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SpaceX at $100 could mean investors see zero value in its AI
The selloff in SpaceX shares has driven the stock near a level that would imply investors are assigning no value to its artificial intelligence business, according to analysts at Morgan Stanley. The rocket, space and artificial intelligence company has had a rocky trading debut after its record $86 billion offering in mid-June. Shares initially surged…
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Trump suffers ‘hypomanic episode’ with classic signs of psychiatric sickness: experts
President Donald Trump’s flurry of about 60 Truth Social posts over two hours on Sunday left documentary makers behind the Shallow State X account alarmed. Conservative attorney and avid Never Trumper George Conway highlighted the post and wondered why the press was not focused on what the Shallow State described as a “a hypomanic episode.”…
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What is the ‘Gen Alpha melody’? ‘Stolen’ tune is topping the pop charts — over and over again
You likely already know this little ditty. In 2019, Carl Martin, a Danish musician and musicology student, sat down to compose a song and struck what he believed was musical gold. He had crafted a four-note melody that he said “felt just right” and claimed it was the “best melody anybody in music has ever…
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California’s vote county was painfully slow. Can this proposal speed it up for November?
In the wake of a painfully slow June vote count in California that led to unfounded claims of election irregularities, a voter watchdog group Monday recommended the state and counties carry out a number of voting reforms that could speed up tabulations. Not all of them, however, are likely to happen before November. The California…
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Trump admin targets TPS for Haitians — threatening to upend healthcare industry
President Donald Trump is using a Supreme Court decision in Mullin v. Doe to terminate Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for approximately 348,000 Haitians, effective Monday. According to CBS, the ruling bars federal judges from reviewing presidential TPS decisions, eliminating judicial oversight. The termination threatens healthcare infrastructure nationwide, as the affected population includes 13,000 nursing…
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Convicted Idaho College Killer Bryan Kohberger Seeks to Withdraw Guilty Plea Ahead of Netflix Doc Release
Bryan Kohberger, the convicted Idaho college killer, is now seeking to withdraw his previous guilty plea days before the release of the Netflix documentary about the killings. In a conversation with The New York Times published Monday, Kohberger said from prison that he was petitioning to reopen his case. He asserted that he had an…
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Tragic new details revealed in ‘How to Eat Fried Worm’ child star Blake Garrett’s death
“How to Eat Fried Worms” star Blake Garrett died surrounded by drug paraphernalia, according to his full autopsy report. The actor, who passed away in February at 33, was found unresponsive in his sober living home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, per TMZ. The outlet noted Monday that Garrett was found next to his bed near rolled…
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Why your grocery bill stays high even as inflation slows
Economics has a term for what U.S. grocery prices have done in recent years: rockets and feathers. Rockets, because the cost of food eaten at home zoomed up in the aftermath of the pandemic. Feathers, because once prices rise, they’re slow to come down. That’s been frustrating for Americans hit with the sharpest increase in…
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MAGA-loving actor Rob Schneider declares war on Texas GOP — with bizarre reason
Rob Schneider, a Hollywood star who has grown controversial in recent years for his ties to the MAGA movement, is publicly opposing the Texas GOP. The bizarre reason is that he believes they have let Islamic law take over the Lone Star State. Schneider, a notorious conspiracy theorist who has long pushed crank medical misinformation…
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U.S.-Canada bridge opens in Detroit even as trade disputes test the neighbors’ ties
DETROIT — A major new bridge linking Canada and the U.S. at Detroit opened Monday to trucks, cars and other vehicles, the climax of a yearslong project that lately had been bruised a bit by international politics. Descendants of Gordie Howe, the hockey legend whose name is on the bridge, were among the first to cross over…