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Exclusive: First look inside Loudoun’s new Pinstack entertainment center
A huge new entertainment venue with bowling, video games, bumper cars, laser tag and more is getting ready to open in Loudoun County and The Burn got a sneak preview tour of the facility. We're, of course, talking about Pinstack which is in the final phases of construction at the Kincora center off Russell Branch
Sony a7R VI Has a Stacked 66.8MP Sensor and Captures 30 FPS Bursts
You got your speed in my resolution! You got your resolution in my speed!
‘Brady Bunch’ Star Eve Plumb Reveals Shocking Residual Pay
The actress who played Jan Brady got real about what the cast earns today.
Voices of Cuban political prisoners at the center of U.S.-Cuba talks
Two political prisoners central to ongoing high stakes negotiations between the U.S. and Cuba were given an ultimatum: Leave Cuba or stay in prison.
Takeaways from the nation’s oddest Senate primary
Nebraska Democrats knew they couldn’t unseat a GOP senator, so they backed an independent and fielded a candidate who promised to drop out if she won. Then it got complicated.
Miami got NYC’s billionaires. Will it get their businesses?
Wall Street South vs Wall Street North
WATCH: 'I don't think about Americans' financial situation' when negotiating with Iran, Trump says
A reporter asked Trump on Tuesday to what extent American’s financial straits are motivating him to make a deal.
Hayden Panettiere Reveals the Harsh 3 Words Her Mom Told Her When She Severed Business Ties at 19
Hayden Panettiere reflected on her complicated relationship with her estranged mother, revealing the "disappointing" response she got after asking to separate their personal and professional lives at 19.
Trump says Iran truce on ‘life support,’ seeks gas tax pause
The breakdown in negotiations sent oil prices higher
Everything announced at The Android Show: Gemini Intelligence, Googlebooks, and more
Google is making all its Android announcements a week before I/O 2026. At The Android Show, we got four sets of announcements.
The best hardtop gazebos for stylish patio entertainment
Shading you from the sun and protecting you from precipitation, hardtop gazebos let you get more use from your yard.
Dodgers notes: Max Muncy, Shohei Ohtani, René Cárdenas
A busy Monday saw the Dodgers get Mookie Betts back from the injured list after missing five weeks, Alex Freeland got sent down to Triple-A Oklahoma City, and the offense continued to scuffle in a blowout loss to the San Francisco Giants. While we wait to see which day Shohei Ohtani will get a day […]
Louisiana's political mess just got messier
New Orleans city leaders pushed back legally and verbally Monday.
Randall Park recalls taking a road trip to see a girlfriend that ended with him in the hospital: 'I never made it'
Randall Park, who's taking over William Shatner's role as Priceline's Negotiator, reveals the worst trip he ever took.
In Sunset Park, businesses blame fear of ICE for slowdown
The toll on businesses in immigrant-rich neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens is showing up in new surveys.
New Orleans leaders talk strategy for Louisiana redistricting at town hall: ‘We’ve got to fight together’
New Orleans leaders on Monday night expressed outrage, disappointment, and hope for fighting back against a Supreme Court decision that removes a second majority-minority congressional district from Louisiana, calling it a suppression of the local Black electorate's power.
Henrico power washing business opening its first out-of-state office
“It’s gotten to a point where it doesn’t make sense for us to drive 14 hours for these projects,” said owner Omar Elshami, who also owns an ice cream shop in Carytown.
Risky business: College sports' new enforcement entity remains on shaky ground despite a costly arbitration victory
The College Sports Commission got a sweeping victory in its first serious challenge in this new era of college athletics.
Risky business: College sports' new enforcement entity remains on shaky ground despite a costly arbitration victory
The College Sports Commission got a sweeping victory in its first serious challenge in this new era of college athletics.
Bozeman Health Deaconess Medical Center gets national recognition
Bozeman Health Deaconess Regional Medical Center got national recognition for being one of the nation's safest hospitals.The DRMC earned an 'A' Hospital Safety
Tax break for United Center’s 1901 Project advances amid union pushback
The request for a property tax break has given a hospitality union leverage in negotiations over permanent jobs created in the $500 million first phase of the $7 billion mixed-use development.
