Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) raised $18 million in the third quarter as he trails Democrat James Talarico in polls on the contentious Texas Senate race. Paxton’s July-to-September haul is double the $9 million he raised in the second quarter of the year, adding to
Alina Koushyk and Maxim Katz, two opposition journalists living in exile who fled Belarus and Russia respectively, on how they pursue their work from abroad.
Building with nature is an important concept in our coastal defense. After all, by harnessing natural processes, we are more resilient to sea level rise. A good understanding of these processes is therefore indispensable. Ecologist Paul Berghuis, affiliated with Utrecht
Grand Theft Auto's notorious Wanted system is one of those quietly brilliant systems that deserves some flowers.
If you're reading this, your body probably contains forever chemicals.
And how to reverse it The post Why “Zombie Cells” Build Up as We Age appeared first on Nautilus .
A special spotlight during the festival will celebrate Prince-Bythewood's upcoming film 'Children of Blood and Bone.'
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s ouster of top generals and admirals from the U.S. military are “damaging our readiness,” according to Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a retired astronaut and Navy captain. A member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Kelly said Hegseth’s intended
The Marvel actor talks his highly anticipated move to DC in the Matt Reeves film.
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A major cryptocurrency super PAC is backing candidates in 32 House races with just one month to go until the midterm elections. Fairshake is throwing its weight behind 13 Democrats and 19 Republicans, spokesperson Geoff Vetter confirmed to The Hill on Monday. The super PAC is
John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson star in 1408, a Stephen King horror adaptation that's currently free to watch on YouTube.
More than 400 high schools in France were closed or faced disruptions Monday as nationwide protests continued.
The Trump administration on Monday announced new amendments to the hospital price transparency rules enacted during President Trump's first term, aimed at making pricing data more accessible and understandable for patients. The rule finalized by the Department of Health and
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz are calling on the European Union to develop tougher trade defence measures as concerns mount over Europe’s growing trade imbalance with China. In a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der
The band reteam with bassist and give track away for free following the death of Jennifer Finch
Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the Department of Justice's (DOJ) plan to send 1,000 election monitors to polling places on Election Day. The federal government has monitored elections since the 1960s and the DOJ will assure federal law is being enforced
David Ellison moved mountains and fought off many detractors in his quest to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. Now, as the transition is set to formally close on Oct. 6, the high-wire act is about to begin. The enlarged entity, to be known as Skydance, will carry a nearly
There's been a lot of doom and gloom from the auto industry lately when the subject of China comes up. Automaker CEOs, in particular, warn that allowing low-cost, high-tech Chinese electric vehicles to be sold in the US would effectively spell the end of their businesses.
In 2014, members of a local museum found fragments of an ancient fossil dating to the end of the Pliocene or early Pleistocene epoch in a seaside cliff on the Argentine pampas. They belonged to a large predator, but the only group they fit, saber-toothed marsupial relatives,
Shion, Kiriko, Reaper, and more are the latest heroes to reap the benefits of Blizzard and NetEase’s partnership, but only in China
Almost every ceremonial object or ornament of the medieval papal monarchy has disappeared or lost its original purpose. Yet one survives: the golden rose. On Sept. 26, 2026, during Pope Leo XIV's visit to France, he traveled to Lourdes, home to one of the world's most famous
Mike Leigh is bringing love and care to the Golden Globes’ comedy race. Bleecker Street will submit “Tender Loving Care,” Leigh’s likely final film, in the musical or comedy categories at the upcoming 84th Golden Globes, Variety has learned exclusively. Marion Bailey will
The Sweden-based Embark Studios has secured adaptations for both of its multiplayer shooters, The Finals and ARC Raiders.
Stalin Boys is a short documentary about a Joseph Stalin-obsessed middle-schooler from a tiny Texas town who writes a play about the Soviet dictator and enlists his three friends to stage it for the Texas State History Fair. Free to watch online .
Black Label Media and Thunder Road have Padraic McKinley attached to direct the long-awaited sequel and Steven Knight writing a script.
