The president is right that the economy is a powerful lever against other countries but his tactics could have widespread economic repercussions.
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The Indiana Fever and Phoenix Mercury come out on top, while the Connecticut Sun overhaul their roster.
The entire WNBA landscape has dramatically shifted over the past 10 days, with some of the league’s top players switching teams (shoutout Alyssa Thomas, Kelsey Plum, Jewell Loyd, and Satou Sabally) and some teams completely resetting their rosters, like the Connecticut Sun and the Phoenix Mercury.
Rosters still aren’t set ahead of next...
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When Duo the owl is dunking on you, you know you really messed up
Everyone in the NBA world, and really the sports world writ large, is still trying to come to terms with the stunning trade of Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. In a deal that was announced after midnight on the East Coast on Saturday night, the Dallas Mavericks sent Doncic to the Lakers as part of a three-team trade, with the Mavericks acquiring Anthony Davis as part of the...
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Opens in a new window ...Nearly one million Discord users just had their account details – including usernames, IP addresses, and Discord IDs – exposed in a hacking forum.
However, Discord, the popular chat room service, doesn't appear to have suffered from a data breach directly. Instead, a third-party backup solution known as RestoreCord has been breached.
As first noticed by cybersecurity website Leakd, a file containing a massive leak of Discord user data was posted freely on a popular hacking forum called...
As DOGE head Elon Musk works to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID's official website has gone dark.
Following Musk's threats to kill the office in charge of distributing foreign aid — including humanitarian allotments — Musk officially announced on Monday that President Trump had signed off on his so-called cost-cutting measures involving the agency, immediately shutting down the office and reportedly instructing security officers to stop federal employees...
A few bold predictions, but it's not enough.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill meant to protect medical practitioners in New York who prescribe and send abortion pills out of state.
The statement, along with a similar order from Friday, amounted to a rebuke of the move as an overreach that likely lacked legitimate authority.
The president’s threats to slap duties on goods imported from the European Union are part of a pattern of directing the harshest penalties at the United States’ closest allies.
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Years of fighting in court resulted in the emails being released.
For years the New Orleans Saints have worked to suppress information about its extraordinary relationship with the Catholic Church, and now everything is spilling out on the week the city is hosting the Super Bowl.
In a court battle that has lasted four years, previously unseen emails were made public between the Saints and the Archdiocese of New Orleans detailing extensive...
Never beating the weird allegations.
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A White House executive order last week threatened to pull federal funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care. But not providing the care could violate state law, Letitia James said in a letter on Monday.
The gambling ring being investigated for two NBA betting cases also was involved in unusual wagering on at least three men's college programs, sources told ESPN.
The most shocking trade in NBA history began with a secret meeting in a coffee shop in Dallas -- and was fueled by a 20-year history with Kobe Bryant.
"my cat gets hungry and starts literally biting the hand that feeds her. she is a fool"
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The Bucks’ superstar had quite a bit to say about loyalty in the NBA
The basketball world is still reeling from the shocking trade of Dallas Mavericks’ superstar player Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Lakers’ star Anthony Davis, but the biggest question it brings up is loyalty to a franchise. Doncic wanted to retire in Dallas and be the face of the franchise forever, but GM Nico Harrison sent him to LA at the first opportunity to. More superstars are questioning the...
Spending Super Bowl week reading children’s books.
Something caught my eye while perusing Target, as I’m wont to do. Two smiling faces and a gilded spine beckoned me to expand my horizons with the power of reading. The Kelce Brothers is a children’s biography from the “Little Golden Book” company, and it’s the fastest $5.99 I’ve ever spent.
A robust 23 pages later I know precisely nothing I didn’t already about Jason and Travis Kelce. After all, this is intended for...
The Pokémon Company International says it’s now “actively investigating” ways to improve the feature after players threatened to cancel their subscriptions.
WIRED confirmed various automated efforts to remove pronouns from both email and Slack at USAID, the EPA, the GSA, and more.