Sinners, the new movie from Ryan Coogler starring Michael B. Jordan, has received widespread praise from critics and audiences. The Onion shares everything you need to know about the film.Q: What is Sinners about?A: Americas inability to discuss its complex racial history without bringing the Irish into things.Q: Has Sinners broken any box office records?A: It is the highest-grossing Black Southern gothic vampire horror musical fantasia of 2025.Q: What are the vampires in the film meant to represent?A: Werewolves.Q: Who is the movie for?A: Anyone who doesnt want to be left out of conversations for the next three months.Q: Will Sinners have a sequel?A: If they can figure out how to get a third Michael B. Jordan on screen, sure.Q: Are the vampires in the movie real?A: Were almost positive they arent.Q: When will Sinners be streaming?A: It will likely be available on Max in July, you lazy, cheap son of a bitch.The post What To Know About Sinners appeared first on The Onion.

ORLANDO, FLClaiming epiphanies just seem to come to him when he sits by an orca tank, local man Troy Morales told reporters Friday that he always gets his best ideas in the splash zone. Something about a 10-foot wall of water crashing onto me really gets the brain juices flowing, said Morales, who described a phenomenon in which his mind is able to ideate freely given the lack of distractions at the edge of the orca pool, allowing inspiration to strike while he is drenched by a whale-induced tsunami. The only difficulty is not being able to jot my revelations down in my notepad because of how wet it gets in the splash zone. So I have to remember all my ideas, which can be hard when a sea lion is doing belly flops right in front of you. Morales admitted that he often second-guesses his ideas after giving it some time on the log ride.The post Man Gets Best Ideas In Splash Zone appeared first on The Onion.

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Prince Harry waves as he leaves the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)2025-05-02T13:21:49Z LONDON (AP) Prince Harry lost his appeal Friday challenging the U.K. governments decision to strip him of his publicly funded security after he stepped away from royal family duties and moved to the U.S.The Court of Appeal ruled unanimously that a committee hadnt treated Harry unfairly when it decided to review his protection on a case-by-case basis each time he visits the U.K.Justice Geoffrey Vos said in a 21-page judgment that the Duke of Sussex felt badly treated and his lawyer had made powerful and moving arguments on his behalf. But he said that Harrys grievance wasnt legal grounds to challenge the decision to deny him regular security. From the Duke of Sussexs point of view, something may indeed have gone wrong, in that an unintended consequence of his decision to step back from royal duties and spend the majority of his time abroad has been that he has been provided with a more bespoke, and generally lesser, level of protection than when he was in the U.K., Vos said. But that does not, of itself, give rise to a legal complaint. The ruling is likely to leave the Duke of Sussex with a large bill to pay the U.K. governments legal fees in addition to his own lawyers costs. It wasnt immediately clear if he would try to appeal to the U.K. Supreme Court.The ruling upheld a High Court judges decision last year that found that a bespoke plan for the Duke of Sussexs security wasnt unlawful, irrational or unjustified. Harry made a rare appearance for the two-day hearing last month as his lawyer argued that his life was in danger and the Royal and VIP Executive Committee had singled him out for inferior treatment.There is a person sitting behind me who is being told he is getting a special bespoke process when he knows and has experienced a process that is manifestly inferior in every respect, attorney Shaheed Fatima said. His presence here and throughout this appeal is a potent illustration -- were one needed -- of how much this appeal means to him and his family. A lawyer for the government said that Harrys argument repeated his misconceived approach that failed in the lower court.It involves a continued failure to see the wood for the trees, advancing propositions available only by reading small parts of the evidence, and now the judgment, out of context and ignoring the totality of the picture, attorney James Eadie said.Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, had stepped back from their official roles in the family in 2020, because they didnt feel they were being protected by the institution, his lawyer said. After doing so, a Home Office committee ruled there was no basis for publicly funded security support for the duke and duchess within Great Britain.Harry claimed that he and his family are endangered when visiting his homeland because of hostility aimed at him and Meghan on social media and through relentless hounding by news media.Since he lost his government-sponsored protection, Harry faced at least two serious security threats, his lawyer said in court papers. Al-Qaida had published a document that said Harrys assassination would please Muslims, and he and his wife were involved in a dangerous pursuit by paparazzi in New York. Harry, 40, the younger son of King Charles III, has bucked royal family convention by taking the government and tabloid press to court, where he has a mixed record.He lost a related court case in which he sought permission to privately pay for a police detail when in the U.K. A judge denied that offer after a government lawyer argued officers shouldnt be used as private bodyguards for the wealthy.But he won a significant victory at trial in 2023 against the publisher of the Daily Mirror when a judge found that phone hacking at the tabloid was widespread and habitual. He claimed a monumental victory in January when Rupert Murdochs U.K. tabloids made an unprecedented apology for intruding in his life for years, and agreed to pay substantial damages to settle his privacy invasion lawsuit.He has a similar case pending against the publisher of the Daily Mail.

Nature, Published online: 02 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01364-wThe collaborative system generated more than 100 hypotheses relating to the origins of life in the Universe.

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NEW BERLIN, NYTaking the rookie employee aside to offer him a word to the wise, Chobani CEO Hamdi Ulukaya warned new hire Austin Cook that he was in the yogurt game now, company sources confirmed Friday. I dont know what they taught you back in the boonies of the almond milk world, but you better be ready to step up, because youre doing bacterial fermentation now, playboy, Ulukaya said as he firmly jabbed a finger into Cooks chest, adding that if the new hire couldnt hack it in the yogurt games cutthroat climate of competition and live cultures, he should do them both a favor and resign on the spot. Youre running with the big dogs here, and I need you to eat, sleep, and breathe yogurt. You see that portrait hanging above my desk? Thats the guy who invented Go-Gurt. You work hard, you can end up like him. You dont, this industry will grind you up like the fruit on the bottom of a cup of Dannon. And dont just tell me we should make kefir. I know about kefir. What I want to know is: Whats seven steps beyond kefir? At press time, Ulukaya had quietly told the new hire to get the fuck out of his building after the man proposed branching out into skyr.The post Chobani CEO Warns New Hire They In The Yogurt Game Now appeared first on The Onion.

