Trump whines he won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize while weighing US strike on Iran
Trump said he plans to decide whether the U.S. will attack Iran within the next two weeks
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U.S. evacuates 79 staff and family from embassy in Israel as more Americans ask how to leave
The U.S. evacuated 79 staff and families from the U.S. Embassy in Israel on Friday as the conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies.
Fast-moving blaze in southwest Utah destroys a dozen structures and forces evacuations
A fast-moving fire fueled by high winds has destroyed a dozen structures, including homes, and forced some in a rural area of southwest Utah to evacuate.
The incredible new £112bn bridge spanning 3 miles and connecting 2 countries
The bridge will have two lanes and connect to the newly constructed border crossing.
BBC Threatens Legal Action Against Perplexity AI Over Content Scraping
Ancient Slashdot reader Alain Williams shares a report from The Guardian: The BBC is threatening legal action against Perplexity AI, in the corporation’s first move to protect its content from being scraped without permission to build artificial intell…
Insurance giant Aflac says a cybercrime group breached its systems and may have stolen data; source: the attack bears the hallmarks of Scattered Spider (Jonathan Greig/The Record)
Jonathan Greig / The Record:
Insurance giant Aflac says a cybercrime group breached its systems and may have stolen data; source: the attack bears the hallmarks of Scattered Spider — Insurance company Aflac said a “sophisticat…
‘Diplomatic intervention’: Pakistan nominates Donald Trump for 2026 Nobel Peace Prize; cites role in India-Pakistan crisis
Pakistan has nominated Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, citing his role in de-escalating tensions between India and Pakistan. Trump himself has claimed he deserves the award for multiple peace efforts, including preventing a war between the…
Vance blames California Dems for violent immigration protests and calls Sen. Alex Padilla ‘Jose’
Vice President JD Vance is accusing California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass of encouraging violent immigration protests.
Luigi Mangione’s defense claims ‘bias’ after diary entries reveal possible motive for killing of United Healthcare CEO
Mangione faces a terrorism charge in New York, and federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty
US Court Orders Release Of Pro-Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil
A U.S. judge ordered on Friday that Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil be released from custody, a major victory for rights groups that challenged what they called the Trump administration’s unlawful targeting of a pro-Palestinian activist.