit disembarks a Bombardier Challenger 605 medical aircraft allegedly carrying some of the passengers believed to be infected with hantavirus from the cruise ship MV Hondius, before being escorted to an ambulance at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam on May 6, 2026. —Jeffrey Groeneweg/ANP/AFP—Getty Images An outbreak of hantavirus aboard…
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Son of UFC legend ‘Rampage’ Jackson gets plea deal in wrestling beatdown case
Raja Jackson — the son of mixed martial arts legend Quinton “Rampage” Jackson — pleaded no contest Wednesday for his role in a bloody beatdown of a professional wrestler last year in an incident that blurred the lines between real and scripted combat. Jackson, 25, is expected to serve 90 days in jail for misdemeanor…