The 2026 U.S. midterm campaigns are the first in which AI-generated political ads are regularly appearing on people's televisions and social media feeds. We are researchers who have been studying political advertising through the Wesleyan Media Project since 2010. This election
A new study of shark anatomy suggests the shape of their inner ears is far more variable than expected, and this variation could have more to do with their evolutionary history than where they live or what they eat.
“I don’t know if there’s a more joyful place on Earth than a drag brunch,” says the Grammy-winning country singer, who sells good vibes on new album Crisco
President Trump on Sunday criticized protesters who gathered in Washington last week to oppose his triumphal arch project. "Do these people not have jobs?” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. The president also shared images of the demonstrators — including one photo with
Chrissie Hynde is famously not easy to impress and has even been accused of being grumpy . The Pretenders icon is often going on rants — rants about composers , concertgoers , the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame , and more. However, she likes Taylor Swift's polarizing new song
The most celebrated Spanish film actress returns to the podcast to discuss her life, career and incredible 2026.
After stabilizing, modernizing, and diversifying the century-old artist retreat, Richardson says she's ready for a new chapter.
Basque director Javier Giner’s “This Solitude” (“Esta Soledad”) recently premiered at the San Sebastián Film Festival’s New Directors section on Sept. 23. Giner is the creator and co-director of the Disney+ series “I, Addict,” based on his autobiographical book by the same
An invisible, machine-readable watermark in text output is rolling out to ChatGPT and Codex, but only for users in the European Union at first. OpenAI says its textGrain watermarking "matched or exceeded" other approaches like Google DeepMind's SynthID for text, which is also
The Batman Part 2 has paused filming as director Matt Reeves steps away to focus on a "family matter," DC Studios says.
President Trump’s ill-advised, poorly executed war in Iran was foreshadowed months before. The Washington Post reports that the Trump administration’s handling of Yemen’s Houthi militia attacking ships in the area in 2025 had Pentagon leaders raising concerns that would come
Cocoa prices are rising again as El Niño threatens West African supplies. Chocolate makers have few easy fixes to absorb higher costs.
If you want a better-looking version of the famous killer, you'll also need to fork over another $10
A new mod adds a spell to Baldur's Gate 3 on PS5 and Xbox that opens 300-plus cheats, from God Mode to free respecs
If the goal was to silence rapper Macklemore by preventing him from touring with singer Ed Sheeran, it clearly backfired. Macklemore delivered a monolog in support of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank and performed his pro-Palestinian protest song "Hind's Hall" during a
When a prairie river carries more water in one year than another, the obvious place to look for an explanation is the sky. A year with more snow and rain should have more water in rivers. That was also how I initially thought about year-to-year changes in river flow. But while
“Tulsa King” is heading to New York. The Sylvester Stallone series has been renewed for a fifth season at Paramount+ as the production migrates from Georgia to the Big Apple, coinciding with the Season 5 storyline. The renewal comes ahead of the Season 4 premiere on Oct. 16.
“Imperfect Women” has been renewed for Season 2 at Apple TV, Variety has learned. Season 1 star Kerry Washington will return to lead the second season. The first season of the show is based on the book of the same name by Araminta Hall, while Season 2 will be based on an
Pairs team up to endure food scarcity The post Pigeon Dads Step Up in Tough Times appeared first on Nautilus .
When the going gets tough, the tough get going to places like Iberseries & Platino Industria. Its 6th edition, also a pre-Mipcom warm-up, ran over Sept.29-Oct. 2 at Madrid’s Matadero, its rehabilitated orange-red brick former slaughterhouse. That setting seems appropriate.
Sam Altman thinks that the benefits of AI will be so great that "the world should accept some bad things happening" along the way. The OpenAI CEO pointed to hacks, scams, and "other bad things" as costs society should expect to tolerate because "people will do tremendously
The White House on Monday will prohibit Politico from boarding Air Force One and fulfilling its pool duties covering President Trump. Journalists from the outlet will not be allowed on the plane, CNN first reported, meaning there will be no print representative providing
Here's what you can expect from the continuation of the DC drama
The Pentagon confirmed to The Wall Street Journal that all U.S. bombers based at RAF Fairford have been redeployed to the U.S. The move follows the arrest of six suspects last week on suspicion of plotting an attack against the U.S.-run base
