Last summer, Fetterman called a rare meeting with senior staff to ruminate about his political future. The presidency still intrigued him (four staffers say he used to openly talk about running for president), but it had been a bruising few months. He floated something more realistic: vice-president on the Democratic Party’s 2028 presidential ticket. “Almost all of us had our jaws on the floor, like, ‘Are you out of your fucking mind? You don’t do your job, you can’t raise any money, and your entire party hates you,’” a person who was in the room says.

A robin built a nest on a Ford-F-250’s tire and laid its eggs in it; a law prohibits removing it while bird brood inhabits it

NYU Langone used to offer gender-affirming care. Now a district court in Texas is subpoenaing it. What the hell?

A federal judge on Thursday dismissed the felony conspiracy count against the remaining defendants in the “Broadview Six” case, further winnowing a politically charged prosecution that is now down to misdemeanor counts of impeding an immigration agent. “Congratulations, you all are no longer charged with felonies,” U.S. District Judge April Perry told the four defendants in granting a motion from prosecutors to dismiss the lone conspiracy charge in the indictment. The decision comes days after defense attorneys accused the U.S. attorney’s office of reneging on a promise to dismiss the charge, deciding instead to wait until after trial — which prosecutors said was the “usual” protocol for the office. Attorney Christopher Parente, who represents Oak Park Trustee Brian Straw, took it a step further, suggesting the delay in dismissing the charge was part of a “shell game” to avoid having to turn over unredacted grand jury transcripts to the judge. In a motion earlier this week, Parente said that based on what has been turned over so far, it seemed likely the U.S. attorney’s office either misinstructed the grand jury on the law, had “improper or prejudicial” interactions with the panel, or failed to instruct the grand jury at all. Any of those scenarios, he said, would give the Department of Justice “yet another public black eye.”

"I am not proud of this product; it does not meet my standards, and it won’t meet your standards,” Ken Martin wrote in an essay on Substack on Thursday.

A chatbot’s result for the 80-year-old “unit distance” conjecture is the first AI proof that would likely be published in math’s top journal if humans had done it alone.

Exclusive: Body-cam footage shared with the Guardian shows agents forced workers out of a van in what a judge has called ‘unlawful’ arrest

Bambu Lab, a giant in the 3D printing space, took a swing at a smaller developer over open source code. The fallout may have exposed an ancient violation.

The highly produced films offer a glimpse into Cary’s government under a former town manager accused of over-the-top spending.

In the years since his 1996 conviction, the state’s case against Tony Carruthers has collapsed. But he still can't get a new trial.

Images obtained over a two-decade study suggest that a mysterious dog native to the Bolivian Amazon could be more abundant than previously believed.

If a Republican is making it, there is no request that Reed O’Connor won’t grant.

Security guard Amin Abdullah, Mansour Kaziha and Nadir Awad were killed in shooting at Islamic Center of San Diego

An Israeli strike designed to free Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from house arrest in Tehran, U.S. officials said, was part of an effort to bring about regime change and put him in power.

A British court sentenced a truck driver to prison for smuggling US$9.4 million worth of cocaine in a shipment of underwear and clothing from Skims, Kim Kardashian’s shapewear brand.

A seagull left a lasting impression Wednesday on King Charles III during his visit to Northern Ireland. The bird dropped a surprise from above, hitting the King’s suit jacket and splattering others around him, including members of the press.

One health provider who works on the ground says that basic medical equipment like masks and hand sanitizers are in short supply due to funding cuts.

A man is in jail after he intentionally drove his Tesla Cybertruck into Grapevine Lake. Here's why he did it, according to police Grapevine Police said he faces charges of operating a vehicle in a closed section of the park, but also with boat-related charges including not having a valid boat registration and not having lifejackets or a fire extinguisher on board the truck. Ed note: The boat related charges are "chef's kiss"

Despite medical concerns and no FDA approval, startups are betting big on gray-market peptides. A few years ago, entrepreneur Julius Ritter was a peptide skeptic. Then he started injecting the compounds regularly into his stomach and backside. Ritter, a blond, brown-eyed 24-year-old with a Clavicular jaw, claims they fixed his lagging energy levels and stalled muscle gains in the gym. His current protocol includes two peptides, retatrutide and BPC-157, that are available as “research use only.” On a recent Sunday, Ritter decided to bring his wellness discussions out of the group chats and into the real world. He hosted the inaugural California Peptide Club meeting at AGI House, a multimillion-dollar Twin Peaks mansion where aspiring AI entrepreneurs rent rooms and work. Ritter, who is president of the house, decorated it for the gathering with toga-clad mannequins, their sashes adorned with syringes.

Hayden Panettiere says an Oscar-winning actor and director showed her his testicles, without consent, when she was just a teenager. ... Panettiere says she was leaving a gathering -- having grown uncomfortable while chatting with a group of men near the end of the night -- when a "well-respected" Oscar winner approached her as she was putting on a coat and complained about the gum stuck to his pants. HP writes she looked down ... but, instead of gum, she found herself staring at the star's sack -- a sight at which she instantly recoiled.