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President Trump yesterday demanded that the Federal Communications Commission punish or rebuke an NBC journalist for saying he has “mixed results” in his election endorsements. In the latest example of how Trump is using the FCC to harass reporters and news organizations that he dislikes, he said Meet the Press host Kristen Welker “will be reported to the FCC for rebuke or punishment” for what he claimed was a “purposeful inaccuracy.” “Kristen Welker, the Unpopular ‘Hostess’ of the once great Meet the Press, now considered Meet the Fake Press, just stated that Donald Trump has ‘mixed results’ on his Endorsements…

Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) have signed a joint statement condemning the US and Israel’s war on Iran and Western sanctions on some of their members, after a two-day summit in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek.The joint statement, called the “Bishkek Declaration”, was signed by Chinese President Xi Jinping, his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, among other leaders of SCO member nations. The SCO consists of Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Iran, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listHere are key takeaways from…

Zhivar Sourati often gets déjà vu while perusing recent research in his field of computer science. “I read papers and I’m like, ‘I’ve seen this paper before,’” he says. Everything’s looking kind of the same, shorn of individual quirks, says Sourati, who is a PhD student at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.Sourati suspects artificial intelligence is to blame. Because people are increasingly relying on large language models (LLMs), their writing is growing more similar, he suggests.Can AI be truly creative?Now, Sourati and other researchers are putting their anecdotal observations to the test by exploring how generative AI…

The 2012 Chiefs won two games, fired their coach and brought in Andy Reid to get the franchise back on track, and for the next 12 years they never posted a losing season and made 11 trips to the playoffs. Then 2025 was an unmitigated disaster as the Chiefs opened the year with back-to-back losses, rallied back to 5-3 by midseason and then lost eight of their last nine games as well as Patrick Mahomes to an ACL tear late in that skid. Now Mahomes is in a battle with the clock to be ready for Week 1 while the…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Streaming service free trials seem to be going the way of the cable box, with most major streaming platforms no longer offering a trial period. Along with HBO Max, Netflix, and Paramount+, Peacock is among the growing number of popular services that no longer offer a free trial. Peacock’s lack of a free trial is a shame, because the NBCUniversal-owned streamer is home to some massively popular content. Peacock shows live sports, including MLB games, many soccer matches,…

Phillips Consulting (pcl.), the Lead Consultant for the Personnel Audit and Skills Gap Analysis (PASGA) project, formally presented the PASGA Report, marking the official closeout of the landmark exercise designed to provide an evidence-based foundation for strengthening the capacity, effectiveness and future-readiness of Nigeria’s Federal Civil Service. The report presentation represents a significant milestone in an initiative that has brought together personnel verification, workforce analytics and skills assessment to generate a more comprehensive understanding of the people, capabilities and institutional requirements of the Federal Civil Service. Beyond establishing a clearer picture of the Civil Service workforce, PASGA provides actionable insights…

Barely 24 hours after the killing of another All Progressives Congress (APC) ward chairman in Kano State, heavily armed gunmen have abducted the party’s chairman in Rogo Local Government Area after reportedly killing two residents who attempted to prevent the abduction. The latest incident has heightened concerns over the security of political actors and residents in parts of the state, coming a day after gunmen reportedly killed Garba Buba, APC chairman of Rantan Ward in Bebeji Local Government Area, and another person. The attackers stormed Rogo at about 11pm on Monday and operated for roughly 30 minutes, abducting Abdullahi Fanka,…

For the first time in more than 30 years, NASA has no firm plans to send any new landers or rovers to Mars. Instead, the agency’s near-term focus at the red planet is on aerial drones, a pioneering mode of exploration that didn’t seem realistic until a few years ago. The first real use of drones for science at Mars will come with the SkyFall mission, a fleet of three helicopters set for launch as soon as late 2028. SkyFall’s helicopters will ride to the red planet with NASA’s Space Reactor-1 “Freedom” mission, which has the primary objective of demonstrating…

North, biggest beneficiary of my economic reforms’ By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: President Bola Tinubu and his ruling All Progressives Congress APC have restated that the removal of fuel subsidy by his administration was a difficult but necessary decision that redirected national resources into productive sectors, even as the party pushed back against a proposal by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to restore the subsidy regime ahead of the 2027 elections. This position was canvassed by the National Chairman of the APC, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, who represented President Tinubu at the second edition of the Policy Roundtable organised by the APC…

Buglife conservation officer Laura Krusin said: “The narrow-headed ant is only found at one site in England and the erratic ant is also nationally scarce, putting these species’ survival at risk.”She said both species had seen declines in their numbers over the last 150 years, mostly because of the loss of their heathland homes.Chris Moulton, of the Devon Wildlife Trust, said the first step would be to improve the heathland habitat in the nature reserves to secure the existing ant colonies.He said the target was to double the number of narrow-headed ant nests from 200 to more than 400 at…