Whomever is responsible for discovering late-blooming high school baseball prospects in Southern California for the Air Force Academy deserves a raise. It was six years ago when Air Force took away a 6-foot-7 pitcher/catcher named Paul Skenes from El Toro High. Last season Skenes won the National League Cy Young Award. This season, Air Force…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told investors on Tuesday that his company is still in talks with the Pentagon “to try to deescalate the situation” following a clash over AI guardrails in the military. CBS News exclusively obtained audio of Amodei’s remarks at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference in San Francisco. He told…
Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season. Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the major leagues in 2026. Human plate umpires will still call balls and strikes, but teams can challenge two calls per game and get additional appeals in…
While the swirl of chatter around Travis Kelce on Christmas Day was on whether he plans to retire at the end of the season, the 11-time Pro Bowl tight end quietly moved up to No. 9 on the NFL all-time receiving list. Kelceβs fifth and last catch in the Kansas City Chiefsβ 20-13 loss to…
The jewellery tycoon, alleged to have orchestrated a Β£170m scam which defrauded a legion of wealthy investors, will be declared bankrupt if a bid by his former company’s liquidators is successful. Sky News has learnt that insolvency practitioners in charge of probing the demise of Vashi, a luxury diamond jeweller which had shops in some…
The Avengers will soon be assembling for a much younger demographic. Disney Jr. plans to expand its collaboration with Marvel, announcing a new series launching in 2027 titled βMarvelβs Avengers: Mightiest Friends.β Itβs a partnership that began in 2021 when Disney Jr. premiered βSpidey and His Amazing Friends,β the first full-length Marvel preschool series, and…
Naval escorts will not guarantee safe passage for oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz and could even present a target for Iran as it attempts to leverage control of the vital shipping lane, the head of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has warned. Speaking at the start of a two-day emergency meeting of the…
WASHINGTON Β βΒ The Supreme Court may help the GOP keep control of the House of Representatives next year by clearing the way for Republican-led states to redraw election districts now held by Black Democrats. That prospect formed the backdrop on Wednesday as the justices debated the future of the Voting Rights Act in a case from…
Could Andy Burnham be on the brink of becoming a member of parliament? After former minister Andrew Gwynne stepped down as a Labour MP, his Gorton and Denton constituency has been touted as a potential seat for the mayor of Greater Manchester. Starmer responds to leadership speculation – politics latest Well, he faces a BIG…
Some SoCal residents spent their summer at the beach, or at their local rooftop pool; others spent it indoors, hiding from ICE agents. Itβs why Riverside artist Perry Picasshoe spent his summer documenting the melting of 36 ice blocks on sidewalks across the Inland Empire. He traveled to nine locations, a mix of parks, storefronts…