WASHINGTON Β βΒ The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether licensed gun owners have a right to carry their weapons at public places, including parks, beaches and stores. At issue are laws in California, Hawaii and three other states that generally prohibit carrying guns on private or public property that is open to the public. Three…
President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to impose a “100% TARIFF” on the goods of any country that imposes a digital services tax on U.S. companies. “This TARIFF will supersede Trade Deals made with the Country, whether implemented, signed, or not,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. He added that those tariffs “will be…
Iran is moving its World Cup training base from Tucson to Tijuana, the president of the countryβs soccer federation said Saturday, removing one of the final hurdles to its participation in this summerβs tournament. Iran is scheduled to open World Cup play at SoFi Stadium, facing New Zealand on June 15. It will play Belgium…
The UK’s largest supermarkets are calling on the chancellor to exclude stores from a new business rates surtax, warning that shoppers will bear the brunt of higher prices. Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Marks & Spencer, Waitrose, Morrisons, Asda, Aldi and Lidl are among the stores that have signed a letter addressed to Rachel Reeves, arguing that easing…
ChatGPT would like you to know that, despite what you may have heard on social media, the abrupt closing of Sora, OpenAIβs nascent platform for creating video shorts, βdoes notβ mean that the public is increasingly disenchanted with AI-generated video content. Or βAI slopβ as it is known in online vernacular. Yes, ChatGPT concedes, Sora…
This story contains spoilers for βA Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,β Episode 2, βHard Salt Beef.β Could things be looking up for Ser Duncan the Tall? The second episode of βA Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,β HBOβs adaptation of George R.R. Martinβs βTales of Dunk and Eggβ series of novellas, saw the hopeful hedge knight…
The high school football season begins this weekend with Week 0 games. Letβs examine storylines and questions to be answered: What will it take for a team other than Mater Dei or St. John Bosco to reach the Southern Section Division 1 final? The answer is luck, because itβs not happening. Every season since 2016,…
GameStop has offered to buy eBay for $55.5 billion, a move that would give the video game retailer control over a decades-old online marketplace where people can buy and sell collectibles, apparel, and other goods. Under the takeoverΒ proposal, GameStop said on Sunday it is offering $125 per share for eBay in cash and stock. The…
Reform’s new housing chief has been sacked over his comments about Grenfell Tower fire victims, which survivors and families called “deeply dehumanising”. Sir Keir Starmer and opposition parties had called for Simon Dudley to be sacked as Reform’s new housing spokesman after he said the 72 deaths were a “tragedy and a failure” but “everyone…
A Labour MP who broke ranks to oppose the government’s plans to restrict jury trials has said he is not expecting to lose the party whip – but he does “not care” if he does. Karl Turner, the Labour MP for Hull East, told Sky News he does not expect to be suspended from the…