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‘The Pitt’ Actor Patrick Ball Cries While Revealing Show Got Him Out of $80,000 Worth of Debt: ‘I Thought I Was Gonna Die With It’
“The Pitt” actor Patrick Ball broke down in tears while speaking to Cultured magazine and revealing how the Emmy-winning HBO Max medical series helped him get out $80,000 worth of student loan debt. Ball stars on the show as Dr. Frank Langdon. “The Pitt” is currently airing its
Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia a new regional power block?
Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, announced that a two-week ceasefire had been agreed between the US and Iran in the early hours of April 8. Delegates from both sides are expected to attend further talks in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Friday. This comes less
Gambia appoints British barrister to prosecute gruesome Jammeh-era crimes
Ex-President Yahya Jammeh's 22-year rule was known for enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.
Nearly 200 arrests in Turkey after attack on Israeli consulate
Turkish security forces have arrested nearly 200 people in a nationwide sweep one day after a shootout outside Israel's consulate in Istanbul, Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said Wednesday. Gurlek posted on X that officers had arrested 198 suspects in a simultaneous operation in
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Is Doing Last-Minute Reshoots Because It Needed More Jokes
Fans looking forward to a more somber, gloomy Spider-Man MCU film might be disappointed
Nation's first anti-data center referendum passed in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin city passed a referendum Tuesday targeting data center construction, requiring future large-scale projects that receive tax benefits to secure approval from local voters. Port Washington, which sits just north of Milwaukee, approved the referendum with about 66
Goldman Sachs uncovers troubling pattern behind AI and tech job losses
Workers displaced by artificial intelligence and other tech take longer to find new jobs -- and when they do, they’re stuck earning less for years, a new study found.
Banning New Foreign Routers Mistargets Products to Fix Real Problem
On March 23, the FCC issued an update to their Covered List, a list of equipment banned from obtaining regulatory approval necessary for U.S. sale (and thus effectively a ban on sale of new devices), to include all new routers produced in foreign countries unless they are
Today I learned that Excel incorrectly assumes 1900 was a leap year, and Microsoft will never fix it because the whole house of cards would collapse
Luckily, most users don't build spreadsheets focused on 1900.
Oracle axes over 700 workers — the first wave in a bloodbath that could engulf 30K
New details reveal where tech titan Oracle’s layoff axe will fall in the Golden State: 318 workers in Redwood City, 184 in Santa Clara, 158 in Pleasanton and 50 in Santa Monica — a brutal statewide tally of 710 layoffs, per state filings. Oracle isn’t stopping with California–
AI trained like a Rubik's Cube solver simplifies particle physics equations
For years, Rutgers physicist David Shih solved Rubik's Cubes with his children, twisting the colorful squares until the scrambled puzzle returned to order. He didn't expect the toy to connect to his research, but recently he realized the logic behind the puzzle was exactly what
Does listening to audiobooks improve learning?
Whether it's documents in textbooks or fiction studied in literature classes, reading print remains a pillar in learning. But the audiobook craze opens up new possibilities.
Arne Olsen, Screenwriter of ‘Cop and a Half,’ ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,’ Dies at 64
Arne Olsen, the screenwriter of “Cop and a Half” and “Might Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie,” died from complications related to cancer on Saturday in Vancouver, B.C. He was 64. Since his first credit for 1988’s action thriller “Red Scorpion,” Olsen wrote screenplays for a
Turkey puts 11 leaders of LGBTQ+ rights association on trial for 'obscenity'
Homosexuality is not illegal in Turkey, but the LGBTQ+ community is frequently targeted by authorities who blame it for the country's declining birth rate.
Broken Parts: The Downsizing of J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot
How the mighty Robot has faltered. J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot production banner is slimming down operations and relocating to New York after more than 20 years in Los Angeles and Santa Monica. The trimming of the sails comes amid a particularly rocky run for Bad Robot, with several
CinemaCon Unveils 2026 Poster Competition Winners
When Johanna Greif was thinking about entering CinemaCon’s annual poster competition, she started by jotting down a list of things she associates with going to the movies. She thought about the smell of fresh popcorn, the way the marquee glows at night and the feeling of
Steven Soderbergh claims AI can build "dream spaces" for movies
Ocean's 11 director is a proponent of generative AI, and will use it to power a new John Lennon-Yoko Ono movie and future films.
