30 of the buzziest books to read this spring

30 of the buzziest books to read this spring

FICTION Tana French (Viking) In the final installment of French’s acclaimed Cal Hooper trilogy, a girl who was set to marry into a powerful family goes missing in a small Irish village and is found dead in a river. As Hooper — the former Chicago detective who moved to Ireland to supposedly retire and relax … Read more

Dad loses custody of autistic son after fighting sex change, gets support from Elon Musk

Dad loses custody of autistic son after fighting sex change, gets support from Elon Musk

A devastated father in Iceland says he was stripped of his parental rights after speaking out against his 11-year-old autistic son’s sex change — a case that has drawn international attention, including from billionaire Elon Musk — as he accuses the courts of prioritizing progressive ideology over a parent’s right to protect their child. Alexandre Rocha, … Read more

Tesla unveils cheaper Cybertruck at under $60K — but there’s a catch

Tesla unveils cheaper Cybertruck at under K — but there’s a catch

Tesla unveiled a cheaper Cybertruck variant in the US late Thursday and slashed the price of its most-expensive model, Cyberbeast, as the electric-vehicle maker struggles to find buyers for its pickup trucks. The Cybertruck was touted by CEO Elon Musk as a futuristic competitor to mass market pickup trucks from legacy brands such as Ford, but multiple recalls and quality control … Read more

Steak ‘n Shake’s American flag initiative meets growing appetite for patriotic displays

Steak ‘n Shake’s American flag initiative meets growing appetite for patriotic displays

Steak ‘n Shake recently began rolling out colossal American flags at its locations as numerous businesses embrace patriotic themes. The chain announced last week that it would install the Stars and Stripes at locations across the U.S. The flags will be as large as possible while still complying with local regulations. “The flag installations have begun … Read more

Kanye West’s ‘In Whose Name?’ doc revelations: ‘SNL’ star confrontation, Kris Jenner’s desperate plea — and an Elon Musk cameo

Kanye West’s ‘In Whose Name?’ doc revelations: ‘SNL’ star confrontation, Kris Jenner’s desperate plea — and an Elon Musk cameo

All the lights are on him. “In Whose Name?” offers a rare look at Kanye West during the most tumultuous years of his life. Directed by first-time filmmaker Nico Ballesteros, the unauthorized documentary follows the controversial rapper across six years and 3,000 hours of footage — that’s ultimately edited down to 106 minutes. The filming, which … Read more

Disney settles Trump supporter Gina Carano’s lawsuit after her firing from ‘Mandalorian’

Disney settles Trump supporter Gina Carano’s lawsuit after her firing from ‘Mandalorian’

Walt Disney has resolved a legal dispute with actor Gina Carano over her firing from the “Star Wars” streaming TV series “The Mandalorian,” a spokesperson for Disney unit Lucasfilm said on Thursday. Disney removed Carano from “The Mandalorian” in 2021 over social media posts that the company at the time called “abhorrent and unacceptable” for “denigrating people based on their … Read more

Elon Musk praises retro-futuristic Tesla diner as ‘one of the coolest spots in LA’

Elon Musk praises retro-futuristic Tesla diner as ‘one of the coolest spots in LA’

Elon Musk had high praise for the diner and electric vehicle (EV) charging station that Tesla is creating in Los Angeles. The Tesla CEO said early Monday morning on X that he “just had dinner at the retro-futuristic @Tesla diner and Supercharger.”  “Team did great work making it one of the coolest spots in LA!” he wrote.  … Read more

Cancer celebrities: 25 famous people born under the sign of the crab

Cancer celebrities: 25 famous people born under the sign of the crab

Can you taste the tears, hear the heartstrings pulling, and smell the codependency, kids? It can mean only one thing: from June 20 to July 21, 2025, the sun is shining into the shallows of Cancer. People born under the stars of the crab are intuitive, nurturing, and deeply protective of their soft underbellies and … Read more

Elon Musk says long-awaited test of Tesla robotaxi on track to launch by end of June

Elon Musk says long-awaited test of Tesla robotaxi on track to launch by end of June

Tesla is set to begin a test of its long-promised robotaxi service on schedule in Austin, Texas, by the end of June, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday, even as the company faces questions from a US regulator on safety. The electric vehicle maker will roll out about 10 self-driving cars in some parts of the city, Musk said in an interview … Read more

‘Natural’ sperm donor has fathered 190 children with ‘creative’ method: ‘I’m the poor man’s Elon Musk’

‘Natural’ sperm donor has fathered 190 children with ‘creative’ method: ‘I’m the poor man’s Elon Musk’

One man is taking “be fruitful and multiply” to a whole new level. Rob Albon has devoted his life to supporting a controversial effort by the world’s richest person, Elon Musk. Albon, who lives in a modest home in England, has nowhere near the wealth or name-recognition of the tech billionaire, but he has thoroughly … Read more

