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New data reveals 100% chance of strong ‘Super’ El Nino forming this year
The latest long-range European forecast shows there’s a 100% chance of a super El Niño, potentially suppressing hurricane activity and making for a wetter fall and winter in the southern U.S. The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) issued their May long-range forecast model, which ups the chances of the strongest El Niño ever hitting by November. Back in March,…
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James Cameron Accused of Stealing 14-Year-Old Girl’s Face for Main Character of Billion-Dollar “Avatar” Films
An Indigenous actress is suing director James Cameron and The Walt Disney Co, accusing Cameron of stealing her likeness when she was a teen to create the main character of Disney’s hit “Avatar” franchise — an extraordinarily lucrative film series about imperialistic theft of indigenous land, resources, and people. Filed Tuesday by native Peruvian actress…
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Vatican and State Department stress solid ties after Rubio’s fence-mending visit over Trump attacks
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican raised the “need to work tirelessly in favor of peace” in talks Thursday with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who came to Rome on a fence-mending visit after President Trump’s criticisms of Pope Leo XIV over the Iran war. Both the Vatican and the U.S. State Department stressed that Rubio’s meetings…
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Lisa Kudrow Recalls Matthew Perry Being Paranoid That Sean Penn Would Tickle Him on ‘Friends’: ‘Didn’t Make Sense’
Sean Penn was one of the many, many famous guest stars that appeared on “Friends” during its run, and apparently, he freaked out Matthew Perry a bit when he did. According to Lisa Kudrow, Perry unexpectedly worried that Penn would jump out and tickle him. Yes, that sounds odd on its face. But the key…
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Ryan Seacrest, 51, sparks concern at LA fundraiser after defending look
Ryan Seacrest sparked fresh health concerns following his appearance at a charity event this past weekend. The “Wheel of Fortune” host, 51, worried some fans after taking to Instagram to share a series of snaps from this year’s Taste for a Cure fundraiser in Los Angeles on May 1. “Honored to have hosted for the…
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Rubio Attempts to Mend Relationship with Pope Leo Following Feud with Trump
Pope Leo XIV meets with Secretary Of State Marco Rubio during an audience at the Apostolic Palace on May 07, 2026 in Vatican City, Vatican. —Simone Risoluti––Vatican Media/Vatican Pool/Getty Images Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Pope Leo on Thursday and emphasized their “shared commitment to promoting peace” amid an ongoing feud between the…
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ChatGPT Has ‘Goblin’ Mania in the US. In China It Will ‘Catch You Steadily’
Are you even online in 2026 if you haven’t experienced the verbal tics of ChatGPT? It loves goblins, em dashes, and “it’s not A; it’s B” sentence constructions. But what you might not know is that the chatbot also has plenty of strange phrases it loves to say in Chinese, and they are driving Chinese…
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Netflix’s Robust Annecy Lineup Includes Brad Bird’s ‘Ray Gunn,’ ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Blue Eye Samurai’ Season 2
Netflix Animation is headed back to the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. And they’re bringing the big guns. Among the projects the streaming giant will be previewing at the June festival include Brad Bird’s sci-fi detective story “Ray Gunn” (with Aardman legend Peter Lord moderating a talk with Bird), Taiki Waititi in Roald Dahl’s “Charlie…
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Do Animals Have Civilizations?
—Illustration by Oliver Uberti In 1928, naturalist Henry Beston famously wrote that our fellow animals are “gifted with the extension of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings,” he added. ”They are other nations.” Beston employed this turn of…
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DOGE’s Ethan Shaotran Is Now Running a Defense Tech Startup
One of the earliest members of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) is in the process of pivoting into his second act as a defense tech startup founder. Ethan Shaotran, one of the young engineers who formed the core of the group’s early strike force, is the founder of a new startup called Blitz…