It was January of 2026 in North Seattle, and my 86-year-old father was struggling to move around his house. “I’m stumbling around here,” my 86-year-old father told a guest in his home this past January. “Oooh, ooh, careful,” the guest replied. “Yeah, I almost fell down.” Meanwhile, I’m 5,000 miles away in Austria, unaware of
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If there’s one thing that brings people together, it’s the ridiculously high cost of housing. Want to buy a place? Good luck with that. If you do luck into homeownership, enjoy those skyrocketing bills. In late April and May, WIRED asked readers how they’re thinking about homes in 2026. More than 200 people responded, sharing
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An icon of Silicon Valley’s counterculture, Stewart Brand is confronting his final years in a home that embodies the self-sufficient, DIY ethos of his famous Whole Earth Catalog. The three-building cluster in Petaluma where Stewart Brand and Ryan Phelan live. The new studio is in the center. Photograph: Maggie Shannon This past January, Stewart Brand
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(VIDEO) Trump Cracks Joke After FBI Arrests 5 in Foiled Terror Plot Using Explosive Drones and Snipers at UFC Freedom 250 – Room Bursts into Laughter by Jordan Conradson Jun. 16, 2026 8:45 am President Trump was asked whether he had been briefed on the foiled terror plot targeting the UFC Freedom 250 event on
(VIDEO) Room Bursts into Laughter When Trump Cracks Joke After FBI Arrests 5 in Foiled Terror Plot Using Explosive Drones and Snipers to Target “Capitalist Elites” at UFC Freedom 250 – UPDATE: Motive Revealed by Jordan Conradson Jun. 16, 2026 10:35 am Jun. 16, 2026 8:45 am UPDATE: Per Libs of TikTok, one of the
(VIDEO) Room Bursts into Laughter When Trump Cracks Joke After FBI Arrests 5 in Foiled Terror Plot Using Explosive Drones and Snipers to Target “Capitalist Elites” at UFC Freedom 250 – UPDATE: Motive Revealed by Jordan Conradson Jun. 16, 2026 10:35 am Jun. 16, 2026 8:45 am UPDATE: Per Libs of TikTok, one of the
(VIDEO) Room Bursts into Laughter When Trump Cracks Joke After FBI Arrests 5 in Foiled Terror Plot Using Explosive Drones and Snipers to Target “Capitalist Elites” at UFC Freedom 250 – UPDATE: Motive Revealed by Jordan Conradson Jun. 16, 2026 10:35 am Jun. 16, 2026 8:45 am UPDATE: Per Libs of TikTok, one of the
At least one person is dead after a police-involved shooting Tuesday morning on Wisconsin Avenue in Northwest, Washington, D.C. Police were responding to the scene where a man shot a woman, and then law enforcement officers shot the man. He was taken to the hospital and later pronouced dead. The woman’s status is unclear. Recommended
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Democrats Melt Down Over $1,700 Education Tax Credit in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill — Complain Private Schools Can Reject Students for Bad Grades and Behavior by Jim Hᴏft Jun. 16, 2026 8:30 am Democrats are opposing a $1,700 education tax credit included in President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, arguing it could help families choose private
Heroic U.S. Coast Guard Crew Jumps Aboard Runaway Boat in Maryland After Operator Falls Overboard by Jim Hᴏft Jun. 16, 2026 8:15 am Members of the U.S. Coast Guard executed a bold, high-risk boarding to stop a speeding unmanned vessel on the Severn River near Annapolis, Maryland, earlier this week after its operator was thrown overboard.