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Diesel Hits $5.85, and Every Grocery Receipt Just Heard the Jaws Theme
The national diesel average reached a record $5.85 Friday as war-driven fuel disruptions raise costs for farms, freight, packages and food.
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Politics & Power
The First Midterm Ballots Are Going Out While Washington Is Still Rewriting the Mail Rules
North Carolina is sending the first broad wave of 2026 midterm ballots while Trump’s proposed postal restrictions remain trapped in litigation and an online compliance portal is reportedly inactive.
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Maria Bartiromo Is Suddenly Out at Fox, and the Explanation Drawer Is Empty
Fox News Media ended its 12½-year relationship with Maria Bartiromo without stating why. Her shows are being renamed and redistributed to rotating hosts.
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Three Belugas Die at Shedd in Days, Including Whales Moved in a Rescue Operation
Rain and Beethoven died after another rescued beluga, Peekachu, died last week. Necropsies and testing are underway, and officials say the deaths were unexpected.
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The Vatican Says Wrecking Creation Can Be Sin—and Suddenly Pollution Has a Theology Department
A Vatican theological commission has proposed “sin against creation and the Creator” as a religious framework for environmental harm, consumption and damage borne by the poor.
Strange News
CERN Just Passed a Test for a Bigger Collider, So Naturally the Timeline Is “Broken” Again
A real positron-source milestone for CERN’s proposed Future Circular Collider has revived familiar portal and Mandela Effect theories. Here is the science—and the internet séance around it.
Politics & Power
Leon Black Skips Epstein Deposition, Sues Congress—and the Velvet Rope Goes Up Again
The billionaire investor refused a sworn House deposition and sued to block Epstein-related subpoenas, renewing the question of whether accountability works differently behind the VIP rope.
Politics & Power
Trump Wants a 250-Foot Victory Arch Before Washington Finishes Saying “Maybe”
The administration says excavation for a giant triumphal arch could begin within two weeks, even though planners have not granted final approval and a federal lawsuit is still waiting.
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The Epstein Files Confirm America’s Ugliest Suspicion: The Powerful Live Under Different Rules
A Reuters/Ipsos poll found 69% of Americans believe the files show powerful people are rarely held accountable—and the government’s delayed, redacted release keeps feeding that conclusion.
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Palm Beach Pete Looks Unnervingly Like Jeffrey Epstein. No, That Does Not Make Him Jeffrey Epstein
The I-95 viral sensation has Epstein’s face, Palm Beach geography and a perfectly engineered nickname. Here is what is known about the doppelgänger—and what is pure internet mythology.
Strange News
Florida Man Goes From Swan ‘Hunt’ to an Arby’s Window, Because Reality Has Canceled Its Editors
Weeks after leaving prison for killing a Lake Eola swan, an Orlando man was arrested after an alleged pipe-wielding vandalism spree at Arby’s, Dunkin’ and an ATM.
Gen X Files
Noel Gallagher Hints Oasis May Return to Knebworth, Because Gen X Apparently Gets One Nice Thing
Noel Gallagher has added fuel to reports of major 2027 Oasis shows at Knebworth—but a wink is not a tour announcement, so keep the bucket hat holstered.
Strange News
Something Furry Is Attacking People in New Hampshire, and Nobody Can Agree What It Is
After three attacks in two days near Centerra Park, Lebanon police are hunting an aggressive animal believed to be a gray fox or fisher—and possibly rabid.
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Where the Hell Is Mitch McConnell? Eighty Days, No Camera, and a Capitol Full of Shrugs
McConnell has reportedly been absent from Senate work for 80 days while recovering from a fall and pneumonia. Here is what is confirmed—and what the silence invites people to wonder.
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Trump Defends Lutnick After He Erases 18 American War Deaths From a Sentence
Howard Lutnick apologized after saying no Americans had died in the Iran war; Trump said his commerce secretary had confused Iran with Venezuela.
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Nancy Guthrie Is Still Missing: Six Months Later, the Case Has Answers About the Notes—but Not About Nancy
The search for Savannah Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother remains active, while investigators have ruled reported ransom messages fake and no suspect has been publicly named.
Strange News
Somebody Stole 40,000 Pounds of PBR, and the Beer Company Wants It Back by Tuesday
Thieves allegedly used fake documents to take 1,602 cases of beer from a Southern California warehouse. Pabst is offering up to $20,000 for information.
Strange News
A Mystery Animal Has Attacked Three People in a New Hampshire Office Park
Police in Lebanon, New Hampshire, are searching for an unusually aggressive animal—possibly a gray fox or fisher—after three attacks near Centerra Park.
Gen X Files
Liz Phair and Sleater-Kinney Launch “The Flannel and the Fury” Tour This Weekend
The first co-headlining tour from two defining forces in alternative rock begins September 6 in California before crossing the country.
Gen X Files
Menudo Is Reuniting for a 50th-Anniversary Tour, and Gen X Just Heard the Opening Synth
Seven former Menudo members are heading out for a six-city anniversary run celebrating the group that helped invent global boy-band mania.
Politics & Power
Trump Defends Lutnick After a Stunning Iran-War Casualty Error—Then Lutnick Apologizes
Howard Lutnick said there had been no American deaths in the Iran war. Eighteen service members have died, and more than 750 have been wounded.
Crime & Courts
Nancy Guthrie Is Still Missing—and the Internet’s “Porch Guy” Theory Is Not a Break in the Case
More than six months after Nancy Guthrie disappeared, the case remains active—but viral claims tying an Arizona murder suspect to the masked figure in her case remain unconfirmed.
Gen X Files
CDs Are Back, Because Gen X Was Right About Owning Music the Whole Time
U.S. CD revenue jumped 58.6% in the first half of 2026, proving the supposedly obsolete silver disc still has more lives than a mall record store loyalty card.
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George Clooney Warns AI Is Poisoning Reality—and Would Prefer No Afterlife in Tampon Ads
Receiving Venice’s lifetime-achievement honor, George Clooney warned that deepfakes weaken trust in journalism—and joked about one particularly undignified digital afterlife.
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Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s New Birthright-Citizenship Order—Again
A federal judge blocked enforcement of President Trump’s latest attempt to restrict birthright citizenship, finding it likely unconstitutional for children already covered by a class action.
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Washington Wants AI to Learn From Creators’ Work—The Paycheck Part Is Still Fuzzy
The United States urged G20 nations to permit AI training on copyrighted work while protecting creators, but the proposal arrived without a clear answer about permission or payment.
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Smile, Citizen: Flock Cameras Turned the Open Road Into a Searchable Government Spreadsheet
Flock says its cameras fight crime. The growing record also includes stalking, wrongful stops, abortion and immigration searches—and a country finally asking who watches the watchers.
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King Donald Says “Let Data Reign” While the Bombs—and Power Bills—Keep Falling
Trump’s latest posts demand obedience from Iran and enthusiasm from towns facing giant data centers. DJF checks the facts, the costs and the crown-sized contradiction.
Gen X Files
A Tupac Murder Conviction Arrives Nearly 30 Years After the Music Stopped
A Las Vegas jury convicted Duane “Keffe D” Davis of orchestrating the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur, closing one chapter of a Gen X mystery.
Current News
Explosion Near Augsburg Train Station Injures Two; Investigation Underway
Two young Ukrainian citizens suffered minor injuries in an overnight explosion near Augsburg’s main railway station in Germany.