French Post-Impressionist Paul Gauguin created innovative, enduring paintings and sculptures set on Tahiti and other Pacific islands, but he had to leave his family to pursue his art. He also impregnated and abandoned multiple young teens, shattered his ankle in a drunken
Norway's royal family has been embroiled in recent scandals, including Crown Princess Mette-Marit links with Epstein.
Hayley Williams has launched her new band Power Snatch with the surprise release of “EP1” via Bandcamp and Untitled. The Paramore frontwoman unveiled the project last week while hosting a show on Apple Music alongside her Power Snatch band member Daniel James, who previously
Trump said that India would also start to reduce its import taxes on U.S. goods to zero and buy $500 billion worth of American products. Trump has long had a warm relationship with Modi, only to find it complicated recently by Russia's war in Ukraine and trade disputes.
India’s central government budget for fiscal year 2026-27, known as the Union Budget, was presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to Parliament on February 1, 2026. It marks Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s latest effort to steer India toward technological and economic
The recent restoration, which bears an uncanny resemblance to far-right leader Giorgia Meloni, is currently under investigation.
Iranian officials warned Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that public anger after last month's deadly crackdown has reached a tipping point, and that a limited U.S. strike could embolden protesters and threaten the regime's survival
The singer mistakenly named the late Luther Vandross when presenting the award for Record of the Year to Kendrick Lamar and SZA for their collaboration "Luther"
The fuel switches were at the center of last year's crash involving an Air India Dreamliner, which killed 260 people in Gujarat state, triggering tighter scrutiny of the airline.
Flying is really hard work. Compared to walking, swimming, or running, flying is the form of movement that takes the most energy and requires the most calories. That means that birds have had to evolve specialized ways to be really efficient at finding and digesting their food.
Elizabeth Stone, Netflix’s top technology executive, is now adding oversight of the streaming giant’s product teams to her purview. Stone has been promoted to chief product and technology officer, leading Netflix’s product, engineering and data teams. She joined Netflix in 2020
The Super Bowl is a scammer’s dream, according to online safety experts, and fans should be on “high alert” for fraudulent tickets and counterfeit websites while hunting for seats to the big game.
An international research team headed by scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and the Center for Structural Systems Biology and Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Germany has revealed fresh insights into the dynamic network of protein
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner has ruled that Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis nurse who was shot and killed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in Minneapolis last month, died by homicide. The report from Dr. Andrew Baker, posted to the county medical examiner’s
Final Fantasy 2 comes to Xbox Game Pass tomorrow, and its best feature is the innovative Word Memory system.
Prior to the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970, Americans lived in communities awash with lead from industrial sources, paint, water supply pipes and, most significantly, tailpipe emissions. A dangerous neurotoxin that accumulates in human tissues and
Some tropical land regions may warm more dramatically than previously predicted, as climate change progresses, according to a new CU Boulder study that looks millions of years into Earth's past. Using lake sediments from the Colombian Andes, researchers reveal that when the
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A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has shown in a new study that ants returning from habitats affected by air pollution are attacked when they re-enter the colony. The cause: air pollution, especially ozone, changes the colony-specific odor
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will address reporters on Monday afternoon amid a partial government shutdown. The House is expected to vote Tuesday on legislation to reopen shuttered federal agencies, after the House Rules Committee takes up the measure late
Donald Trump has said his immigration crackdown is targeting the “worst of the worst.” It’s finally clear who he means by that: professional Canadian hockey players. Hockey journalist Luc Gélinas reported that the Montreal Canadiens, who play the Minnesota Wild on Monday night,
This spring, the UK pop artist Arlo Parks will return with the new club-influenced album Ambiguous Desire. We’ve already posted lead single “2SIDED,” and now she’s followed it up with her new track “Heaven,” which is not a Warrant cover. It’s an insular, softly pulsing track
Marvel fans may not see movie trailers for Avengers: Doomsday or Spider-Man: Brand New Day during Super Bowl LX commercials.
WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI, Feb 2 - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he had agreed on a trade deal with India that slashes U.S. tariffs on Indian goods to 18% from 50% in exchange for India lowering trade barriers, stopping its purchases of Russian oil and buying oil
Xfinity's commercial casts Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, and Laura Dern as their younger selves and reimagines the ending of Jurassic Park.
