Following the most recent set of violent military strikes by the Israel Defense Forces that have leveled entire buildings in Gaza and left over 180 Palestinians dead, IGN posted an article linking to a variety of Palestinian charities and even gave a Palestinian flag prominence in its masthead. Sometime earlier today, all of that content, along with a tweet promoting the post, was removed with no indication as to why or if it will be republished at a later date.

Billboards are moving into your vehicle's infotainment screen.

The Chicago Police Department started a secretive drone program using off-budget cash to pay for the new technology, the Sun-Times has learned. Details of the police department’s drone program were included in an email sent last summer by Karen Conway, director of police research and development. In the email, Conway told other high-ranking police officials that the department’s counter-terrorism bureau “utilized 1505 funds for a pilot Drone program that operates within the parameters of current laws.” The drones “have been purchased and the Electronic & Technical Support Unit (Counter-terrorism) is in the process of creating a training to start a pilot. Some of the Drone uses will be for missing persons, crime scene photos, and terrorist related issues,” Conway said in the June 12, 2020, email to former Deputy Supt. Barbara West and Michele Morris, the department’s risk manager.

Copper, iron ore and steel. Corn, coffee, wheat and soybeans. Lumber, semiconductors, plastic and cardboard for packaging. The world is seemingly low on all of it. “You name it, and we have a shortage on it,” Tom Linebarger, chairman and chief executive of engine and generator manufacturer Cummins Inc., said on a call this month. Clients are “trying to get everything they can because they see high demand,” Jennifer Rumsey, the Columbus, Indiana-based company’s president, said. “They think it’s going to extend into next year.” The difference between the big crunch of 2021 and past supply disruptions is the sheer magnitude of it, and the fact that there is — as far as anyone can tell — no clear end in sight. Big or small, few businesses are spared. Europe’s largest fleet of trucks, Girteka Logistics, says there’s been a struggle to find enough capacity. Monster Beverage Corp. of Corona, California, is dealing with an aluminum can scarcity. Hong Kong’s MOMAX Technology Ltd. is delaying production of a new product because of a dearth of semiconductors.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A judge dismissed a rarely used felony leak charge Thursday against a Black Lives Matter activist in Iowa who gave a confidential police document to a local television news reporter.

The Biden administration’s public investment agenda has reached a strange new stage, where you have to be a detective to understand what’s really going on. Observers in Washington are talking about this as a “critical week” for the fate of Joe Biden’s two public investment proposals, the American Jobs Plan and the American Families Plan. After a week of bipartisan negotiations, Biden has asked Republicans for a detailed offer by Tuesday, with both the scope of spending and an offsetting revenue package. There’s a soft deadline to show progress in the negotiations by Memorial Day. But I have to candidly express that I’m a bit confounded by the confidence that a bipartisan agreement can be reached on the so-called “hard infrastructure” pieces, like roads, bridges, airports, waterways, and broadband deployment, with a Democratic-only plan on the rest of the administration’s agenda (including mass transit, free community college, housing, child and elder care, and more) to follow through budget reconciliation. The more you look at this gameplan, the fuzzier it gets. To begin, why exactly would Republicans facilitate this? What’s in it for them? Maybe a few members would like to get a patina of bipartisanship on their resumes, though it would seemingly give them nothing but headaches with the conservative base. But overall, enabling Biden to fulfill his entire agenda, while also being able to tout a bipartisan win, seems like the polar opposite of Mitch McConnell’s stated “100 percent focus” on stopping the president. McConnell has deferred to Republican senators like Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), who are interested in getting something done. But ultimately, he will have the final word in the matter.

A Space Force lieutenant colonel has been removed from his command after appearing on a conservative podcast criticizing the United States military.

The Biden administration has approved the sale of $735 million in precision-guided weapons to Israel, raising red flags for some House Democrats who are part of the shifting debate over the U.S. government’s support for the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Former Israeli ambassador to the US Ron Dermer suggested Sunday that Israel should prioritize the “passionate and unequivocal” support of evangelical Christians over that of American Jews, who he said are “disproportionately among our critics.” “People have to understand that the backbone of Israel’s support in the United States is the evangelical Christians. It’s true because of numbers and also because of their passionate and unequivocal support for Israel,” Dermer said in an onstage interview at a conference organized by Makor Rishon, a news outlet affiliated with the national religious community

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken signaled Monday the U.S. would not join growing calls for an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers as fighting entered its second week, with more than 200 people dead, most of them Palestinians in Gaza.

For decades, flying saucers were a punch line. Then the U.S. government got over the taboo.

Richard Montañez has for years told a story of how he dreamed up Flamin’ Hot Cheetos while working as a Frito-Lay janitor. The archival record, former employees and Frito-Lay itself say otherwise.

“It was shocking when it was an actual bomb.”

The “Last Week Tonight” host didn’t mince words in a segment on the crisis in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.

On Monday evening, protesters sat on the road in front of the Home Office van parked on Kenmure Street in Glasgow. Police officers surrounded the vehicle. Hundreds of protesters were at the scene, chanting refrains like "Leave our neighbours, let them go" and "Cops go home".

A group of experts published an open letter in Science calling for a new investigation into the origins of the coronavirus.

A person who attended meetings at Epstein’s townhouse says Gates enjoyed holding court there.

The companies are expected to announce their proposed joint venture as early as Monday, creating a new company that would reshape Hollywood.

KYIV, Ukraine -- A team of British and Ukrainian scientists are battling Ukraine's government in court for the return of 1,500 bottles of liquor made from "radioactive" apples grown near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The liquor, branded as Atomik, is part of a four-year experiment by the scientists to see if they could produce a product safe to consume from crops grown in an area that was contaminated during the 1986 nuclear disaster at the plant. The team sourced the apples from a farmer inside the outer ring of the 18-mile "Exclusion Zone." Around 10,000 people still live in that outer zone and the scientists hoped that farming, which is still officially banned there, can now be safe to resume.

There’s a collection of beautiful, small structures built from foraged materials. There’s a hot shower, a fully stocked kitchen and health clinic. There’s a free “store” offering donated items including clothes and books, and a composting toilet. There are stone and gravel paths lined with flowers and vegetable gardens. There’s even an outdoor pizza oven.