US military says it's ready to resume Iran fighting if diplomacy fails
WASHINGTON, April 8 - The top U.S. general said on Wednesday U.S. troops stood ready to resume fighting if Tehran failed to strike a negotiated settlement as the Trump administration sought to portray the war as a decisive victory against Iran.
Sony's PS5 UI update fixes an annoying interface issue
PlayStation 5 owners are reporting that a change to the console's UI is now in beta — and it's great.
Trump’s Staggering Humiliation in Iran
There were two ways to read Donald Trump’s unprecedented threat on Tuesday that Iran’s “whole civilization will die” if the Strait of Hormuz was not opened by 8 p.m. Eastern time. The first was that the president was threatening to drop a nuclear weapon on a nation that he had
'Ketamine Queen' Jasveen Sangha jailed for 15 years over Matthew Perry drugs death
Perry, 54, had openly struggled for decades with addictions, but had appeared to colleagues to be beating his demons when he died in 2023.
The Sunshine Recorder
I went into this video not knowing anything about how a mid-19th century sunshine recorder might work and was genuinely delighted by the reveal. If you’d like to be similarly surprised, stop reading now and just watch the video . … … The sunshine recorder was invented in
sadie – “Better Angels”
We’ve been loving the singles from sadie’s forthcoming album Better Angels. Today the hyperpop balladeer offers up another splendid tune to go along with “Arms Wide” and “Wash.” The new album’s title track is a warm and emotive electronic pop stunner with a video built from
Key ocean current is slowing at locations around the Atlantic
Measurements by buoys at four latitudes in the western Atlantic provide the strongest evidence yet that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is weakening
'Total victory' or TACO? Trump faces questions on Iran deal
Donald Trump claimed "total" victory after a ceasefire with Iran. But critics say the deal is a fresh example of their maxim that the tough-talking US president always "chickens out." In the space of 12 nerve-wracking hours, Trump went from warning that a "whole civilization
Will Smith's biggest bomb is also the best new movie to watch on Tubi
Ang Lee's Gemini Man pit Will Smith against a de-aged clone, and everyone skipped it in theaters. Now it's a streaming blockbuster.
High Times donut shop romance preview shows a stylish new dating sim twist
A donut shop romance with a twist, High Times is a stylish dating sim where mood-altering donuts shape relationships, choices, and emotional outcomes.
Research traces evolution of anglerfishes' famed fishing-rod lures
Anybody who has seen "Finding Nemo" knows about those captivating monsters of the sea: anglerfishes. Variously horrific or alien-looking, many female anglerfishes sport long, protruding lures used for enticing prey or signaling during mating. Additionally, the dizzying variety
Student research on coronal holes improves space weather forecasting
Fast solar winds originating from the sun can have direct impacts on Earth—disrupting systems like GPS, aviation, electrical grids, and satellite and radio communications. A new paper by New Mexico State University astronomy graduate student Khagendra Katuwal examines the
HipHopGamer says GTA 6's user-generated content 'will produce millionaires'
HHG also teased "a small exclusive" about a GTA 6 side mission.
Matthew Perry’s Death: ‘Ketamine Queen’ Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
Jasveen Sangha, the drug dealer known as the “Ketamine Queen,” was sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday for illegally selling the ketamine that killed “Friends” star Matthew Perry in 2023. Sangha, 42, pleaded guilty last year to five federal charges in connection to
Trump says Republican 'convincingly' won Georgia district 'despite the stench left' by Marjorie Taylor Greene
President Trump boasted about a Republican candidate winning former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) seat despite “the stench left” by the Trump-supporter-turned-foe ex-congresswoman. “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Brown’s (GREEN TURNS TO BROWN UNDER STRESS!) seat in Congress has
The ethically-sourced wizard school life sim I've been waiting for finally has a playable demo and launches this year
Seven years in the making, the developers of Eastshade are finally ready for us to play a tiny first taste of their cozy witch school life sim Songs of Glimmerwick.