A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration's latest bid to limit lawmakers from conducting unannounced visits to immigration detention facilities, ruling that it likely runs afoul of oversight measures that Congress implemented. It's the second time U.S.
Kicking the can down the road hasn’t worked. It hasn’t produced reform, it hasn’t restored trust, and it hasn’t stopped the same abuses from happening again. A two-week extension doesn’t buy leverage — it just buys time for the status quo to survive.
By changing the physical structure of gold at the nanoscale, researchers can drastically change how the material interacts with light—and, as a result, its electronic and optical properties. This is shown by a study from Umeå University published in Nature Communications.
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a novel artificial intelligence (AI)-based method to dramatically tame the flood of data generated by particle detectors at modern accelerators. The new custom-built algorithm uses
Capcom has released a new teaser for Resident Evil Requiem, a live-action short film that puts Maika Monroe in Raccoon City.
Current school-based mental health support for children from multilingual backgrounds can be "lost in translation" because it is reliant on good proficiency in English, a new study warns. The work says greater linguistic flexibility, including more choice over the languages
As you probably heard, Don Lemon has been arrested and charged, in connection with his decision to join a group of anti-ICE protesters who entered a church in St. Paul, Minn., and interrupted services in order to protest the pastor, who they alleged was aiding government
A research group has revealed through seismic wave analysis that the oceanic plate beneath the Ontong Java Plateau—the world's largest oceanic plateau—was extensively altered by massive volcanic activity during its formation. The study is published in Geophysical Research
The rootsy, passionate Florida emo crew Home Is Where were a Stereogum Band To Watch in 2021. Last year, they came back with their album Hunting Season . Over the weekend, guitarist Tilley Komorny tweeted a surprising update: "been a while since i’ve been on here but im playing
Despite its deadly impacts, the recent winter storm that battered much of the United States was not historically exceptional, official data showed Monday.
A University of Missouri researcher is pioneering an innovative solution to remove tiny bits of plastic pollution from our water. Mizzou's Susie Dai recently applied a revolutionary strain of algae toward capturing and removing harmful microplastics from polluted water. Driven
The Minnesota-bred band is actively fighting against the agency’s brutal takeover in Minneapolis
LuckyChap is attached to produce the project that has studios and streamers throwing their hats in the ring.
If you believe the president’s word, then fear not: The White House is not planning to demolish the Kennedy Center during its summer renovation. But if you tend to trust the evidence of history, you might have cause to be suspicious of whether the famed cultural institution
“The Lincoln Lawyer” is filming the second episode of Season 4, and the Lincoln Lawyer himself, Mickey Haller, played by Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, sits at the defense table in the courtroom that’s been carefully recreated at L.A. Center Studios. Watching from the stands is Legal
Alex Pretti’s death was ruled a homicide Monday by the Hennepin County medical examiner. In the medical examiner’s report, Pretti’s cause of death was listed as multiple gunshot wounds, and how the injury occurred was due to being “shot by law enforcement officer(s).” His
After several months of stalemate, the long-overdue State budget for 2026 has finally been adopted.
NASA fueled its new moon rocket in one final make-or-break test Monday, with hopes of sending astronauts on a lunar fly-around as soon as this coming weekend.
The Portuguese singer won the Grammy in the category of Best Rock Performance for his participation in 'Changes (Live from Villa Park)'. The show took place in Birmingham in 2025 at the final concert of legendary British heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne.
Recently, scientists from institutions including the University of Science and Technology of China made a fundamental breakthrough in nuclear-spin quantum precision measurement. They developed the first intercity nuclear-spin-based quantum sensor network, which experimentally
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Iran's leaders on Monday that the Pentagon is “more than prepared” to act if Tehran refuses to negotiate with the U.S. over its nuclear program. "The President's been clear from the beginning, as he was before Midnight Hammer. Iran will
Harry Styles has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Aperture,” the lead single off his upcoming album “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.” “Aperture” marks his third song to hit the peak on the singles chart. “As It Was” bowed atop the chart in April 2022 and
A federal court on Monday halted the last of five stop work orders issued by the Trump administration in December to block major offshore wind farms, giving the wind energy industry five legal wins in a row over the government. Reagan appointee Royce Lamberth granted an
An analysis of an unusual enzyme could result in a new generation of antimicrobial medicines to counter antibiotic resistance. Key details in the enzyme-driven biosynthesis of a natural molecule with potent antibiotic activity have been revealed by chemists at RIKEN. This
