While players on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S ditched physical games in favor of digital downloads in droves, Switch fans had been holding the line . But that might change with the Switch 2, thanks to physical edition price hikes and controversial game-key cards that don’t
President Trump on Thursday said he supports the effort to allow for proxy voting for new parents, while the standoff between House GOP leadership and Rep. Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) hardens over the issue. “I don’t know why it’s controversial,” Trump said. “I’m going to let the
U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg hinted at possible contempt proceedings as he grilled a government lawyer Thursday about whether the Trump administration violated his court order by failing to turn around planes carrying migrants to a Salvadoran prison. Boasberg made
Krypto is front and center in the footage, first shared in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
The era of Disney trying to turn every animated movie into a live-action blockbuster might be coming to an end, as it’s been reported that the planned Tangled live-action remake has been “paused.” And even if more live-action remakes eventually happen, it seems that the Mickey
The United Nations and rights groups have raised concerns over reports of killings of suspected RSF collaborators in Khartoum.
A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order Thursday that stops the Trump administration from pulling back more than $11 billion in public health funding from state and local health departments. Judge Mary McElroy of the federal district court in Rhode Island granted
Perhaps Abraham Lincoln Walker invented these people and the stories that brought them together because he desired the play of recognition between human beings.
SeriesFest has announced the full lineup for its 11th season, including keynote panels, special screenings, podcast tapings and awards presentations. Taking place in Denver from April 29 to May 4, SeriesFest 2025 guests will include Tawny Cypress (“Yellowjackets”), Mayan Lopez
His art cuts to the core of our engagement with art past and present, looking at foundational interactions between viewers, art objects, and art institutions.
Make sure to match your supply to the customer base for all of your dealers.
Pierce Brosnan admitted to People magazine that Hellen Mirren wasn’t entirely wrong to call out the James Bond franchise for its “profound sexism.” Brosnan played 007 in four movies released between 1995 and 2002. Mirren recently spoke to The Standard and went viral for saying
Filmmaker faces seven charges — including fraud and money laundering — following arrest for misappropriating streaming service's money
The best MMA fighters in the world travel to “O-Town” for PFL World Tournament 2025: PFL 1 Welterweights & Featherweights. In the quarterfinal, the the main card pits Jason Jackson (18-5-0) vs. Andrey Koreshkov (28-5-0) in a welterweight bout. Want to watch PFL World Tournament
This week: Joan Didion’s archive, Studio Ghibli AI, academia capitulates to Trump, Kaveh Akbar’s call to action, Buy Nothing Facebook drama, balloon wigs, and much more.
“The hardwood floors are perfect for dance breaks during the day.”
While much of the attention was focused on the beating taken by stocks Thursday, a few that escaped unscathed. After all, tariffs have an unequal effect, hitting some businesses harder than others. Read more...
The Senate has confirmed Mehmet Oz as administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), making him the head of Medicaid at a time where its funding is at risk of being severely cut. The Senate voted 53-45 along party lines to confirm Oz. The
Nvidia ( NVDA ) fell with other Magnificent 7 stocks on Thursday as the market reacted to new tariffs — but the company also may’ve slipped because a major bank downgraded it for unrelated reasons. Read more...
The Nintendo Switch 2’s hardware is no longer a secret, which means we can finally see how it stacks up against the Steam Deck. Nintendo dropped a full list of the specs after its Switch 2 Direct, and there are a few surprising features that make it more of a direct competitor
House Democrats led by Rep. Brad Schneider (Ill.) pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on mass layoffs at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in a Wednesday letter requesting the Trump administration’s plan for slated reductions and their potential impact on taxpayer
The stock market cratered Thursday as fears of global economic slowdown driven by President Trump's new tariffs spurred Wall Street's worst day of losses since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 1,679 points Thursday, closing
When it comes to recycling the most precious resource in the Colorado River Basin, Nevada leads six other states, a new report has confirmed.
Ahmed Riesgo, chief investment officer at financial services firm Insigneo, spoke with NYSE ( ICE ) TV for a special video interview. Read more...
