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Decorated United States swimmer Michael Phelps called out USA Swimming yet again, this time going into great detail about his belief the program is declining. Phelps posted a lengthy, five-page statement on Instagram, doubling down on his call for action within the organization. “I’ve watched too many teammates struggle to compete in a sport they love without the support they …

ARLINGTON, Texas — This is generally the time of year, or at least the kind of stretch, when Aaron Boone has been known to offer some version of the familiar refrain: It’s all right in front of us. Except that has been missing from his vocabulary during this road trip from hell, perhaps because what is right in front of …

A 23-year-old woman has sued a Portland nail salon after she claims a manicure left her with a virus that causes a sexually transmitted infection.  The anonymous woman said she visited PDX Nails near Portland, Oregon, for an acrylic nail manicure on June 1, 2023, according to The Oregonian/Oregon Live. However, what was meant to be simple beauty service, typically …

Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio is known for his dire warnings about the economy and the national debt, but he just issued one of his starkest warnings to date, likening the United States’ mounting debt crisis to an impending “economic heart attack” and urging policymakers to revisit the fiscal discipline that characterized the 1990s boom years. Dalio’s alarm, sounded in a …

‘Definitely playing favorites:’ Interior memo could strike dire blow to wind and solar projects  Politico Trump targets solar and wind with tighter federal permitting in another blow to renewable industry  CNBC Trump adds new level of scrutiny to wind and solar projects  The Washington Post Interior Dept. to Put Wind and Solar Projects Through Stricter Political Review  The New York Times Trump Orders New …

A biotech company that claims to have brought dire wolves back from extinction has announced plans to resurrect giant extinct birds called moa. However, experts say that dire wolves were never truly resurrected, and that moa will be even harder to de-extinct. Earlier this month, Texas-based Colossal Biosciences said it had teamed up with filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson and Indigenous …

Despite Dire Warnings, the Economy Is Holding Up. Can That Last?  The New York Times Economists See Lower Recession Risk and Stronger Job Growth: WSJ Survey  The Wall Street Journal Tariffs boost inflation. But many economists see a recession as avoidable.  The Christian Science Monitor Trump Effect Starts to Show Up in Economy  Hindustan Times ELFF 2025 Economic Outlook: Modest Growth Expected as Tariffs, …

Dire wolves, the canine companions from Game of Thrones and an extinct species of the real world, are back, but how did they make their return? A new documentary plans to reveal the scientific breakthroughs that made this “de-extinction” possible. De-Extinction premieres July 17 on Curiosity Stream, and PEOPLE has a first look at the trailer for the upcoming project. …

The U.S. is inviting a debt shock if it continues on its current trajectory, which is starting to look like unsustainable student loans, according to Jared Bernstein, who previously served as the chair of President Joe Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers. In a New York Times op-ed on Wednesday, he acknowledged that he was once a longtime dove when it …