Gasoline prices in the U.S. fell below $4 a gallon on Thursday for the first time in nearly three months, after surging as global oil prices shot up amid the war in Iran. The national average for a gallon of gas dropped to $3.99, the lowest level since March 30, according to AAA. Gas prices…
Polymarket told CBS News that it is auditing its promotional content after a Wall Street Journal investigation found the prediction market paid online content creators to produce videos that the newspaper said falsely showed customers winning a total of $1.9 million. The WSJ’s findings, published Saturday, are based on interviews with social media content creators…
A federal judge has quashed six grand jury subpoenas the Trump administration served against Minnesota state and local government offices — including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey — ruling the subpoenas were retaliatory and unlawful. U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz found that the Justice Department issued the subpoenas to coerce Minnesota officials…
Earlier this year, Thomas Christian Owens decided to try his hand at prediction market trading for the first time. He created a Kalshi account in January. Three months and a $500 deposit later, he started betting. “It was a little bit of a birthday gift to myself to throw some money in there and just…
A biotech company that aims to resurrect lost creatures said Tuesday it has hatched live chicks in an artificial environment — a development that was met with mixed reviews from scientists and critics of its de-extinction mission. Twenty-six baby chickens — ranging from a few days to several months old — were born from a…
The U.S. Men’s National Team kicked off its 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign Friday on home turf at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California with a dominant 4-1 win over Paraguay. It’s the first time in 32 years that the U.S. is hosting the World Cup, this time as one of three host nations alongside Canada and Mexico. The…
Vice President JD Vance is in Switzerland as part of a 60-day effort to work out a peace plan with Iran. But as he negotiates, President Trump has issued new threats to Iran if a deal doesn’t work out. Weijia Jiang reports. Source link
London — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Monday that he was resigning, less than two years after he led his center-left Labour Party to a commanding general election victory. Starmer vowed an “orderly transition” that should see a new prime minister in place by September, if not much sooner, after months of mounting public…
Italy’s Prime Minister Georgia Meloni said Friday she was left “stunned” by President Trump reportedly telling an Italian network that she had “wanted a picture with me so badly” at the G7 summit earlier in the week, and that he only said yes because he “felt sorry for her.” “She’s probably happy I talked to…
Barranquilla, Colombia — A flamboyant U.S.-backed lawyer who has never held public office narrowly won Colombia’s polarizing presidential runoff Sunday, swinging the country hard right and sparking violent protests. With almost all the ballots counted, Abelardo de la Espriella held 49.66 percent of the vote versus left-wing Senator Ivan Cepeda’s 48.70 percent. The 47-year-old’s slender…
