Santa Monica police are planning to scale up their public safety presence around the city during this year’s FIFA World Cup, the department announced Thursday. Held every four years, the international soccer tournament kicked off on Thursday and runs through July 19. The U.S. is one of the host countries this year, and Los Angeles
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Staffers at People Magazine Share Their Favorite Queer Books And the list is pretty solid. There’s the National Book Award-winning experimental Blackouts by Justin Torres, the Nigeria-set Necessary Fiction by Eloghosa Osunde, the vampiric
The 2026 midterm election cycle could surpass the 2024 presidential cycle to reach record advertising spend for any U.S. election, according to a new report from advertising intelligence company AdImpact. This year’s races are projected to reach $11.6 billion in ad spend, making it the most expensive cycle ever and eclipsing the $11.2 billion spent
SpaceX is officially set for the largest IPO on record. Elon Musk’s reusable rocket company is raising $75 billion, selling 555.6 million shares for $135 a piece, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The deal values SpaceX at $1.77 trillion, making it the seventh most-valuable U.S. company, ahead of Tesla, Musk’s
Swati KhandelwalJun 11, 2026Vulnerability / Data Breach The ShinyHunters extortion crew exploited an unpatched flaw in Oracle PeopleSoft to break into enterprise systems, steal data, and demand payment to keep it private. The campaign hit universities hardest. Google’s Mandiant attributes it to the group it tracks as UNC6240, and dates the activity between May 27
Xbox Game Pass across Ultimate, PC, and Premium tiers has been updated with three new PC and Xbox Series X games, all of which are day-one games, which is to say, games released today. In other words, rather than pay for each of these new three releases, Xbox Game Pass subscribers can download them for
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The FIFA World Cup is officially underway, and while there’s plenty of buzz around players like Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi, much of the discussion around the most-watched tournament in the world has
(Left) Hugh Jackman at the 16th Governors Awards in the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, November 16, 2025. Credit/Provider: Nick Agro / The Academy Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S. (Right) Oscar®-nominee Ridley Scott arrives at The 88th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 28, 2016. Credit/Provider: Aaron Poole / ©A.M.P.A.S.
What To Know Wanda Sykes recounts that Bill Maher confronted her in a parking lot after she made a joke about him at the Golden Globes. Maher expressed his displeasure with the joke, claiming it wasn’t funny, while Sykes pointed out that his reaction ironically proved the joke’s point. Not every comedian is thrilled to
Kenny Chesney believes that songwriting and fishing have a whole lot in common. The country music star recently sat down with the legendary producer Rick Rubin on his show, Tetragrammaton, and the two got to talking about songwriting. It’s always interesting to hear people well-versed in music creation discussing the art of the song and
Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, speaks to members of the media in the Senate Subway at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is raising concerns about whether recent rule changes at stock indexes cleared the way
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announces charges in connection with an international car theft ring during a press conference at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 22, 2026. Nathan Howard | Reuters A federal judge in Washington on Thursday denied a prosecutor’s request to erase the record of the
It is becoming more difficult for the White House to hide Donald Trump’s apparent decline. From doing most of his events sitting down to having difficulty when he does move, the president appears to be having some physical issues. Those issues could be associated with normal aging or with a chronic condition. The American people
Southern California could be in for a particularly wet winter, with forecasters saying Thursday a potentially powerful El Niño in the Pacific Ocean, possibly ranking as one of the strongest in the past 75 years. According to the National Weather Services’ Climate Prediction Center, above-average surface temperatures have been recorded in the central and eastern
Award-Winning Performer Brings His Signature Blend of Passion, Soul, and Storytelling to Southern California… SANTA MONICA, CA — Renowned recording artist and live performer Solomon King is set to headline an exclusive one-night engagement at Harvelle’s Santa Monica on Thursday, June 11, 2026. Dubbed “Raw Emotional Live Music,” the concert will showcase the powerful artistry
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to launch major strikes on Iran and seize control of its oil and gas industries as continuing attacks between the warring countries pushed the Middle East closer to the resumption of a full-scale war. Trump said in a social media post that the U.S. would hit Iran “VERY HARD TONIGHT”
I sat down to make a list of new and recent queer Latine books to read for Pride. But here’s the thing: I’ve been talking about most of the books that came to mind all year long. That’s a good thing, of course: celebration months should, after all, be gentle reminders to read lit by
Close up of coastline near Palos Verdes Post_insignem | Istock | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. The SpaceX IPO is expected to mint thousands of new
A KKR logo displayed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 23, 2018. Brendan McDermid | Reuters U.S.-based investment giant KKR expects the AI-driven productivity boom is only just getting started, but said it could mean growth is concentrated in just a few sectors. That’s according to the firm’s mid-year report
For thirty years, vulnerability management ran on a buffer: the months between when a vulnerability was found and when someone could figure out how to weaponize it. The solution was straightforward enough; triage by severity, schedule the fix, validate, and move on. The buffer was what made that work. Today, that buffer is gone. AI
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