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Foot fetish company owner arrested on sex trafficking charges, accused of rape

The owner of a foot fetish company was arrested in New York City on Monday in connection with sex trafficking charges. Jason Khan, who owns FootPadNYC.com resides in New York City and Albany, New York, was charged with three counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, federal and local authorities announced on Monday. “This horrific behavior has no place in our city, and we will not allow predators to prey on vulnerable women,” New York Police Department Police Commissioner...

Meta steals a tactic from Tesla and builds data centers in tents

Just when you thought the AI data center boom couldn’t get any crazier, Meta has gone and built data centers in tents. The strategy appears to borrow in equal parts from Tesla and xAI. In a bid to cut construction time in half, Meta has built six tents — or “rapid deployment structures” as the company describes them — outside of New Albany, Ohio, according to Michael Thomas, founder of Cleanview, which tracks data center deployments.

Five Below Slides After Profit Beat as Retailer Flags Consumer Hit Over Oil High Prices

A Five Below store in Albany, New York, US, on Monday, March 4, 2024. Five Below Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on March 20.

IBM CEO: AI Won’t Necessarily Lead To Smaller Headcount

Jun 9th, 2026 IBM CEO: AI Won’t Necessarily Lead To Smaller Headcount IBM CEO Arvind Krishna discusses IBM's significant $10 billion investment in quantum computing, a faster form of AI. Krishna also noted a $1 billion federal government commitment to build a chip fabrication facility in Albany, New York, illustrating a strong collaboration between public and private sectors. He speaks with Romaine Bostick & Katie Greifeld on "The Close."

The most powerful El Nino in a century could be on its way

The most powerful El Nino in a century could be on its way June 9, 2026A potentially powerful El Nino is developing in the Pacific Ocean and could reshape weather patterns around the world in the coming weeks. Forecasters warn this could be among the strongest on record. There’s "real potential for the strongest El Nino event in 140 years," according to Paul Roundy, a professor of atmospheric and environmental sciences at the State University of New York at Albany.

The strongest El Nino in more than a century may be coming

The strongest El Nino in more than a century may be coming June 10, 2026A potentially powerful El Nino developing in the Pacific Ocean could reshape weather patterns around the world in the coming weeks. Forecasters that warn this could be among the strongest El Nino events on record. There’s "real potential for the strongest El Nino event in 140 years," said Paul Roundy, a professor of atmospheric and environmental sciences at the State University of New York at Albany.

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Models suggest amplitude of El Niño in 2026 'as high or higher than any event in last century'

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Big 12 preview: Despite the drama, Texas Tech stil...

Back when the NIL era was in its nascent stages, with a new Big 12 and a 12-team College Football Playoff on the way, I wondered if there was room for the emergence of a Clemson-style dynasty from a conference known primarily for the endless number of close games. If some team could craft a recruiting boost from both solid spending and sustained success, perhaps they could ride that to a series of conference titles and, perhaps, even playoff runs? I admittedly didn't have a specific team in...

Bill replacing 'mother' and 'father' with gender-neutral terms passes in New York, heads to Hochul's desk

New York Democrats recently passed a bill that would remove the words "mother" and "father" from parts of state law, sending the legislation to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s desk for final approval. Under the new bill, targeting state child custody and parental laws, "mother" becomes "gestating parent," "father" becomes "non-gestating parent," and "paternity" becomes "parentage. "It passed in the state Senate this week after progressing through the Assembly in March.