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The Harvard University logo is displayed on a building at the school, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)2025-05-02T13:53:03Z WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump on Friday re-upped his threat to strip Harvard University of its tax-exempt status, escalating a showdown with the first major college that has defied the administrations efforts to crack down on campus activism. Hes underscoring that pledge even as federal law prohibits senior members of the executive branch from asking the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or an investigation. The White House has said any IRS actions will be conducted independently of the president. We are going to be taking away Harvards Tax Exempt Status, Trump wrote on his social media site Friday morning from Palm Beach, Florida, where he is spending the weekend. Its what they deserve!The president has questioned the fate of Harvards tax-exempt status which a majority of U.S. colleges and universities have ever since the school refused to comply with the administrations demands for broad government and leadership changes, revisions to its admissions policy, and audits of how diversity is viewed on the campus. That prompted the administration to block more than $2 billion in federal grants to the Cambridge, Massachusetts, institution. The Treasury Department directed a senior official at the Internal Revenue Service to begin the process of revoking Harvards tax-exempt status shortly after a social media post from Trump in mid-April questioning it, although the White House has suggested that the tax agencys scrutiny of Harvard began before Trumps public comments targeting the school. Democrats say Trumps actions against Harvard are purely political. The Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, along with Massachusetts two Democratic senators, Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, and the Senate Finance Committee chairman, Ron Wyden of Oregon, called for an inspector general investigation into Trumps attempts to strip Harvard of its tax-exempt status. Trumps move raises troubling constitutional questions, including whether the president is trying to squelch Harvards free speech rights and whether the revocation of its tax-exempt status will deprive the university of its due process rights, the senators wrote in a letter Friday to Heather Hill, the acting Treasury inspector general for tax administration. Mike Kaercher, deputy director of NYUs Tax Law Center, said: Overwhelming bipartisan majorities in Congress have enacted laws making it a crime for the President and his staff to request an audit or investigation of a particular taxpayer.An IRS representative did not respond to an Associated Press request for comment. Trumps battle against Harvard is part of a broader campaign the administration is framing as an effort to root out antisemitism on college campuses. But the White House also sees a political upside in the fight, framing it as a bigger war against elite institutions decried by Trumps loyal supporters. The next chapter of the American story will not be written by The Harvard Crimson, Trump said Thursday night in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he delivered the commencement address at the University of Alabama. It will be written by you, the Crimson Tide. The Harvard Crimson is that schools student newspaper. The Crimson Tide refers to the Alabama schools football program.In addition to threatening Harvards tax-exempt status and halting federal grants, the Trump administration wants to block Harvard from being able to enroll international students.___Associated Press writer Fatima Hussein contributed to this report. SEUNG MIN KIM Kim covers the White House for The Associated Press. She joined the AP in 2022 and is based in Washington. twitter mailto

A flu vaccine is displayed at a pharmacy in New York, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon, File)2025-05-02T15:20:23Z NEW YORK (AP) More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday.The 216 pediatric deaths reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eclipse the 207 reported last year. Its the most since the 2009-2010 H1N1 global flu pandemic.Its startling that the number already is this high, given that the flu season is still going on. The final pediatric death tally for the 2023-2024 flu season wasnt counted until autumn.This number that we have now is almost certainly an undercount, and one that when the season is declared over, and they compile all the data its almost certain to go up, said Dr. Sean OLeary of the American Academy of Pediatrics.There are likely several contributors to this seasons severity, but a big one is that fewer children get flu shots, added OLeary, a University of Colorado pediatric infectious diseases specialist. The flu vaccination rate for U.S. children has plummeted from about 64% five years ago to 49% this season. Flu vaccinations may not prevent people from coming down with symptoms, but research shows they are highly effective at preventing hospitalizations and deaths, OLeary said, adding that the decline in vaccinations is certainly playing a role in this seasons loss of life. The season has not only been hard on children. CDC officials have described it as highly severe, and estimate that so far there have been at least 47 million illnesses, 610,000 hospitalizations and 26,000 deaths this season. The good news is that flu indicators have been waning since February. ___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institutes Science and Educational Media Group and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.

This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss eyebrow-raising apps, more media mess, and lovingly gazing at AI slop.JASON: I was planning on BTBing about the Reddit AI experiment, but today is my birthday and my 404 Media colleagues got me an incredibly thoughtful gift: A smart picture frame preloaded with a picture of the three of them (and not me) from our anniversary party that says fuck you bitch and dozens of images of AI slop. I love it, it brought a tear to my eye. Many of the images are NSFL just as Id want them to be.One of the interesting things about this picture frame is that it essentially lets the people who bought it drop new pictures onto it, which means, as Emanuel pointed out, its more a present for us than for you.

