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Lindsey Vonn says retirement made her miss the single-minded focus of training.
  • Lindsey Vonn said training gave her a sense of focus that she struggled to find in retirement.
  • Being an elite athlete meant there was little room for distractions if she wanted to perform at her best.
  • "You're not on your phone. You're not thinking about emails," she said.

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Crowned MISS USA pageant contestant waves while holding a bouquet on a brightly lit stage.
Miss Virginia Justus Kelley is crowned Miss USA 2026.
  • Miss Virginia Justus Kelley was crowned the new Miss USA in Miami on Thursday night.
  • She will represent the United States at the Miss Universe pageant in Puerto Rico in November.
  • Kelley is a foster mom of two, making her the first mother to win the Miss USA title.

A new Miss USA has been crowned.

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Buildings in a mountain valley town are surrounded and partly buried by thick gray mud and debris.
More than 350 people have been killed, and more than 1,300 people are missing.
  • Nearly 600 foreign tourists are missing after severe floods hit the Nepal-Tibet border region.
  • People from over 30 countries, including Americans, Canadians, and Brits, are among those missing.
  • About 390 bodies have been recovered from the disaster, Nepal police said at 9 p.m. local

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a press conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canadians would continue to call the lake Lake Ontario.
  • Canadian PM Mark Carney is rejecting Trump's plan to rename Lake Ontario, citing its historic name.
  • Trump wants to call it "Lake America" as a deepening trade fight strains US-Canada relations.
  • Other Canadian leaders have pushed back, insisting Lake Ontario's name isn't changing.

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Mishra Reddy is deciding whether to live in Canada or India
  • Shreya Mishra Reddy planned to apply for an H-1B visa from outside the US.
  • When news hit that an employer might have to pay $100,000 to hire her, she changed course.
  • Reddy is now weighing up where to live, and is no longer setting her sights on the US.

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A photo illustration featuring Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, President Donald Trump, and the Pentagon.

On Thursday, a judge ruled that the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic earlier this year was unconstitutional, delivering the AI lab a win in a monthslong rollercoaster of a battle with the Trump administration.

The lawsuit, filed in March in a California district court, accused the Trump administration of unlawfully retaliating against Anthropic for setting "red lines," or


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President Donald Trump speaking at a lectern in front of a row of American flags.
He said the change only requires "a good pen and some intelligence."
  • Trump on Thursday signed an executive order, which he said "immediately" changed the name of a Great Lake.
  • It's now "Lake America," not "Lake Ontario," Trump said.
  • The move is the latest escalation between the feuding neighbors.

President Donald Trump's fight with Canada has spilled into Lake Ontario


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Rockstar has officially published its "extended look" at Grand Theft Auto VI on YouTube and on its website, as promised. The in-depth preview, which "entirely" features footage captured from the PS5 version of the game, initially premiered on Netflix at 3PM ET. But because Rockstar allowed creators to post reaction videos, you've technically been able to watch the video on YouTube before



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I think I know why Rockstar Games debuted its "extended look" of Grand Theft Auto VI on Netflix instead of immediately dropping it for free on YouTube. Unlike most video game trailers, the almost 27-minute preview of GTA VI felt more like a slice of a prestige crime drama than any video game trailer that I've ever seen. To make a new game that lasts another decade or more and potentially