Hayley Rodriguez’s father is one of many soccer fans who had always dreamed of attending a World Cup game. But when the global event arrived in his city for the first time, the ticket prices made him resign himself to once again watching on television in his Los Angeles home. What he didn’t realize was
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the biggest headlines from last week, including the buzziest summer reads, an AI chatbot in Google Play Books, the winners of the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards, and more. The Buzziest Summer Reading Books
Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images UniQure plans to seek FDA approval of its experimental gene therapy for Huntington’s disease, the company said Wednesday, months after previous agency leaders criticized the evidence backing the application. UniQure said the FDA in a recent meeting communicated that a three-year analysis from a Phase
When the Federal Reserve wraps up its policy meeting Wednesday, one important thing could be missing — a dot. The central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee is set to release its quarterly update of where individual officials expect interest rates to head this year and through 2028 and beyond. Markets closely parse the grid, known
Microsoft researchers have detailed an exploit chain, named AutoJack, that turns an AI browsing agent into a delivery vehicle for remote code execution. Steer the agent to load an attacker’s web page, and that page’s JavaScript can reach a privileged local service on the same machine and spawn a process on the host. No credentials, no
There are a few things that determine how much a vintage action figure or toy is worth. Firstly, whether it’s sealed or opened, and in case of the former, the condition of the packaging. Next comes the condition the toy itself is in. Wear and tear, along with paint chipping will see the value of
I t ought to be a pretty optimistic time for Democrats. Donald Trump’s in a deep hole, and his only answer is to ask for more shovels. The House seems likely to tip back toward Democrats, redistricting shenanigans notwithstanding, and strong Senate candidates in a bunch of reliably red states — Ohio, Texas, North Carolina,
Jennifer Lawrence arrives at the Academy’s 13th Governors Awards on Saturday, November 19, 2022, in Los Angeles. Credit/Provider: Blaine Ohigashi / ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S. Preview: Jennifer Lawrence will star in and produce new rom-com ‘One Month Mark.’ Sophie Fleur de Bruijn wrote the script. Apple Original Films is backing the movie. It sometimes happens that
Patty Williams (Stacy Haiduk) may be walking around Genoa City, having been certified by a doctor that she’s no longer a threat to folks. However, fans of The Young and the Restless haven’t forgotten or forgiven her kidnapping Colleen Cartlon (Tammin Sursok) all those years ago. Poor Colleen escaped Patty’s clutches only to drown in
Maybe they’re reading too much into it… or maybe she really did see it. Of course, we’ve all heard a lot about the drama between between Megan Moroney and Riley Green. Fans are convinced her song “Who Hurt You?”, which was included on her third studio album Cloud 9 that was released in February, is about whatever happened
I want to take you back to the year 2008, when New York City’s Museum of Sex launched an exhibit on the sex lives of animals. The exhibit ran for a full decade, and I had the chance to check it out about a year or so before it closed in 2018. The Sex Lives
Vice President JD Vance defended President Donald Trump’s interim peace deal on Thursday, insisting that the United States is not paying the Islamic Republic and that any economic benefits for Iran depend on full compliance with the agreement. “The United States isn’t giving up a cent of money to Iran,” Vance said. Vance’s comments came
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh speaks to reporters during his first news conference since taking the helm at the central bank on June 17, 2026 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh’s first big announced changes point toward a quiet revolution, with task forces set up to rethink virtually
It’s hard to believe, but Deidre Hall first joined Days of Our Lives 50 years ago next week. These nostalgic episodes celebrating long-term characters and actors are one of the best things about the long-running soap, and Marlena’s is coupled with some huge returns. Unfortunately, we can’t purely enjoy it because Days of Our Lives
A stolen vehicle pursuit ended in a multi-vehicle crash that injured the suspect and a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy in Arcadia on Saturday evening, according to the LASD. Officials say a deputy — not directly involved in the pursuit — was blocking traffic in the intersection of Temple City Boulevard and Duarte Road
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A view of a CarMax dealership on April 10, 2025, in Santa Rosa, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Shares of CarMax fell 9% Wednesday after the company beat Wall Street’s quarterly earnings expectations and its new CEO detailed a high-level turnaround strategy for the company. Here’s how the company performed in its first fiscal
CoinDesk’s president of indices and data has a message for investors: Don’t count out bitcoin. “When I got my first smartphone, which is a great example of a disruptive technology that has been incorporated into my life, I didn’t get the smartphone and say, ‘This thing is garbage because I can’t get a taxi in
The Gentlemen ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation is actively developing and maintaining a suite of endpoint detection and response (EDR) killers that it hands out to affiliates for impairing system defenses before deploying the encryptor. This mature portfolio of EDR-terminating tools is centered around a framework that’s known as GentleKiller. “They also incorporate third-party or leaked tools
Selling anything online comes with many pitfalls, including the potential to undersell an expensive item just because the right people were not looking for it at the time. Vintage toys are no exception, as has been proven in a recent pair of eBay auctions selling figures from Filmation’s Blackstar series. eBay sellers must always make
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