Former special counsel Robert Mueller's scheduled hearings before the House Intelligence and Judiciary committees on Wednesday should be among the most important moments of the Trump presidency—the rare, and perhaps only, chance to question the man who has spent two years investigating and uncovering the various attempts of Donald Trump and others to corrupt and Read more about The Definitive Congressional Guide to Robert Mueller’s Mind[…]

Hello and welcome to WIRED's post-Comic-Con edition of The Monitor, our pop-culture news roundup. Believe it or not, some things happened in the world of entertainment outside of the mouth of madness that is the San Diego convention, and we're here to tell you all about them. Strap in; we have a lot to go Read more about With <em>Lion King</em> and <em>Avengers</em>, Disney Rules the Box Office[…]

Pinterest wants to calm you down, Equifax gets hit with a record fine, and facial recognition is still struggling with darker faces. Here's the news you need to know, in two minutes or less. Click Here: Celtic Football Shirts Want to receive this two-minute roundup as an email every weekday? Sign up here! Today's Headlines Read more about Pinterest Wants You to Relax, Equifax’s $700M Fine, and More News[…]

​WASHINGTON – The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee ​on ​Sunday suggested ​former special ​counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony this week could kick off impeachment proceedings against President Trump. “The (Mueller) report presents very substantial evidence that the president is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors,” Rep. Jerry Nadler told “Fox News Sunday.” “We have to Read more about Nadler: Mueller testimony could begin Trump impeachment proceedings[…]

If you thought fictional zombies walking around on film were scary, the condition that turns creatures into mindless eating machines actually exists in nature. In ants. According to research published in the Journal of Experimental Biology, ants that come in contact with the deadly fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis have their jaw muscles taken over until they Read more about Deadly fungus creates ‘zombie ants’ with hijacked jaws[…]

They planned it as a Trump-themed wedding — so it was a dream come true for Staten Island couple Nicole Marie and PJ Mongelli when the President showed up. see also Trump crashes MAGA-themed wedding, prompting USA chants President Trump made a guest appearance at a wedding at… “I get goosebumps just thinking about it,” Read more about MAGA couple: Trump crashed our wedding \u2014 ‘he’s such a gentleman’[…]

“John Doe” was in his second year in Pennsylvania State University’s honors program when he told a fellow student she was “beautiful” in a flirty text session that led to the two of them having sex. Now the 19-year-old may never get his degree from Penn State or any other college. More On: college campuses Read more about Turning the tide against campus kangaroo ‘rape’ courts[…]

Stunning videos posted online Monday show uniformed NYPD cops getting drenched with buckets of water by brazen young men in Harlem and Brooklyn, law enforcement sources told The Post. One clip even shows a soaked cop getting beaned in the back of the head with an empty, red plastic bucket while the cop and his Read more about NYPD cops get drenched by buckets of water[…]

Flanked by former veep and climate-crusader Al Gore, Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week signed a wide-ranging “climate-action” bill. He also ­announced that New Yorkers would subsidize construction of more than 200 wind turbines off New York City and Long Island — one of the biggest efforts of its kind in the United States — all Read more about Cuomo’s incredible wind-power pander[…]

Weapons of war, delivered straight to your door! Much to the chagrin of local fire departments, flamethrowers are legal in most parts of the US — as evidenced by Elon Musk’s “Not-A-Flamethrower” flamethrower, along with the dozens of online tutorials on how to build one. Some extreme engineers have even strapped theirs onto high-flying drones. Read more about Company unveils $1,500 flamethrower that will attach to your drone[…]