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Queen Camilla blasted as ‘deplorable’ for posting photo with J.K. Rowling at palace during Pride Month
Queen Camilla ignited anger for posting an Instagram pic with J.K. Rowling — given the timing and the author’s controversial trans views. Taking to Instagram Tuesday, the wife of King Charles III shared a pictureof herself and the “Harry Potter” author posing together at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Scotland. Camilla, 78, dressed in an…
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Malibu fraudster fled the U.S. to avoid prison. His girlfriend faces jail time for helping him
After he was convicted of defrauding investors out of more than $20 million, Bernhard Eugen Fritsch fled the U.S. to avoid an expected 15-year prison sentence. Now, his girlfriend has been ensnared in the scheme, and she could serve up to five years behind bars while he remains abroad, according to a news release from…
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Health officials warn of West Nile virus in mosquito in Alhambra, human infection in Long Beach
Health authorities are warning residents to take precautions after the deadly West Nile virus was detected in a mosquito caught in the San Gabriel Valley. The announcement comes on the heels of the first human case of the virus reported in Long Beach. West Nile virus is a mosquito-borne infection that could be fatal to…
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Trump’s quest for untrammeled power just got a big boost
Just what President Donald Trump needed: more unchecked power. In the Supreme Court’s new Trump vs. Slaughter opinion, the court ruled that the president’s firing of the Federal Trade Commission’s Rebecca Slaughter was lawful — even though he did not follow Congress’s explicit requirement that FTC commissioners might only be dismissed “for inefficiency, neglect of…
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Louis C.K. Is Back on Netflix. Still Think Cancel Culture Works? | Guest Column
Netflix is doing business again with Louis C.K. Just weeks after his comeback headlining show at the Hollywood Bowl as part of its Netflix Is a Joke festival, the streamer launched the embattled comedian’s new stand-up special, “Ridiculous,” on Tuesday. If you were counting on “cancel culture” to be permanent, this would be a good moment…
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God makes people eat more junk food: study
Thank you, cheese-us. Multiple studies have found that consuming ultra-processed foods like chips, ice cream and pizza can increase the risk of multiple health conditions like type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, depression and other chronic diseases. But now when you reach for the unholy (and unhealthy) trinity of fat, salt and sugar, you might just…
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Collin Gosselin claims estranged mom Kate would ‘pray to God to stop hitting’ him when he was 2 years old
Collin Gosselin alleged his estranged mom, Kate Gosselin, would “pray” to stop herself from hitting him when he was a toddler. The 22-year-old took to his Instagram Stories Tuesday to call out the matriarch ahead of the release of his highly anticipated memoir, “In the Shadow of Eight.” “Never forget the fact that my mom…
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Top AI Researchers Terrified of a “Chernobyl Moment”: a Mass Casualty Event, or Worse, That Turns the World Against AI Forever
US and Chinese AI researchers are calling for global cooperation on the tech, fearing that its unchecked development could lead to an unimaginable catastrophe. “AI is a global technology with global benefits, global harms, and a consistent tendency for new capabilities to eventually proliferate,” Stephen Casper, a computer scientist at MIT who spoke at a…
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Democrats’ newest ideas have been failing for centuries
Last week, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a citywide freeze on rents. The response from economists can be summarized as “oy.” Economists are famous for arguing “on one hand” this and “on the other hand” that. This is why President Truman famously wanted to hire a one-handed economist. Nonetheless, there are few issues…
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Dozens of deportees flown back to Venezuela hours before twin quakes are trapped under rubble
MEXICO CITY — Darwin Elizer Serrano López left Venezuela three years ago, dreaming of earning enough to put his daughters through school. He ended up in Chicago, where he drove for Uber seven days a week, pausing at 8:30 each night to call home. When immigration agents came to his door with a deportation order, Serrano’s family…