Berlin prosecutors believe Abdul Balout's vehicle attack near the annual Pride event was Islamist terrorism. What makes it haunting: Balout had already been convicted of planning serious violence in May 2026, handed a suspended sentence, and was free while prosecutors appealed when he killed one and injured 29.
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With the Strait of Hormuz still closed, NPR's Windsor Johnston reports on a new energy price spiral that experts say is structurally different from earlier ones. Bob McNally, founder of the Rapidan Energy Group, tells NPR that the previous disruptions were cushioned by two factors — strategic inventory drawdowns and a sharp drop in Chinese oil demand — both of which have now been exhausted [1] — Bob McNally "We've had these inventories that we drew down, and we had China go on a crash diet. Going forward, the price mechanism will have to do more…" 01:34 . That means the only way markets can rebalance supply and demand going forward is through higher prices, which feed directly into consumer inflation. Compounding the problem, experts warn that damage to major Saudi Arabian oil facilities, inflicted during the conflict, could take months or even years to fully repair. The global oil market is, in McNally's framing, without a safety net.
The national average price for a gallon of gas has climbed back above $4 as Middle East fighting drives oil prices higher.
The national average gas price has crossed $4 a gallon again — a direct casualty of the U.S.-Iran conflict and the closed Strait of Hormuz. Experts say this surge may be more painful than the last, because the buffers that softened previous shocks are now gone.
The strategic inventories are depleted. China already slashed its oil demand. Now, with no buffers left, only rising prices can rebalance the global oil market if Hormuz stays shut. Rapidan Energy's Bob McNally says this latest energy shock could be far more damaging than previous ones.
Experts warn damage to major Saudi oil facilities could take months or years to repair, leaving global markets with fewer options.
Damage to major Saudi Arabian oil facilities from the conflict could take months or even years to fully repair. With Hormuz still closed and inventories drawn down, the global oil market faces a prolonged period of tight supply and elevated prices, experts warn.
A vehicle-ramming attack near Berlin's annual Pride event killed one person and injured at least 29 others.
After a tabloid savaged him for months over his broken engagement, Kierkegaard turned his personal humiliation into devastating philosophical critique. He argued that mass media creates a phantom 'public opinion,' incentivizes people to suppress their individuality, and produces the leveling effect — a culture where standing out is a liability.
Ten years ago, 90% of tech media coverage was relentlessly negative and Kalanick felt he couldn't speak freely. Today, the rise of independent podcasters and Elon Musk buying Twitter has fundamentally changed the game — and it's why he's finally willing to talk.
Kay Classman, 28, was arrested for repeatedly posing as a 16-year-old and enrolling in Bronx high schools across multiple districts. She wasn't a predator — just someone so sad and lonely she wanted her lost childhood back. That's somehow sadder.
Disney, Meta, and Paramount have collectively paid Trump roughly $60 million to settle what Galloway calls nuisance lawsuits — all routed to his presidential library. Newsrooms are folding. The White House is handpicking press pool participants. This is what the end of a free press looks like.
One cheap fake documentary made by a teenager in his mother's basement convinced 16% of Americans that 9/11 was an inside job. Social media didn't invent conspiracy — it just gave it a rocket engine.
A progressive organization with a stated mission to destroy Turning Point USA received millions from ActBlue and is now publicly pushing the narrative that TPUSA insiders and Israel murdered Charlie Kirk. Andrew Wilson traced the network of accounts all amplifying the same conspiracy in perfect unison.
The microphone-bomb theory fails on every physical front: no smoke, no ignition, mic on the wrong side of the wound. And the .30-06 rifle round used is extensively documented by the US Army — it does not always produce a through-and-through wound. Wilson argues this is a well-studied projectile with well-understood behavior.
Andrew Wilson publicly offered Candace Owens $300,000 to debate her theory that Israel and TPUSA murdered Charlie Kirk. She refused. He argues that flat-earthers will debate anyone, but Kirk conspiracy theorists won't defend their claims under scrutiny.
Erika Kirk became the CEO of TPUSA while grieving her husband's murder in public, and now faces tens of thousands accusing her of conspiring to kill him. Andrew Wilson calls it mind-boggling psychological torture. The sparklers at the memorial weren't suspicious — they were a grieving widow doing her best in an impossible situation.
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