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Cashier – “Part From Me”

Cashier are here to rage. We knew this from last month’s absolute banger “Like I Do,” and the Louisiana four-piece is proving it again with “Part From Me,” the second single from their forthcoming EP The Weight. “I had a lot of fun writing this song,” bandleader Kylie Gaspard

Trump gives coal a Pentagon boost

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump tells Pentagon to buy more coal power President Trump on Wednesday directed the Pentagon to purchase more power from coal plants – in a boost to the declining fossil fuel. © AP Photo/Evan Vucci “I will

Molina – “Golden Brown Sugar”

In 2024, Molina released her hypnotic debut album When You Wake Up, which featured a great ML Buch collab and came out on the extremely reliable Copenhagen-based label Escho. Now, the experimental-pop artist is back with a beautiful new song called “Golden Brown Sugar.” About

NASA's SPHEREx mission spots 3I/ATLAS's bright envelope

NASA's Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) was built for the ambitious purpose of performing an all-sky survey. The data it collects from more than 450 million galaxies and 100 million stars in the Milky Way over

Musk's AI firm loses cofounders

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story xAI loses two co-founders amid shakeup Two co-founders of Elon Musk’s xAI resigned with little explanation, leaving the AI company with half of its original dozen co-founders. © Evan Vucci, Associated Press Tony Wu announced early

Why You

A self is a story of why you are you — a selective retelling of the myriad chance events between the birth of the universe and this moment: atoms bonding one way and not another, parents bonding with one partner and not another, values binding you to one culture and not

Buddhist Monks close out 'Walk for Peace' on National Mall

A group of Buddhist monks marched down the length of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday afternoon, concluding their “Walk for Peace" that began 109 days ago in Fort Worth, Texas. Venerable Bhikkhu Pannakara, who has led the group over the course of their 2,300

FDA refuses Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine application

Presented by the Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story FDA refuses Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine application The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has refused to review an application by Moderna for its influenza mRNA

Trump gets jobs day reprieve

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump good news from delayed January jobs report January’s delayed jobs report gave President Trump a badly needed spot of good news on Wednesday, showing the

Wyatt Cenac to Host 2026 Ambies Podcast Awards

Wyatt Cenac will be grabbing the mic to host the 6th annual Awards for Excellence in Audio — aka the Ambies — in Brooklyn later this month. The Ambies will be presented on Monday, Feb. 23, as part of On Air Fest at the Arlo Williamsburg hotel in Brooklyn. At the awards show,