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There’s a different, louder buzz energizing the practice fields at The Greenbrier resort when Beckham makes a play than when most others do.

AI prodigy Leopold Aschenbrenner’s wedding weekend brought together a who’s who of Silicon Valley money and influence for a multi-day celebration. But there was a big elephant in room: just days before, the 24-year-old’s $45 billion hedge fund, Situational Awareness, had imploded, suffering losses of more than $30 billion, and mounting. Many of the 80...

Mike McDaniel, known for delivering dry one-liners with the same expression he uses to explain pre-snap motion, channeled Ron Burgundy while commenting on San Diego.

China's Power Demand Hits Records As Heatwave Grips Key Regions

By Irina Slav of OilPrice.com

Electricity demand in much of China hit a record this week due to scorching summer temperatures, driving grid loads to all-time highs, the State Grid Corporation of China said today, as cited by Reuters.

On Monday and Tuesday, the company said, electricity loads reached a record in the country’s northern, northeastern, and eastern regions. No blackouts have been reported, however, as the grid operator moves in time to direct more baseload electricity where it is needed for air-conditioning.

According to forecasts from the Chinese state meteorological agency, temperatures across much of China will remain high, in some cases potentially reaching or even exceeding historical peaks, the Reuters report also noted.

In January this year, State Grid Corporation of China, the world’s largest utility enterprise covering 88% of China’s land area and serving over 1.1 billion people, said it planned to spend $574 billion (4 trillion Chinese yuan) on fixed-asset investments for the five years to 2030, as part of its 2026-2030 investment plan.

The sum is 40% higher than what the State Grid Corporation of China spent in the previous five-year investment period to 2025. The company will use the money to upgrade and expand the power transmission and distribution systems amid a surge in renewable energy capacity installations and a continued rise in electricity demand.

China is the world’s biggest builder of wind and solar, but it has also expanded its coal-powered generation capacity to ensure stable supply that can respond to demand changes in a timely fashion. Yet the country is also building out its battery storage capacity to be able to utilize more of its wind and solar electricity output. China plans to have its battery storage capacity more than double to 180 gigawatts by 2027 in a new plan aimed at attracting $35.1 billion (250 billion yuan).

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CHICAGO — Two weeks ago, Dave Roberts was declarative. Shohei Ohtani, he said then, “is going to be the MVP of the National League.” By Wednesday morning, however, the Dodgers manager sounded less sure. While Ohtani remains one of the best hitters in baseball, his inability to pitch lately has opened the door to a...

The Happiest Place on Earth has bad news for your wallet after Disneyland quietly raised prices on over 800 food and drink items – and the average cocktail now costs $21.

San Francisco Sheriff Deputies stunned him by placing him in handcuffs and telling him he’d been busted.

Timothy Chaneyfield, 42, apparently came clean after grooming and sexually abusing the 14-year-old on three different occasions at his Eagle Creek home, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said at a press conference on Tuesday.

The Los Angeles Dodgers left Chicago Wednesday, but not before a local hot dog stand trolled the back-to-back World Series champions. The Chicago Cubs completed a three-game sweep over the Dodgers with a 7-6 victory at Wrigley Field. The Wieners Circle posted a picture to social media of their logo with a message included on...

Luis Robert Jr. had a good idea heading into Monday’s trade deadline that his Mets tenure would continue. 

This is the first extinct amphibian found in Los Angeles and only the second Ice Age amphibian in North America.

As the hard left’s dominance of higher education has brought a huge loss of public trust in US academia, the American Association of University Professors decided to “fight back” by endorsing political candidates — starting with Michigan extremist Abdul El-Sayed.

Maxx Crosby is all in on the Las Vegas Raiders. Adam Schefter believes that could change drastically depending on the teams performance The five-time Pro Bowl pass rusher returned to Las Vegas after an offseason trade to the Baltimore Ravens collapsed over concerns about his surgically repaired knee. Crosby has since publicly recommitted to the...

The latest Project Convergence Capstone 6 exercise took place at Fort Irwin, where soldiers spent nine days testing more than 90 technologies in one of the Army’s largest experimentation events to date.

The Michigan wins come after recent primaries in Maine, New York and other states that elevated socialist and socialist-adjacent candidates for the Nov. 3 elections.

New Giants head coach John Harbaugh is bringing a quiet, "CEO" style to a grueling training camp at The Greenbrier.

Mike Brown arrived in New York with enormous expectations and plenty of doubters. He had been fired multiple times as an NBA head coach, was not viewed as the Knicks’ first choice and inherited a team coming off an Eastern Conference Finals appearance. His assignment was simple to describe but incredibly difficult to complete: take...

On Wednesday, Crow-Armstrong became the first Cubs player with consecutive 25 home run, 25 stolen base seasons. 

Aaron Rodgers vowed to "never again" post about his family after sharing photos that confirmed their reconciliation, crediting his wife Brittani.

The party seems willing to accept anyone who can win its ballot line, no matter how much Nazi ink they sport, how many terrorists they fawn over or how much antisemitic lying they do.