8+ hour, 21+ min ago   (434+ words) A beloved California dog surfing competition was thrown off course Sunday when rough conditions forced judges to abruptly scrap the final round over fears the waves had become too dangerous for the pups. Nearly 100 dogs splashed into the surf at…...

10+ hour, 54+ min ago   (94+ words) The Great American Drought continues. Top-ranked Alexander Zverev defeated Ben Shelton to win the U.S. Open men’s final on Sunday, extending the American men’s Grand Slam dry spell to 23 years. Germany’s Zverev took the first two sets, 6-3, 7-6, but with the crowd…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (611+ words) Back-to-back hotter-than-expected inflation readings may disappoint the majority of US central bankers who had been counting on price pressures easing on their own, setting the table for an interest-rate hike at the Federal Reserve’s meeting next week and potentially more…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (620+ words) The heads of AI giants Anthropic and OpenAI are demanding other industry frontrunners join them to “slow the pace” of advancements before rogue swarms take over the internet. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a chilling essay on Saturday urging AI…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (439+ words) President Trump called on the Smithsonian Friday to erect a 30-foot-tall George Washington statue outside the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, in place of the “strange modernist” sculpture that currently welcomes visitors. The sculpture switch is one…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (775+ words) Meet the world’s only armless racing driver who steers with his feet and dreams of becoming the first disabled competitor at Le Mans. Callum Smith, 23, was born without arms but has already hit speeds of more than 110 mph on track…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (751+ words) Steve Hilton has a new plan to put a cap on California’s political money machine and expose those working in the shadows of the Capitol. The Republican candidate for governor is rolling out a sweeping anti-corruption agenda Thursday in San…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (608+ words) Sales of previously occupied US homes declined in August to their slowest annual pace in more than a year as home shoppers grappled with rising mortgage rates and home prices. Existing home sales fell 2% last month from July to a…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (429+ words) Former Anthropic insider Jacob Coxon doubling down on his warning that artificial intelligence could become an extinction-level threat to humanity within just a few years — insisting his doomsday prediction is no publicity stunt. “There is a substantial probability that this…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (184+ words) Wholesale inflation in August saw its strongest increase in three months, largely driven by higher energy costs – as the Federal Reserve weighs whether to raise interest rates next week to stem rising prices. The Producer Price Index jumped 5.4% in August…...