Asmir Pekmic

Automated license plate readers have spread across American roads in recent years, sold to police departments as a way to generate investigative leads. In Florida, a single camera hit put an innocent woman behind bars for almost two weeks. Lindsey Brooke Isaacs, a 23-year-old Palm Coast resident, spent 13 days in jail over a fatal crash she had nothing to do with.

Stadium concerts pack tens of thousands of people into assigned seats, and the etiquette around swapping them has never really been settled. Karol G brought her Viajando Por El Mundo Tropitour to Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso for a two-night stand, with Becky G opening both shows. A dispute over two seats there has since pulled in a large online audience.

The Strait of Hormuz carries roughly a fifth of the world's oil, and six months of war between the United States and Iran have turned it into the central battleground. That fight has now moved onto commercial shipping. Iran says it struck 10 vessels near the strait after US forces destroyed five Iranian crude carriers.

Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in eastern Jordan has become one of Washington's most important air hubs for operations against Iran, and Iranian forces have targeted it repeatedly since the war began. But during an overnight barrage early Wednesday, some of the missiles finally got through. Nine American military aircraft were damaged despite one of the heaviest air-defense responses of the conflict.

Smart TVs have quietly become advertising platforms, with manufacturers earning recurring revenue from viewing data long after the set leaves the store. A new investigation from YouTube channel Gamers Nexus put that business model under scrutiny this week. LG has now issued a flat denial, saying claims that its televisions record household conversations are not true.

Alex Gibney has built a career out of documentaries that take apart Enron and the Church of Scientology. His latest subject is the richest man on the planet, and that film has drawn a legal threat before it reaches theaters.

The US Navy has been running uncrewed submersibles through the Strait of Hormuz to sweep for Iranian mines and keep commercial traffic moving. One of them stopped working and drifted, and the Revolutionary Guard pulled it out of the water largely intact. Iranian state media is now showcasing the vehicle as a prize. “Our guys picked it up like a plastic bottle in a fishing net. Fully intact. Still blinking like an idiot,” Iran's embassy in Ghana boasted on

Sam Nordquist was 24 and living in Oakdale, Minnesota, when he began an online relationship with Precious Arzuaga in upstate New York. He traveled to meet her in September 2024 and never came home. The two women at the center of his death have now been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Public employees in the United States can retain First Amendment protection when speaking as private citizens on matters of public concern, while private employers generally are not bound by the First Amendment when disciplining workers. Florida is finding out what that distinction can cost. The state has now paid $615,000 to settle three lawsuits from wildlife agency staff fired over social media posts about Charlie Kirk.

The Bab el-Mandeb Strait carries roughly a tenth of the world's oil and close to a third of its container traffic between Asia and Europe. At its narrowest point, a small volcanic island splits the waterway into two shipping lanes. Houthi fighters landed on it Friday, as Yemeni government forces had withdrawn the day before.