TikTok erupts into debate over whether playing GTA 6 counts as “cheating” because players can optionally date, text, hold hands, & kiss between Jason & Lucia.

Students at more than 200 schools across Colorado walk out of class Friday to protest Trump’s immigration crackdown & ICE operations.

Cincinnati Reds slugger Eugenio Suárez misses 2 games to become a U.S. citizen, then crushes a 408-foot home run in his first game back as teammates greet him with “God Bless the USA.”

Enes Kanter Freedom files First Amendment lawsuit against Chicago Sky, after being ejected from a WNBA game while wearing a shirt defining a woman as an “adult human female.”

Avengers: Doomsday directors reveal they began filming with the screenplay still unfinished.

Trump officials draft plan that would pay parents to stay home & raise their children using federal child care funds. — NYT

6 Cuban & Afghan nationals deported from the U.S. arrive in Guyana, under Trump’s expanding third-country deportation program.

New Mexico man accused of removing 10 Flock cameras & loading them into his pickup truck is released from custody under strict Flock supervision.

Bitcoin projected to surge past $85,000 by the end of the month. 53% chance.

Trump warns communities that reject data centers risk living in “poverty, crime, and squalor.”

Police departments across the U.S. are dropping Flock cameras amid privacy backlash, only to replace them with similar surveillance systems from competitors like Axon.

Putin meets U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff & Jared Kushner in Moscow for talks aimed at ending the Ukraine war.

Where will it rain tomorrow?

Hundreds of masked anti-immigration protesters block access to the UK’s busiest ferry port while chanting “stop the boats.”

Internet declares Kanye West “uncanceled” after his Chicago concert brings out Travis Scott, Kid Cudi, Chief Keef, Young Thug, and more.

State Dept. warns Americans not to travel to Libya “for any reason,” advising those who go anyway to prepare a will, leave DNA samples, & make plans for possible kidnapping or death.

IRS proposal could threaten tax-exempt status of universities with DEI programs.

Developer uses GPT-6 Astra to run a 166,700-neuron fruit fly brain simulation inside Minecraft.

El Salvador’s AI tutoring pilot in 171 public schools produced reading, math, & science results above the national average & comparable to Germany & Sweden.

𝕏 begins rolling out the ability to schedule posts directly in the iOS app.

Japan is reportedly developing AI-powered surveillance satellites to launch into orbit.

Idaho voters projected to pass ballot measure legalizing abortion. 53% chance.

East Harlem grocery owner warns Mamdani’s planned city-owned store near her family business could “take us out of business.”

GoFundMe for Lindsay Clancy’s parents surpasses $1 million after her murder trial ends in a mistrial following an 11-1 jury deadlock.

People aged 65 & older now outnumber children 5 & under worldwide for the first time in recorded history.

OpenAI engineer reveals GPT-6 Astra boosted internal productivity so dramatically that some projects were moved 6 months ahead of schedule.

Juul gets FDA authorization for “JUUL2,” a new vape system that can verify users’ age through an app before activation.

U.S. gas prices are on track to top $4 per gallon on Labor Day for the first time ever.

Costa Rica’s president signals openness to U.S. ground operations against transnational crime.

GPT Astra 6.1+ released by...?

Nigel Farage unveils a migration pact with France’s National Rally that would have the UK intercept Channel boats & return migrants to France, if both parties take power.

Foldable iPhone Announced Price?

Netherlands transfers a large share of its gold reserves out of the U.S. and into the Bank of England, citing “increasing geopolitical unrest.”

French investigators seize more than €65 million in a tax probe into McKinsey.

Meta's "Watermelon" model released by...?

EU proposes new restrictions on Airbnb and other short-term rentals.

U.S. sanctions Turkish investment bank Golden Global over alleged ties to Iran’s IRGC.

U.S. Embassy issues health alert for Cuba after a “significant increase” in diarrheal illness linked to deteriorating water & power infrastructure.

