7+ hour, 59+ min ago   (434+ words) A beloved California dog surfing competition was thrown off course Sunday when rough conditions forced judges to abruptly scrap the final round over fears the waves had become too dangerous for the pups. Nearly 100 dogs splashed into the surf at…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (611+ words) Back-to-back hotter-than-expected inflation readings may disappoint the majority of US central bankers who had been counting on price pressures easing on their own, setting the table for an interest-rate hike at the Federal Reserve’s meeting next week and potentially more…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (620+ words) The heads of AI giants Anthropic and OpenAI are demanding other industry frontrunners join them to “slow the pace” of advancements before rogue swarms take over the internet. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a chilling essay on Saturday urging AI…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (439+ words) President Trump called on the Smithsonian Friday to erect a 30-foot-tall George Washington statue outside the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, in place of the “strange modernist” sculpture that currently welcomes visitors. The sculpture switch is one…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (608+ words) Sales of previously occupied US homes declined in August to their slowest annual pace in more than a year as home shoppers grappled with rising mortgage rates and home prices. Existing home sales fell 2% last month from July to a…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (429+ words) Former Anthropic insider Jacob Coxon doubling down on his warning that artificial intelligence could become an extinction-level threat to humanity within just a few years — insisting his doomsday prediction is no publicity stunt. “There is a substantial probability that this…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (81+ words) Some of the final photographs ever taken inside the World Trade Center’s North Tower were captured by a night-shift worker who had no idea he was documenting a world about to disappear. In the months before 9/11, electrician and amateur photographer…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (184+ words) Wholesale inflation in August saw its strongest increase in three months, largely driven by higher energy costs – as the Federal Reserve weighs whether to raise interest rates next week to stem rising prices. The Producer Price Index jumped 5.4% in August…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (346+ words) President Trump says oil and gas prices won’t come down until “right after” the midterm elections, as affordability issues remain top of mind for American voters. “Right after the election, oil prices are going to be tumbling downward,” Trump told…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (806+ words) American manufacturing is on the rebound — and that good news could hardly come at a better time for President Donald Trump, as Republicans gird themselves for the midterm elections just two months from now. Manufacturing isn’t the only sector that’s…...