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Robot named Lightning blows past human runners to set half-marathon record in Beijing
Slide over, Jacob Kiplimo. The world’s fastest human in the half-marathon is still just that, but the Ugandan’s record time of 57 minutes, 20 seconds, was obliterated Sunday in Beijing by a 5-foot-5 humanoid robot named Lightning. Lightning was one of more than 100 robots running the 13.1-mile race in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area
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‘It’s a bummer’: Economist gobsmacked watching Trump throw soaring economy in the toilet
President Donald Trump was handed a world-class economy, and has thrown it all down the drain over his war in Iran, Veda Partners economic analyst Henrietta Treyz told MS NOW’s Katy Tur on Monday afternoon. This comes as Trump lashes out at the news media for what he perceives as unfair news coverage over how
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Katy Perry grabs teenage Justin Bieber’s butt at London concert in resurfaced video
Katy Perry grabbed Justin Bieber’s butt in a resurfaced video from June 2012. In the clip, the “Teenage Dream” singer, who was 27 at the time, put her hand on 18-year-old Bieber’s rear end while meeting up backstage at Capital’s Summertime Ball in London. Perry then looked at the camera and mouthed “Sorry Selena,” referring
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Plane crashes upside down in SoCal auto store parking lot, pilot hospitalized
A pilot was hospitalized Monday after crashing his small plane in the parking lot of auto store in Pacoima, according to authorities. The crash was reported shortly before 11 a.m. near the intersection of San Fernando Road and Van Nuys Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Police and fire crews on scene shut
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Frantic Trump insists he’s ‘under no pressure’ to end deeply unpopular Iran war
President Donald Trump issued a frantic message on social media Monday in response to reports that he’s under immense pressure to secure a deal with Iran and bring about an end to the war. “I read the Fake News saying that I am under ‘pressure’ to make a Deal. THIS IS NOT TRUE! I am
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The gingers are multiplying: How natural selection has led to more redheads than ever
The whole world could soon be seeing red. Instead of being the punchline, redheads will be having the last laugh, as a new study reports that humans have been constantly evolving to have flame-colored hair. The finding has challenged previously held ideas about how much natural selection has influenced our DNA over hundreds of thousands
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‘Take it back’: MAGA insiders plot for feds to ‘get rid of’ blue state forever
The Federalist CEO Sean Davis and Charlie Kirk Show host Andrew Kolvet pushed for the federal government to “take” part of northern Virginia “to get rid of Virginia as a blue state forever.” During a Charlie Kirk Show segment on a Democratic effort to redistrict Virginia, co-host Blake Neff argued that Virginia didn’t “need a
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Want to Stay in Your Prime for Longer? Try LeBron James’ Post-Game Recovery Strategies
LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers looks on during the first half of a game against the Phoenix Suns at the Crypto.com Arena on April 10, 2026 in Los Angeles. —Sean M. Haffey—Getty Images Win or lose, LeBron James always does the same thing right after a game: his recovery routine, including an ice
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A Brief Interview With the Owner of the Hot Air Balloon That Landed in Someone’s Backyard
It’s not every day that a hot-air balloon lands in a residential neighborhood, much less in someone’s backyard. In more than 20 years as founder and CEO of Magical Adventures Balloon Rides, Denni Barrett can’t recall that exact scenario ever taking place. That is, until Saturday morning, when it happened in Temecula, California. The video
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Wildfire survivors could face another blow from taxes on settlement payouts
Thousands of survivors of the 2025 Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, have elected to accept an upfront settlement from the utility accused of causing it, forgoing future litigation for a faster payment that could help them rebuild or relocate. But unless a bill moving through Congress becomes law, that money could be taxed as income,