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Well-timed bets on Polymarket tied to the Iran war draw calls for investigations from lawmakers
NEW YORK — Calls inside Congress for investigations into the prediction market platform Polymarket are increasing after the latest instance in which groups of anonymous traders made strategic, well-timed bets on a major geopolitical event hours before it occurred. On Wednesday, the Associated Press reported that at least 50 new accounts on Polymarket placed substantial bets on…
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Hegseth’s key Iran claim collapses as US intel finds Iran has thousands of missiles
One of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s main defenses of the U.S. decision to negotiate a controversial ceasefire with Iran is that its ballistic missile program has been “functionally destroyed.” But that claim has now been shot down by U.S. intelligence assessments, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. “Iran still has thousands of ballistic…
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These are all the cookbook authors you can see at the L.A. Times Festival of Books
Bring your cooking questions to the L.A. Times Food x Now Serving booth at this year’s Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on April 18 and 19 at USC. We’ve got an impressive lineup of authors signing their books, and our own L.A. Times Food writers and editors will be on hand to chat. You…
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Ex-prosecutor floats new theory behind Melania’s sudden Epstein remarks
Former Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg suggested Melania Trump’s surprise address denying Epstein connections was an attempt to preempt damaging revelations. Speaking on MS NOW, Aronberg identified journalist Michael Wolff as the key figure linking Melania to Epstein through photographs with Trump, Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell. Aronberg theorized that Melania’s statement was timed…
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Star SoCal football player dies suddenly as tributes pour in
A high school football star set to join Cal Poly has suddenly died. Mustangs head coach Tim Skipper revealed Ryder Barnes, 17, had passed away in an emotional statement on Friday. He said: “On behalf of our entire Cal Poly football family, we are deeply saddened by the passing of Ryder Barnes. “Ryder was an…
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White House Correspondents’ Dinner party invites rolling in
This year’s “nerd prom” is weeks away, and the invites are already starting to pour in. MS Now will host its first White House Correspondents’ Dinner event under its new name and owner, while its former sister station, NBC, will return this year to host a party. The Status newsletter, edited by Oliver Darcy (here at…
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Artemis II does for our era what Apollo 8 did for 1968
Millions in the streets. An unpopular war. Violence. And in the middle of all that: a moonshot. The parallels between today and 1968 are eerie. Nearly 60 years ago, civil rights marches and anti-Vietnam-war rallies burst across the country. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated. Police beat protesters outside the Democratic…
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‘Kiss of death’: Trump says Tucker Carlson sank GOP Senate hopeful
President Donald Trump on Friday blasted former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, claiming his endorsement helped doom a Republican challenger in South Carolina’s Senate race. In a post to his Truth Social followers, Trump reacted to news that Paul Dans – a conservative operative and former director of the controversial Project 2025 initiative – had…
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‘Faces of Death’ Is Back: Where to Watch the Remake of the Infamous Horror Movie
“Faces of Death,” one of the most intriguing horror titles of 2026, arrives this week from “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” director Daniel Goldhaber. This long-awaited follow-up to that underrated social crime thriller functions as a metatextual reimagining and sequel to its cult classic 1978 parent film. That movie, directed by John Alan Schwartz,…
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Artemis II astronauts safely splash down off San Diego coast after historic moon mission
The Artemis II astronauts safely splashed down off the coast of San Diego at 5:07 p.m. Friday after a historic 10-day mission around the moon, finally letting the crew and NASA officials breathe a sigh of relief. NASA regarded the high-energy reentry — streaking through the atmosphere in a nearly 5,000-degree-Fahrenheit fireball at more than…