Two Colorado Democrats are urging renewed bipartisan support for legislation that would seek to improve working conditions for federal firefighters. Rep. Joe Neguse and Sen. Michael Bennet on Thursday called for the advancement of Tim’s Act, a bill that would overhaul wild land
A lawsuit filed earlier this week accuses tech billionaire Elon Musk and his super PAC of failing to pay canvassers who helped President Trump's 2024 presidential campaign. Musk and America PAC pledged $100 to registered voters in battleground states who signed a petition and
Laurence Fishburne hasn’t seen Will Smith play Neo in the “Matrix”-inspired music video for Smith’s single “Beautiful Scars” with rapper Big Sean. In fact, Fishburne wasn’t even aware the video existed. “Oh really? I haven’t seen it,” Fishburne told Variety at the premiere of
Time for Drew Lustman to give us the next FaltyDL album. June’s new LP Neurotica will mark the first time the electronic producer has released music on Planet Mu in a decade. He says it’s inspired by fun times with his young daughter, which brought out the playful side in his
The live ceremony will simulcast on MTV but will be presented by CBS, which has also helmed broadcasts of the Grammy Awards since 1973
Donald Trump thinks everything is going just fine with his insane tariffs. In his lone statement about the tariffs Thursday, Trump didn’t seem bothered when a reporter asked him “The markets today are way down. The worst day in years. Because of the tariffs. So, how’s it
Eventgoers' live experiences are shaped by media technologies like social media, whether used in the moment or not, and memory and anticipation are increasingly part of live experiences themselves, research published in the journal Memory, Mind & Media has found.
Looking for a creative new game to play? You can currently pick up the Lego board game Monkey Palace on Amazon for only $27.23 — that’s 32% off its typical price of $39.99. Designed for two to four players ages 10 and up, Monkey Palace has players take on the role of monkeys
More than 80 national and local progressive groups are warning that the country is facing an “unprecedented constitutional danger” over recent attacks against judges by President Trump and his backers on Capitol Hill. The 81 groups said in a Thursday letter that Trump and his
The world is reacting to President Trump's announcement of new tariffs on nearly every country on the planet. The move is meant to re-shape the global trading order and some countries are being hit harder than others. NPR correspondents around the world are hearing anger,
Robinson, who worked for The Washington Post's op-ed page since 2005, told staffers that he has decided to leave the outlet due to a "significant shift" in the section's mission.
Here's how to have a spare copy of your hunter, just in case.
The most recent update to the extremely normal and not-at-all-weird driving simulator, Pacific Drive, adds a whole new layer of replayability. The Endless Expeditions update from developer Ironwood Studios is the largest update Pacific Drive has received since its launch last
A research team has developed a compact peritoneal dialysis device that can be utilized as a portable artificial kidney. This research was published on March 29 in the journal Journal of Nanobiotechnology.
Most iPhones are still made in China, which was hit with a 54% tariff. If those levies persist, Apple has a tough choice: absorb the extra expense or pass it on to customers.
Michael Hurley, the singer-songwriter who emerged from the ’60s Greenwich Village scene to become a legend of outsider folk music, has died. His family issued a statement confirming the death to Rolling Stone : “It is with a resounding sadness that the Hurley family announces
President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs have already resulted in even more GOP infighting, according to Punchbowl News. “There’s a massive disconnect between the White House and Capitol Hill Republicans on tariffs right now,” Jake Sherman wrote on X. “Here on the Hill,
President Trump triumphantly held up a poster board in the Rose Garden on Wednesday showing the reciprocal tariffs he plans to impose on nearly every country in the world. But just how the White House came up with the formula to determine what percentage of tariffs to impose
Former Vice President Mike Pence will receive the 2025 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for his role in certifying the 2020 presidential election despite facing grave personal and political risk. The JFK Library Foundation, which presents the honor each year, announced
There comes a time in many young boys’ lives when they consider pursuing the art of disc jockeying. Last week on The Simpsons episode “The Flandshees Of Innersimpson,” that phase came for little Bart. Under the pseudonym Bartholomieux, he decides to become a DJ — the music
Mexico and Canada were exempted from President Donald Trump’s new round of tariffs, but the future of free trade in North America is very much in doubt.
DOGE-driven job cuts have significantly impacted federal agencies, accounting for 279,445 layoffs across 27 government agencies.
Markets tumbled Thursday following President Trump’s announcement of a general 10-percent tariff on imports to the U.S. along with additional targeted tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners. Some companies are winning big off the tariff news while others took serious hits.
The dramatic tariffs President Trump announced Wednesday won’t directly impose higher costs on most media and entertainment companies. However, the knock-on effects — namely, depressed U.S. consumer spending and a pullback in ad budgets — would clearly cut into Hollywood’s
