Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story DOJ ends Fed renovations, Powell investigation The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday it was dropping its criminal investigation into Federal Reserve
Camp Mystic, where 27 people died during a flash flood last summer, submitted an inadequate emergency plan proposal, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) informed directors on Thursday. The Texas summer camp is facing several legal challenges and investigations,
Sam Altman on Thursday wrote a brief letter of apology to the people of Tumbler Ridge, Canada in the wake of a January mass shooting.
IHeartMedia and SiriusXM are in early talks to join forces, with veteran music industry mogul Irving Azoff and Apollo Global Management offering to assist with and advise on any such deal, sources tell Variety. News of the potential merger was first reported by Bloomberg,
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Soldier’s arrest in alleged prediction market bet spotlights risks for military The arrest of a U.S. soldier accused of using classified information to place a bet on Polymarket on the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás
April 24 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States of abandoning internationally recognised diplomatic conventions in pursuit of its own interests, particularly in dominating energy markets, in an interview broadcast on Friday. Lavrov,
Last year alone, some 1.7 million people bought a ticket to a show at the Sphere, generating $379 million for the venue.
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Jones Act waiver extended in bid to lower fuel prices The Trump administration announced on Friday it was issuing a 90-day extension to its waiver of the Jones Act, which requires shipping between U.S. ports to
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Insurers step up prior authorization reforms Major health insurance companies on Friday said they were accelerating efforts to streamline prior authorization requirements and reduce
Some innovations in physics come from entirely new technologies, others from fresh theoretical insights. Others still take shape by bringing together existing tools in new ways, working out how to combine them to outperform other solutions. The branch of particle physics that
If you want to pulverize your enemies with endless bones, this Mortaccio build is for you.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum shared an update Friday of the ongoing installation of an “American flag blue” floor in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. “Renovations are underway!” Burgum wrote in a post on the social platform X, alongside a picture of workers applying the
“Chicago Fire” showrunner Andrea Newman is departing the show, Variety has confirmed. With Newman’s exit, series co-executive producer Victor Teran has been promoted to executive producer and showrunner for the NBC drama’s upcoming 15th season. “Working at ‘Chicago Fire,’ with
Artist Xandra Ibarra's “Nude Laughing” sparks conversations about consent, viewer etiquette, art history, and the human body.
Iran says its Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is already in Pakistan but that there is no meeting planned between Iran and the US.
Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) said on Thursday that he was appalled by a report about the death of 31 slots who died under the care of Sloth World, a tourist attraction in Orlando that wasn’t yet opened to the public. The slots were from South American rainforests, and perished
An El Niño event is expected to develop from mid-2026, impacting global temperature and rainfall patterns, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The latest monthly Global Seasonal Climate Update from WMO signals a clear shift in the Equatorial Pacific:
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have implemented an advanced microscopy technique to visualize multiple biomolecules inside the nucleus of a cancer cell simultaneously at incredibly high resolution. The biomolecules they visualized include critical
No one doubts the nation has the skill. What it needs now is the will, says Gearoid Reidy for Bloomberg Opinion.
Tuan Andrew Nguyen’s sandstone and brass take on the destroyed Bamiyan Buddhas reminds passersby that history repeats.
The 'Leaving Neverland' subject's civil trial against the Michael Jackson estate is set to proceed next year.
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Friday she has vetoed legislation that would have banned the development of large-scale data centers in the state for the next year-and-a-half, issuing a blow to the local anti-data center push growing across America. Mills, who is running
The United States has burned through thousands of missiles since the Iran war began on Feb. 28, diminishing the armaments needed in a potential future conflict with China tied to its tensions with Taiwan. The U.S. military has used 1,100 long-range stealth cruise missiles —
Amnesty International and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Thursday warned foreign citizens about travel to the U.S. during the FIFA World Cup due to the Trump administration's deportation agenda. The two organizations joined roughly 120 human rights organizations
Italy is trialling the R1 robot guide at Turin’s Palazzo Madama to ease crowding and improve access, explaining centuries-old artworks to visitors.
