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Authorities seek a motive in the mass shooting at an Idaho In-N-Out Burger

Investigators are trying to determine what led a 24-year-old man to open fire at an Idaho fast-food restaurant over the weekend, in an attack that left three people dead and seven others wounded before authorities say he killed himself.

Ohio man fleeing police on foot leaps onto moving car, tries to take control before falling off: Police

Dramatic video shows Ohio shoplifting suspect Kaamil O'Berry leaping onto a woman's car on I-75 and clinging to her windshield during a police chase.

Idaho fast food restaurant shooting leaves 3 dead and 7 injured, city spokesman says

A Twin Falls city spokesman says that three people were killed and seven more were injured, some critically, in a shooting at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in southern Idaho on Saturday afternoon.

SEE IT: Dashcam shows Florida trooper chasing alleged street takeover suspect at 140 mph

Dashcam video shows a Florida Highway Patrol trooper weaving through hundreds of stopped cars on I-75 before a 140 mph pursuit of a green BMW.

Authorities seek a motive in the mass shooting at an Idaho In-N-Out Burger

Investigators are trying to determine what led a 24-year-old man to open fire at an Idaho fast-food restaurant over the weekend, in an attack that left three people dead and seven others wounded before authorities say he killed himself.

Ohio man fleeing police on foot leaps onto moving car, tries to take control before falling off: Police

Dramatic video shows Ohio shoplifting suspect Kaamil O'Berry leaping onto a woman's car on I-75 and clinging to her windshield during a police chase.

Idaho fast food restaurant shooting leaves 3 dead and 7 injured, city spokesman says

A Twin Falls city spokesman says that three people were killed and seven more were injured, some critically, in a shooting at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in southern Idaho on Saturday afternoon.

Around the world

Trump retaliates after Iran attack as expert warns regime is growing more dangerous

Trump vowed to hit Iran hard after CENTCOM confirmed all ballistic missiles targeting U.S. forces in Jordan were intercepted with no casualties reported.

Russian Embassy in Rome blames Ukraine for deadly Italian restaurant bombing in Moscow

The Russian Embassy in Rome has blamed Ukraine for a deadly weekend bombing at a Moscow restaurant, describing it as an attempt to intimidate the Italian community in Russia.

Migrant crisis pushes Italy to restore border checks with Spain, testing Europe's open-border system

Conservative leaders across Europe react as an estimated 60,000 migrants crossed into Ceuta from Morocco within 24 hours, threatening its open-border policies.

Sudan's forgotten war leaves millions hungry as global attention remains elsewhere

El Fasher and El Obeid remain flashpoints as UN reports detail war crimes, mass rape, and genocide conditions in Sudan's escalating civil war.

Israel says it has serious concerns with Hamas disarmament deal

Israel has shared serious security concerns with the White House about a proposed disarmament deal with Hamas.

Satellite images show evidence of oil leak spreading from sanctioned vessel near Oman

The Caroline Bezengi, reportedly carrying over 800,000 barrels of Russian crude, is leaking oil into a marine reserve home to endangered wildlife off Oman's coast.

Cubans sleep on seaside boardwalk to seek relief from crippling blackouts and summer heat

Some Cubans are sleeping on Havana's famous seaside boulevard, the Malecón, in the face of crippling blackouts stretching up to 20 hours during suffocating summer heat.

Technology

AI-assisted staging draws boos at the Richard Wagner festival in Germany

An experiment with artificial intelligence at the annual Richard Wagner festival in the German town of Bayreuth has drawn boos from the audience after producing a staging that appeared to leave some spectators confused.

Google has used AI to patch 1,072 vulnerabilities in Chrome

Google has used AI tools to detect and patch 1,072 vulnerabilities in versions 149 and 150 of its Chrome browser, the company announced in a blog post. That’s more vulnerabilities patched than in the previous 23 updates combined, according to Bleeping Computer.

