Tarik Skubal wasn't his typical, dominant self in his Dodger Stadium debut Monday night, but the team's offense answered manager Dave Roberts' pregame challenge to secure a 6-5, come-from-behind win over the Royals.
Sports Illustrated has released a comprehensive preview of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, profiling all 48 nations competing in the first ever expanded tournament field hosted across the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Microsoft internally explored spinning out Xbox as a standalone subsidiary and making the gaming brand easier to sell, according to a report from The Information citing three people familiar with the discussions.
The dead internet theory has become measurable fact as bots and AI agents now generate the majority of web traffic, with Cloudflare reporting that automated requests crossed 57.5 percent in June 2026.
The U.S. government issued an export control directive ordering Anthropic to suspend access to its two most advanced AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns about a jailbreak method that could bypass safeguards and let the models identify software vulnerabilities.
SpaceX made its stock market debut on the Nasdaq on June 12, 2026, completing the largest IPO in history and closing its first trading day at $160.95 a share with a market valuation of $2.1 trillion, making it the sixth largest company in the United States.
Ancient Greek philosophy treated the household and domestic life as serious subjects of inquiry, and texts from Aristotle's Economics to the Stoic philosophers Musonius Rufus and Hierocles reveal a far richer discourse on marriage, home and gender than the dominant readings of Plato and Aristotle suggest.
A plan from Utah Sen. Mike Lee and Rep. Celeste Maloy to overturn Biden era management guidelines for Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument using the Congressional Review Act missed its deadline Thursday, leaving the 1.9 million acre protected area's 2025 management plan intact.
Defining success on your own terms matters more than chasing salary, job titles, or other people's approval, a lesson Bill Watterson delivered in his 1990 Kenyon College commencement speech ten years after his own graduation.
In a first-person essay published on The Players' Tribune in June 2023, Tottenham Hotspur forward Richarlison wrote candidly about his deeply personal relationship with the Brazilian national team. He described the emotional devastation of Brazil's quarterfinal exit to Croatia at the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the mental health struggles he endured in the months that followed. His famous bicycle-kick goal against Serbia — voted Goal of the Tournament — was a high point in an otherwise painful campaign. Richarlison recounted how, despite the pain of elimination, his love for the Seleção never wavered. The piece explored his journey from a impoverished upbringing in Brazil to the top of European football, and was notable for its emotional openness on anxiety, media criticism, and his determination to fight for his place in the squad ahead of future tournaments.
In a June 2023 national referendum, Swiss voters approved an ambitious climate law with roughly 59 percent in favor, backing the government's plan to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The vote came amid alarming reports showing that Switzerland's Alpine glaciers lost more than six percent of their total volume in 2022 alone. The bill also set aside over three billion Swiss francs to help homeowners and businesses transition away from oil and gas heating systems.
Andrew Carnegie's 1889 Gospel of Wealth argued that the rich should live modestly, provide for their dependents, and treat surplus wealth as a trust fund for the community, acting as agent and trustee for their poorer brethren.
In May 2023, bipartisan legislation dubbed the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act was introduced in both the House and Senate, requiring all new passenger vehicles to include AM broadcast radio as standard equipment at no additional charge. The bill was prompted by a growing trend among electric vehicle manufacturers — led by Tesla — to drop AM radio from their cars, citing electromagnetic interference between AM signals and electric drivetrains.
In a widely read 2023 profile published in ELLE magazine, journalist Melissa Giannini spent roughly three years attempting to reach Meg White — the enigmatic drummer and co-founder of the White Stripes — for an interview, ultimately writing about the experience of searching for someone who simply does not wish to be found. The piece ran around the time of the White Stripes' nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, making White's continued absence from public life all the more striking.