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"Sorry, I'm gonna walk around like this every day of my life," she quipped.

Embattled Rep. Max Miller denied using Meta smart glasses to make surreptitious recordings during a July court hearing after his ex-wife's lawyers raised concerns that something seemed off.

Tony Romo is pinning his recent arrest, in part, on the fallout from multiple back surgeries.

He is still waiting on his second chance.

Trump Admin Asks Appeals Court To Halt Block On USPS Mail-In Ballot Rule

Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times,

The Trump administration filed an emergency motion on Aug. 31 seeking a stay of a judge's ruling that blocked the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from enforcing its requirements to tighten rules around mail-in voting.

The motion was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit shortly after U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani on Aug. 31 declined to pause her temporary restraining order. That order was issued on Aug. 28 in response to lawsuits from some states and voting rights groups challenging USPS's final rule on mail-in ballots.

At the time, Talwani said the rule was likely unlawful and violated the U.S. Constitution, which gives states the authority to administer elections.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) disputed the finding in its motion, noting that the final rule is "ultimately a regulation of the U.S. mail, and a modest one at that - not a federal takeover of election administration by the Postal Service."

"The rule's improvements and modernizations of USPS's infrastructure for supporting this particularly sensitive category of mail are fully consistent with USPS's statutory and constitutional authority," the DOJ stated.

The DOJ also said that keeping the temporary restraining order in place would cause the administration irreparable harm because some states are set to begin sending ballots during the two weeks the order is in effect.

"Because federal defendants face imminent irreparable harm as soon as states begin to mail ballots - as early as September 4 - the government also requests an administrative stay while this court considers this motion," the department said.

Talwani on Aug. 31 rejected the DOJ's request to lift the restraining order, saying the "late timing" of the changes to state election practices is contrary to the public's need for "clear and settled" rules ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, which are now just two months away.

The temporary restraining order, effective for 14 days, prevents the enforcement of certain sections of USPS's final rule for elections before or on Nov. 3.

The Postal Service issued the final rule on Aug. 21 to implement an executive order President Donald Trump signed in March. In the order, Trump wrote that the federal government has a duty to maintain public confidence in election outcomes and that additional measures are needed to enhance election integrity through U.S. mail.

Under the agency's rule, states must supply the agency with lists of mail ballot recipients, and all outbound and return ballot envelopes must bear unique barcodes.

The Postal Service, under the rule, may refuse to deliver ballots that do not comply with the new standards or are associated with voters who do not appear on the lists.

Naveen Athrappully contributed to this report.

Tyler Durden Tue, 09/01/2026 - 12:20

The 79-year-old scribe has repeatedly touted the eye-popping figure while arguing that borrowing money to buy income-producing assets is a strategy used by the wealthy.

Times Square Stabbing Victim Was Bank of America VP

One of the two victims of a Midtown Manhattan stabbing yesterday has been identified as a vice president in Bank of America's global corporate and investment bank division, the WSJ reports. 

Erin Piacenti, 32, of New Jersey was in Times Square when an unhinged woman armed with knives attacked both Piacenti and a man shortly after 4:20 p.m.

"We are shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic loss of our colleague. She was a valued teammate who will be greatly missed," a BofA spokesman said. "Our hearts go out to her family and all of her loved ones."

The 68-year-old man who was also stabbed was in stable condition at Bellevue hospital. 

The attacker was identified as Pamela Cisneros, 49. She was shot while walking towards the police brandishing two larger knives, taken to Bellevue, and died. 

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Unhinged middle-aged women are hitting the news feeds hard this month.  NYC police were forced to shoot a woman dead this week after she pulled two knives from a shopping bag in the middle of Times Square and went on a random stabbing spree. 

At least one 68-year-old man was severely injured and another 32-year-old female victim was killed after being stabbed in the abdomen. 

The shooting happened just before 4:30 p.m. next to a New York Police Department substation, just outside One Times Square, the building that hosts the city’s annual New Year’s Eve ball drop celebration. It is one of the most heavily trafficked and policed spots in all of New York. 

Today in Times Square when tasers don't work pic.twitter.com/aALVDZgYD0

— The E Man🇺🇸Street PHD (@DETECTIVE4LIFE) August 31, 2026

Police first deployed tasers, but they were ineffective.  The women, who remains unnamed by city authorities, charged at officers while swinging the knives wildly.  No possible motive for the attack has been given, though, these days, it's often the case that there is no coherent motive. 

Here's the exact moment a lady charged at NYPD officers with two knives.

Minutes before this took place the lady allegedly stabbed multiple people.

What happened to good citizens these days ? Why didn't someone walk up behind her and hit her over the head with something ?…

— Viral News NYC (@ViralNewsNYC) August 31, 2026

The attacker's name has not been officially released, though some sources identify her as Pamela Cisneros.  Such info could be withheld for 48 hours or more if authorities have trouble finding and informing family members.  Confirmation of identity could also be delayed due to the woman's immigration status.

Police did not say if the stabbing victims were tourists or residents.  Videos posted on social media show a group of at least 10 officers gathered around the woman. Officers tried to convince her to drop the knives for several minutes before using a Taser.

The woman told them: “I’m not dropping anything, I would rather kill both of you..."

A similar incident occurred in July in the Upper West Side when Raul Morales, 51, was charged with randomly stabbing two men.  Witnesses said he yelled “Allahu Akbar” during the attack. Mental health was cited and the event was swept under the rug by the media.  

Tyler Durden Tue, 09/01/2026 - 12:18

“I feel like a zombie,” Dorian Solomon told The Post of Miss Bubble directly below her home. “In a small studio, there is nowhere to escape.” 

One of the thugs used a sledgehammer to shatter the store's glass door and dozens of reckless thieves swarmed the store within minutes.

