A leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints warned Saturday that an explosion in gambling driven by online prediction markets and sports betting is fostering greed, particularly among youths, while producing “nothing of value.” D. Todd Christofferson, one of the top three leaders of what is known widely as the Mormon church, said rampant betting
BOSTON — Two Massachusetts men avoided jail time on Thursday after they earlier had pleaded guilty to setting off fireworks at an empty Harvard Medical School building, an incident that sparked a huge law enforcement response and increased anxiety on the college campus. Federal officials say 19-year-old Logan David Patterson and 21-year-old Dominick Frank Cardoza
At least two people have died and four more are missing after an explosion destroyed a building housing a holiday rental property in the historic centre of Athens. The blast happened in the Plaka area of the Greek capital, a neighbourhood close to tourist sites such as the Acropolis, with local media reporting the building
Welcome to the inaugural edition of Kernel Panic! A weekly newsletter by Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess from inside the new world of privacy and digital security. To receive this newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up here. AI doomers have recently traded one worst-case scenario for another, putting aside a potential software
The teaser for the new Elon Musk documentary is here — and it ends on an explosive note. Alex Gibney’s documentary about Musk premiered this week at the Venice International Film Festival. Around the same time, a 48-second teaser trailer for the upcoming film appeared on YouTube. The teaser layers voiced commentary on Elon Musk — from
At least three people have been killed and 15 injured in an explosion at a restaurant in Moscow, police say. The blast happened at around 20:00 local time (17:00 GMT) on Kudrinskaya square near the city centre. The cause is not clear but the Baza Telegram channel said it happened in the establishment’s kitchen. A
