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UN urges Iran to end 'brutal repression'

The United Nations called Friday on Iranian authorities to immediately end their "brutal repression", after a crackdown on nationwide protests left thousands dead, including children. Speaking at an urgent UN Human Rights Council meeting on the situation in Iran, UN rights

Roc Marciano Releases Excellent New Self-Titled Album 656

Roc Marciano makes the same album over and over again, and this is a good thing. Marci was already a veteran who’d been through the music-business wringer when he released his 2010 solo debut Marcberg, the album that basically invented a whole new strain of underground rap. On

John Craigie – “Edna Strange”

John Craigie’s been around. Next month’s I Swam Here will be the Portland-based singer-songwriter’s 10th full-length album. That means those of us popping in now are catching him in seasoned form. I hear echoes of fellow travelers like M. Ward and the late Justin Townes Earle

Bovino defends trench coat that Newsom called 'SS garb'

U.S. Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino on Thursday defended his trench coat after California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) accused him of buying "SS garb." "That coat is definitely Border Patrol issued," Bovino said on "On Balance with Leland Vittert" on NewsNation, The Hill's

How microbial fossils illuminate life's origins

More than 3.5 billion years ago, the Earth was not the hospitable world we know today. The atmosphere lacked oxygen, the seas were acidic and rich in iron, and volcanic activity roared across a barren landscape. Yet, in this alien world, something extraordinary happened—life