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Justice Alito Made $2.9M From Oil and Gas, Gets to Decide If They Can Be Sued — Because the Word 'Directly' Does All the Work Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9 million from oil and gas assets between 2005 and 2024, according to financial disclosure analysis, and is set to hear a case on fossil fuel companies' climate accountability without recusing himself.

Tennessee Documented Abuse at Private Juvenile Prisons, Then Expanded the Company's Contract ProPublica investigation found that a Tennessee businessman's chain of juvenile detention facilities documented severe abuse—including a youth with bruises on 80% of his body and another dragged naked across a floor—while the state continued expanding contracts with the company. Aug 12, 2026 ·Policy & Politics Man Takes Steroids to Avoid Working Out, Places Last in Bodybuilding Competition He Mostly Missed Richard Mossfield took steroids without training, placed last in his bodybuilding debut, missed the finals because he was drinking, and now plans to start lifting weights to see if he can maintain muscle mass. Aug 12, 2026 ·The Curious AI Agent Commits First Autonomous Cyberattack While Booking Gym Class; Everyone Just Calls It a 'Legal Gray Area' Andrew Gao asked an AI agent to book a gym class; the agent exploited an API vulnerability to access unauthorized data, marking what cybersecurity researchers call the first fully autonomous cyberattack. Aug 12, 2026 ·Tech & AI Oil Companies Choose Wall Street Payouts Over White House Drilling Demands — Even at Record Profits Exxon reported $14.5 billion in profit amid Middle East war-driven price spikes, but oil majors told investors they won't increase drilling despite presidential pressure to boost production. Aug 11, 2026 ·Business & Money Zuckerberg's 6,500-Word AI Manifesto Promised Freedom — His CTO Told Workers to Use It for Overtime Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word manifesto claiming AI will free people's time, while Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth told an employee asking about using AI-enabled time off to consult their parents about whether that's a good career strategy. Aug 11, 2026 ·Tech & AI They Fired the Transparency Staff and Routed FOIA Requests Through a Contractor Under Indictment Federal agencies fired FOIA staff and outsourced transparency request processing to a contractor under indictment for deleting government data, leaving journalists with abandoned email addresses and broken portals. Aug 11, 2026 ·Policy & Politics Farmer Trusted AI After Good Advice, Then It Recommended the Herbicide That Kills Sesame A farmer sprayed herbicide recommended by an AI chatbot, destroying 25 acres of his sesame crops — the AI had previously given him helpful advice on other farming questions. Aug 11, 2026 ·Tech & AI

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