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Nancy Guthrie disappearance sparked harrowing 12-hour odyssey for Savannah

Savannah Guthrie recounts the frantic 12-hour ordeal after her mother vanished from her Tucson home, with ransom demands and a $1.2M reward offered.

Video shows latest Los Angeles street takeover as mob wreaks havoc, vandalizes occupied city bus

A viral video captured a Los Angeles street takeover where a car struck a bystander, a Metro bus was vandalized, and fireworks erupted at Alondra Boulevard and Figueroa Street.

Gas prices eclipse $4 a gallon in the US, the highest since 2022

U.S. gas prices have jumped past an average of $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 as fuel prices continue to soar worldwide amid the Iran war.

Nancy Guthrie disappearance sparked harrowing 12-hour odyssey for Savannah

Savannah Guthrie recounts the frantic 12-hour ordeal after her mother vanished from her Tucson home, with ransom demands and a $1.2M reward offered.

Video shows latest Los Angeles street takeover as mob wreaks havoc, vandalizes occupied city bus

A viral video captured a Los Angeles street takeover where a car struck a bystander, a Metro bus was vandalized, and fireworks erupted at Alondra Boulevard and Figueroa Street.

Gas prices eclipse $4 a gallon in the US, the highest since 2022

U.S. gas prices have jumped past an average of $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 as fuel prices continue to soar worldwide amid the Iran war.

Nancy Guthrie disappearance sparked harrowing 12-hour odyssey for Savannah

Savannah Guthrie recounts the frantic 12-hour ordeal after her mother vanished from her Tucson home, with ransom demands and a $1.2M reward offered.

Around the world

The race against time to destroy Iran’s illicit nuclear weapons program heats up amid fresh strikes

The IDF says it struck Iran's Arak heavy water plant, a key plutonium site, as experts warn Natanz and Isfahan still hold highly enriched uranium.

Lula keeps Alckmin as his running mate for Brazil's general election in October

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he will once again have his past rival and current Vice President Geraldo Alckmin as his running mate for his reelection bid.

Meta, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube aren't fully complying with child account ban, Australia says

Australia is considering bringing court action against Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube after alleging they are not doing enough to keep Australian children younger than 16 off their platforms.

Seizing Kharg Island would risk US troops' lives and may not end Iran war, experts say

President Donald Trump is threatening to deploy ground troops to seize critical oil infrastructure on Iran’s Kharg Island.

Over 2 dozen children among 33 bodies pulled from Kenyan mass grave: authorities

At least 33 bodies, including 25 children, were unearthed from a mass grave in Kericho, Kenya, as authorities investigate a reported hospital morgue transfer.

Here's a look at birthright citizenship, and how the world sees it, as Supreme Court case looms

The Supreme Court is once again hearing arguments on whether President Donald Trump can deny citizenship to children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily.

Iran remains a stubborn foe after absorbing massive US-Israeli attacks

Since the United States and Israel launched their war against Iran on Feb. 28, the Trump administration claims to have all but “obliterated” the Islamic Republic’s military capabilities.

Technology

Meshery 1.0 debuts, offering new layer of control for cloud-native infrastructure

Managing Kubernetes infrastructure across multi-cloud environments has long produced YAML sprawl, configuration drift, and tribal knowledge that lives in individuals rather than systems.

Social media’s ‘Big Tobacco’ moment may have finally arrived

A pair of landmark court cases found Meta and YouTube guilty last week of harming young users by designing algorithms that were addictive and led to mental health distress. The damages assessed against the companies amounted to a fraction of a percent of their annual earnings.

Cambodia advances a scam center law with penalties of up to life in prison

Cambodia's lawmakers have passed legislation to crack down on online scam centers that have made the country a cybercrime hub.

2026 network outage report and internet health check

ThousandEyes, a Cisco company, monitors how ISPs, cloud providers and conferencing services are handling any performance challenges and provides Network World with a weekly roundup of events that impact service delivery.

Enterprises demand cloud value

The release of the Flexera 2026 State of the Cloud Report provides vital insights into how enterprises are navigating the constantly changing landscape of cloud computing and increasingly AI-driven workloads.

Leak reveals Anthropic’s ‘Mythos,’ a powerful AI model aimed at cybersecurity use cases

Anthropic didn’t intend to introduce Mythos this way. Details of what it calls its most capable AI model yet surfaced through a data leak in its content management system (CMS), revealing a LLM with sharply improved reasoning and coding skills.

Gemini now lets you import chats from competitors

Google has launched new tools for its AI assistant Gemini that make it easier to switch from other chatbots, TechCrunch reports. The feature allows users to transfer both “memories” and entire chat logs from platforms such as ChatGPT or Claude.

Sports News

NFL owners in favor of 18th regular-season game, but key caveat added as well

NFL owners Robert Kraft and Carly Irsay-Gordon support an 18th regular-season game, but Kraft wants a second bye week and international games for all.

WWE NXT stars descend on New York City ahead of final show before Stand & Deliver

WWE NXT stars are gearing up for the final show before the Stand & Deliver premium live event and are hoping to have the upper hand ahead of the premium live event.

NFL owners in favor of 18th regular-season game, but key caveat added as well

NFL owners Robert Kraft and Carly Irsay-Gordon support an 18th regular-season game, but Kraft wants a second bye week and international games for all.

WWE NXT stars descend on New York City ahead of final show before Stand & Deliver

WWE NXT stars are gearing up for the final show before the Stand & Deliver premium live event and are hoping to have the upper hand ahead of the premium live event.

NFL owners in favor of 18th regular-season game, but key caveat added as well

NFL owners Robert Kraft and Carly Irsay-Gordon support an 18th regular-season game, but Kraft wants a second bye week and international games for all.

WWE NXT stars descend on New York City ahead of final show before Stand & Deliver

WWE NXT stars are gearing up for the final show before the Stand & Deliver premium live event and are hoping to have the upper hand ahead of the premium live event.

NFL owners in favor of 18th regular-season game, but key caveat added as well

NFL owners Robert Kraft and Carly Irsay-Gordon support an 18th regular-season game, but Kraft wants a second bye week and international games for all.

Politics News

Saving Hermann the German may cost New Ulm $11 million

New Ulm needs to repair and restore its crumbling yet iconic 102-foot high Hermann the German monument. The estimated cost is steep: $11.6 million.

Former San Francisco Human Rights Commission leader accused of 'self-dealing,' public corruption

Sheryl Davis, former head of San Francisco's Dream Keeper Initiative, is accused of funneling over $4.5M in taxpayer funds to a nonprofit for personal gain.

Emanuel pushes back on ‘straight White man’ question, says ideas matter most in 2028

Rahm Emanuel says the 2028 Democratic race should be about ideas, not gender, as he mulls a White House bid and pushes a middle-class-focused platform.

Rep Rashida Tlaib moves to block US operations in Lebanon but ignores Hezbollah

Rep. Rashida Tlaib introduced a resolution to block U.S. support for Israeli military operations in Lebanon without congressional approval.

Trump's go-to moves to influence the markets are increasingly falling flat as the Iran war drags on

President Donald Trump has prioritized efforts to calm the financial markets during the Iran war, but his go-to moves are starting to fall flat.

Federal judge extends order requiring access to lawyers for Minnesota immigration detainees

A federal judge has extended her order requiring that federal authorities give immigrants detained in Minnesota access to attorneys immediately.

Trump's proposed presidential library revealed as towering Miami skyscraper in striking new video

New renderings of President Donald Trump's proposed Miami presidential library reveal a glass waterfront skyscraper with gold lettering, a Trump statue and Oval Office replicas.