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What is pentobarbital, the drug in Tennessee’s failed execution?

Tennessee officials could not carry out the execution of Christa Gail Pike on Wednesday after giving her two doses of pentobarbital, putting a drug long used in medicine, and increasingly in death chambers, at the center of a national debate. But what is pentobarbital?

October 1, 2026

Sharon Stone, Michelle Obama joke about male pregnancy on podcast

SHARON STONE: "If men got pregnant, you could get an abortion from a vending machine."

October 1, 2026

Report: Ken Paxton privately said Trump’s midterm convention hurt poll numbers

REPORT: Texas Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton told a small group of donors and lobbyists in Washington that President Trump's Dallas midterm convention damaged his standing.

October 1, 2026

What warehouse robots actually replace, and what they still cannot do

The public debate about warehouse automation tends to picture humanoid robots taking jobs wholesale. The reality on the floor is narrower, stranger, and further along than most of the debate assumes.

October 1, 2026

Study: Taylor Swift’s most devoted fans more likely to rationalize her jet emissions

STUDY: Young adults who strongly identify as Taylor Swift fans were more likely to make excuses for the singer's private-jet carbon emissions.

September 30, 2026

Trump, AI executives sign voluntary safety pledge that misspells ‘United States’

President Trump and the leaders of six major technology companies signed a voluntary pledge Tuesday to police their own advanced artificial intelligence systems. The copy the president posted online misspells "United States" as "Unites States" directly beneath his signature.

September 30, 2026

Independence Blue Cross to pay $22.5 million to settle Medicare Advantage fraud claims

Independence Blue Cross (IBX) has agreed to pay $22.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing to withdraw inaccurate diagnosis codes for its Medicare Advantage enrollees and improperly retaining Medicare overpayments, the Justice Department announced.

September 30, 2026

Will you benefit from the $500 Obamacare refunds? Find out here

Will you benefit from the $500 Obamacare refunds? Find out here.

September 30, 2026

New York’s film and TV business is growing as the state expands its tax credit

NYC's film and television industry is growing while much of the country's production base shrinks, and a richer state tax credit is one of the factors the industry points to.

September 30, 2026

Seattle’s minimum wage headed to $22.14 as job market, downtown office sector struggle

Seattle's minimum wage will rise to $22.14 an hour in 2027, up from $21.30 this year, an increase of about 3.9%. The city's economy is showing strain in hiring and downtown real estate.

September 30, 2026

Climate-disaster satire ‘Digger’ faces a chilly box office opening as Tom Cruise gambles on WB

Tom Cruise plays an oil baron at the center of an ecological catastrophe in "Digger," a satire that some have billed as a climate disaster comedy. The bigger crisis may be at the box office, where the film opens Friday tracking for just $12M to $15M in North America.

September 30, 2026

Sunny Hostin defends DA’s 2024 decision in Cornell fraternity case, criticizes coverage

"The View" co-host SUNNY HOSTIN, a former prosecutor, said Tuesday that media coverage of the Cornell University fraternity case is inaccurate and unfair. "The pictures of these young men who have not been charged, not been adjudicated, are being plastered all over the internet," Hostin said.

September 30, 2026

Arizona CEO pleads guilty to stealing $8.8M from employee benefit plan

A Scottsdale, Arizona, man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Maryland to embezzling more than $8.8 million from an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) benefit plan, the Justice Department announced.

September 30, 2026

Report: Diddy lives in relative comfort at Fort Dix, with paid inmate help and contraband

REPORT: Sean "Diddy" Combs is living far more comfortably inside a New Jersey federal prison than most inmates.

September 30, 2026

Tennessee was about an hour from executing Christa Pike. Then a federal court stepped in

A federal appeals court halted Christa Pike's execution about an hour before it was set to begin. She would have been Tennessee's first woman executed in at least 200 years.

September 30, 2026

Justice Department indicts 2 over alleged counterfeit Ozempic sales to U.S. distributors

A federal grand jury in the Middle District of Florida has indicted two Indian nationals on charges tied to an alleged transnational scheme to sell counterfeit Ozempic to U.S. distributors, the Justice Department announced.

September 30, 2026

The machine that the AI boom cannot get enough of — and the wait is years-long

The machine at the center of the AI buildout is not a chip. It is a heavy-duty gas turbine, the engine that burns natural gas to generate hundreds of megawatts. And it is effectively sold out.

September 30, 2026

Women reporters caught on hot mic rating Sacramento Kings players’ looks

Women reporters covering the Sacramento Kings' media day were caught on a hot mic Monday trading opinions on the looks and personalities of guards Ben Simmons and Zach LaVine.

September 29, 2026

Lady A’s Charles Kelley reveals multiple myeloma diagnosis, says he will keep working

Charles Kelley, co-lead vocalist of the country trio Lady A, said Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer, and intends to keep performing through treatment.

September 29, 2026

Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ extends Hot 100 record with 24th week at No. 1

Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" spent a 24th week atop the Billboard Hot 100 on the chart dated Oct. 3, adding to the record for the longest reign at No. 1 in the chart's history.

September 29, 2026