Israel ready to 'return to battle at any moment' against Iran, Netanyahu says
In a televised speech, Netanyahu also hit back at opposition leaders who chastised him for agreeing to the truce before Israel achieved its objectives in the war.
'Ketamine Queen' sentenced to 15 years in prison for selling Matthew Perry the drugs that killed him
Jasveen Sangha is the third defendant sentenced of the five people who have pleaded guilty in connection with Perry's 2023 overdose.
Indiana governor suspends state gas tax for 30 days
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun (R) on Wednesday suspended the Hoosier State's sales tax on gas for 30 days, as prices at the pump have increased since the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran began. Braun said at a press conference that he will “look at” whether to further extend the gas
Israeli opposition leader slams Netanyahu for 'lies sold' to US
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid on Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the "lies sold" to the U.S. amid the two countries' conflict with Iran. The Yesh Atid party member accused Netanyahu of leading Israel to "a strategic collapse," Yapid wrote in a
David Eugene Edwards Announces New Album Mercurial Silence: Hear “Sun Of Manes”
We know David Eugene Edwards as the mythic, grizzled frontman of the dark, gothic country-rock bands 16 Horespower and Wovenhand. Three years ago, Edwards released Hyacinth, the first album to come out under his own name. Next month, he’ll follow it with a new one called
Mapping urban heat from space reveals dangerous inequities in LA public parks
A new study has found that public parks in underserved areas of Los Angeles can reach dangerously high temperatures, in some cases hot enough to cause pain or burns, because of the materials used to build them. The differences stem largely from what parks are made of.
Stiff gas prices could last through summer despite cease-fire: ‘You can’t just flip a switch’
Despite the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz as part of a two-week cease-fire with Iran, it will take months for energy supplies to stabilize, experts told The Post.
Pakistan calls for restraint from US, Iran after ceasefire violations reported 'across the conflict zone'
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Wednesday that “violations” of the two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran have occurred "across the conflict zone" and urged the parties to exercise restraint. “Violations of ceasefire have been reported at few places across
Netanyahu Declares Ceasefire Is “Not the End” as Iran War Spirals
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Wednesday that the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement is “ not the end of the campaign,” as he launched the largest wave of attacks in Lebanon since the start of the war. “Let me be clear: We still have objectives to complete, and
Melina Matsoukas to Direct ‘Parable of the Sower’ for Warner Bros. (EXCLUSIVE)
Melina Matsoukas has found her next directorial project in Octavia E. Butler’s landmark sci-fi odyssey “Parable of the Sower.” Matsoukas, whose resume includes “Queen & Slim,” “Insecure” and several key collaborations with Beyoncé, will direct and produce the film adaptation of
Lebanon official labels Israeli strikes 'very dangerous turning point'
A senior Lebanese official condemned Israel’s wave of airstrikes inside the country Wednesday, labeling the attack that came hours after a temporary ceasefire was announced among the U.S., Israel and Iran a “very dangerous turning point.” “These hits are now at the heart of
‘Ketamine Queen’ Sentenced to 15 Years in Connection to Matthew Perry Death
"You supplied an addict," Perry's stepdad, Keith Morrison, said in court
A drug discovery bottleneck? How cheaper reagents could speed branched molecule synthesis
When chemists design drug candidates, shape matters enormously. Many active pharmaceutical ingredients contain branched carbon structures—points where the molecular chain forks in a specific direction—that are critical to whether a molecule will bind to its biological target
The lengths male octopuses go to protect the arm they need to mate
For mating male octopuses, one limb is more important than all others. That is the third right arm or hectocotylus, which is used to transfer sperm to the female because the penis cannot do it directly. Losing the limb can severely affect their ability to father offspring, at
Former ExxonMobil lawyer David Woodcock named SEC’s next enforcement director
Woodcock, a partner with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Dallas, will join the SEC to lead the division beginning May 4.
White House Can’t Explain Who Exactly Is Bombing Iran After Ceasefire
The White House didn’t have an answer Wednesday to apparent violations of the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran. At a press conference, Trevor Hunnicutt, White House correspondent for Reuters, pointed out to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt that air defenses in