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San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, center, claps during the basketball team's parade and celebration for their fifth NBA Championship, Wednesday, June 18, 2014, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas, File)2025-05-02T16:07:33Z Gregg Popovich stepped down as coach of the San Antonio Spurs on Friday, ending a three-decade run that saw him lead the team to five NBA championships, become the leagues all-time wins leader and earn induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame.While my love and passion for the game remain, Ive decided its time to step away as head coach, Popovich said.He will remain as team president.Popovich, 76, missed all but five games this season after having a stroke at the teams arena on Nov. 2. He has not spoken publicly since, though had addressed his team at least once and released a statement in late March saying that he hoped to return to coaching.That wont be happening.Im forever grateful to the wonderful players, coaches, staff and fans who allowed me to serve them as the Spurs head coach and am excited for the opportunity to continue to support the organization, community and city that are so meaningful to me, Popovich said. Popovichs career ends with a record of 1,422-869, which does include the 77 games 32 wins and 45 losses that were coached by Spurs assistant Mitch Johnson this season. He also won 170 playoff games with the Spurs, the most by any coach with any one team and the third-most overall behind only Phil Jacksons 229 and Pat Rileys 171.The best there ever was, Spurs great Manu Ginobili said last year of Popovich. An NBA and Olympic championPopovich was a three-time coach of the year, led the U.S. to a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics and coached six Hall of Famers in San Antonio Ginobili, David Robinson, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Dominique Wilkins and Pau Gasol. He went up against 170 different coaches during his time in the NBA and there have been 303 coaching changes made in the league, including interim moves, during the Popovich era.Ive got a video on my phone thats, like, priceless, said Chris Paul, who played for the Spurs this past season going there, in large part, because of the lure of playing for Popovich. It was us in Oklahoma City, before shootaround, and Pop is doing ballhandling stuff. All these years Ive always seen Pop coaching in a suit, but I didnt know how hard of a worker he was when it comes to training. That work ethic, Paul said, carried over into this year after the stroke and Popovichs commitment to his rehabilitation process.I was the first one to get to the arena for games, and I would walk past the training room and Pop would be on the treadmill, Paul said. I actually had a chance to be in there while Pop is doing rehab or whatnot. So, to see how hard he works, thats what Im glad I got a chance to see. It had nothing to do with basketball. It just showed who he is. He took over in 1996Popovich, in his role as general manager of the Spurs, made the move to fire coach Bob Hill and promote himself into that job on Dec. 10, 1996. The timing seemed, at best, awkward. The Spurs were 3-15 at that point, having played all 18 of those games without Robinson, who was just about to come back from injury. Popovich took over on the day that Robinson returned to the lineup.A change in direction was necessary, Popovich said that day.The Spurs hadnt changed direction again since.Coach Pops extraordinary impact on our family, San Antonio, the Spurs and the game of basketball is profound, Spurs managing partner Peter J. Holt said. His accolades and awards dont do justice to the impact he has had on so many people. He is truly one-of-one as a person, leader and coach. Our entire family, alongside fans from across the globe, are grateful for his remarkable 29-year run as the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs.The fortunes changed Duncan was picked No. 1 overall in the 1997 draft but the direction under Popovich always stayed the same. The first championship came in 1999; others followed in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014. In his first 22 seasons as head coach, the Spurs had 22 winning records, the first 20 of those seasons winning at least 60% of the time.His decision to step away now comes with the Spurs having just completed the second year of a rebuild around French star Victor Wembanyama, who arrived touted as the next San Antonio great and has done nothing to suggest he wont live up to that billing. How he startedPopovich played at the U.S. Air Force Academy, famously wasnt picked in a bid to make the 1972 U.S. Olympic team some still say he merited a spot on that team and wound up becoming a coach who might have been perfectly content to run Pomona-Pitzer, a Division III program in California, for the entirety of his professional life. That school had lost 88 consecutive conference games when he arrived; it didnt take long for Popovich to deliver a conference championship.Eventually, the NBA called. In time, Popovich would be paired with Robinson, then the patriarch of a dynasty fueled by Duncan, Parker and Ginobili. And out of that, Popovich put together a career like none other.Everyone knows the amazing job hes done and all the accomplishments, longtime coach Larry Brown said in 2021. I wish more people really could know the type of person that he is.He was famously grumpy, liked to clash with reporters, rarely offered any details of his basketball or private life other than what was necessary. It was simultaneously real and an act; Popovich has a much softer side as well he quietly championed causes like the San Antonio Food Bank for years and wasnt afraid to make his political views known. And those lucky enough to know him find him hilarious.He has an amazing sense of humor, Boston forward Jayson Tatum said while playing for Popovich during the Tokyo Olympics four years ago. I guess the casual fan sees the person who does those interviews postgame, but thats not the case of who he is at all. I absolutely love spending time with him.A loss in the 2013 NBA Finals crushed Popovich, whose Spurs were in position to close out the Miami Heat in six games, lost Game 6 in overtime after Ray Allens 3-pointer with 5.2 seconds remaining in regulation kept the Heat alive, then fell in Game 7. But in the moments after the final horn, as Miami coach Erik Spoelstra embraced his staff, Popovich joined the hug with a wide smile.Spoelstra, who became head coach of the Heat in 2008, now becomes the leagues longest-tenured in his current position.Hes always just been an incredible example of class, dignity, Spoelstra said of Popovich. To be able to do that after wins or losses, I just think its a great example that you can still have class regardless of how the outcome comes during a game.When the Spurs beat the Heat for the title in a finals rematch in 2014, it was Spoelstra who felt the sting of losing. And once again, it was Popovich who sent congratulations on a job well done.There is no one out there like Pop, Golden State coach Steve Kerr said.A tenure like almost none otherPopovichs was a tenure like few others. Popovich coached the Spurs for 29 seasons, a span nearly unmatched in U.S. major pro sports history. Connie Mack managed the Philadelphia Athletics for 50 years, George Halas coached the Chicago Bears for 40 years and John McGraw managed the New York Giants for 31 years. Those three tenures all wrapping up well over a half-century ago are the only ones exceeding the length of Popovichs coaching run with the Spurs; his 29-year era in San Antonio was matched by the Dallas Cowboys Tom Landry and the Green Bay Packers Curly Lambeau.It means Im old, Popovich said last year.Popovich broke a gender barrier of sorts in the league when he hired Becky Hammon as the leagues first female full-time paid assistant coach. Hammon, now coach of the WNBAs Las Vegas Aces, would also become the first female head summer league coach in the NBA and first female acting head coach when she replaced Popovich for a game in 2020.Basketball is basketball, South Carolina womens coach Dawn Staley said when asked about Popovich in 2017. It doesnt have a gender. It has a mind. It has an approach. It has a willingness. Given the opportunity, women can excel in this game. As you can see. Becky Hammon is doing a great job. You need more people like Coach Popovich to give them opportunities to learn, to grow, and to embrace it. I dont think he sees gender. I think he sees someone that has a great basketball mind, thats tireless. Once youre given that opportunity, you see great things come out of it.Popovich spoke about wine whenever he could and offered his views on politics and current events but rarely offered much insight into coaching decisions or personnel matters. It was almost military-like secrecy, which made sense given that Popovich was a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and was an expert on, among other things, the rise and fall of the Soviet Union.His love of country led to him taking a small side job during his San Antonio tenure that being coaching USA Basketball for the 2019 World Cup and the Tokyo Olympics two years later. His World Cup team finished seventh, the worst placing ever for a U.S. team with NBA players. His Olympic team won gold.Its impossible to separate it if you have been in the military, Popovich said when asked about the parallels of being at the Air Force Academy and coaching the countrys national team. Ive had classmates that have fought in wars I have not and some of them are no longer with us. You get an appreciation for people who have sacrificed. So, when you have an opportunity to do this for your country, its impossible to say no. I love being part of it.___AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba TIM REYNOLDS Reynolds is an Associated Press sports writer, based in South Florida. twitter mailto

