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Woman choosing books in a modern bookshopApichat Panyakaew | E+ | Getty ImagesIt’s getting more expensive to have fun in America, but consumers are splurging anyway, seeking out experiences ranging from outdoor activities to video games. The Bank of America’s latest analysis suggested that «funflation» — the increased cost of fun — may be rising, but consumers aren’t cutting back.In fact, spending on hobbies, which ranges from arts and crafts and hobby shops to retailers selling skiing, hiking, camping, or scuba diving gear, grew 7.9% in August 2026, year on year, per the bank. This was double the growth of…

LONDON — British police evacuated homes and arrested several men on suspicion of explosives offenses on Sunday near an air base which the United States Air Force had been using to facilitate strikes on Iran.A major incident was declared, with a massive emergency service presence seen around RAF Fairford, which is about 90 minutes outside London, close to the village of Whelford in west England.“A number of properties are currently being evacuated,” the Gloucestershire Police force said in a statement, following the arrest of “several men on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act.” It did not provide further details…

Reporting Highlights Recklessness Rewarded: I blew $1,800 in one night by chasing my losses with bigger bets, a classic sign of problem gambling. The next day, DraftKings invited me to audition for its VIP program. Casino Craze: Sportsbooks want to expand into online casinos, where you can lose a lot fast. I played 500 rounds of blackjack in a weekend — about half of my total bets over 10 weeks. Profit Over Protection: The responsible gaming prompts telling me to pump the brakes were no match for the product design and promotions pushing me to do more gambling. These highlights…

Two hurricanes churning in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico are sending high surf toward Southern California that will overlap with unusually high tides, bringing hazards for beachgoers and possible coastal flooding.The hurricanes, Polo and Odalys, are not expected to make landfall in California, and only isolated showers are forecasted in parts of Southern California on Monday, but other areas of the Southwest are likely to get substantial rain.Polo, a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 140 mph, is on track to make landfall in Baja California Sur on Monday, unleashing heavy rains and flooding there.Hurricane Odalys, with 90 mph…

I haven’t finished Star Wars: Zero Company, the latest game set in a galaxy far, far away, but I’ve played enough of the game to understand the mechanics and bring those opinions to you. So this is less of a formal review and more of a first impression. And that impression is very positive. Set during the twilight of the Clone Wars, Zero Company follows the titular mercenary outfit as they struggle to get by. They’re laughably in debt to the Hutts, and to make matters worse, a mysterious and powerful cult known as the Infinite Coil have emerged against…

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Skying into the Los Angeles night, Oregon receiver Dakorien Moore slipped on his best red cape and silenced the Tinseltown faithful as he snatched a deep-ball away from defensive back Elbert Hill IV, crashed into the end zone and scored the Ducks’ go-ahead fourth-quarter score on Saturday.On an evening where the Ducks lost starting quarterback Dante Moore minutes into the contest, it was the other Moore whose score pushed Oregon to a 41-27 victory in a Pac-12 After Dark-esque prime-time affair under the lights at the Los Angeles Coliseum.Two weeks after a debilitating loss to Oklahoma State, it was the…

The Weekend Read / September 26, 2026 I grew up in a neighborhood manufactured by the University of California, Irvine. It felt like a utopia for academics—until the university forsook its mission of serving the public. Ad Policy Crews clean up the area of a pro-Palestinian encampment at UC Irvine in Irvine, CA on Thursday, May 16, 2024.(Paul Bersebach / MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images) My mother likes to tell a story about one of her first experiences in Irvine. Our family had just moved from a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan—my brother and I, ages 2 and 5,…

Warning: This story contains distressing detailsThe mother of a woman found hanging in a tree in Mississippi has spoken of her shock after authorities said they believed her daughter was dead before her body was placed at the allegedly «staged» crime scene. Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old mother of four, was found hanging from a tree at an abandoned home in Jackson in August.The discovery sparked widespread fears in the majority-black city because of the state’s deep history of racial violence and lynchings. But on Friday, police said that Fortune had been dead before her body was hanged from the tree.»I…

There’s an art to throwing a good dinner party. The right food, the right entertainment, and the right seating arrangements are all important, but nothing matters more than the guests. On Thursday, President Donald Trump threw perhaps the most consequential dinner party of his second term: a lavish state dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the latest surreal meeting between the world’s two great powers. Or rather, three great powers. Because Trump and Jinping weren’t the only all-powerful executives in the room: the state dinner’s guest list, in many ways, was an exhaustive roll call for every oligarch, technocrat, and…