Elon Musk doppelgänger says he’s constantly being harassed: ‘Not a compliment’

Elon Musk doppelgänger says he’s constantly being harassed: ‘Not a compliment’

Meet Elon Musk’s doppelgänger – a singer from Luxembourg who says his uncanny resemblance to the tech entrepreneur is “not a compliment”. Hugo One, 28, is regularly mistaken for Musk – who runs Tesla – and says he gets stopped while at the supermarket, bars and queues for nightclubs and doesn’t enjoy the comparison. Hugo … Read more

Brain implant from Elon Musk’s compnay helps father with ALS type messages with his brain

Brain implant from Elon Musk’s compnay helps father with ALS type messages with his brain

Brad Smith, an Arizona husband and father with ALS, has become the third person to receive Neuralink, the brain implant made by Elon Musk’s company. He is also the first ALS patient and the first non-verbal person to receive the implant, he shared in a post on X on Sunday. “I am typing this with my brain. … Read more

United Airlines receives FAA approval for first Starlink-equipped plane, schedules first flight for May

United Airlines receives FAA approval for first Starlink-equipped plane, schedules first flight for May

United Airlines passengers will be able to experience free in-flight Wi-Fi as soon as May through Elon Musk’s broadband satellite service Starlink. The Chicago-based airline announced on Monday that the FAA has approved its first Starlink-equipped aircraft and that its first commercial flight has been scheduled for May, just eight months after striking the deal with the … Read more

Inside the government study trying to understand the health effects of ultraprocessed foods

Inside the government study trying to understand the health effects of ultraprocessed foods

Sam Srisatta, a 20-year-old Florida college student, spent a month living inside a government hospital here last fall, playing video games and allowing scientists to document every morsel of food that went into his mouth. From big bowls of salad to platters of meatballs and spaghetti sauce, Srisatta noshed his way through a nutrition study … Read more

Why the ‘race for space’ has only just begun

Why the ‘race for space’ has only just begun

On May 2, 1945, just a few days before World War II ended and two days after Adolf Hitler committed suicide, Nazi scientist Wernher von Braun and his team of engineers surrendered to American soldiers. “The grizzled GIs who received von Braun’s surrender were skeptical of the urbane, self-assured German’s claims,” write Emily Carney and … Read more

Nick Jonas slammed after social media post that fans interpret as support for Elon Musk

Nick Jonas slammed after social media post that fans interpret as support for Elon Musk

Singer-songwriter Nick Jonas stirred reactions for what many X users interpreted as support for Elon Musk, after posting a picture of the multi-billionaire entrepreneur and incoming DOGE co-chair along with the caption, “Take us to the Year 3000.” The apparent play on a 2006 Jonas Brothers hit song came in response to Musk commenting on an older GIF … Read more

Whoopi Goldberg makes bizarre joke about Elon Musk, JD Vance tripping Trump ‘down the stairs,’ then quickly walks it back

Whoopi Goldberg makes bizarre joke about Elon Musk, JD Vance tripping Trump ‘down the stairs,’ then quickly walks it back

Whoops. “The View” host Whoopi Goldberg made a joke about Elon Musk and JD Vance killing Donald Trump on Thursday’s episode of the daytime talkshow, one which left her scrambling to clean up. Goldberg, 69, made the quip during a conversation about the way Musk, 53, has inserted himself into the debate about the bipartisan … Read more

Elon Musk wax figure unveiled by NYC Madame Tussauds — featuring his ‘signature style’

Elon Musk wax figure unveiled by NYC Madame Tussauds — featuring his ‘signature style’

He’s all dolled up. Madam Tussauds New York has unveiled a new wax figurine of SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk immortalized in his signature blue jeans, a white Oxford and a navy blazer as part of the museum’s new gallery, The Space Room. Musk’s eerily accurate wax figurine will be on display at Madame … Read more

Elon Musk’s Neuralink to launch new brain-implant trial involving robotic arm

Elon Musk’s Neuralink to launch new brain-implant trial involving robotic arm

Elon Musk’s Neuralink received approval to launch a new feasibility trial using its brain implant and an investigational assistive robotic arm, the brain-chip startup said in a post on X on Monday. Neuralink is conducting its PRIME study, aimed at evaluating the safety of its wireless brain-computer interface and surgical robot. It is assessing the … Read more

Exclusive | Elon Musk’s X launching new one-stop shop NFL portal

Exclusive | Elon Musk’s X launching new one-stop shop NFL portal

NFL fans will have a new tool for centralizing relevant content on X. The social media platform, owned by Elon Musk, and the league have partnered on a new centralized portal that is a one-stop shop for all NFL content, a rep for X confirmed exclusively to The Post. The new portal includes a feed … Read more