WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert has sent a memo to teams that addresses ongoing discussions around transgender athletes in women’s basketball.“I know many of you have received questions in recent weeks regarding transgender athlete participation in women’s basketball, and I expect this topic will continue to receive significant attention,” Engelbert wrote in the memo, which was … Read more
Imagine going to sleep in a quiet farming village, windows open to a warm August night, a lake sitting still in the valley below the way it had for as long as anyone could remember. Nothing announces itself. No tremor, no smell, no sound loud enough to wake a sleeping household. By morning, nearly everyone … Read more
This is a newsletter bonus question. Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My wife “Lillian” and I live in a major metro area and have two kids, “Carter,” 1, and “Emerald,” 4. There are lots of pigeons around, and Emerald has always … Read more
Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A schoolgirl died from critical wounds on Saturday after a student opened fire at a high school and his home outside Bangkok the day before, bringing … Read more
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — Few people have anything bad to say about Darline Graham, who was catapulted from obscurity last month when she was appointed to replace her late brother Lindsey Graham in the U.S. Senate. “I think Darline’s wonderful,” said Kathy Bustos of Mount Pleasant, after attending a Republican forum last week.But that doesn’t … Read more
BEIRUT (AP) — A sanctioned tanker carrying nearly 1 million barrels of oil appears to have become further submerged in waters off the coast of Oman where it has been grounded for several weeks, satellite images reviewed by The Associated Press show.Crude oil has been leaking and spreading quickly in recent days from the Caroline … Read more
OpenAI will pause some work on an artificial intelligence model because of security concerns, the company stated Friday, following a series of incidents in which AI agents have escaped containment.The company had evaluated the agent, Astra, and found “significant advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity”, which had moved to a “critical” threshold where it can … Read more
Tamer A Soliman/Shutterstock In 1899, David Misell, a Brit living in New York City at the time, patented the first modern tube flashlight (patent number 717,592), a handheld device he called an electric hand torch that used three dry-cell batteries and an incandescent bulb. While flashlight is a term used in the U.S. for a portable … Read more
The Hall of Fame career of former Patriots and Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri had many highlights. Nearly all of them were memorable and important kicks.He had another one — he tackled Herschel Walker.Walker was returning a kick during a December 1996 game between the Cowboys and Patriots. Walker fielded the kick, weaved through traffic, broke … Read more
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