Samsung widely rolling out stable One UI 8.5 update, five months after the beta started
Samsung has gotten much faster at software updates over the past few years, but One UI 8.5 is an odd...
The No. 1 most underrated communication skill—it's a simple but 'powerful' technique that can save a conversation, says expert
Sometimes the most important skill is "knowing when not to say the thing you're about to say" and pivoting, says negotiation expert Kwame Christian.
See the Alternate Version of Uncharted 4 You Never Got to Play in Eye-Opening Video
It was very different
New Rocket League Paris Major Bundle: All Net Sales Going to Competing Players & Teams
Net sales from the Paris Major Bundle will go directly to competing players and the teams that got them there.
Shelby County was split into 3 Congressional districts. How we got here
With the redistricting, state Sen. Brent Taylor, a Republican, announced he would run for the new District 9 seat.
GOP hardliners aren’t buying into U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar’s bipartisan immigration bill
The latest version of the El Paso Democrat’s Dignity Act includes a key change to make it more palatable to Republicans. Some have gotten on board, but others are firmly opposed.
Marketers say NAD+ pills and infusions can boost longevity. What's the evidence?
Wellness and longevity influencers are pushing a compound called NAD+. There's scientific interest in its potential, but researchers say the marketing claims have gotten ahead of the science.
Kallas rejects Putin's suggestion of Schröeder as EU negotiator for Russia talks
As Schroder had lobbied for Russian state companies, "he would be sitting on both sides of the table," Kallas said.
Dylan Harper achieves historic Manu Ginobili feat amid Spurs Game 4 loss to Timberwolves
After Victor Wembanyama got ejected, Spurs coach Mitch Johnson saw Dylan Harper rise to the occasion and get a record last reached by Manu Ginobili despite the loss to the Timberwolves.
Bills news: Lessons learned from Rookie Minicamp
Buffalo’s rookies and undrafted free agents got their first taste of life in the NFL. What stood out at Rookie Minicamp?
Business briefs: New Valpo administrator and Little Cal appointments
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NiJaree Canady's last ride: Texas Tech's million-dollar ace has final shot at title
NiJaree Canady threw a perfect game and got drafted by the AUSL. She's the face of NIL in NCAA softball, but has one more thing to do with Texas Tech.
Chicago health department leaves millions of federal COVID dollars on the table
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s health commissioner voluntarily returned tens of millions in COVID-19 grants to the federal government months before expiration.
Hapless Tigers Drop Another One In Kansas City
I’m almost at a loss for words. It’s truly shocking just how awful they look right now. Michael Wacha is a fine pitcher; in fact, he said he's had a bit of a career resurgence over the last several seasons. I gotta give him a lot of credit because he was one of those guys that really seemed like he was going through it for a while after starting his career off hot. He’s a very well-respected veteran presence, but he’s not a Cy Young caliber guy, except for when he pitches against Detroit.
Gigabyte GeForce buyer gets Radeon cooler, five months ago another user got the opposite
GeForce Radeon card found (again) Gigabyte RTX 5060 Ti with Radeon shroud could finally meet its Radeon twin with GeForce cooler. A Reddit user who bought
Nonprofit offers Mother’s Day weekend maternal health panel on South Side
A panel of doctors, midwives and health advocates spoke on navigating the birthing experience as a Black woman.
Cardinals Rookies Get Special Larry Fitzgerald Surprise
The Arizona Cardinals' newest crop of players got a Hall of Fame presence at their final day of camp.
Giants' John Harbaugh on potential reunion with Odell Beckham Jr.: 'It's got to be right for both parties'
Police: Man charged after stealing bike, initiating altercation at Pitcairn business
A man is facing multiple charges after police say he got into an altercation with staffers at a local business and stole a new bike before being taken into custody.
Aaron Rodgers, Steelers Not Meeting Yet Despite Recent Reports
Amid conversations with the Pittsburgh Steelers over his impending return to the team, quarterback Aaron Rodgers has reportedly been in Pittsburgh to negotiate.
