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In a major political and legal development, a St. Louis city judge has issued an arrest warrant for perennial Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein. The judge ordered Stein to be arrested and held without bond after neither the candidate nor her attorney appeared in court on Monday. The hearing was related to a misdemeanor case stemming from her arrest during the 2024 protests at Washington University in St. Louis. ...

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department announced the discovery of human remains in a desert area outside of Tucson, Arizona. While the discovery sparked immediate questions regarding the high-profile abduction of Nancy Guthrie—the mother of NBC’s Today show host Savannah Guthrie—the agency posted a statement confirming there is “no indication they are connected to the Nancy Guthrie investigation.” The search-and-rescue team found the remains near West Ajo Way and South La Cholla Boulevard. The remains appear to have been at the location for an “extended period of time.” ...

The sports business landscape is experiencing unprecedented asset inflation, highlighted by massive franchise transactions in both MLB and the NBA. MLB owners unanimously approved the $3.9 billion sale of the San Diego Padres to a new ownership group led by José E. Feliciano and Kwanza Jones. At the same time, rumors are swirling in Los Angeles regarding the Buss family potentially exploring the sale of their remaining ownership stake in the iconic Los Angeles Lakers. This comes shortly after reports that Chelsea co-owner Mark Walter is in talks to sell his stake in the club, pointing to a massive realignment of billionaire sports capital. ...

The WTA’s new genetic sex testing policy has quickly become one of the most heavily discussed sports governance topics of the year. WTA stars, including World No. 3 Jessica Pegula, have begun addressing the policy’s details, which seek to establish standardized genetic eligibility criteria across all professional women’s tennis tournaments. While the WTA states that the policy ensures fair competition, players and coaches have raised critical questions regarding the implementation timeline, medical privacy, and how it aligns with other international sports federations. ...

Although Tropical Storm Lala is officially moving away from the Hawaiian Islands, meteorologists and local authorities are still unpacking the sheer volume of precipitation dumped over the weekend. The storm produced historically heavy rainfall, peaking at over 1,090 millimeters in the mountains of the Big Island (Hawaii) and up to 610 millimeters in Maui. These extreme volumes caused flash flooding, major mudslides, and catastrophic infrastructure collapses across the state. To put these numbers into context, we’ve built a converter and runoff simulator to calculate how these figures translate to standard measurements. ...

Folk-pop superstar Noah Kahan brought his massive stadium tour to Pasadena’s Rose Bowl Stadium, performing a celebratory two-and-a-half-hour set in front of 57,000 singing fans. While the night was packed with tracks from his hit records Stick Season and The Great Divide, the absolute peak of the evening came when Kahan brought out pop sensation Chappell Roan as a surprise guest. The crowd went into a frenzy as the two harmonized on Roan’s emotional ballad “California,” trading verses and blending Kahan’s raw Americana folk vocals with Roan’s powerful theatrical pop delivery. ...