This undated photo provided by Centivax in 2025 shows Tim Friede, who is hyper-immune to the venom of various snakes, with a water cobra wrapped around his arm. (Centivax via AP)2025-05-02T15:00:16Z NEW YORK (AP) Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his blood in hopes of creating a better treatment for snake bites. Friede has long had a fascination with reptiles and other venomous creatures. He used to milk scorpions and spiders venom as a hobby and kept dozens of snakes at his Wisconsin home.Hoping to protect himself from snake bites and out of what he calls simple curiosity he began injecting himself with small doses of snake venom and then slowly increased the amount to try to build up tolerance. He would then let snakes bite him.At first, it was very scary, Friede said. But the more you do it, the better you get at it, the more calm you become with it. In this photo provided by Centivax, Tim Friede, center, stands in a lab in South San Francisco, Calif., in 2023, that is using his blood to prepare an antivenom to the bites of various snakes. (Centivax via AP) In this photo provided by Centivax, Tim Friede, center, stands in a lab in South San Francisco, Calif., in 2023, that is using his blood to prepare an antivenom to the bites of various snakes. (Centivax via AP) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More While no doctor or emergency medical technician or anyone, really would ever suggest this is a remotely good idea, experts say his method tracks how the body works. When the immune system is exposed to the toxins in snake venom, it develops antibodies that can neutralize the poison. If its a small amount of venom the body can react before its overwhelmed. And if its venom the body has seen before, it can react more quickly and handle larger exposures. Friede has withstood snakebites and injections for nearly two decades and still has a refrigerator full of venom. In videos posted to his YouTube channel, he shows off swollen fang marks on his arms from black mamba, taipan and water cobra bites. I wanted to push the limits as close to death as possible to where Im just basically teetering right there and then back off of it, he said. But Friede also wanted to help. He emailed every scientist he could find, asking them to study the tolerance hed built up.And there is a need: Around 110,000 people die from snakebite every year, according to the World Health Organization. And making antivenom is expensive and difficult. It is often created by injecting large mammals like horses with venom and collecting the antibodies they produce. These antivenoms are usually only effective against specific snake species, and can sometimes produce bad reactions due to their nonhuman origins. This photo provided by Centivax shows Mark Bellin and Hannah Hirou who are involved in efforts to produce an antivenom to counteract the bites of various snakes, at a lab in South San Francisco, Calif., in 2025. (Centivax via AP) This photo provided by Centivax shows Mark Bellin and Hannah Hirou who are involved in efforts to produce an antivenom to counteract the bites of various snakes, at a lab in South San Francisco, Calif., in 2025. (Centivax via AP) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More When Columbia Universitys Peter Kwong heard of Friede, he said, Oh, wow, this is very unusual. We had a very special individual with amazing antibodies that he created over 18 years.In a study published Friday in the journal Cell, Kwong and collaborators shared what they were able to do with Friedes unique blood: They identified two antibodies that neutralize venom from many different snake species with the aim of someday producing a treatment that could offer broad protection. Its very early research the antivenom was only tested in mice, and researchers are still years away from human trials. And while their experimental treatment shows promise against the group of snakes that include mambas and cobras, its not effective against vipers, which include snakes like rattlers. Despite the promise, there is much work to do, said Nicholas Casewell, a snakebite researcher at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in an email. Casewell was not involved with the new study. Friedes journey has not been without its missteps. Among them: He said after one bad snake bite he had to cut off part of his finger. And some particularly nasty cobra bites sent him to the hospital.Friede is now employed by Centivax, which is trying to develop the treatment, and hes excited that his 18-year odyssey could one day save lives from snakebite. But his message to those inspired to follow in his footsteps is quite simple: Dont do it, he said.___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institutes Science and Educational Media Group and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content. ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN Ramakrishnan is a science reporter for The Associated Press, based in New York. She covers research and new developments related to space, early human history and more. twitter mailto

