The war in Iran has now cost U.S. consumers $100 billion in higher energy prices, and the bill is rising another $1 million about every two minutes, per a real-time estimate from Brown University as of Monday morning. Why it matters: Energy inflation shows up across the entire economy, and the recent surge in diesel prices in particular threatens to have a dramatic impact on freight and travel in the weeks and months to come. By the numbers: The Iran War Energy Cost Tracker from Brown's Watson School says higher gasoline and diesel prices have cost the average U.S. household more than $760 since the war began Feb. 28.
Geno Auriemma has reached the twilight of his legendary collegiate coaching career with UConn women's basketball, racking up more wins than any other coach in the sport's history. However, even at 72 years old, Auriemma's concerns are focused squarely on the future of college athletics, which he says is "dying."
Americans are becoming increasingly wary of food recalls, with new polling showing that safety warnings are changing not only how consumers view recalled brands but what they are willing to buy afterward.
A U.S. Air Force base has ceased extending religious greetings at its gates to uniformed members following the reported intervention of an anti-discrimination organization.
OpEd: President Trump's administration is waging war against children, especially those in our nation's poorest families. Here are a few of the fronts on which that undeclared war is being fought, with devastating consequences for the next generation of Americans.
"Donald Trump loves hot dogs"loves them. But he reserves a particular devotion for the ones served at the snack shack beside the 11th tee box at Trump National Golf Club outside Washington, D.C."wieners that, on Trump's personal scale of human achievement, probably rank somewhere between mankind's first glimpse of gold in a riverbed and the construction of Trump Tower," Forbes reports. Said a former club employee: "He has this weird, very odd pride about how good the hot dogs are. That's his thing. The chef has to be out there. And he's like, Chef, get everyone a hot dog"all these guys.'" "And everyone means everyone"roughly 30 carts full of Secret Service agents included. But the president's frankfurters are not free ... Ethics rules restrict agents from accepting gifts from those they serve. So Trump's club charges the agency that protects him."
Germany's right-wing populist Alternative fr Deutschland (AfD) thanked billionaire Elon Musk for his support Sunday after scoring a historic election victory, taking the moment to call for future "cooperation." The AfD stormed to first place in Saxony-Anhalt with 43.8% of the vote, more than doubling its support from five years ago and leaving Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union a distant second on 17.2%. The result nevertheless left the AfD just short of the absolute majority it had sought. Final returns gave the party 39 lawmakers in the 83-seat state parliament, three seats shy of governing alone.
... but its chilling logs live on. You will have heard of July's OpenAI/Hugging Face incident, where thousands of the former's AI agents conducted a mass jailbreak from a notionally secure capture-the-flag lab experiment, before going on to feloniously capture chunks of Hugging Face's assets. ...
A heavily armed man attacked Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton at a fair in Ohio's MAGA heartland on Sunday afternoon. The man "lunged at Dr. Acton, injuring multiple people" while Acton, 60, was attending the Canfield Fair in northeastern Ohio, a campaign spokesperson said in a statement. The suspect who attacked Acton has been identified as 38-year-old Patrick Havas, a registered Republican. The suspect who attacked Acton has been identified as 38-year-old Patrick Havas, a registered Republican. This isn't the first time the Havas family has had a brush with the law: Patrick Havas' brother, Andrew Havas, was charged with sexual misconduct with a minor following a 2008 incident involving a 15-year-old in Mahoning County, according to court records reviewed by NBC News.
Chuck it in the fire.' A leading candidate in France's presidential race has a simple solution to its massive national debt: just cancel it Read more
Unlike the past years where AfD candidates suffered breathing complications (aka stopped breathing), this win is changing German politics. Read more
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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the disastrous meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine between President Zelenskyy and Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner following their trip to Russia to meet with Vladimir Putin, as Meiselas breaks down how Witkoff and Kushner appeared completely lost, out of their depth, and unprepared for the moment while Russia continued its attacks on Ukraine.
MIAMI (AP) " An Amazon cargo plane barreled off a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday, striking vehicles, bursting into flames and sending thick black smoke into the sky in a crash that shut down flights at one of the nation's busiest airports. More than 60 Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the crash, arriving to find the aircraft on fire as crews worked to extinguish the flames and assess patients. Officials had not yet released information on injuries or deaths. The Federal Aviation Administration said the aircraft overran the runway around 2 p.m. after arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said the plane struck multiple vehicles after leaving the runway. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the FAA was sending investigators and issued a full ground stop at Miami International as emergency crews responded.
There are "multiple patients" after a cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport on Sunday, according to local fire officials. It's not clear whether anyone was killed in the incident. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said there are "multiple patients" and that firefighters were working to extinguish the fire, calling it an active scene with over 60 MDFR units responding. The Miami-Dade Aviation Department said in a statement that the plane overran the diagonal runway and is disabled at the northwest end of the airport. "All runways and taxiways at MIA are currently closed as of 3:00 p.m.," the department said. The FAA on Sunday issued a ground stop on planes until 3 p.m. that was later extended until 5:30 p.m. Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy said the ground stop was ordered so that first responders could assess the scene and warned travelers of "significant delays and potential cancellations."
Karmelo Anthony's family is seeking another $250,000 to fund his appeal after an earlier campaign raised nearly $634,000 and faced questions over how the money was spent, the family announced at a news conference in Dallas, Texas. The fundraising push came nearly two weeks after a judge denied Anthony's request for a new trial. His family and supporters, including attorney Russell Wilson, used the Dallas news conference to outline the appeal. Anthony, 19, was sentenced to 35 years in prison in June after a jury convicted him of murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during a high school track meet in Frisco, Texas. He has appealed and says he cannot afford to hire an attorney for the appeal.
Egyptian television presenter Sarah Khalifa and 11 other people have been sentenced to death by hanging after being convicted of drugs charges. According to state-owned al-Ahram newspaper, they were part of a criminal gang which imported ingredients used to make drugs with the intent of selling them. Read more