𝕏 wins a court order blocking a rival startup app from using the “Twitter” name.

GPT-6 Astra agents reportedly created a “simulation within a simulation” after vibe coder Matt Shumer gave them access to a virtual computer inside their Unreal Engine world.

Trump pardons longtime Jay-Z associate Emory Jones, who served nearly 16 years in federal prison on cocaine charges.

Two Massachusetts police officers face termination after allegedly using Flock cameras to track their romantic partners & exes.

Two men survive 9 days trapped beneath mud and debris in Nepal before being rescued from buried hydroelectric tunnels.

Morgan Stanley overtakes Goldman Sachs in the odds to be the lead bank in Anthropic’s IPO — 72% chance.

Lindsay Clancy “super fan” arrested after alleged murder of her 2-year-old son, hours after texting about the case.

Trump imposes tariffs of up to 100% on foreign made drones.

Nick Shirley files a federal free speech lawsuit against California’s “Stop Nick Shirley Act”

Federal judge indefinitely blocks Trump’s new mail-in ballot rules ahead of the November midterms.

HHS launches investigation into 2,544 unverified death reports involving U.S. service members who received COVID vaccines.

Florida man arrested for meth trafficking goes viral, after his nose appeared to be mysteriously missing.

U.S. Open match interrupted due to "strong" stench of marijuana distracting players' focus.

Mexican authorities seize nearly 38,000 pounds of methamphetamine in Sinaloa worth an estimated $347 million.

6 migrants reportedly refused to get off a U.S. deportation flight in Liberia and were instead flown to Equatorial Guinea, where they remain detained in limbo.

Lindsay Clancy’s attorney unloads on the lone holdout juror after the mistrial, says “I hope that guy can sleep well at night.”

OpenAI announces GPT-6 Astra is now available to all Pro, Enterprise, & Business Premium users.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is currently the favorite to be the Democratic Vice President nominee in 2028. 11% chance.

Trump signs order authorizing ranchers to protect cattle herds from Mexican gray wolves.

Trump reveals he will spend up to $500 million from MAGA Inc. to support Republican candidates in the 2026 midterms.

Female jurors in Lindsay Clancy trial appear visibly emotional, with one “clenching her fists” as the judge declares a mistrial in the case over the deaths of her three young children. — CNN

Lindsay Clancy supporters berate the district attorney during a post-trial press conference, yelling, “Why don’t you care about the mother?!”

Apple is developing a sci-fi movie based on the real “Waffle House Index,” with Inde Navarrette starring in a disaster story involving a flooded restaurant, killer crocodiles, & aliens.

Tetris publicly disavows the White House’s Tetris-style “Build the Wall” game.

Trump declares the U.S. has “essentially taken over” Iran.

Biohacker Bryan Johnson tests a new lighting setup designed to “mimic sunlight” without the negative side effects, inside his Southern California office.

Trump signs executive order allowing ranchers to process & sell their own beef directly to consumers, bypassing the “big four” meat processors.

Lindsay Clancy’s trial for the murders of her 3 young children officially ends in a mistrial.

Georgia man faces 10 charges after allegedly setting 4 Flock cameras on fire.

Trump reveals the new White House ballroom is being built with “nuclear concrete” so strong that future Democrats will be physically unable to tear it down.

DeepSeek plans to deploy at least 160,000 of Huawei’s next-generation AI chips at a massive new data center in Inner Mongolia.

World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka halts her US Open match after complaining of a strong cannabis smell, asking officials to intervene because “it’s so strong”

JD Vance declares it would be “proper and responsible” for the Fed to lower interest rates.

AI startup micro1 offers $12.5 million for Spirit Airlines’ massive trove of internal data, seeking to outbid Google’s $10 million deal.

Gal Gadot’s latest film “The Runner” debuts with a 9% Rotten Tomatoes score, the lowest rated movie of her career.

UN votes 164-1 to ditch the Mercator projection in favor of the “Equal Earth” map, with the U.S. casting the lone vote against.