Power & Politics: One-on-one with Sen. Cory Booker; Congressman Josh Gottheimer discusses latest resolution; AI data center protests continue
Senator Cory Booker and Congressman Josh Gottheimer join the show.
TST Best Bets: May 9, 2026
Two teams down 0-2 face the brink of elimination on Saturday, as the Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Lakers try to steer their respective series in their favor on their homecourts. For the Cavs, the solution may be as simple as being back in Cleveland, as they are undefeated at home and winless on the road so far this postseason. However, it seems to be almost too tall a task for the Cavs to secure a win with the level of play they have gotten from James Harden, who has 11 turnovers to just
The Best Turn-Based Strategy Games To Play If You Love XCOM and XCOM 2
The 2012 remake of the titular XCOM: Enemy Unknown is now seen by the games industry as the moment turn-based strategy was not only revived, but got up, started running, and has never stopped since. In fact, looking at the up-and-coming strategy games releasing in 2026, it doesn't seem like it's going to be slowing down any time soon, with Star Wars: Zero Company shaping up nicely to become the big-hitter in the genre. So, to quench our thirst while we wait for its release, I have compiled the best turn-based strategy games to play if you love XCOM!
My grandfather's advice helped me retire early from Google at age 55
A former Googler assumed only people who got rich from their startups being bought out could retire early. He shared the simple investment strategies he says helped him do it.
Tallahassee's Mimi Shaw discovers how the big top got in her blood
Party house founder Mimi Shaw learned that her great-uncle was the owner of Sol's Liberty Shows — a circus that toured the country circa 1920.
Denmark Liberal Leader Takes Over Coalition Talks After PM Fails
Liberal leader Troels Lund Poulsen took over Denmark’s coalition-building talks, dealing a blow to caretaker Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s bid for a third term after more than six weeks of negotiations broke down.
Jacob Misiorowski hits 103.6 mph vs. Yankees, unleashes hardest pitches ever tracked by MLB from starter
Misiorowski got a strikeout for every letter in his last name.
Iran’s injured supreme leader out of public view but still shaping strategy, US intel assesses
US intelligence assesses that Iran’s new supreme leader is playing a critical role in shaping war strategy alongside senior Iranian officials, according to multiple sources familiar with the intelligence. The reports found that precise authority within a now-fractured regime remains unclear, but that Mojtaba Khamenei is likely helping direct how Iran is managing negotiations with the US to end the war.
Basketball gets more beer money, while tennis and other small college sports worry over their future
Basketball got the beer money. Many smaller sports around the NCAA are still looking for a lifeline.
Basketball gets more beer money, while tennis and other small college sports worry over their future
Basketball got the beer money. Many smaller sports around the NCAA are still looking for a lifeline. The expansion of March Madness and the $300 million in extra revenue that comes with it through opening sponsorships to beer, wine and liquor companies offered a brief reprieve from the steady drip of headlines that underscore big-picture problems confronting college sports in an era of tightening budgets and revenue sharing with athletes.
Heastie clarifies comments opposing governor's budget announcement
Heastie had a softer tone on where budget negotiations stand on Friday.
Op/Ed: Small Businesses Deserve Better Health Coverage Choices in N.C.
For years, one of the most consistent concerns heard from North Carolina small businesses is the rising cost of health coverage. Small businesses want to do right by their employees and offer competitive benefits. But unlike large employers, they often lack the size and purchasing power needed to negotiate better rates and manage risk, leaving them more exposed to premium increases.
‘The hill just got a little steeper’: Dems reel after Virginia Supreme Court voids redistricting referendum ahead of midterms
2026 NFL schedule release: Predicting matchups for Thanksgiving and Christmas games, plus season opener
Who will be playing on Thanksgiving this year? We've got predictions for that and five other games.
