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U.S. and Iran survey the damage after a night of intense strikes
The United States and Iran exchanged a barrage of strikes overnight, an outburst of violence that killed both military personnel and civilians in Iran, including four people at a wedding, according to Iranian news media and officials. U.S. Central Command, which oversees the military’s operations in the Middle East, said that it had struck Iranian military targets in retaliation for attacks on ships and American forces in the region. Four members of the aerospace division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps were killed in a U.S. strike in the western city of Kermanshah, according to a Guards statement published on Wednesday by Tasnim, an Iranian news agency. At least 12 people were killed in strikes across Iran’s southern region, the
Sin correa y sin bozal
Raúl Ruiz __________________________ No puede uno soltar tantito a CJTOWN, porque se convierte nuevamente en Ciudad Caótica. Entre los chicotazos del clima, los agujeros que se producen con la lluvia y la inseguridad vial, los
Prize Fight
Awards season has begun, the time of year when I become a happy student of Kyle Buchanan, a.k.a. The Projectionist. Kyle’s commentary and prognostications on
The man who saw school buses as vehicles for possibility
Lucas Sweeten says school buses saved his life. In 2007, after serving in the U.S. military for six years with one tour in the Iraq
Elon Musk’s X restricts ability to create explicit images with Grok
The social media platform X said late Wednesday that it was blocking Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot created by Elon Musk, from generating sexualized and
‘Star Wars’ boss departs, ending an asteroid-filled reign
“Star Wars” has new emperors. Disney said on Thursday that Kathleen Kennedy would step down as the president of Lucasfilm after nearly 14 years, a
Greenland’s future
On Wednesday, the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland met behind closed doors with the American vice president and the secretary of state. Afterward, the
The U.S. is pressing Mexico to allow U.S. Forces to fight cartels
The United States is intensifying pressure on Mexico to allow U.S. military forces to conduct joint operations to dismantle fentanyl labs inside the country, according
Trump cuts $2 billion in federal funding for mental health and substance abuse services
The Trump administration is cutting nearly $2 billion in funding to more than 2,000 programs nationwide that provide addiction prevention, treatment, recovery and mental health
These gyms’ most intimidating machine: the front door
Hey, have you seen those gyms where you enter through a tube? At the 60 or so PureGyms that have sprung up around New York
China announces record trade surplus as its exports flood world markets
China announced on Wednesday the world’s largest trade surplus ever, even adjusting for inflation, as a tsunami of exports flooded markets around the world last
Inflation steady as Fed considers rate path
Inflation ended the year on a subdued note, as the 2025 tariff barrage worked its way through to sticker prices. Consumer prices were 2.7 percent
Apple teams up with Google for A.I. in its products
After a nearly yearlong delay to its efforts to compete in artificial intelligence, Apple said on Monday that it planned to base its A.I. products
E.P.A. to stop considering lives saved when setting rules on air pollution
For decades, the Environmental Protection Agency has calculated the health benefits of reducing air pollution, using the cost estimates of avoided asthma attacks and premature
