Non-fungible tokens (NFT) are digital, unique tokens used to represent the ownership of items like art, collectible items and even music, not the items themselves. Sound confusing? Stern thinks so. On Monday’s episode of The Howard Stern Show, the host joked about his confusion. “I don’t even understand what an NFT is,” Stern said on his SiriusXM radio show. “It’s so stupid I don’t even know how to say it....

The comedian spoke to listeners on his SiriusXM program The Howard Stern Show, criticizing not only Putin but also Republicans who have praised the Russian leader, including former U.S. President Donald Trump. Putin announced a “special military operation” on Ukraine four days ago which has caused hundreds of civilian and soldier casualties since the Russian invasion began. Stern started by denouncing the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, which resulted in the denial of civil liberties, and an estimated 20 million Soviet citizen casualties who were put to death by the regime or died directly from its politically repressive policies....

The bill, which was introduced by Republican Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton and Republican Representative Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin, drew support from both political parties in both chambers of Congress, with Representatives Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) signing on alongside Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Rick Scott (R-FL) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD). “It’s time to sanction Huawei,” Cotton said in a news release. “For years, this arm of the Chinese Communist Party has stolen American intellectual property and violated U....

The computer in question dates back to the 1980s and is responsible for controlling science instruments within the telescope. It shut down Sunday, with a damaged memory designated as a possible cause, the Associated Press reported. Flight controllers with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland attempted to reboot the computer on Monday, but they were unsuccessful. They are now in the process of transitioning to a backup memory unit, and if the switch is successful, they will then give the telescope a test day before turning the science instruments back on and proceeding with astronomical viewing....

Pep Guardiola had an eye on Tuesday’s Champions League last-16 showdown with Monaco as he made eight changes to the side that beat Bournemouth 2-0 at the start of this week, but opposite number David Wagner also heeded on priorities elsewhere. Huddersfield’s XI displayed seven alterations ahead of a crunch clash with promotions rivals Reading in midweek but the hosts still settled more convincingly than their visitors. Sergio Aguero sparked improvement from City after the break but too often their final ball and decision-making around the box lacked conviction, with Huddersfield never needing to repel the kind of onslaught they might have expected....

Exaud Marandu, director of Utopia Safaris, told Newsweek it was only the second time in his 20 years as a safari guide that he had seen such a large gathering of giraffes. He posted the video to his Facebook page, with the post saying: “You think you have seen giraffes. Come to Tanzania and explore the real nature … This was such a great experience to see them in [a] big group like this....

Yesterday, the former Today show host had died from a heart ailment at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Downs is survived by his children, Hugh and Deirdre, his brother, Wallace, and two grandchildren. For about 20 years, the broadcasting icon served as Walters’ co-host on the ABC program. She joined him on 20/20 in 1979 and the two were inseparable on-screen until his retirement in 1999....

So if two players donate five chips each to the pool, for a total of 10, then you and the other free-loader have 24 chips each—your original 20 + (0.4 times 10 chips, or 4)—while the generous pair have 19: 20 minus the 5 they contributed plus (0.4 times the 10 in the pool, or 4). It looks like free-loading is the smart strategy. Except for one thing: if everyone kicked in all 20 of their chips, so the pool had 80, then everyone would do better, getting 0....

The Problem in Numbers As the National Institute of Mental Health reports, suicide currently ranks as the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, claiming the lives of more than 47,500 people in 2019. When you look at different age groups, however, younger people are more at risk. Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death for people ages 35-44, and it is the second leading cause of death for individuals ages 10-34....

Arsenal fans will beg to lose 10-2 to Bayern Arsenal went into meltdown at the Emirates Stadium as Laurent Koscielny’s dismissal, after Theo Walcott had scored the opener, sent the Gunners into a tailspin. Robert Lewandowski converted from the spot after Koscielny’s foul, and it soon got embarrassing for Arsenal. Arjen Robben, Douglas Costa and an Arturo Vidal double left Arsene Wenger’s men in utter disarray as merciless Bayern romped to victory, and Hummels has now revealed the Germans felt no sympathy for them....

Dubbed “The Million Mercedes March,” the protest was said to be the largest chauffeur-driven demonstration in the capital’s history. Limousines started jamming the streets of Washington at approximately 10 a.m., as irate hedge-fund owners converged in front of the Federal Reserve building to demand stronger action to protect their imperiled riches. Chanting “No rate cut, no peace!” the furious money managers were pepper-sprayed by police as their protest threatened to take a violent turn....

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday that the store chain initiated a voluntary retail level product recall of certain products that were stored and “inadvertently” shipped to some stores between May 1 and June 10. The notice did not specifically say which states or which stores were affected, nor did they say from where the products were shipped. A spokesperson for the FDA told Newsweek on Friday that the recalled products were at distribution centers, but didn’t specify the exact locations....

The review turned up hundreds of alleged incidents — documented in police reports or local courts — of sexual abuse of the gymnasts “at the hands of their coaches, gym owners and other adults working in gymnastics. That’s a rate of one every 20 days. And it’s likely an undercount,” the report chillingly concluded. Previously, IndyStar reported that officials at USA Gymnastics — the high-profile Olympic sport’s national governing body based in Indianapolis — failed to alert police to allegations of sexual abuse and even chose to hide some complaints....

In truth, global events are usually more complicated than these stories suggest. The Arab Spring begot political violence and an authoritarian backlash. The collapse of the Soviet Empire was a boon to Central Europe but yielded decidedly mixed results further East. Orbán’s latest political victory, meanwhile, owes more to domestic politics than any global ideological clash between democracy and authoritarianism. To be fair, some of these reactions have been inspired by Orbán’s own grandiose pronouncements—he has suggested that Hungary’s “illiberal democracy” is an alternative to Western leftism—and the Hungarian prime minister’s ideological boosters (American conservative author Rod Dreher recently called Orbán “the leader of the West’’)....

The vice president’s dishonesty is captured in a quote from an interview on PBS in November 2019. When Biden was asked about his son serving on the board of the Ukrainian company Burisma, he responded: “I didn’t know he was on the board of that company. And, in fact, no one has asserted on the board that it illegal for him to be on the board or he did anything wrong....

The White House confirmed on Thursday that classified documents dating back to the Obama administration had been found at the president’s private residence in Wilmington. That revelation came only days after it was announced that an initial batch of classified documents from Biden’s time as vice president had been found in an office at Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C. Biden defended the discovery at his private home by insisting that he treats “classified materials seriously” and noting that the documents were inside a “locked” garage....

In an interview with the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Los Angeles Chargers tight end opened up on the state of the LA offense and the next era of Chargers football. While Henry went out of his way to offer praise for his now former QB, it sounds like he’s ready for the next phase of the LA O. “I’m not going to downplay Philip at all,” Henry told the San Diego Union-Tribune....

A new study found that hurricanes and tropical storms are associated with an increase of up to 33.4% in death rates in the months after the weather event. Driving this uptick are injuries, infectious and parasitic diseases, cardiovascular disease, and neuropsychiatric disorders. And the burden of these diseases is greatest on economically disadvantaged communities that are in the storms’ path. For the study, researchers looked at data from 33.6 million death records in the United States from 1988 to 2018....

In the post, user TheLostNights described her daughter as the “baby of the family” and explained how her husband’s take. “For example, she gets upset if I can’t take her to school even though I never really have done because of work. She will have a long crying fit the night before or in the morning meaning I am often running late for work. It’s not because she dislikes the event or person she is left with, she just wants me or DH [darling husband],” she said....