Buddy Stephens is out of chances at East Mississippi Community College.

Less labor, more flavor for Labor Day.

A $360 million Upper East Side development site once envisioned for a 1,240-foot supertall skyscraper is back on the market after more than a decade.

"Worse Under The Hood": Goldman Warns Consumer Stocks Cracking As Hedge Fund Exposure Tanks

With the US national average for gasoline above the politically sensitive $4-per-gallon level and the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index signaling waning household confidence as summer enters its final innings, pressure is building across the consumer complex.

Goldman Sachs' Scott Feiler warned Tuesday that consumer stocks have suffered several difficult weeks of underperformance, while investor exposure to the sector has collapsed to multi-year lows.

Feiler explained:

Worse Under the Hood: Consumer stocks have had a tough run the last few weeks. The Retail group was -6.5% in August and underperformed the market by over 5%. It has felt a bit worse than that under the surface, given many of the historically owned/quality/growth names have seen sell-offs of 10% to 50%. A list of 10 of these stocks and a few tactical thoughts on each are below...

More importantly, Feiler cited Goldman's prime brokerage data, which show that gross exposure to retail stocks has plunged to a multi-year low, signaling that hedge funds have reduced their exposure this year. The reduction in exposure likely stems from higher gasoline and diesel prices at the pump, combined with elevated inflation, dampening household confidence.

The 10 pullbacks from peak summer prices highlighted by Feiler include:

• Dick's Sporting Goods: -45%
• Burlington Stores: -32%
• On Holding: -30%
• Tapestry: -26%
• Walmart: -23%
• Viking Holdings: -22%
• TJX Companies: -21%
• Ralph Lauren: -19%
• Hilton Worldwide: -14%
• Ross Stores: -13%

Goldman consumer stocks versus AAA retail gasoline

For more on Feiler's tactical views on the 10 names above, Professional subscribers can read the full note here at our new Marketdesk.ai portal.

Tyler Durden Tue, 09/01/2026 - 12:00

An Ohioan pleaded guilty to vandalizing and trying to break into Vice President JD Vance's Cincinnati home in January.

Hickerson, who dated Panettiere on and off between 2018 and her August death, was detained at Barney's Beanery in West Hollywood last August.

Hickerson, who dated Panettiere on and off between 2018 and her August death, was detained at Barney's Beanery in West Hollywood last August.

A trash truck sparked chaos along the 405 Tuesday morning when it caught fire and dumped a massive pile of burning garbage on the road.

With MLB’s September roster expansion going into effect on Tuesday, the Dodgers are adding a familiar face amid their recent offensive struggles. Switch-hitting infielder Alex Freeland is set to rejoin the team, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed, giving the 25-year-old former top prospect another chance to prove himself at the big-league level....

OpenAI Stops Providing AI Models To Cursor Amid Feud With Elon Musk

Authored by Dylan Morgan via The Epoch Times,

OpenAI said Friday that it plans to stop providing AI models to Cursor, the coding startup now owned by Elon Musk's SpaceX.

This continues a years-long public feud between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk, who was a cofounder and board member of OpenAI but left in 2018. SpaceX purchased Cursor for $60 billion in June.

"We are making this choice because we cannot be confident that SpaceX will use our technology within our terms of service, based on our experience with Elon Musk's companies violating contracts," OpenAI said.

In a public statement, the ChatGPT-maker said it notified SpaceX that it is winding down its contract and proposed a shutoff date of Nov. 12 - the latest date allowed by contract, according to OpenAI.

The company said that after Musk acquired Twitter in 2022 and renamed it X - which has since been merged into SpaceX - the company broke the terms of OpenAI's contract, but didn't specify in what ways.

The Epoch Times reached out to OpenAI and SpaceX and is awaiting a response.

Cursor cofounder Michael Truell said on X on Aug. 28 that OpenAI models serve about 5 percent of Cursor traffic and that the company is speaking with the OpenAI team to resolve this issue.

In response, Anthropic cofounder and Chief Compute Officer Tom Brown said on X the same day that the company, which already partners with SpaceX, will increase compute to support Claude models in Cursor.

Musk replied to OpenAI's statement on X later that day, saying, "I couldn't care less." He added that Altman and OpenAI President Greg Brockman are "untrustworthy" and repeated his previous accusation that the pair "stole" an open source nonprofit.

The former cofounders' bitter feud has taken the form of social media comments, accusations of betrayal, and a high-stakes court case.

In 2024, Musk filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its cofounders, including Altman and Brockman, alleging that they betrayed the company's founding agreement of advancing it for the good of humanity as an open source charity that would counter the existential risks of profit-driven AI.

Musk also accused the pair of defrauding him out of $38 million in donations, as well as allowing Microsoft to step in in 2023 - after the firing and subsequent rehiring of Altman as CEO - and push for the resignation of board members who tried to oust him.

"With the reinstatement of Mr. Altman and the restructuring of the board, OpenAI's corporate structure that had been designed as a system of checks and balances between the nonprofit arm, for-profit arm, the board, and the CEO to ensure the nonprofit mission [that] was being carried out, collapsed overnight," he wrote in the suit.

The case landed before a federal court in Oakland, California, last spring, where Altman said he remains committed to OpenAI's original mission of ensuring AI benefits humanity.

Altman went on to accuse Musk of abandoning OpenAI when he left and started his own for-profit competitor, xAI, when his bid to take full control of OpenAI was rejected.

The trial ended May 18 when a jury found Musk's challenge fell outside the statute of limitations.

Tyler Durden Tue, 09/01/2026 - 11:45

Ayesha Curry hinted that Steph Curry has a couple of years left in the NBA, while the 38-year-old star confirmed he wants to retire a Warrior.