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KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched a rare drone and missile attack on western Ukraine overnight, officials said Thursday, striking targets including an American-owned electronics plant and injecting further uncertainty into the U.S.-led efforts to end the three-year-old war. The aerial assault on a part of Ukraine that has largely avoided such focused attacks was one of Russia’s biggest this year …

Topline The Powerball jackpot touched $700 million—the biggest lottery prize of 2025 so far—after no tickets matched all six numbers drawn on Wednesday night, although the eventual winner will take home a much smaller payout after paying their taxes. The Powerball jackpot rose to $700 million after Wednesday night’s drawing. Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Key Facts The six …

Asia stocks rise as tech rout stalls; Australia hits record high on positive PMI  Investing.com Dollar drifts, Asian stocks mixed as markets brace for Jackson Hole  Reuters Asian shares are mostly higher after a mixed finish on Wall Street  Yahoo Finance Australia, China lead gains in mixed Asia trading; U.S. futures steady ahead of Jackson Hole  Seeking Alpha Bloomberg Daybreak Asia: Stocks Stall on …

The third episode of this season’s South Park once again went all in at Donald Trump, skewering his takeover of Washington, D.C. while positing that even Satan wants to escape from him. The premise was that Towelie gets sent to Washington, D.C. to try to convince him to reclassify marijuana at the federal level. On a tour of the Capitol, …

Sydney Sweeney is clapping back at critics who claim she’s cashing in on an oversexualized image.  The 27-year-old Euphoria star has become one of the most in-demand faces in Hollywood, fronting blockbuster movies and TV shows while also lending her image to a dizzying number of campaigns.  In just the past year alone, the Fifty-Fifty Films founder has done ads …

The three-part docuseries delves into the dark side of NBC’s hit weight-loss reality series, which, for 18 seasons, subjected contestants who were overweight to a grueling 30-week competition to lose as many pounds as possible. With interviews from former contestants, producers and a longtime host, the doc unearths new details that explain the complicated, controversial legacy of “The Biggest Loser” …

Dow briefly hits record high as Home Depot puts focus on retail earnings  Reuters Stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq slide as Home Depot leads out retail earnings  Yahoo Finance Wall Street falls on Jackson Hole jitters  Reuters The Fed’s Jackson Hole Symposium Starts This Week. Here’s What You Should Know  Investopedia Global Markets Mostly Lower as Fed Minutes Awaited  The Wall Street Journal Source …

Allison DeAngelis is the East Coast biotech and venture capital reporter at STAT, reporting where scientific ideas and money meet. She is also co-host of the weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Allison on Signal at AllisonDeAngelis.01. A new oral weight loss drug developed by Viking Therapeutics hit the mark in a mid-stage clinical trial, but the …

Jillian Michaels noticeably did not take part in Fit for TV: The Reality of The Biggest Loser, a Netflix docuseries that pulled back the curtain on what went down on the weight loss show that aired from 2004 to 2020. Michaels served as a trainer on the series for 12 seasons and found herself embroiled in controversy when she was accused …

Boston’s mayor Michelle Wu has hit back sharply at the Trump administration’s legal threats over sanctuary city immigration policies, declaring that “Boston will not back down”. Wu told a news conference outside Boston’s city hall on Tuesday: “The US attorney general asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures. …