The competition is fierce, but no one can paint quite as vivid a picture of the future technofeudalist dystopia the Trump administration is trying to build as Howard Lutnick, the Secretary of Commerce, of the army of millions and millions of people screwing in little, little screws to make iPhones, that kind of thing is going to come to America fame.Lutnick filled in some blanks of the expanded MAGA dystopic universe on CNBC this week, when he said these are really good paying jobs, they start at $70s, $80s, $90,000 [a year]. These are tradecraft. Its time to train people not to do the jobs of the past, but to do the great jobs of the future. This is the new model, where you work in these kinds of plants for the rest of your life, and your kids work here, and your grandkids work here.Lutnick: "It's time to train people not to do the jobs of the past, but to do the great jobs of the future. This is the new model where you work in these kinds of plants for the rest of your life and your kids work here and your grandkids work here. We let the auto plants go overseas." Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-04-29T17:51:17.855ZThe administrations new fantasythe apparent boon Trumps tariffs will bringis a future in which you will work at the factory until you die, and your children will work at the same factory until they die, and your childrens children will work at the factory until they die. You will all make mid-to-high five figures; there is no pitch for or thought of upward mobility, of working in a factory to fund your childrens education so that they might one day manage or own the factory (or do something else entirely!) Lutnick said that the thousands of Americans who work in car factories now are trained to care of robotic arms, theyre trained to keep the air conditioner working.Left unsaid and totally unexamined is who, in the long term, will make the basic scientific discoveries or invent the technologies and products of the future that will keep the United States an economic superpower; the administration is firing the scientists, defunding and threatening universities, trying to abolish the Department of Education. The hope literally appears to be that Elon Musks AI will invent new things for us and will replace all of the knowledge work and expertise that this administration has already inexplicably destroyed.There is nothing wrong with working at a factory and there is nothing wrong with investing in American manufacturing or creating programs that incentivize it. We have long needed to invest in community colleges, technical colleges, and vocational schools to do job training and to offer alternative paths for people who cant or dont want to go to college. But factory worker is the only job that anyone in this administration can imagine. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Tucker Carlson that the fired government workers, many of whom are coders, scientists, medical professionals, etc, will also become factory workers: We are shedding excess labor in the federal government that will give us the labor that we need for the new manufacturing, he said.But even this administration realizes that eventually, robots will do those jobs. And so the only jobs that follow them are air conditioning guy for the automated factory and guy who helps the robot arm move. Lutnick himself seems to have no idea how many jobs there will be or what they will be, whether they will be automated, or what.We are inventing everything in the world, but were letting everyone else build it. We invent the iPhone, which is awesome, he said on Newsmax. Why do we let everyone else build it? Why cant we build it here? The key is AI and automation have made that in reach. I understand why you need zillions of other people to work on it, but its time now, can automation build that plant here? Where we can employ, we dont need millions of Americans to do it, we need hundreds of thousands of Americans to work in those factories, and I think were going to create 5 million great tradecraft jobs in America.your child will toil valiantly in the factory. it will be masculine. it will restore our national character. it will make america great again. oh my child? my child will run a lucrative rightwing podcast Jake Grumbach (@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social) 2025-04-29T18:47:41.083ZMeanwhile, the administration is not only attacking schools, foreign students (who disproportionately create businesses and jobs), scientists, and knowledge workers, it has actively gone to war with the clean energy industry, which has been creating the fastest-growing blue collar paths to the middle class, which are wind turbine service technicians and solar panel installers.Stephen Miller says the country will eliminate the Department of Education and that, children will be taught to love America. Children will be taught to be patriots. Perhaps they will go to the taxpayer-funded religious charter schools?It is possible to imagine a grand back-to-America manufacturing strategy that does not require inflicting pain and economic suffering on the American people and on the rest of the world. It is possible and good to bring manufacturing jobs back to America, and to rebuild an upwardly-mobile middle class by focusing on technical training, local ownership, and reskilling through incentives and strategic, carefully-considered tariffs that are rolled out over time. But that is not what is being pursued, and it's not what is being done. What is being pursued is a self-inflicted emergency designed to purge immigrants, scientists, and higher education from American life and the American economy in favor of an economy that may have worked many decades ago but will not work now.The only upshot of any of this is that these policies are wildly unpopular, and that this future is exceedingly unlikely to actually come to pass.But heres what this future, being pitched by the plain language and plain actions of this administration, is. It is very sad and very small. It lacks imagination. It lacks dynamism. Men will not be allowed in womens spaces and women will not be allowed in mens spaces. Women will be tradwives and will be paid $5,000 have babies. Those babies will not have parents who can afford to buy them 30 dolls, they will have two dolls instead, and they will like it. The boys will not have any dolls, though. The rich and powerful will stockpile supplies because they know the impacts of their policies. You will not buy breakfast at McDonalds as a treat. Your friends will be AI chatbots. Your therapist will be a chatbot. You will pay massive tariffs to try food from other countries. You will work in the factory. You will not own the factory. They will own the factory. You will die at the factory. Your kids will learn about AI at the technical college, and then they will work in the factory. Your kids will not own the factory. Their kids will own the factory. Their kids will go on Fox News and tell you that they have created good jobs, patriotic jobs. American jobs, not Chinese jobs. Jobs that your kids and their kids and their kids' kids can work at until they die. Your kids will repair the air conditioning. Your kids will screw in the screws. Your children's children will move the robot arms, like their father and grandfather did before them.