The Galaxy S26 Ultra taught me how to use AI Select, and I am not going back
Samsung's AI select is now more accessible, which got me to use it more often. Here's what I learned
This Week In Security: Another Linux Exploit, Ubuntu Knocked Offline, Finals Interrupted, And Backdoored Tools
After the CopyFail vulnerability gave root access from any user on almost all distributions last week, this week we’ve got DirtyFrag. This chains the vulnerability in CopyFail (xfrm-ESP) and …
'I am shorting the business model... I am shorting the CEO': Two top analysts just slapped Palantir with a 'sell' rating
Michael Burry's brutal short on Palantir just got an unexpected co-signer in Jefferies’ senior software analyst Brett Thill.
Hantavirus: the risks, the science and what you need to know
On May 2, the World Health Organization got an alarming report: People aboard a ship in the Atlantic Ocean were falling ill. The culprit is now confirmed as hantavirus, a pathogen that some rodents carry that can infect humans in rare, but often deadly, instances. Multiple passengers have died, and more people are showing symptoms. So, we’re talking to Emily Abdoler, an infectious disease doctor at the University of Michigan, about the news – how common is hantavirus in humans, what are the consequences of getting it, and how can at-risk people protect themselves from it? If you found this episode interesting, listen to our episode on Rocky Mountain spotted fever.Interested in more science in the news? Email us your question at shortwave@npr.org.Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave.
Multi-use clinic River City Health & Wellness finds its solo space in Scott's Addition
“People can do their workout, do their recovery aspect, and they’ve got their providers all on-site,” owner Helen Robertson said. “I do think this model’s going to really start taking off…I know we’re the first ones in Virginia doing all of the things under one roof.”
49ers defense may have gotten major gift from Indianapolis Colts
The San Francisco 49ers defense could get a major lift by signing a new addition to the free agent market.
In Aaron Rodgers-Steelers protracted negotiations, who has meaningful leverage?
Mess Fest returns to Orlando Science Center May 9–10 with messy, hands-on physics
Mess Fest is back at Orlando Science Center May 9–10, and I got a media preview of the messy, hands-on fun (including 3 experiments outside). Expect washable paint, physics demos, and big reactions—plus it’s included with general admission (members get in free).
Joshua Bassett Gets Emotional Recalling His Near-Death Health Crisis at 'Rookie' Book Launch
Joshua Bassett got emotional and fought back tears when he read from his memoir, 'Rookie: My Public, Private, and Secret Life,' at a New York City book launch event.
Chief Justice John Roberts says Supreme Court is not political
Supreme Court justices are not “political actors,” Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday, insisting unpopular court decisions are based solely on the law.
Have you gotten a scary mailer warning against a Rays stadium deal? Beware, it's from a dead guy
Doug Guetzloe, the Chair, Treasurer and registered agent for the political committee behind attack mailers, died in 2018.
Oak Park celebrates National Small Business Week for the first time
Oak Park took part for the first time in National Small Business Week, hosting discussions on starting a business in the village.
Civ 7 'Got It Wrong' As It Ditches Its Most Controversial Mechanic
The 4X strategy game is still recovering from a rough launch
Civilization 7's huge 'Test of Time' update arrives this month, and it's full of deep changes to the divisive 4X game
Following more than a year of small and mid-sized updates, plus free content drops, Civilization 7 is getting the game-shaking 'Test of Time' update this month.
