Fox News today reported "Harris Topping Trump" in a renewed sign that one person at the cable broadcaster is fully cognizant of the term's many shades of meaning and is involved in graphic design there.

The numbers beneath the headline—49% to 45%, quoting an Ipsos poll—do suggest intrusive thoughts ahoy for the former president of the United States of America. — Read the rest

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Google explains that Dear Sydney, an AI-promoting ad it has just pulled from wide circulation, did well with test audiences before release. The ad features the father of a fan of world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone describing using Google's "Gemini" AI to generate praise for her. — Read the rest

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Adhityaa Chandrasekar broke his laptop's monitor, somehow, but came up with a cunning plan: jailbreak his Kindle Paperwhite 3 and use it as a USB monitor. The monochromatic e-ink device offers about 3-4 frames per second, all of them delightfully easy on the eyes. — Read the rest

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A BASE jumper attemping an illegal leap into the Grand Canyon died in the effort Thursday. A news release from the National Parks Service reports that the call came in at about 7:30 a.m. and rangers found the body approximately 500 feet down "along with a deployed parachute." — Read the rest

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Australia, freshly infested with high-definition traffic cameras, is issuing substantial fines to drivers filmed using phones—or holding anything that looks like one, such as a sunglasses case. A woman in Syndey was upset to learn that proving she owns a case consistent with the image is immaterial to the enforcing agency—whose name, "Revenue", seems to offer a clue about the priorities at hand. — Read the rest

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American YouTuber and rapper IShowSpeed, known to his parents as Darren Jason Watkins Jr, was sent to hospital after wiping out during the annual cheese-rolling race in Gloucestershire, England. He regrets nothing.

The influencer said the race had further injured a previous leg injury, but added it was worth it.

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Oh god, no! Not the bees!

Drivers on interstate 95 in Maine had to avoid a particularly gnarly tractor-trailer accident on May 9th. Typically, drivers have to do their best following a crash like this. Avoiding debris, calling in late to work, avoiding looking at the collision for fear of seeing something truly horrific, avoiding other drivers who can't seem to look away from something hopefully not horrific. — Read the rest

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Barron Trump, the son of former president Donald Trump and his wife Melania, has "declined" the Florida Republican Party's offer to anoint him a party delegate to the Republican National Convention.

Reacting to what would have marked his youngest child's political debut, the ex-president said he was "all for it".

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In a statement issued on friday evening, the United States said that Israel may have breached international law with American-supplied weapons. It also said that the flow of munitions will continue all the same.

While the report was a clear rebuke of some Israeli operations in Gaza, it stopped short of definitively saying that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) campaign had breached international law.

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Barron Trump, the son of former president Donald Trump and his wife Melania, has "declined" the Florida Republican Party's offer to anoint him a party delegate to the Republican National Convention.

Reacting to what would have marked his youngest child's political debut, the ex-president said he was "all for it".

— Read the rest

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In a statement issued on friday evening, the United States said that Israel may have breached international law with American-supplied weapons. It also said that the flow of munitions will continue all the same.

While the report was a clear rebuke of some Israeli operations in Gaza, it stopped short of definitively saying that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) campaign had breached international law.

— Read the rest

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Barron Trump, the son of former president Donald Trump and his wife Melania, has "declined" the Florida Republican Party's offer to anoint him a party delegate to the Republican National Convention.

Reacting to what would have marked his youngest child's political debut, the ex-president said he was "all for it".

— Read the rest

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In a statement issued on friday evening, the United States said that Israel may have breached international law with American-supplied weapons. It also said that the flow of munitions will continue all the same.

While the report was a clear rebuke of some Israeli operations in Gaza, it stopped short of definitively saying that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) campaign had breached international law.

— Read the rest

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The tire fell off, reports ABC 7 News out of San Francisco.

A tire fell off a United Airlines flight departing from San Francisco International Airport to Osaka, Japan Thursday morning, officials confirmed.

"At approximately 11:35 a.m., United Flight 35 departing to Osaka lost a portion of landing gear tire during takeoff," a United representative said.

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Sausage is already one of the most versatile foodstuffs out there. Who can truly say what's in that paper-thin casing? Sausages made from beef, pork and chicken are fairly commonplace- but I'll bet you've never seen one made from a pizza. — Read the rest

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John Cheeks of Washington, D.C., is suing the Powerball lottery after a website error led him to believe he had won a massive $340 million jackpot, according to NPR. The issue began in January 2023 when Cheeks observed that the winning numbers listed on the DC Lottery website matched those of his ticket, which were based on his family's birthdates and other personal numbers. — Read the rest

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