Nature, Published online: 02 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01325-3Treatment combines existing drug with antibodies from hyper-immune reptile collector, raising both hopes and ethical concerns.

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In nearly every way, the Lakers were outclassed by the Wolves. And now, after a disappointingly early exit, their next task is even more important: selling Doncic that this first-round loss was merely an aberration.

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Rescue workers arrive to the scene after a deadly collision between a pickup truck and tour van near Henrys Lake State Park in eastern Idaho on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Roger Merrill via A)2025-05-02T16:16:24Z ISLAND PARK, Idaho (AP) A pickup truck and tour van collision near Yellowstone National Park has killed seven people and injured eight others, Idaho State Police say.The crash happened just before 7:15 p.m. Thursday on a highway near Henrys Lake State Park in eastern Idaho, police said in a press release. The state park is roughly 16 miles (26 kilometers) west of Yellowstone National Park.Both vehicles caught fire after the crash, the Idaho State Police said in a news release. The driver of the Dodge Ram pickup and six people inside the Mercedes passenger van died. The van was carrying a tour group of 14 people, and the surviving occupants were taken to hospitals with injuries, police spokesman Aaron Snell said. Authorities have not said what led up to the crash, which remains under investigation.Police say air ambulances along with emergency paramedics responded to the collision. The Fremont County coroners office had not released the names of those killed as of Friday morning. The Idaho State Police said officials were still working on notifying family members of those killed and injured, so the agency was not yet releasing the names, ages, hometowns or nationalities of the people involved.

"Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" co-stars Ruth Buzzi and Gary Owens share a laugh during NBC's 75th Anniversary Party, in Los Angeles, Jan. 9, 2002. (AP Photo/Rene Macura, File)2025-05-02T15:05:21Z LOS ANGELES (AP) Ruth Buzzi, who rose to fame as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking sketch comedy series Rowan & Martins Laugh-In and made over 200 television appearances during a 45-year career, has died at age 88.Buzzi died Thursday at her home in Texas, says her agent Mike Eisenstadt. She had been diagnosed with Alzheimers and was in hospice care. Shortly before her death, her husband, Kent Perkins, had posted a statement on Buzzis Facebook page, thanking her many fans and telling them: She wants you to know she probably had more fun doing those shows than you had watching them.Buzzi won a Golden Globe and was a two-time Emmy nominee for the NBC show that ran from 1968 to 1973. She was the only regular to appear in all six seasons, including the pilot.She was first spotted by Laugh-In creator and producer George Schlatter playing various characters on The Steve Allen Comedy Hour. Schlatter was holding auditions for Laugh-In when he received a picture in the mail of Buzzi in her Ormphby costume, sitting in a wire mesh trash barrel. The character was clad in drab brown with her bun covered by a hairnet knotted in the middle of her forehead.I think I hired her because of my passion for Gladys Ormphby, he wrote in his 2023 memoir Still Laughing A Life in Comedy. I must admit that the hairnet and the rolled-down stockings did light my fire. My favorite Gladys line was when she announced that the day of the office Christmas party, they sent her home early. The Gladys character used her purse as a weapon against anyone who bothered her, striking people over the head. On Laugh-In, her most frequent target was Arte Johnsons dirty old man character Tyrone F. Horneigh.Gladys embodies the overlooked, the downtrodden, the taken for granted, the struggler, Buzzi told The Connecticut Post in 2018. So when she fights back, she speaks for everyone whos been marginalized, reduced to a sex object or otherwise abused. And thats almost everyone at some time or other. Buzzi took her act to the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts in Las Vegas, where she bashed her purse on the heads of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Lucille Ball, among others.Her other recurring characters on Laugh-In included Flicker Farkle; Busy-Buzzi, a Hollywood gossip columnist; Doris Swizzler, a cocktail-lounge regular who got drunk with husband Leonard, played by Dick Martin; and an inconsiderate flight attendant.I never took my work for granted, nor assumed I deserved more of the credit or spotlight or more pay than anyone else, Buzzi told The Connecticut Post. I was just thrilled to drive down the hill to NBC every day as an employed actor with a job to do.Buzzi remained friends through the years with Laugh-In co-stars Lily Tomlin and Jo Anne Worley.Born Ruth Ann Buzzi on July 24, 1936, in Westerly, Rhode Island, she was the daughter of Angelo Buzzi, a nationally known stone sculptor. Her father and later her brother operated Buzzi Memorials, a gravestone and monument maker in Stonington, Connecticut, where she was head cheerleader in high school. Buzzi enrolled at the Pasadena Playhouse at age 17. Two years later, she traveled with singer Rudy Vallee in a musical and comedy act during her summer break. That earned her an Actors Equity union card before she graduated from the playhouses College of Theatre Arts.Buzzi moved to New York and was immediately hired for a lead role in an off-Broadway musical revue, the first of 19 such shows she performed in on the East Coast.She got her national television break on The Garry Moore Show in 1964, just after Carol Burnett was replaced by Dorothy Loudon on the series. She played Shakundala the Silent, a bumbling magicians assistant to Dom DeLuises character Dominic the Great.Buzzi was a regular on the CBS variety show The Entertainers whose hosts included Burnett and Bob Newhart.She was in the original Broadway cast of Sweet Charity with Gwen Verdon in 1966.Buzzi toured the country with her nightclub act, including appearances in Las Vegas. She was a semi-regular on That Girl as Marlo Thomas friend. She co-starred with Jim Nabors as time-traveling androids on The Lost Saucer in the mid-1970s.Her other guest appearances included variety shows hosted by Burnett, Flip Wilson, Glen Campbell, Tony Orlando, Donny and Marie Osmond and Leslie Uggams.She appeared in Balls last comedy series Life With Lucy.Buzzi guested in music videos with Weird Al Yankovic, the B-52s and the Presidents of the United States of America.She did hundreds of guest voices in cartoon series including Pound Puppies, Berenstain Bears, The Smurfs and The Angry Beavers.She was Emmy nominated for her six-year run as shopkeeper Ruthie on Sesame Street.Her movie credits included Freaky Friday, Chu Chu and the Philly Flash, The North Avenue Irregulars and The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again. Buzzi was active on social media and had thousands of followers whom she rewarded with such one-liners as I have never faked a sarcasm and Scientists say the universe is made up entirely of neurons, protons and electrons. They seem to have missed morons.She married actor Kent Perkins in 1978.The couple moved from California to Texas in 2003 and bought a 640-acre ranch near Stephenville.Buzzi retired from acting in 2021 and suffered a series of strokes the following year. Her husband told The Dallas Morning News in 2023 that she had dementia.-Associated Press National Writer Hillel Italie contributed to this report.