Science diplomacy lessons from a North Korean volcano
Mount Paektu, a mythic, active volcano on the border between North Korea and China, is almost the epitome of a scientific challenge that crosses political lines. In 946 CE, it erupted in one of the five biggest volcanic events of the past 10,000 years, kicking up huge quantities of ash and sending destructive mud flows down river channels for hundreds of kilometres. Should this happen again, the entire region, including easternmost Russia, South Korea and even Japan could be hit. “It’s definitely got the potential to be big,” said James Hammond, a professor of geophysics at Birkbeck, University of London. An eruption on the scale of 946 would have “huge regional impact.” For the past 15 years, Hammond has helped lead a groundbreaking collaboration with North Korean scientists to study the volcano, navigating scientific sanctions, tough export controls on scientific equipment and a long, pandemic-enforced exodus from the country. Although he seems more at home on far-flung research expeditions – before speaking to Science|Business, Hammond was camping out on a Greenland ice sheet – he has also advised the European Commission on its changing science diplomacy strategy. His long experience with North Korea has made Hammond sceptical of blanket bans on science collaboration, no matter the country.This is a live question in Europe, where in the wake of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, institutional ties with Russian universities were almost entirely severed, although some scientists fear this could undermine our understanding of climate change’s impact on the Arctic. Here, Hammond tells the story of the Mount Paektu mission and the policy lessons he takes from it. Ominous rumblingsThe genesis of Hammond’s collaboration came in 2002, when Mount Paektu began to rumble ominously. Earthquake activity picked up and the volcano began to emit unusual gases. North Korean scientists took notice. “People felt we need to know more about this volcano,” said Hammond. In 2011, North Korean vulcanologists put out a request for international expertise to help them learn more. At the time, Hammond and his collaborator, Clive Oppenheimer, were working on a vulcanology project in another sanctioned country, Eritrea, and so decided to answer the call. Within a month, they had flown into Pyongyang. “It was pretty incredible,” recalls Hammond (left). “We were made to feel like honoured guests, and invited to official celebrations.” The scientific opportunity was huge. Paektu is unusually positioned, a thousand kilometres from where tectonic plates rub against each other in the Pacific. “It was an incredibly interesting volcano, but not much research had been done, at least not in the international community,” he said. “There was so much we felt we could do. And we had these partners that were super keen to engage.”The mission received an unusual visitor in the form of volcano-obsessed filmmaker Werner Herzog, who accompanied Hammond and Oppenheimer while directing his 2016 film Into the Inferno about volcanos across the world. Four days into the trip, the German director delivered a long speech about reunification to his North Korean hosts, recalls Hammond. “He got to the heart of the Koreans and how they felt, and how they thought, in a way that I'm not sure I ever will,” he said. UN sanctionsHowever, Hammond realised he’d been “naïve” about how difficult it would be to collaborate with North Korea, which was sanctioned far more heavily than Eritrea. “We didn’t fully appreciate the all-encompassing nature of restrictions,” he said. In 2016, as tensions escalated over Pyongyang’s nuclear tests, a United Nations resolution banned all joint scientific work with North Korea. However, the UN sanctions did allow countries to request carve outs, and the UK successfully requested an exemption for Hammond’s work. Related articlesEU pushes for joint science diplomacy, but care needed to avoid gridlock, experts sayRussia severs its last ties with German scienceAnchor Greenlanders in Arctic climate research, experts tell EU ahead of policy updateExport controls have also delayed Hammond’s work. In one case, it took 18 months to get approval from the UK government to take seismometers, which measure earthquakes, to North Korea. “It was frustrating,” he said. “But they didn’t just say no.” However, one instrument, called an induction coil, used to measure how the earth conducts electricity, was blocked entirely because it can in theory be used to detect submarines. Karaoke bondingSince the collaboration started in 2011, Hammond has visited the country around 15 times, although the pandemic closed off North Korea for more than five years. A trip last November was Hammond’s first since the outbreak. Despite this lengthy interlude, Hammond has deep bonds in the country. The North Korean scientists Hammond works with are somewhat isolated, as they struggle to access the latest research papers and travel to international conferences. That said, they are “excellent geophysicists” and are “very well trained in the field,” he said. Over karaoke and chats about their families, “we’ve made friendships, for sure,” he said. The authorities have to sign-off things like the placement of seismometers, for example, but Hammond said