Before handing himself in to Italian authorities in connection with the murder of a 22-year old Malian man named Aboubakar Cissé, the suspect spent three days on the run.
Almost two weeks of chaos at Newark Liberty International Airpor has revealed a “broken system,” United Airlines ( UAL ) CEO Scott Kirby said in a Fox News op-ed . Read more...
Today, Manchester’s Elbow return with “Sober,” their first single since last November’s “ Adriana Again .” Both tracks will appear on their newly announced forthcoming EP Audio Vertigo Echo that’s out June 6 via Polydor/GEFFEN. It’s their fifth EP and a companion piece to their
Stephen Colbert celebrated the election of a new Pope during his May 8 monologue on “The Late Show” by throwing shade at vice president JD Vance. America-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was chosen as the 267th Pope by 133 cardinals on the second day of the conclave. The
Nicolle Wallace had Scott Galloway on her MSNBC show Thursday. She began by asking him what he makes of this moment in which we find ourselves. Galloway, a business professor and popular podcaster , could have zigged in any number of directions with that open-ended question, so
These days, LVL UP’s Dave Benton is plenty busy with his Trace Mountains solo project. Last year, Benton released Into The Burning Blue , the album that he recorded with Japanese Breakfast’s Craig Hendrix. Later this month, he’ll head out on a UK tour that includes a bunch of
I saw Sinners last night (fantastic!) and loved reading Karen Attiah’s piece, ‘Sinners’ is a Black Challenge to White Christianity . Eagerly accepting recommendations for what else to watch/read/listen to about this film. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Digger wasps make a short burrow for each egg, stocking it with food and returning a few days later to provide more. A new study reveals that mother wasps can remember the locations of up to nine separate nests at once, rarely making mistakes, despite the fact nests are dug in
New research from a team of cognitive scientists and evolutionary biologists finds that chimpanzees drum rhythmically, using regular spacing between drum hits. Their results, published in Current Biology, show that eastern and western chimpanzees—two distinct subspecies—drum
In a way, Conan O’Brien is returning to the swing of hosting a late-night TV show. Beginning next Monday, May 12, SiriusXM’s Team Coco will start releasing full video episodes of “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend,” his weekly interview podcast, on its YouTube channel. Ryan Reynolds
Kali Uchis was raised to be self-reliant. Her stoic yet effervescent spirit — captured on projects from her raw debut 2012 mixtape “Drunken Babble” to the celestial melodies of “Sincerely,” her latest album — isn’t just the backbone of her anthems of female empowerment; it’s
Ukrainian security services claimed to have uncovered a Hungarian spy ring gathering information about military activities in Ukraine’s western Transcarpathia region.
Working entirely by hand, Caio Marcolini weaves a delicate wire mesh that he shapes into roving, web-like forms. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article
For nearly three decades, Radio Free Asia has reported epochal moments in the history of modern Tibet.
Antarctic krill not only react to external environmental influences such as light or food. They also use their internal clocks to adapt to the extreme conditions of the polar environment.
Musée d'Orsay is restoring Gustave Courbet’s A Burial at Ornans live. Art lovers can watch the process, led by Cinzia Pasquali, until mid-2026.
OSLO - Efforts towards securing an agreed ceasefire in Ukraine are moving in the right direction, Finnish President Alexander Stubb said on Friday, shortly after speaking with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.S. President Donald Trump.
Kamala Harris has emerged from her den, apparently refreshed. Last week, she delivered a winsome keynote at a benefit gala in San Francisco, then made a surprise appearance at the Met Gala, the party of the year for New York City high society, and this week headlined a
If you were to judge the current state of country music solely by what you saw on Thursday night’s Academy of Country Music Awards show, you’d be riding pretty high in the saddle in your feelings about where the genre is at, at least if you come from a position of harboring
British dance-pop savant PinkPantheress’ initial appeal was due in no small part to her TikTok-shaped ability with what we’ll call microsongs: concise, relatively conventional pop songs with verses, choruses and often a bridge that last for 90 seconds or less. At the time of
In the quiet Vasse district of WA, the evening of 27 August 1883 must have felt like something out of a mystery novel.
Venezuela is turning to its geopolitical allies, Russia and China, to counter a deepening economic crisis, as the South American nation faces dwindling oil revenues, runaway inflation, and a severe currency devaluation.
In April, Power Rangers was back in the news for all the wrong reasons. Appearing in a new documentary focused on the sentai series, former head writer Tony Oliver admitted that maybe it wasn’t so great that they had made their only Black actor the Black Ranger and their only
The pair put on a show that proved just how prolific they are as performers
The pair put on a spellbinding show that showed what true star power looks like
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The head of Liberia's doctors' association has not provided proof of his medical degree, the regulatory body says.
Digital content firm Studio71 has launched Parcel, an AI-powered service designed to help social media creators streamline the processing and distribution of content to multiple social and online platforms. The Parcel service uses AI tools to help creators, influencers and
“The White Lotus” survivor Carrie Coon and “Pam and Tommy” star Lily James are joining Guy Nattiv’s upcoming thriller “Harmonia” alongside Bella Ramsey and Odessa Young. Bleecker Street — who released Nattiv’s “Golda” in 2023 — has acquired U.S. rights to the film and plans to
Earlier this year, the German-South African artist WizTheMC and the producer Bees & Honey teamed up to release “ Show Me Love ,” a pop song that draws from the South African house genre known as amapiano. South African pop star, the biggest name ever to emerge from the world of