Nature, Published online: 30 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08818-1Global data collected between 2014 and 2024 provide insights into the distribution and potential transport mechanisms of subsurface microplastics throughout the oceanic water column.

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EDINBURGH, SCOTLANDScolding thousands of employees for letting themselves become distracted from their schooling, Rockstar Games announced Friday that Grand Theft Auto VI would be delayed until the studios developers got their grades up. We understand how much our team wants to release a painstakingly crafted Vice City into the world, but theres just no way we can do that for them until we see them put their nose to the grindstone in Algebra II, said Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Rockstar parent company Take Two Interactive, stressing that a C-minus in biology just wouldnt cut it, particularly given how much games cost to develop these days. The simple fact is theyre losing track of what matters most, which is making the honor roll, finding a summer job, and really thinking about their future. You cant just skip half your homework assignments and spend all your time working on jiggle physics for the strip clubs scattered across the fictional state of Leonida. Maybe if they get that GPA up, well consider releasing GTA VI for them in Q2 of 2026. But thats a big maybe. Zelnick added that it wouldnt hurt if Rockstars team of software engineers all tried joining the junior varsity track team.The post GTA VI Delayed Until Developers Get Grades Up appeared first on The Onion.

WASHINGTONSigning the executive order just minutes after storming off the set, President Donald Trump revoked federal funding for PBS this week after his grandfather clock reportedly received a lower-than-expected Antiques Roadshow appraisal. For Christs sake, $2,500? said a visibly flabbergasted Trump, who appeared to grow more and more irate as the appraiser explained that the longcase clock was likely a reproduction from the 1980s and not the 19th-century family heirloom the commander-in-chief had claimed it was. This is solid walnut, handcrafted in the Black Forest. This thing is worth $25,000 at the least. You must be out of your mind. Youre crazy. What are your qualifications, anyway? You people will never see a cent out of me again. At press time, sources confirmed Trump was scraping the Made in China sticker off the clock.The post Trump Revokes PBS Funding After Antique Grandfather Clock Receives Meager Appraisal appeared first on The Onion.

