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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected conservative conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ last-ditch attempt to block an almost $1.5 billion defamation judgment he faces over false claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax. The court without comment turned away Jones’ appeal of a state court ruling. Last week he urged the court to urgently intervene, …

SpaceX is gearing up for the 11th flight test of its Starship megarocket, which will launch from its Starbase in Texas as early as Monday. The launch window opens on October 13 at 7:15PM ET. You’ll be able to watch live starting 30 minutes before liftoff on the SpaceX website and on X.  Starship’s latest flight follows a successful test …

Whenever Justice Amy Coney Barrett arrived at an auditorium or a library or a university last month to discuss her new book, she encountered a familiar sight: protesters. They lined the streets, chanting and carrying signs. One wore a handmaid’s costume, a symbol of oppression. Another was dressed as liberal icon Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose death in 2020 created …

GREENBELT, Md. — A California resident who attempted to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh at his Maryland home was sentenced Friday to more than eight years in prison by a federal judge, who imposed a punishment that is significantly more lenient than the Justice Department’s recommendation. Sophie Roske, a transgender woman from Simi Valley charged under her legal name, Nicholas …

Your browser does not support the audio element. Professor Ethan Mollick just casually asked GPT 5 Codex to recreate a lost 1990s video game for him… and it actually worked. SimRefinery was a real Maxis simulation from 1993 that taught players how to run an oil refinery (because apparently SimCity wasn’t stressful enough). The game disappeared into the digital void …

The Pittsburgh Steelers were firing on all cylinders early on Sunday but needed their defense to stave off a fourth-quarter comeback attempt by the Minnesota Vikings to hang on for a 24-21 win at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland. Pittsburgh’s offense seized momentum late in the first quarter and into the second. Running back Kenneth Gainwell, who tallied two rushing …

When the UFC sold to Endeavor in 2016 for just over $4 billion, there were plenty of analysts saying the talent agency-turned-entertainment powerhouse vastly overpaid for the promotion. Less than a decade later, the UFC has repeatedly earned record revenue across all avenues including media rights, sponsorships, ticket sales and merchandising. The UFC also recently signed a $7.7 billion deal …

NASA has made progress with plans to boost the rapidly decaying orbit of the Swift observatory while calling an abrupt halt to an attempt to reboost the International Space Station (ISS) using SpaceX’s Dragon. Following a successful demonstration on September 3, NASA and SpaceX were trying for a 19-minute, 22-second burn using the Draco thrusters located in the trunk of …

Driving rapid innovation in the American space industry, NASA has awarded Katalyst Space Technologies of Flagstaff, Arizona, a contract to raise a spacecraft’s orbit. Katalyst’s robotic servicing spacecraft will rendezvous with NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and raise it to a higher altitude, demonstrating a key capability for the future of space exploration and extending the Swift mission’s science lifetime. …

CLEVELAND — Cleveland Guardians designated hitter David Fry suffered a broken nose and facial fractures after absorbing a 99-mph fastball from Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal on Tuesday. Fry, who was placed on the IL on Wednesday, spent the night at the Cleveland Clinic main campus for observation. Outfielder Johnathan Rodriguez was recalled from AAA to take Fry’s place on …