The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country . “What has changed nationally is a huge investment by the federal government in prevention in response to the COVID epidemic. Investing in education, police, librarians, community centers…”
The artist reportedly alleges that South Africa’s minister of culture acted unconstitutionally in canceling her commission, which included references to Gaza.
A 17-year-old boy punched the man after he reportedly climbed in through a window while carrying a knife The post Man Allegedly Pretending To Be An ICE Agent Broke Into A House And Tried To Steal A PlayStation appeared first on Kotaku .
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Newly unsealed messages show how Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds leaned on the support of their industry friends amid growing tension with Lively's It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni
Under Tallant, the museum secured a $26 million expansion allocation from the city, but also drew controversy and criticism.
This week, we honor the designer of the Native American Veterans Memorial, a Disney animator, a picture book illustrator, and others.
The literary set is in for a treat this year, with a swelling slate of movies and T.V series based on bestselling books releasing throughout 2026. Just this month saw the HBO Max release of “Heated Rivalry,” adapted from Rachel Reid’s romance series, in addition to Netflix’s
China strengthened its grip on global clean‑energy supply chains in 2025, taking about a 70% share in each of the electric vehicle (EV) and battery sectors, while US energy policy under former president Donald Trump continued to prioritize oil and gas. China accounted for 70.3%
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has asked President Trump to commute her sentence after she was convicted of defrauding investors in her now-defunct blood-testing startup that was once valued at $9 billion, a notice on the Justice Department website showed. The Justice
The House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would allow Congress to block advanced AI chip exports to U.S. foreign adversaries, after securing overwhelming bipartisan support. The panel voted 42-2-1 to advance the AI Overwatch Act, a measure that would
The leaders of some of America’s closest allies used the Davos summit this week to confront a new world order under President Trump in which the U.S. is an unreliable partner, at best, and increasingly viewed as an adversary. The leaders of Canada and France were among those
Sweeping winds of vaporized metals have been found in a massive cloud that dimmed the light of a star for nearly nine months. This discovery, made with the Gemini South telescope in Chile, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, offers a rare glimpse into the chaotic
NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu continues his journey along West Africa's most ambitious urban corridor. In Togo, he meets the Nana Benz — icons of past prosperity in a region where opportunity is shifting.
Fashion demands a high price—but maybe it shouldn't be this high.
“I sat and listened to his remarks,” Gore, an avid environmentalist, told The Post in a statement.
Under the lead of the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) the influence of parasitic fungi on the physiology and survival of cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea was investigated. Such infections are known from lakes. Due to the high nutrient load in the
A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that an enzyme involved in protein translation is essential for circulating immune
“We are desperately looking for a vendor here that manufactures custom wood parts,” Jay Foreman, CEO of Basic Fun, told The Post.
A more than three-decade-old outpost of California java chain Peet's Coffee is expected to close as the company an $18 billion takeover of the beloved brand.
What it’s like to “rediscover” vintage gay adult films from the 1970s and 1980s in a moment of state repression.
Back on the stand after a first day of hearings on Tuesday, Marine Le Pen continues to deny having run a coordinated scheme to misuse European Parliament funds.
The New World screwworm is getting dangerously close to the U.S., public health officials warn. If left untreated, a screwworm case can be fatal in humans.
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Lynne Walz, a distant relative of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), launched a campaign on Wednesday for governor of Nebraska. “After listening to folks across the state, I am officially running for Governor! Nebraska is built on grit and common sense, and I am ready to bring those
A peek into their private lives reveals mate-switching from season to season The post The Promiscuous Lives of Beluga Whales appeared first on Nautilus .
As one-person households rise across China, more young adults are finding freedom in living alone - and confronting the emotional costs that come with it.
President Donald Trump announced in a social media post Wednesday that he and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte brokered a possible agreement on Greenland, though Trump provided few details and no timeline. Trump’s comments came just hours after he took his case for acquiring
China's enormous growth in distance running neatly mirrors the country’s rise as an economic power, says Juliana Liu for Bloomberg Opinion.
