What does it mean to bring a child into today’s world? Based on some of this year’s buzziest films, that question is on the minds of contemporary directors and writers. From the postpartum loneliness and depression that many mothers face depicted in Lynne Ramsay’s “Die My
Any time you use a device to communicate information—an email, a text message, any data transfer—the information in that transmission crosses the open internet, where it could be intercepted. Such communications are also reliant on internet connectivity, often including
After her hit " Messy " catapulted Lola Young into stardom, the 24-year-old singer had a hard year. She canceled performances due to mental health concerns, vomited onstage at Coachella, collapsed during her All Things Go festival set, and then announced a hiatus at the end of
James Cameron’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” is already setting the domestic box office ablaze. “Fire and Ash,” the third installment in Disney’s sci-fi saga, grossed $36.5 million from 3,800 North American theaters on Friday. The film is on track to reach between $90 million and
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German actor Lars Eidinger will play the super-intelligent antagonist Brainiac in James Gunn’s next “Superman” installment, “Man of Tomorrow.” Gunn confirmed the casting in an Instagram post Saturday morning. More to come…
Brett Smiley, the Democratic mayor of Providence, R.I., is asking the FBI to issue a reward to the anonymous Reddit user whose tip led to the suspect in last week's Brown University shooting. The FBI offered a reward of up to $50,000 for any information leading to the
Even small green spaces can bring nature back into cities, as our project in Ōtepoti Dunedin has shown.
According to Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, Lebanon is ready to move to the second of five phases in a U.S.-backed roadmap to disarm the group. A report said the second phase would extend north to the Awali River, followed by Beirut and its suburbs, the Bekaa Valley, and finally
In what came to be called the "Christmas Valley miracle," the Lake Tahoe Basin communities of Christmas Valley and Meyers were spared in late August 2021 when the massive Caldor Fire entered the basin, burning more than 222,000 acres and forcing roughly 30,000 people to
Balanophora is a plant that abandoned photosynthesis long ago and now lives entirely as a parasite on tree roots, hidden in dark forest undergrowth. Scientists surveying rare populations across East Asian islands uncovered how its cellular machinery shrank but didn’t disappear,
The German actor will face off against David Corenswet and Nicholas Hoult.
Senior officials from France, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia discussed raising funds for the Lebanese Army and ways to ensure it actively works to disarm the organization. A conference on the issue is expected to convene in February, but behind the scenes doubts are mounting
The State Department on Friday restricted the visas of two Honduran officials over national security concerns, claiming they tried to impede on a special vote count following the nation's election last month. The Trump administration revoked a visa for Mario Morazán, a
An instrument aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft captured rare ultraviolet observations of an interstellar comet while Earth-based telescopes were blinded by the Sun. The spacecraft’s unique position provided an unprecedented look at the comet’s dust and plasma tails from
Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi, his wife, have both been sentenced to 17 years in prison over retaining and selling state gifts at prices well below market value.
The longtime cast member will exit the show after seven seasons tonight
Dec 20 (Reuters) - Lebanon is close to completing the disarmament of Hezbollah south of the Litani River, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Saturday, as the country races to fulfil a key demand of its ceasefire with Israel before a year-end deadline. The U.S.-backed ceasefire,
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For years, scientists thought Saturn’s moon Titan hid a global ocean beneath its frozen surface. A new look at Cassini data now suggests something very different: a thick, slushy interior with pockets of liquid water rather than an open sea. A subtle delay in how Titan deforms
During his Wednesday evening address, President Trump said the administration expects "the largest tax refund season of all time" next spring and claimed many families would save between $11,000 and $20,000 annually.
Long before opioids flooded communities, something else was quietly changing—and it may have helped set the stage for today’s crisis. A new study finds that as church attendance dropped among middle-aged, less educated white Americans, deaths from overdoses, suicide, and
President Trump, while speaking to reporters in North Carolina on Friday, boasted about his claim against the federal government requesting a large payout in taxpayer money over legal battles he faced after leaving office in 2021. Turmp submitted two claims against the Justice
Magic's Final Fantasy set is full of fun references from the RPG series, but few capture the depth of a game like FF7 quite like this one card.
More than five years ago, I wrote in these pages of a growing trend on the left toward compelled speech — the forcing of citizens to repeat approved views and values. It is an all-too-familiar pattern. Once a faction assumes power, it will often first seek to censor opposing