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 swarm of rogue OpenAI agents hijacked a German website this spring and transformed it into a bulletin board for other AI agents, according to new research published Friday and two people familiar with the matter. read more
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.
Fact Sheet: Costs of Iran War (August 2026)
www.americanprogress.org
... The Trump administration's war in Iran has cost at least $1,200 per household. With no end in sight, American families are paying a price. ...
US diesel prices hit record high as conflicts intensify supply crunch
www.usatoday.com
... Average U.S. diesel prices jumped to record highs on Thursday, as a global supply crunch intensified after renewed hostilities between the U.S. and Iran and on disruptions caused by Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries, a major source of diesel exports. ...
Industry watchers warned that already-elevated prices could climb further as seasonal demand picks up. Farmers harvesting crops in the Northern Hemisphere, combined with preparations for planting in the Southern Hemisphere, are expected to boost diesel consumption in the coming months. Demand for heating oil, a distillate fuel similar to diesel, also typically rises ahead of the winter heating season.
Higher diesel prices can ripple through the broader economy because the fuel is widely used in trucking, agriculture and industrial activity. This boosts transportation and production costs that can ultimately raise food prices, Andy Lipow, president of Lipow Oil Associates, said. ...
"Farmers and truckers typically use more diesel in the autumn, which raises the stakes for the current crisis and increases the risk of sharper price increases," he said. ...
Is Trump's $1 coin now on sale a legal tender? What the law says
www.firstpost.com
... The US Mint has begun selling the 2026 Donald Trump $1 coin, a legal-tender issue marking America's 250th anniversary. Rolls of 25 cost $61, while 100-coin bags cost $154.50. The coin has a $1 face value and features Trump alongside the Presidential Seal as part of the Semiquincentennial programme ...
The coins are also available online at the website of the US Mint, although as of Thursday, the product was unavailable or on back-order due to rising demand.
Because the coins are sold at a premium above face value, the US Mint is categorising them primarily as collectible numismatic products, even though they are legally minted as circulating currency. ...
@#15 ... "A nuclear power plant produces power for decades; the nuclear waste it leaves behind will remain lethal for 10,000 years. Put on a blackboard the year the EPA has determined these materials will be safe, 11,993" ...
Yup.
Apropos tune ...
John Hall - Plutonium Is Forever (1979)
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Supposedly, on Sept. 14th, his aides will release more info.
Former Fetterman staffers vow to release inside details about senator's conduct as Democrats pile on
americantribune.com
... A group of anonymous former staffers for Sen. John Fetterman launched a public campaign promising damaging revelations about the Pennsylvania Democrat's work habits, and his own party's elected officials are lining up to demand he resign.
The group, calling itself "Former Fetterman Staffers," created an X account and announced it will begin posting inside details about Fetterman's conduct starting September 14, 2026, the day the Senate returns from summer recess. The move follows a Wall Street Journal report that described Fetterman routinely blowing off constituent meetings, neglecting legislative review, and declining to make in-state public appearances, Fox News Digital reported.
The former staffers did not hold back about their intentions or their timeline.
"We're a group of former campaign & Senate staffers for John Fetterman who are disgusted with what he's become. If you were troubled by yesterday's Wall Street Journal story... trust us, that's just the tip of the iceberg."
They added: "It's even worse than you thought." And in a jab at Fetterman's attendance record, they told followers to set their calendars for September 14, then added, "Let's be honest, maybe the 15th: he'll skip Monday's votes." ...
@#5 ... Florida is supposed to be under water already. ....
Not really. Subject to higher sea levels, yes. But under water? No.
Miami-Dade wants to raise thousands of homes, offices above floods. Here's where (August 2026)
www.miamiherald.com
... The federal government says it will cost $4.5 billion to elevate and floodproof more than 3,000 homes and buildings in Miami-Dade, part of a massive plan to help protect the region from the stronger hurricanes and higher sea levels of the future.[emphasis mine]
A newly issued plan from the Army Corps of Engineers, the construction arm of the federal government, calls for raising thousands of homes, including more than a thousand in Homestead and more than 400 each in Cutler Bay and Miami Beach. It also covers protecting 275 businesses and crucial government buildings from rising waters, including fire stations and wastewater treatment plants. ...
@#23 ... Labor Day...brought to you by SOCIALISTS! ...
Labor Day - Origin
en.wikipedia.org
... Beginning in the late 19th century, as the trade union and labor movements grew, diverse groups of trade unionists chose a variety of days on which to celebrate labor. In the United States, a September holiday called Labor Day was first proposed in the early 1880s.
Alternative accounts of the event's origin exist. Descendants of two men with similar last names claim their great-grandfather was the true father of the holiday.[7]
According to one early history of Labor Day, the event originated in connection with a General Assembly of the Knights of Labor convened in New York City in September 1882.[8] In connection with this clandestine Knights assembly, a public parade of various labor organizations was held on September 5 under the auspices of the Central Labor Union (CLU) of New York.[8]
Secretary of the CLU Matthew Maguire is credited for first proposing that a national Labor Day holiday subsequently be held on the first Monday of each September in the aftermath of this successful public demonstration.[2][7]
An alternative theory maintains that the idea of Labor Day was the brainchild of Peter J. McGuire, a vice president of the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions, which was a predecessor of the American Federation of Labor.
After a visit to Toronto where he saw parades celebrating labor that May,[9][10] he put forward the initial proposal in spring 1882.[4] According to McGuire, on May 8, 1882, he made a proposition to the fledgling Central Labor Union in New York City that a day be set aside for a "general holiday for the laboring classes".[11]
He recommended that the event should begin with a street parade as a public demonstration of organized labor's solidarity and strength, with the march followed by a picnic, to which participating local unions could sell tickets as a fundraiser.[11]
He suggested the first Monday in September as an ideal date for such a public celebration, owing to optimum weather and the date's place on the calendar, sitting midway between the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving public holidays.[11] ...
Analysis: 5 Hard Truths After AfD Wins German State Election
www.newsweek.com
... It is a seismic moment in German politics, one that may signal a much bigger change is coming with consequences that reach far beyond its borders.
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) -- a favorite of President Donald Trump's MAGA movement and strongly endorsed by billionaire Elon Musk -- has won 43.8 percent in Saxony-Anhalt's state election in the preliminary count, more than doubling its 2021 share and taking 39 of 83 seats, three short of the 42 needed to govern alone.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU took just 17.2 percent and 15 seats, while turnout rose to 77.8 percent from 60.3 percent in 2021. He faces some difficult choices ahead.
The result reads best as five separate stress tests, and they do not all point the same way. ...
@#3 ... Many of the cuts enacted in Trump's Big Beautiful Bill won't start hurting people until next year: ...
Yup.
They were timed intentionally by the GOP Congress to take effect after the mid-term elections because the GOP knew how bad those cuts were for Americans.