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Apr 10, 2026; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson (28) celebrates with catcher Drake Baldwin (30) after a two-run home run against the Cleveland Guardians in the sixth inning at Truist Park. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images Ronald Acuna Jr., Matt Olson and Michael Harris II each hit home runs in the sixth inning as the Atlanta Braves picked up an 11-5 win over the visiting Cleveland Guardians on Friday. Atlanta sent 10 batters to the plate, pounded out seven hits and scored six runs in the decisive sixth inning. Acuna’s first home run of the season…

Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent last week questioned leading tech CEOs about the security of artificial intelligence models and how to respond to cyber attacks before Anthropic released its new Mythos model, CNBC has learned.The meeting occurred over the phone, according to two people familiar with the matter who asked not to be named because the event was private.One of the people said that Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, xAI’s Elon Musk, Google’s Sundar Pichai, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, CrowdStrike’s George Kurtz and Palo Alto Networks’ Nikesh Arora also participated.The tech CEOs met to discuss the…

Pope Leo XIV is refusing to soften his criticism of Donald Trump’s war with Iran.  “God does not bless any conflict. Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs,” Leo wrote Friday morning on X. “Military action will not create space for freedom or times of #Peace, which comes only from the patient promotion of coexistence and dialogue among peoples.”  Leo, a Chicago native and the first American pope in the 2000-year history of the Catholic Church, has been a vocal…

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday rejected — again — an experimental treatment for advanced skin cancer developed by Replimune Group.  Replimune’s treatment, an engineered virus designed to rev up the immune system against melanoma, has been a flashpoint in a simmering debate over shifting standards at the agency. The drug was initially rejected in July, just two months after Vinay Prasad was appointed the FDA’s head of biologics. As an academic oncologist, Prasad criticized regulators for approving drugs with limited data, and the Replimune decision was viewed as a possible sign of the stricter stance he might take…

As NASA and rival space programs eye the moon for sustained commercial activity, and the space economy edges toward what one space entrepreneur says is a trillion-dollar industry, a fundamental legal and national security question remains unsettled: Who owns what is mined or built there? Cliff Beek, CEO of SC Solutions and co-founder of Modern Pay Engine, tells The Washington Times that the lack of a clear framework for ownership, licensing and commercial activity on the moon remains a major unresolved issue for the emerging space economy. “Jurisdictional control,” Mr. Beek said when asked who owns minerals on the moon…

Part the First: War Begets War, A Conversation.  Daedalus hosted a conversation among Robert Jay Lifton (1926-2025), Neta C. Crawford, and  Matthew Evangelista last year.  It was preprinted recently in The MIT Press Reader.  I immediately noticed the participation of Robert Jay Lifton.  Back in my dark ages, when the university had a University Bookstore that sold books instead of branded apparel and other junk, that store introduced me to Lifton through Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima, after I had read Hiroshima by John Hersey in high school.  Both works are still important and will remain so for as…

The 29-year-old man charged in connection with fires that burned down a paper products warehouse in California was allegedly motivated by anti-capitalism sentiment and compared himself to Luigi Mangione, authorities said Friday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Chamel Abdulkarim, of Highland, California, was charged by federal authorities with arson of a building used in interstate and foreign commerce, Bill Essayli, the first assistant United States attorney, said at a news conference Friday morning. Abdulkarim is accused of intentionally starting multiple fires at a 1.2 million-square-foot warehouse on Tuesday. The warehouse was…

Happy New Music Friday! The weekend is here, which means more streaming, new playlists and the best that music has to offer — and ET has you covered for everything in between.Coachella kicks off today with headliners Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, Karol G, and Anyma. Fans can tune in via Coachella’s YouTube Channel to see seven stages featuring a lineup that includes Addison Rae, BIGBANG, BINI, Clipse, David Guetta, FKA twigs, Jack White, Kaskade, KATSEYE, Major Lazer, Laufey, The Strokes, Teddy Swims and more. The livestream will begin at 4pm PT each night.CBS and Dick Clark Productions announced that Queen…

WNBA free agency is underway, and Friday provided our first big surprise: Nneka Ogwumike is leaving the Seattle Storm to return to the Los Angeles Sparks, according to ESPN. The Sparks selected Ogwumike No. 1 overall in the 2012 WNBA Draft, and in 2016, she was named the MVP while helping the Sparks win the title. Now, after a short sojourn in Seattle, she has decided to return to Los Angeles to team up with Kelsey Plum. The Sparks have not made the playoffs since 2020, the league’s longest drought. Ogwumike’s return will give them a real chance to get…

new video loaded: Soaring Fuel Prices Squeeze China’s Frugal TruckerstranscriptBacktranscriptSoaring Fuel Prices Squeeze China’s Frugal TruckersMany long-haul truckers in China have a tight budget and live frugally on the road, sleeping and cooking in their vehicles. Now, the pain at the pump is forcing some drivers to rethink their lives.Truck drivers in China have been nervously watching diesel prices as they keep climbing. Since the war in Iran started, fuel prices have jumped around 26 percent, hitting about $4.60 per gallon. So drivers have been scrambling to fill up, especially China’s 38 million long-haul truckers. Many of them have a…