Russia's navy looks to be stretched thin after getting battered by Ukraine and losing a key port, Western officials say

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In this photo taken from video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Monday, April 14, 2025, the Admiral Golovko frigate of the Russian navy is seen during joint Russian Egyptian drills in the Mediterranean Sea.
The Russian frigate Admiral Golovko operates in the Mediterranean Sea in April.

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  • Russia's navy appears to be stretched thin from setbacks in the Black Sea and Syria, a Dutch commander said.
  • Ukrainian attacks on the Black Sea Fleet and the loss of a key Syrian port have dealt major blows.
  • Now, Russia's ships and submarines appear to be under greater strain
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A guide to every real-life historical figure on 'The Gilded Age'

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Taissa Farmiga, Ben Lamb, and Carrie Coon in "The Gilded Age."

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  • "The Gilded Age" just wrapped up season three.
  • While some of its characters are fictional, the show is populated with real people from the era.
  • Oscar Wilde, Booker T. Washington, and J. P. Morgan have all popped up on the show.

There are few eras that have captivated people more than the Gilded Age, a period in the

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The latest Millennium spin-out is a new credit hedge fund seeded by a $6 billion backer

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A rocket launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Denise Rich and her family can see the rockets launch from her new backyard.

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  • Ryan Foster is launching Extant Capital with $200 million from New Holland Capital.
  • Foster was a senior portfolio manager at Millennium and previously an investor under George Soros.
  • Extant is the latest hedge fund launch
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Zoë Kravitz tells a wild story about nearly losing a snake in Taylor Swifts house

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If you're going to nearly lose a pet snake anywhere, you might as well at least nearly lose it somewhere memorable.

Appearing on Late Night in the clip above, Zoë Kravitz tells a story of staying at Taylor Swift's house with her mother, actor Lisa Bonet, and how the latter's pet snake nearly made its escape through a snake-sized hole in one of Swift's bathrooms.

Fortunately the snake was reclaimed

Sam Altman says GPT-5's 'personality' will get a revamp — but it won't be as 'annoying' as GPT-4o

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Sam Altman said GPT-5 will get a "warmer" tone after complaints about its style.

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  • Sam Altman said OpenAI will make GPT-5's personality "warmer" after some complaints about its tone.
  • Some ChatGPT users said they mourned GPT-4o's removal last week.
  • OpenAI has now restored GPT-4o as an option for paid users, a week after making GPT-5 the default.

OpenAI is tweaking GPT-5's person

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Tropical Storm Erin: Spaghetti models track the storm’s path

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A prediction cone for Tropical Storm Erin.

Tropical Storm Erin is expected to reach to hurricane strength as it hurtles across the Atlantic this week.

The National Hurricane Center's prediction cone shows a westward trajectory, but doesn't paint a clear picture whether or not it's likely to impact the east coast of the United States. Spaghetti models, which represent a collection of predicted paths generated by multiple computer models