Scientists have collaborated to develop a new class of highly precise filtration membranes. The research, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, could significantly reduce energy consumption and enable large-scale water reuse in industry. The team includes
Luminate, the data research company owned by Variety parent PMC, published its year-end 2025 film and TV report on Wednesday, and among the surprises: Peacock’ “Love Island USA” was the most-watched streaming original TV season — growing its year-to-year viewership by 150%.
Oregon State University researchers have painted a clearer picture of the coastal marten, a secretive, ferret-sized forest carnivore renowned for its cuteness but nearly driven to extinction by human activity in the 20th century.
Along with his sibling Chuquimamani-Condori, Joshua Chuquimia Crampton is one-half of Los Thuthanaka, the experimental duo who made one of last year’s best albums. Now Crampton is following that up with a new solo album called Anata, which arrives in just a couple of weeks. Its
We named Jobi Riccio’s debut Whiplash one of the best country albums of 2023, though her music has at least as much to do with alternative rock. The Nashville artist has been gradually doling out singles since then, and today she shared a new one that’s billed as a preview of
“When South Morningside Primary School girls football team won the prestigious Edinburgh Schools cup last year, they were presented with a small plastic trophy. It paled into comparison with the large, grand trophy given to the winning boys team… ”
The House voted to undo the Biden administration’s decision to block off mining in a wilderness area in Minnesota on Wednesday, using a limited legislative tool to go after the 2023 action. The 214-208 vote seeks to undo protections for an area around Minnesota’s Boundary
Tenacious D’s Kyle Gass sparked controversy back in July 2024 after commenting on the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump during a concert in Australia. A year-and-a-half later, Gass is speaking out about the moment that caused his duo with Jack Black to cancel
Researchers at the University of Oulu, Finland, have developed a pine-bark–based water-treatment medium that efficiently removes antibiotics as well as residues of blood-pressure and antidepressant medicines from wastewater treatment plant effluent. A new doctoral thesis
UnitedHealth Group (UHG), the largest national health care provider in the U.S., is planning to return profits it makes in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace to consumers in 2026. CEO and Chair Stephen Hemsley is expected to announce the idea when he appears before a
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has taken his fight with President Trump from the United States and online to Davos, Switzerland, elevating it to a global stage. Newsom spent much of Wednesday at Davos needling the president, including by calling Trump’s address to Davos, in
Unifrance, the French promotional film organization, celebrated rising stars at this year’s Rendez-Vous in Paris. The 10 up-and-coming actors and filmmakers named 2026’s Talents to Watch kicked things off with a ceremony at France’s Ministry of Culture before hitting a yearlong
Researchers at Tohoku University have developed a new technique to identify the initiation sites of a destructive process called pitting corrosion, which occurs when aluminum (Al) alloys are exposed to sodium chloride solutions. This advancement is expected to accelerate the
“This is a sex assault case where one side claims she was sexually assaulted, and the other side claims she's making it up," Carter's lawyer said Wednesday
Research in the lab of UC Santa Barbara materials professor Stephen Wilson is focused on understanding the fundamental physics behind unusual states of matter and developing materials that can host the kinds of properties needed for quantum functionalities.
Fans can't wait to hear the rumored third albums from Phoebe Bridgers, Olivia Rodrigo, and Gracie Abrams. Will their dreams come true soon?
The journalists were killed Wednesday in a strike on their car in central Gaza. Israel’s military said it struck “several suspects” who were operating a drone.
With the punk rockers performing at the opening ceremony and Bad Bunny headlining the halftime show, the game could threaten the MAGA agenda
As part of its ongoing efforts to combat brucellosis, a serious and often neglected disease endemic to many low- and middle-income countries around the world, a team of researchers from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) has identified
Variety will moderate six panels, presented by Adobe, at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. The panels will take place from Jan. 23-25 at the Adobe House. “Anatomy of a Doc: The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist” will be held on Jan. 23 at 10:30 a.m. The conversation