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Witness Mimi Haley arrives to testify in the case against former film producer Harvey Weinstein at state court in Manhattan, Thursday, May 1, 2025 in New York. (Michael M. Santiago/Pool Photo via AP)2025-05-02T16:15:44Z NEW YORK (AP) One of Harvey Weinstein s accusers broke down in tears and cursed on the witness stand Friday as a defense lawyer questioned her account of the former Hollywood mogul forcing oral sex on her nearly two decades ago.He was the one who raped me, not the other way around, Miriam Haley told jurors.That is for the jury to decide, Weinstein lawyer Jennifer Bonjean responded.No, its not for the jury to decide. Its my experience. And he did that to me, Haley said, using expletives as tears began streaming down her face.Judge Curtis Farber halted questioning and sent jurors on a break. Haley, her eyes red and face glistening, did not look at Weinstein as she left the witness stand.Haley, 48, was testifying for a fourth day at Weinsteins rape trial. Questioning resumed after the break, with Haley composed but occasional flickers of frustration in her voice. Bonjean continued to press her about specifics she did and did not recall from the alleged July 2006 assault and about its aftermath, including a time a couple of weeks later when Haley has said she had sex with Weinstein that she didnt want but didnt fight. You didnt say, Like, hey, what you did to me the other night wasnt cool? Bonjean asked.No, said Haley, reiterating that she went numb during the hotel encounter.Weinstein is charged with sexually assaulting Haley and another woman and raping a third. He denies the allegations and his lawyers argue that his accusers had consensual encounters with a then-powerful movie producer who could advance their careers. Haley, who has also gone by the name Mimi Haleyi, is the first accuser to testify at the retrial, which is happening after an appeals court overturned Weinsteins conviction at an earlier trial. Haleys testimony at that 2020 trial took just one day.Haley alleges that Weinstein assaulted her after inviting her to his apartment to, as she put it, just stop by and say hi. She had worked briefly as a production assistant on the Weinstein-produced TV show Project Runway, and his company had booked her a flight to Los Angeles the next day attend a movie premiere. She testified earlier in the week that Weinstein backed her into a bedroom and pushed her onto a bed, holding her down as she tried to get up and pleaded: No, no its not going to happen.Haley and two of her friends testified that she told them soon after that Weinstein had sexually assaulted her. She maintains she was never interested in any sexual or romantic relationship with Weinstein, despite his past overtures, but wanted his help getting jobs in show business.Zeroing in on the alleged assault, Bonjean on Friday questioned why Haley would agree to go to Weinsteins apartment after what the witness described as previous bizarre and overwhelming behavior, including his barging into her home weeks earlier as he sought to persuade her to go to Paris with him.Haley said she didnt have a reason to turn down Weinsteins request to stop by his apartment, thought it would be impolite to refuse, and didnt fear for her safety, even after his earlier behavior. Haley grew emotional as Bonjean asked just how Haleys clothes came off before Weinstein allegedly yanked out a tampon and performed oral sex on her. Haley said Weinstein took off her clothing, but she didnt recall the details: I was, you know, busy struggling, she explained.You removed your clothes, right? Bonjean soon asked, leading to the fractious and tearful exchange.Earlier, Bonjean had focused on Haleys trip to Los Angeles at the expense of Weinsteins then-company. Did you just think he was just being generous? the defense attorney asked.Haley said she accepted partly because she wanted to get back in his good books after turning down the earlier invitation to Paris, and the Los Angeles trip seemed more appropriate because shed be traveling on her own and could also visit a friend there.You wanted to appease him, make him happy, make him like you? Bonjean asked. Well, that, too, Haley said.Weinsteins retrial includes charges related to Haley and another accuser from the original trial, Jessica Mann, who alleges a 2013 rape. Hes also being tried, for the first time, for allegedly forcing oral sex on former model Kaja Sokola in 2006. Mann and Sokola also are expected to testify.The Associated Press generally does not name people who allege they have been sexually assaulted unless they give permission for their names to be used. Haley, Mann and Sokola have done so. MICHAEL R. SISAK Sisak is an Associated Press reporter covering law enforcement and courts in New York City, including former President Donald Trumps criminal and civil cases and problems plaguing the federal prison system. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought walks after a television interview at the White House, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)2025-05-02T12:04:48Z WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trumps 2026 budget plan would slash non-defense domestic spending by $163 billion while increasing expenditures on national security, according to statements released by the White House on Friday.The budget showed a desire to crack down on diversity programs and initiatives to address climate change. But the administration has yet to release detailed tables on what it wants income taxes, tariffs or the budget deficit to be a sign of the political and financial challenge confronting Trump when hes promising to cut taxes and repay the federal debt without doing major damage to economic growth.Budgets do not become law but serve as a touchstone for the upcoming fiscal year debates. Often considered a statement of values, this first budget since Trumps return to the White House carries the added weight of defining the Republican presidents second-term pursuits, alongside his party in Congress. It also arrives as Trump has unilaterally imposed what could hundreds of billions of dollars in tax increases in the form of tariffs, setting off a trade war that has consumers, CEOs and foreign leaders worried about a possible economic downturn. The White Houses Office of Management and Budget, headed by Russell Vought, a chief architect of Project 2025, provided contours of a so-called skinny version of topline numbers, with more details to come. Details soon, Vought said during a Cabinet meeting this week at the White House.The nations estimated $7 trillion-plus federal budget has been growing steadily, with annual deficits fast approaching $2 trillion and the annual interest payments on the debt almost $1 trillion. Thats thanks mostly to the spike in emergency COVID-19 pandemic spending, changes in the tax code and climbing costs of Medicare, Medicaid and other programs, largely to cover the nations health needs as people age. The nations debt load, at $36 trillion, is ballooning. This years presidential budget request is expected to reflect cuts already made by Trumps actions and adviser Elon Musks Department of Government Efficiency, including the slashing of the government workforce. It also could point to potential new revenue streams, possibly from Trumps tariffs program.Democrats are prepared to assail Trumps budget as further evidence that the Republican administration is intent on gutting government programs that Americans depend on. Congress is already deep into the slog of drafting of Trumps big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and bolstered funds for the administrations mass deportation effort a package that, unlike the budget plan, would carry the force of law. House Speaker Mike Johnson, who spoke with Trump multiple times this week, is racing to have the presidents big, beautiful bill approved by the House by Memorial Day and sent on to the Senate.We had a very productive and encouraging meeting at the White House this morning, and the remaining pieces of The One, Big Beautiful Bill! are coming together very well, Johnson, R-La., said in a statement after Thursdays meeting with Trump and various committee chairmen. But deep differences remain among the Republicans, who are trying to pass that big bill over the objections of Democrats.We are awaiting some final calculations on a few of the tax components, and we expect to be able to complete that work on a very aggressive schedule, Johnson said.Meantime, Cabinet officials are expected to start trekking to Capitol Hill to testify about their various requests in the presidents budget.Its Congress, under its constitutional powers, that decides the spending plans, approves the bills that authorize federal programs and funds them through the appropriations process. Often, that system breaks down, forcing lawmakers to pass stopgap spending bills to keep the government funded and avoid federal shutdowns.Vought is also expected on Capitol Hill in the weeks ahead as the Trump administration presses its case to Congress for funds. Among the more skilled conservative budget hands in Washington, Vought has charted a career toward this moment. He served during the first Trump administration in the same role and, for Project 2025, wrote an extensive chapter about the remaking of the federal government.Vought has separately been preparing a $9 billion package that would gut current 2025 funding for the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which involves the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio. Trump signed an executive order late Thursday that instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and federal agencies to cease funding for PBS and NPR.Vought has said that package of so-called budget rescissions would be a first of potentially more, as the Trump administration tests the appetite in Congress for lawmakers to go on record and vote to roll back the money. JOSH BOAK Boak covers the White House and economic policy for The Associated Press. He joined the AP in 2013. twitter mailto