these requests have been approved. “Everything that we've asked for within a scientific context has been delivered.”Scientific backchannels? These kind of personal links between scientists across political lines are one purported benefit of science diplomacy. During the Cold War, some historians argue, scientific contact between the US and Soviet Union laid a groundwork of trust for other cooperation, such as on arms control. Hammond agrees that backchannel contacts to North Korean geophysicists are hardly likely to defuse a military crisis on the Korean peninsula, but the simple fact of the scientific collaboration makes contacts between diplomats that little bit easier. “It creates opportunities to understand each other a little bit better,” he said. “When maybe you have those more difficult discussions as diplomats, it's coming from a slightly better place.” Cutting tiesDrawing lessons from the Mount Paektu mission for today’s links with Russian science isn’t simple. The analogy is far from exact, Hammond said, “because one is essentially a Cold War, versus a pretty hot war in the case of Russia.” But Hammond’s broader argument is that the challenges we face, such as climate change, pandemics, biodiversity loss, pollution and so on, have globalised in an unprecedented way, making blanket shutdowns in collaboration with any country unwise.He’s somewhat critical of the UN scientific sanctions imposed on North Korea in 2016, even though they did allow for exceptions. “I think a blanket halt to some of these things, when we face big global challenges [. . .] that’s quite a risky thing to do,” he said.Institutional endorsement?European academics are still by and large free to work individually with Russian counterparts. However, official, institutional partnerships have largely ended. Shortly following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian university rectors wrote a public letter endorsing the war, meaning European universities fear official collaboration could also be seen as a kind of endorsement. Hammond acknowledges there is a risk of legitimising regimes, and state-controlled universities, through scientific cooperation. “That’s the trade off you have to make,” he said. Strategic projectsWith Russia, instead of giving a green light to restart all Arctic science, a middle ground might be firing up a few carefully selected “strategic” projects, said Hammond. After all, European countries are still collaborating with Russia on the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, an experimental nuclear fusion plant in the south of France. However, even if Europe did try to revive Arctic science with Russia, there’s no guarantee Russian scientists would play ball. A series of high-profile arrests of physicists in Russia accused of sharing their findings with the outside world has made collaboration fraught. Even before the invasion of 2022, “the Russian regime made it increasingly difficult, and this sort of discouraged people,” Dag Rune Olsen, rector of the Arctic University of Norway, told Science|Business last year.
Civilization VII Update Will Finally Let Players Stay as One Civ Through All Ages, as Take-Two Boss Admits: 'We Got It Wrong'
Civilization VII is set for a major update that finally let players stay as one civ through all Ages, as the boss of parent company Take-Two has admitted: “we got it wrong.”
Is the FDA Really Suppressing Science? Plus. . .
It’s Thursday, May 7. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free Press—and our take on the world at large. Today: Aaron MacLean says Trump is poised to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in the Iran war. Joe Klein on the life of CNN founder Ted Turner. Jillian Lederman on why cruise ships are here to stay. And much more. But first: Is the FDA suppressing science? On Tuesday, The New York Times published a story with an alarming takeaway. “FDA Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe,” read the headline. It is the latest in a string of stories that all have the same message: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and other agencies, are engaged in a cover-up—and silencing scientists trying to get the word out about the Covid vaccine. What all these stories suggest—some more subtly than others—is that the outsiders now running the public health establishment, officials such as Marty Makary at the FDA and Jay Bhattacharya at the National Institutes of Health, are on a revenge tour. That they are doing harm to the country to get back at the scientists and bureaucrats who ostracized them for deviating from the public-health consensus during the pandemic. It’s a seductive narrative. But is it true? That’s the question we address in our latest editorial. —The Editors Read [ Marty Makary's FDA Has All the Right Enemies ](https://www.thefp.com/p/marty-makary-vaccine-study-fda) [ Trump Blinks First ](https://www.thefp.com/p/iran-peace-deal-pakistan-trump-strait-of-hormuz) Aaron MacLean In return for no detectable concessions, President Trump this week gave up on forcing open the Strait of Hormuz. Now, the Trump administration looks desperate for a deal to end the war with Iran. It’s easy to understand the desire to end the war, but are they blowing the chance at victory? Aaron MacLean makes sense of the administration’s latest