Amazon limits access to customer reviews for some users because it thinks they’re AI

As Amazon tries to keep AI crawlers off its website, human customers are becoming collateral damage. Since late last year, some Amazon shoppers have only been able to read a small number of customer reviews for each product.

Why your context layer breaks the minute you use it for something new

Every developer who has worked with an LLM-powered application has hit a familiar wall. You hard-code context into a prompt, and it works great for the thing you built it for. But when you try to have the system do something slightly different, something goes wrong. So you add more context.

Humanoid robot skin senses people before contact

Gene.01's sensor-filled smart skin detects workers before contact occurs, but Generative Bionics has yet to release detailed workplace safety data.

Apple’s Tim Cook era ends with a record $109B quarter

Apple’s outgoing CEO, Tim Cook, bade an emotional farewell to analysts and shareholders on Thursday as the company announced a record June quarter. His successor, John Ternus, takes over at the beginning of September with the company seemingly in solid shape.

The White House is fixated on China copying U.S. AI. Experts say that’s the wrong threat

Ask most people about the biggest concern in AI right now, and they’ll likely point to models from OpenAI and Anthropic breaking out of the boundaries of their tests and trying to access systems they shouldn’t.

Sports News

Patriots legend Rob Gronkowski reveals the impact politics has on locker room dynamics

Rob Gronkowski said political awareness grew during his NFL career but insists the New England Patriots locker room always stayed unified to win.

Mauricio Pochettino stays as US coach, agrees to new 4-year contract through 2030 World Cup

Mauricio Pochettino is staying with the U.S. soccer team, agreeing to a four-year contract to coach the Americans through the 2030 World Cup.

The Bellas' alliance with Paige crumbles after stunning SummerSlam loss to Fatal Influence

Nikki Bella turned on Paige with a vicious clothesline after Fatal Influence's SummerSlam victory, leaving her former partner stunned in the ring.

Patriots legend Rob Gronkowski reveals the impact politics has on locker room dynamics

Rob Gronkowski said political awareness grew during his NFL career but insists the New England Patriots locker room always stayed unified to win.

Mauricio Pochettino stays as US coach, agrees to new 4-year contract through 2030 World Cup

Mauricio Pochettino is staying with the U.S. soccer team, agreeing to a four-year contract to coach the Americans through the 2030 World Cup.

The Bellas' alliance with Paige crumbles after stunning SummerSlam loss to Fatal Influence

Nikki Bella turned on Paige with a vicious clothesline after Fatal Influence's SummerSlam victory, leaving her former partner stunned in the ring.

Patriots legend Rob Gronkowski reveals the impact politics has on locker room dynamics

Rob Gronkowski said political awareness grew during his NFL career but insists the New England Patriots locker room always stayed unified to win.

Politics News

Wisconsin voters begin casting ballots at the polls in chaotic Democratic governor's race

Early in-person voting is beginning in swing state Wisconsin’s chaotic Democratic primary for governor, with a democratic socialist trying to overcome the incumbent governor’s pick.

X.AI sues Minnesota over pending 'nudification' ban

Minnesota’s anti-nudification law is supposed to take effect on Saturday. It is being challenged in federal court by a company led by Elon Musk.

St. Paul mayor says she's cooperating with sexual harassment investigation

In April, the city hired a law firm to investigate the mayor after the police chief filed a complaint.

Trump's AG pick off life support after key Republican rebels relent

Todd Blanche's AG confirmation has new life after Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said they were satisfied with the deal to kill the anti-weaponization fund.

She protested ICE raids. Then agents showed up at her door

The Justice Department is using federal conspiracy charges to sweep up ICE protesters. Some legal experts worry the agency is casting too wide a net to prosecute political activists.

Walz clamps down on state worker prediction market use

The DFL governor's executive order comes after a judge temporarily blocked a new state law that bans prediction markets that had been set to take effect Saturday.

Maryland lawmakers considering steps toward partisan redistricting for 2028

Maryland lawmakers are kicking off a special session to consider a first step in a partisan redistricting initiative that could help Democrats pick up an additional U.S. House seat by 2028.