The fallout of the joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran led to the highest-ever activity on X, the platform’s owner Elon Musk confirmed on Sunday. Musk made the statement in reply to Nikita Bier, the head of product at X. Bier stated on Saturday that the day had been “the biggest day on X in history.””Highest usage of X ever,” Musk replied. The exchange came after the U.S. and Israel conducted airstrikes and drone attacks on multiple targets across Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatolla Ali Khamenei as well as several other top Iranian officials, including the head of the Iranian Revolutionary…

Thirty years ago, Congress passed Section 230 to help fragile internet start-ups survive litigation attempts on multiple fronts. In 1996, Americans logged on with dial-up modems and gathered on message boards. Lawmakers wanted to protect burgeoning companies from crushing defamation, copyright, and other lawsuits over something a random user posted. Congress aimed to nurture innovation, protect free speech, and let a competitive marketplace flourish. That may have made sense then. Today it does not.What Congress framed as a narrow free-speech shield became a permanent amnesty program for trillion-dollar Silicon Valley monopolists. Section 230 no longer protects speech. It protects power.…

Tom Hanks’ son Chet Hanks faced more than a few Cast Away jokes after revealing he is stuck in Colombia without his U.S. passport. “Free me! Free me,” Chet, 35, joked via an Instagram video on Friday, February 27. The Running Point actor explained that he recently traveled to Puerto Rico for his “homeboy Max’s birthday party” and “had a good time.” After the birthday festivities, Chet decided to visit another friend in Medellín, Colombia. “Sounds good, right? Well, check this out,” he quipped before revealing his nightmare travel story. Per Chet, he has been “traveling with my Greek passport…

Shia LaBeouf has once again been arrested in New Orleans in connection with an alleged Mardi Gras-related incident. The Associated Press reported on Saturday, February 28, that LaBeouf, 39, was arrested earlier in the day on suspicion of misdemeanor simple battery. This charge is related to his previous arrest on two counts of battery for allegedly striking an unidentified victim multiple times while being escorted out of a New Orleans restaurant on February 17. The incident allegedly occurred at the Royal Street Inn & R Bar, near New Orleans’ French Quarter, where LaBeouf allegedly had a confrontation with multiple people…

LONG BEACH, Calif. () — A wild, high-speed pursuit stretched through multiple Southern California cities on Saturday night.It started in South Los Angeles, where police spotted a car that had been reported stolen.The woman behind the wheel during the chase drove recklessly, even onto sidewalks, trying to get around other drivers.Los Angeles police tried using spike strips, but the chase went all the way to Long Beach.After circling the area for a while, the driver got out of the vehicle and tried to make a run for it.The woman ran into a backyard, where she was eventually taken down by…

Cher’s son Elijah Blue Allman has reportedly been arrested for alleged assault and criminal trespassing. Allman, 49, was arrested on Friday, February 27, after allegedly causing a disturbance at a New Hampshire prep school, according to multiple media reports. A spokesperson for the Concord Police Department told TMZ that the school reported an unwanted guest on the premises, who was allegedly “causing a disturbance and acting belligerently.” Elijah, Cher’s son with the late Gregg Allman, was reportedly charged with two counts of assault and one count each of criminal trespass, criminal threatening and disorderly conduct in connection with the alleged…

DEAR ABBY: My mom and I recently got into an argument about her mortgage. I’m on the mortgage and title to her home because she couldn’t afford to be on it by herself and needed my income and credit to help her. So, I did. I helped her.  I am now married, and my husband would like to refinance our home. The problem is, I’m still on the mortgage to my mother’s house. I have asked her twice before to let me off the mortgage, and she responded by saying, “I can’t. I need you.” When I asked again this…

U.S. allies and adversaries responded to the joint attacks launched Saturday by the U.S. and Israel on Iran, with some of America’s close partners describing the situation as “grave” and “perilous.”Below is a look at the latest reaction to the conflict that erupted Saturday between Iran and the U.S. and its closest ally in the Middle East.European UnionThe President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, called the “developments” in Iran “greatly concerning.”She highlighted EU sanctions against Iran’s regime and its Revolutionary Guards, because she said “ensuring nuclear safety and preventing any actions that could further escalate tensions or…

Dennis Quaid’s Any Given Sunday costar Lauren Holly took the actor to task for his support of President Donald Trump. “At least I got to slap him real hard in Any Given Sunday,” Holly, 62, joked via Threads in response to Quaid, 71, traveling with Senator Ted Cruz on Air Force One to attend Trump’s speech in Corpus Christie, Texas, on Friday, February 27. Cruz, 55, shared footage of Quaid and Trump, 79, sitting down together on Air Force One and referenced the actor playing Ronald Reagan in a 2024 biopic. “I’d like to ask President Reagan what you think…

BANNING, Calif. () — The failed implementation of new utility billing software in the city of Banning is causing frustration for thousands of residents, as well as for employees inside city hall.Not only are employees in the billing department having to play catch up after falling more than six months behind, but residents now getting two to three utility bills a month.”They need to get it together,” said resident Cheryce Cobbs. “Because some of us can’t afford to pay for their mistakes.”Cobbs is one of more than 11,000 ratepayers in the city of Banning who were affected by the unsuccessful…

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Tony Dokoupil anchors special coverage of the large-scale military operation launched by the U.S. and Israel on Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ruled for nearly 40 years. President Trump said the U.S. would continue “heavy and pinpoint bombing” throughout the week or “as long as necessary.”

Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia is turning to a controversial football figure for advice ahead of the upcoming NFL Draft. The polarizing quarterback revealed that he is connecting with former Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel — who’s had his own run-ins with controversy — for advice and mentorship as the draft inches closer. “He’s giving me what to look out for, what it’s like, how to stay in the process,” Pavia told reporters at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis on Friday, February 28. “And, you know, he’s given me some good advice, for sure.” He continued, “And he always reaches out,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The partial government shutdown has Department of Homeland Security employees missing their paychecks even as the U.S. has engaged Iran with airstrikes that have brought the nation to the brink of war.On Saturday, the U.S. and Israel commenced targeting Iranian positions, including the palace of dictator Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, who was later declared dead by Jerusalem officials. The strikes have prompted concerns of retaliation, possibly inside U.S. borders.”I am in direct coordination with our federal intelligence and law enforcement partners as we continue to closely monitor and thwart any potential threats…

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, was killed in the U.S.-Israeli attack on the country Saturday, President Donald Trump said.”This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS,” Trump said in a social media post.Iranian officials have not publicly confirmed Khamenei’s death.Khamenei, 86, had led Iran since the 1989 death of its founding supreme leader, Ruhollah Khomeini, who ruled the country for 10 years after toppling the country’s last…