moves—and Iran’s response—in his column today. Read full story Aaron MacLean and Niall Ferguson: Live in New York City Join Aaron MacLean and Niall Ferguson on May 19 for a live recording of School of War at the iconic New York Historical. In a conversation as timely as it is wide-ranging, Aaron and Niall will explore the strategic stakes of the moment, including the Middle East, China, and the future of American leadership on the global stage. Get Tickets Now [ Ted Turner, the Optimist Who Built CNN ](https://www.thefp.com/p/ted-turner-cnn-tribute) Joe Klein The man who gave us CNN and the 24-hour news cycle, Ted Turner, died Wednesday at the age of 87. Today, political writer Joe Klein—who almost ghostwrote Turner’s autobiography—remembers his friend, the American media mogul who stood out for his idealism and lack of a filter—something that got Turner in trouble more than once. “His was not a traditional intelligence, but one of horizon: Ted saw things before other people did,” Joe writes. Read full story [ Nothing Can Sink the Cruise Ship ](https://www.thefp.com/p/cruise-ship-hantavirus) Jillian Lederman A viral outbreak on a cruise ship that left three passengers dead has left some people wondering: Are cruise ships on the way out? Not so fast, says Jillian Lederman, who has been on many a cruise herself. Read her piece on why 38 million people a year take a cruise—and aren’t about to stop. Read full story [ The Great Writers Who Were Terrible People ](https://www.thefp.com/p/the-great-writers-who-were-terrible) Shilo Brooks Throughout history, some of the greatest literary geniuses have also been immoral bigots. In the latest episode of Old School, Shilo Brooks is joined by Eli Lake for a conversation about those geniuses, from Voltaire to Norman Mailer and Roald Dahl—and why we should read their work despite their odious prejudices. Listen on MORE FROM THE FREE PRESS [ Inside the Digital Intifada ](https://www.thefp.com/p/digital-intifada-social-media-hamas-terror) Warren Kinsella Read full story [ This Week in American History: Trump’s Over-Arching Problem ](https://www.thefp.com/p/this-week-in-american-history-trumps-over-arching-problem) Jonathan Horn Read full story [ Humanity Is Still Evolving—and Fast ](https://www.thefp.com/p/humanity-is-still-evolvingand-fast) Razib Khan Read full story THE NEWS Thirteen D.C. Metropolitan Police officers have been placed on administrative leave and could face termination after an internal investigation found evidence that crime statistics were manipulated to make the city look safer. The Republican-led House Oversight Committee previously alleged that former D.C. police chief Pamela Smith pressured officers to skew data. Tennessee Republicans unveiled a redrawn U.S. House map yesterday that would split up Memphis’s black-majority Democratic district, the latest move in a nationwide push to redraw congressional boundaries ahead of the midterms. The effort follows a Supreme Court ruling last week on Louisiana’s districts, which Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton said gave states the green light to redraw maps along partisan lines. Israel struck Beirut for the first time since a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect last month, saying it targeted a commander of the militant group’s elite Radwan force in the city’s southern suburbs. The strikes risk destabilizing that truce at a delicate moment, as Iran and the U.S. report progress toward a deal to resolve their own standoff. The U.S. Air Force is aiming for a Fourth of July delivery of a Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar, hoping to add it to the Air Force One fleet in time for the U.S.’s 250th anniversary, Reuters reported. (For more on the controversy surrounding the aircraft, read Jed Rubenfeld’s piece “It’s a Terrible Idea, but Trump Probably Can Accept a Free Jet from Qatar.”) Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick testified privately before Congress that he has no memory of why he and his family dined on Jeffrey Epstein’s private island in 2012, according to Reuters. The admission contradicts Lutnick’s earlier claim that he had cut ties with the convicted sex offender well before that visit. Weeks before a former JPMorgan investment banker filed a lawsuit packed with explosive allegations, the bank reportedly offered him $1 million to settle his sexual assault and harassment claims, according to The Wall Street Journal. The suit, filed by Chirayu Rana, alleges he was sexually assaulted by a female colleague, subjected to racial discrimination, and forced into a degrading dynamic at work. JPMorgan says the claims lack merit, and the female colleague’s lawyers call the accusations fabricated. A new report from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research shows that, for the first time in roughly 20 years, church attendance is trending upward, with more people volunteering and clergy expressing renewed optimism. The study’s authors described the findings, based on a survey of more than 7,400 congregations, as showing signs of widespread recovery from low attendance numbers.
Thongs, Taco Bell and the neuroscience of baseball’s weirdest rituals
Sports psychologists once treated rituals as a confidence trick — a placebo. The science has gotten more interesting than that.
