In the Veritasium video, Humphreys speculated that the Russians may have been testing the satellites’ GPS interference capabilities only briefly on a neighboring frequency adjacent to the typical GPS band.
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Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
8 June 2026
The federation president also speculated that the US might try to interfere with the team’s entry to the country while appearing to link Washington’s decision-making to the ongoing war.
Torre’s team, and later The Athletic, dug into the connections between Aspiration and Clippers’ billionaire owner Steve Ballmer, who had invested $60 million in the company, and the NBA announced an investigation to determine whether Ballmer and the Clippers circumvented salary cap rules.
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Shakeia Taylor,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
The company invested years and at least hundreds of millions of dollars in this facility.
To make matters messier, Danson and Goldberg’s romance was cooling off and the two actually tried to get out of the Friars roast, but the club said the tickets had been sold and the show must go on.
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Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
In corporate news, shares in Universal Music Group were seen down 6% following reports that Pershing Square had sold its stake in the group, after two failed takeover attempts.
How the Dallas Stars monopolized Texas youth hockey Private equity's intrusion into youth sports has garnered attention from federal lawmakers in recent months.
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Kenny Jacoby,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
Yemen monopolized the coffee trade for around 200 years until Dutch merchants smuggled coffee seeds to Indonesia and began growing plants there.
The animals smuggled from Mexico were advertised on social media, with defendants posting photos and videos of the reptiles being captured in the wild.
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Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
Inside it, Daisy has smuggled a letter, which details her plan to raise an army of teenage girls to rile Gilead from the inside.
The fuel is marketed as greener, or less toxic, than the usual high-efficiency hydrazine that is perfect for making big maneuvers in space but is dangerous to handle.
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Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
9 June 2026
Indoor air allergies tied to everyday household products are getting fresh scrutiny from doctors and lung experts — and the products triggering them are often marketed as making homes cleaner, calmer and more comfortable.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Charlotte Observer,
8 June 2026
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