Ross Douthat, the conservative New York Times columnist will join CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” along with author Sebastian Junger, and filmmaker Gianna Toboni, the Paramount Skydance news division annonced Tuesday, a move that will remake the look and feel of the venerable
President Donald Trump has made a habit of insulting our northern neighbors, and it’s coming back to bite him. Canadians are boycotting travel to the United States in record numbers, costing the U.S. economy upward of $3.3 billion, the Canadian government reports . Tourism is
The Popular Force leader becomes Peru's first female president, returning Fujimorism to power after 26 years. She is due to deliver her inaugural address and unveil her cabinet. King Felipe VI attended the ceremony in Lima.
A longtime Department of Homeland Security official has resigned, citing the Trump administration’s “brazen corruption” and the “war on immigrants.” Over the weekend, Marc Rosenblum, who serves as executive director for the Office of Homeland Security Statistics, announced he
The Kumamoto Castle houses priceless artworks from the Edo period.
Employees of OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as Google, Meta, Thinking Machines, Microsoft, Mistral, and other leading AI labs, have written a statement to the US government supporting a potential slowdown of sorts for frontier AI development - or at least a speed-up of global
The new guy in charge doesn't want players digging around for hours on Reddit to get a Skyrim mod working
Shares fell about 4% for the firm in trading Monday on news of Molloy's death
Researchers from Skoltech, together with colleagues from the N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry and Westlake University, have experimentally demonstrated how the operating regime of a polariton laser changes with a gradual increase in cavity thickness.
Seoul National University (SNU) College of Engineering announced that a research team led by Professor Jeong Woo Han of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering has developed a new nanostructured catalyst with up to 14.4 times the greenhouse gas decomposition
The philosopher believed that good photography provokes cognition while dangerous photography soothes, as seen in a jewel box show at the Jewish Museum.
A former aide to California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is revisiting their decades-old affair that rocked San Francisco politics, sharing details of the relationship in a Vanity Fair essay published Tuesday. The essay by Ruby Rippey, who worked as Newsom’s appointments secretary
Word nerd Rob Watts explains where the names of all the European countries come from. Which country is the “land of the rabbits”? Why does Germany have so many different names? Where do the Dutch actually live? What links Croatians and neckties? (via open culture ) Tags:
President Trump lauded the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) Tuesday for his work in the Senate and for his friendship. "Today we gather in the deepest gratitude and profoundest sorrow to honor a beloved friend, a devoted brother, a respected statesman, a giant of the United
A total of 23 people have been put out of work.
It's earnings season, and investors got an unpleasant surprise from Google: an increase on its spending estimate, to as much as $205 billion - from the last quarter's projection of up to $190 billion. Even the lower end of Google's new projected range - $195 billion - is much
A Georgia man was charged with a felony for allegedly wiping his phone while being questioned by Customs and Border Protection. Samuel Tunick had something in common with others who have had their devices searched at airports: He was an activist. Unlike others who have had
Superhero fatigue is no match for Peter Parker. Sure, comic book movies have been on the fritz. But Marvel’s friendly neighborhood web-slinger is about to change the narrative, with Sony and Marvel Studios’ “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” swinging to a truly heroic box office
Scientists have discovered two new mechanisms for how a well-established antibiotic works, paving the way for the potential development of new antibiotic treatments.
Children who attend preschool before starting school are significantly more likely to arrive ready to learn, according to a major Curtin University study of more than 123,000 Western Australian children.
Ten people were thought to be unaccounted for in the mall as night fell after the afternoon quake.
The songwriter also encourages Ameicans to listen to New Orleans piano player James Booker's "Make a Better World"
The president couldn’t resist taking issue with his speechwriters again Tuesday—even as he was in the midst of delivering a eulogy for late South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham. Graham’s funeral drew TV personalities, top lawmakers, and foreign heads of state including Israeli
In June, Nintendo announced a new version of the Switch 2 that should let you easily replace its battery pack - but only for Europe. Logitech will do much the same. User-replaceable batteries will be the law in Europe in February 2027, but instead of bringing them to the rest
Mellencamp, who references the Gulf of Mexico in the lyrics of his song “Pink Houses,” criticized the change during at least two recent performances on his “Dancing Words Tour.”
Over two hours of audio recordings that former President Biden fought to keep private were released on Monday. In 2016 and 2017 home interviews with memoir ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer, the former president acknowledged that some of the notes he kept at his home included
The Wall Street Journal editorial board on Monday said President Trump is wrong in his pressure campaign to get rid of the Senate filibuster for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act. “Bad ideas are everywhere in Washington, but here’s one that belongs in
The Pentagon will reportedly rename a South Carolina military base after the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), an Air Force veteran, citing his “decades of distinguished service” to Congress and the armed services. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink in a July 27 internal memo
The Southern dining chain will continue paying an unspecified amount for Masino’s protection for as long as the board deems it “reasonably necessary," according to a regulatory filing.
Harlan Coben’s “I Will Find You” has become Netflix’s No. 10 most-popular English-language TV series of all time, having reached a cumulative 101.9 million views in the six weeks since its release. Previously, the No. 10 spot belonged to the limited series “His & Hers,” which
We didn’t get much new info at its SDCC panel, but hearing about the actors' journeys was fun
Firaxis and 2K's Marvel’s Midnight Suns is worth a revisit now that a Ghost Rider movie is on the horizon for the MCU
A new quantum sensing technique could enable measurements of single protein structures and other important molecules, with potential applications in drug discovery and structural biology. A research team from the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of
Could taking plant biomass and burying it in the deep, anoxic parts of the ocean be a workable large-scale strategy for carbon sequestration? The concept has intrigued scientists for years, and now a recent international workshop led by UC Santa Barbara researchers has taken
Following a bidding war, Universal Global Television and Patrick Macmanus’ Littleton Road Productions have acquired the rights to “Biological War: A Scenario,” Annie Jacobsen’s latest novel out today. The television adaptation will be taken out to buyers in the upcoming weeks.
Figure skater Amber Glenn went viral during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, partly because she won a gold medal and partly because she outed herself as a huge fan of Hasbro’s popular tabletop card game Magic: The Gathering. On multiple occasions throughout the
2027's Crazy Taxi game will be playable in September for a select few on PC, PS5, and Xbox, thanks to a new closed network test from Sega.
Bubbly Basin and the cozy game's expansion pass will give fans a taste of what's to come in Winds and Waves
In years’ worth of journal entries, Dr. Anthony Fauci wrote about the uncertainty surrounding the origins of COVID-19, the media attention he received during the pandemic and his “unique” relationship with President Trump. The office of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) released the
Apple says it won't limit the capabilities of devices leased through its new Upgrade program if you miss a payment. In an emailed statement to The Verge, Apple spokesperson Brian Bumbery says, "There will be no restricted mode and/or there will be no limitations put on device
In a month from today, Natacha Simões releases her debut Maripool album Rotten Luck . The Lisbon-born, London-based singer-songwriter unveiled the compelling lead single " Crossing " last month, and now she's back with a dark, cathartic anthem called "Favourite." The post
Canadians’ trips to the U.S. declined by $3.3 billion last year as citizens remained wedged in the midst of a new economic and political arena sparked by President Trump’s second term. Our neighbors up north spent $18.8 billion on trips to the U.S. in 2025, according to a
A favorite on the Kardashians’ shows, the nonagenarian died earlier in July
By Patricia Zengerle and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will begin voting on sweeping Russian energy sanctions legislation on Tuesday as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits the Capitol, seeing the vote as a tribute to the bill's