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} View Online Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Iran noncommittal as US sends Witkoff, Kusher to Pakistan for talks President Trump is dispatching special envoy Steve Witkoff and his
Many important objects in the world can be divided into two categories based on their chirality or handedness, including molecules important for life such as amino acids. Such chiral objects (formally defined as objects which are not identical to their mirror images) are often
Get in the DPS queue, Shinji.
Park Chan-wook has lined up an all-star cast for his next film, the Western thriller “The Brigands of Rattlecreek”: Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey, Oscar nominee Austin Butler, Emmy nominee Pedro Pascal and Chinese star Tang Wei. The vaunted South Korean director (“No Other
Tiny grains produce big charges The post Why Volcanoes Sometimes Shoot Out Lightning appeared first on Nautilus .
With the price of fuel rising China's BYD says it is positioning itself to benefit from the global shift away from fossil fuels.
Gene editing has emerged as a powerful approach for targeting the genetic causes of disease, but getting the editing machinery into the right cells efficiently, safely, and at the scale needed for therapies remains one of the biggest set of challenges in the field.
Marty Supreme plays on HBO Max, Apex lands on Netflix, and No Other Choice arrives on Hulu.
Paramount Skydance chairman and CEO David Ellison, who is in the midst of trying close a massive deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, had a pay package worth $63.2 million last year — mostly in stock that vests over five years. Jeff Shell, who resigned as Paramount’s president
The arrest of a U.S. soldier accused of using classified information to place a prediction market bet on the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is stoking new fears over how betting markets could threaten national security in high-stake situations. Lawmakers have
WASHINGTON, April 24 - Castelion, a small California defense startup, has won a $105 million U.S. Navy contract to ready its Blackbeard hypersonic missile for use aboard the Navy's carrier-based F/A-18 fighter jets, clearing the way for the weapon to move from the laboratory
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Friday it will bring back the use of firing squads and electric chairs for some death penalty cases, as well as "readopting" the use of lethal injections as used during the first Trump administration. Department officials said in a statement
The Writers Guild of America has ratified a four-year contract with the major studios, agreeing to significant cutbacks in the writers’ health plan. The guild’s members ratified the 2026 MBA with 90.38% (4,282) voting in favor, and 9.62% (456) voting no. The term of the MBA is
Way back in 2021, Orphan Donor dropped their frantic sophomore album Unraveled. Since then, the Pennsylvania metallic screamo band have not released much music. There was a noisy, guttural one-off single last year called “Vomit In The Cathedral Of Nous,” but until today, that
The first FFXIV Fan Fest of 2026 was crammed with announcements, including an expanded free trial, new jobs, better customization, and more
Capcom celebrated the milestone with two delightful cakes.
Michael Jackson’s estate is facing a new wave of molestation allegations leveled at the late pop star, this time from four siblings from New Jersey who say they were groomed and abused for years and that the many handlers in Jackson’s entourage willingly enabled it all. The
Past research has shown that even though science is commonly viewed as essential for effective policymaking, Democrats and Republicans cite different scientific research when creating policy—even when addressing the same topic. Now, a new Northwestern study analyzing
More young Taiwanese turn to investing to supplement their barely rising incomes amid housing pressures and rising living costs.
Operational budgets for 2026 in fire-prone regions including Riau and parts of Kalimantan have already been exhausted.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani was remorseless Friday about dragging billionaire Ken Griffin in a viral video promoting a new, proposed pied-á-terre tax.
Sandfall Interactive’s RPG is on sale on its anniversary
Hard to argue with that.
A collection of weekly bus passes from Milwaukee, WI. Years covered are 1930-1979. Was there a new design every single week? (via @slowernet ) [This is a vintage post originally from Feb 2015.] Tags: design · timeless posts