Britain's JD Sports says Nike's Hill 'doing a great job'
Nike CEO Elliott Hill got a vote of confidence from one of its largest customers, British sportswear retailer JD Sports , whose boss said on Thursday he was "doing a great job".
STRANGER THAN HEAVEN launches this winter
STRANGER THAN HEAVEN will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store this winter, publisher SEGA and developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio announced. It will also be avail…
CVS Health CEO David Joyner: Our Aetna business got off track, but we've had five quarters of improvement
CVS Health President and CEO David Joyner joins 'Mad Money' host Jim Cramer to talk quarterly results, the company's turnaround plan, and more.
Hooksett’s Macy Industries, other NH small businesses get big recognition
A year before they got married, Marcel Mercier told his wife, Cynthia, he wanted to start a business.
‘We got it wrong’ with Civilization VII, says boss, as major update announced
“What we tried to do was a bridge too far” with Civ 7, says Take-Two CEO…
BioShock, game prices, GTA, the disappearing NFL deal and more: An interview with Take Two CEO Strauss Zelnick
In 20 years of covering the video game beat, I’d probably not spoken more than 20 words with Take Two chairman Strauss Zelnick, who’s been running the company behind NBA 2K, Grand Theft Auto, BioShock and Red Dead Redemption for, you guessed it, nearly 20 years. Last week, though, ahead of a panel I was hosting at the iicon event in Las Vegas, I had about 20 minutes to interview Zelnick. I could ask one question for each year, I joked, as we settled into our seats on opposite sides of a conference table. Take Two’s longtime head of corporate communications, Alan Lewis, was seated at Zelnick’s side. I didn’t quite conduct our chat that way, but we wound up going through a lot, including… The state of BioShock The ramifications of the rising costs of game development The fate of Take Two’s recent multi-game deal with the NFL Some hints about Take Two’s mobile plans Whether Zelnick’s answer to me about Civ VII was a good one The do’s and don’t’s of NBA 2K microtransactions Take Two’s take on the Switch 2 Oh, and GTA VI (Spoiler: if Zelnick had spilled the beans on the price of the game or a release date for a PC version or whether there will be a polka radio station, that would have been this article’s headline). Before all of that, I would learn what it’s like to interview Strauss Zelnick, who is confident, calm and focused on delivering precise answers. To wit, I thought I’d start our chat with something fun, a bit insidery but maybe safe for him to share. The team at Take Two’s Rockstar label delays their games a lot, I noted. Of course, those delays, however painful, tend to be worth it. So, I was wondering how Zelnick finds out about them. Take the most recent postponement back in November 2025, when Rockstar said that GTA VI would not hit its May 26, 2026 release date (just 20 days from now!) and would instead come out on November 19, 2026. Was that news delivered via a call? An email? How does it work? “I work super closely with my team,” Zelnick said. “It's a very thin team at Take Two. The entire senior management team is six executives who sit in one hallway and share two assistants. And then, basically, there are two people who head up each of our labels.” They meet weekly to discuss their business, he said. So no one emails him about a delay? Nothing like that? Zelnick craned his neck to look at my left hand. He asked if I was married. I am, I said. “Does your partner email you to give you information?” he asked. Fair enough. I didn’t get the sense Zelnick was going to read me the minutes of the management meeting where the GTA VI delay was discussed. Slight pivot, maybe I could get some personality insights about one of the most successful gaming execs of the last 20 years, before getting to my big list of questions about specific Take Two games, franchises and policies. I asked: How do you deal with delay news like that? Go for a run? Meditate? “I tend to default to being very calm,” he said. “I’m not a person who freaks out easily.” He noted that he has a daughter with special needs due to an illness, and he shared that that situation had gotten him worked up. It was a personal, family emergency. “But, you know, business is not that,” he said. “I have no trouble distinguishing between, like, a business challenge and an emergency.” He turned to his left to ask Lewis, his colleague of 17 years, a question. “Have you ever seen me freak out?” “Never,” Lewis replied. “You’ve seen me upset,” Zelnick told Lewis. “Have you seen me raise my voice? Maybe how many times? Be honest, because we might as well be.”
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