Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown has challenged ESPN talking head Stephen A. Smith to a live debate. Yes, this is an actual headline in 2026.At first, the feud between Brown and Smith was pretty funny. The two took jabs at one another across various media platforms, including television, X (formerly Twitter), and Twitch. It seemed a little fake, given Smith’s propensity for getting into beefs with famous NBA players. The feuds often feel performative, but seem to drive public attention to Smith. He’s previously quarreled with LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Russell Westbrook and Draymond Green.CELTICS STAR JAYLEN BROWN…

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) is expanding rapidly. There are now over 900 suspected cases, as violence and displacement make it more difficult for health care officials to contain the outbreak. Out of the 900 suspected cases, 101 infections have been confirmed so far, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Kinshasa declared the epidemic on May 15, marking the country’s 17th recorded Ebola crisis since the virus was first identified there in 1976. Two days later, the WHO classified the Bundibugyo strain detected in the DR Congo and neighboring Uganda as a public…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Canadian teenager is facing arson charges after authorities say she torched a charter bus belonging to an American professional baseball team during a road trip to Winnipeg, Canada.The Kane County Cougars, a U.S.-based independent professional baseball team, were traveling in Canada for games against the Winnipeg Goldeyes.On May 21, law enforcement agencies responded to the team’s bus engulfed in flames outside Blue Cross Park, according to Winnipeg Police Service.FEDS SAY ARIZONA SUSPECT VANDALIZED ICE FACILITY AND ATTEMPTED TO IGNITE LOBBY AREA Authorities determined that the fire was intentionally set. Two teenagers…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Martha Stewart is dividing social media users with her ultra-simple take on deli-style potato salad.The lifestyle guru’s Instagram account resurfaced an older cooking clip on April 3, showing the lifestyle guru preparing what she called the “best potato salad.”The simple recipe calls for just six ingredients: two vegetables, two dressings and two seasonings.THE HEALTHIEST POTATOES SHARE ONE TRAIT MOST SHOPPERS OVERLOOK, DIETITIANS SAYIt consists of potatoes, one medium white onion, one half-cup of white vinegar and one cup of Hellmann’s mayonnaise.Stewart also includes one half-teaspoon of salt and one teaspoon of sugar…

Editor’s Note: Today’s article is about Sgt. Darrell Powers, a World War II hero who served with the 101st Airborne Division. Nicknamed “Shifty”, Powers saw action in the American airborne landings in Normandy, Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge. Powers was more than “just” a soldier — he was also a gun guy. Ayoob shares the full story here. Stephen Ambrose’s 1992 book “Band of Brothers” was said to have done as much as Tom Hanks’ 1998 movie “Saving Private Ryan” to remind later American generations of the heroism of our servicemen’s sacrifices for freedom in World…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed back against criticism of President Donald Trump’s immigration reform as Indian officials and media raised concerns that U.S. visa and immigration reforms may curb migration from India.”What I want to leave clear is that the changes, while they may be having a disproportionate impact on a place like India that provides so many high-skilled workers to the U.S. economy, it is not a system that is targeted at India,” Rubio said during a Sunday news conference in New Delhi, India. “It is one that’s being applied…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Christian lifeguard for the Los Angeles County Fire Department who says he was punished for his religious beliefs after objecting to Pride flag duties is headed toward trial.Captain Jeffrey Little, a veteran of more than 20 years in the L.A. County Fire Department’s Lifeguard Division, sued Los Angeles County and several fire department supervisors in 2024 after the county adopted a policy in 2023 requiring the Progress Pride flag be flown at county facilities throughout June to honor LGBTQ Pride month.Little, a devout Christian, argued the policy conflicted with his religious…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! “American Sniper” widow Taya Kyle shredded Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s “cowardly” comments, calling out the progressive Democrat for alleging her late husband inflated his kill numbers by shooting innocent civilians.”Nothing says, I want attention more than disparaging a national hero who’s also dead…” Kyle responded on “The Sunday Briefing.””It is cowardly, it’s lowbrow to lie about somebody else, and it distracts from what you’ve probably said…”Kyle accused Platner, a controversial challenger of incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins, of employing a “cheap political trick” to attach his name to someone who is…

This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog.  For most people, the price of gasoline is the most obvious consequence of the war in the Middle East. As I write this article, the average price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States is $4.56. Of course, in some parts of the country, consumers are paying much more than that. This is a big story, and the truth is that gasoline prices are going to go even higher in the months ahead. But if you think that the price of gasoline is bad, just wait…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A child’s recent show-and-tell find turned out to be something unusual: a 1,700-year-old Roman statuette fragment.Dor Wolynitz, an 8-year-old from Rehovot, Israel, found the artifact during a visit to the Ramon Crater in the Negev Desert of southern Israel, according to a May 11 release from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA).Wolynitz was at a family weekend retreat organized by a paratrooper reserve unit when he stumbled across the fragment, which dates to the fourth century A.D.ANCIENT CHRISTIAN FIGURINES DISCOVERED IN 1,500-YEAR-OLD DESERT GRAVESThe boy told the IAA he was “looking for special…