Chicago Saxophonist Walter Parazaider Dead at 81
The band formed in Parazaider's basement in 1967, and he remained a pivotal part of their sound until he was forced to step aside in 2018 to battle Alzheimer's
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How Malian exiles were offered Ukrainian drones by men claiming French intelligence links
Between June and August 2025, intermediaries approached members of Mali’s “government in exile” with offers of armed drones and training in Ukraine. France’s intelligence service says it knows of no link to those involved.
OMB nominee touts plan to give Trump appointees power to kill grants
The administration is expected to finalize the proposed changes as soon as this summer.
Amy Grant’s ‘Baby Baby’ Was Almost a Duet With Aretha Franklin
According to Grant, her label at the time said, "Who’s gonna listen to this from the girl from the Contemporary Christian Music world?"
New Dispatch update tones down censorship on Switch
A new Dispatch update removes the hard censorship on Switch and lets you choose how more explicit scenes look
1666: Amsterdam's terrible demo shows AI is only part of the problem
Generative AI assets have been the talking point of 1666: Amsterdam's demo, but unfortunately, there isn't even a decent game behind them.
Mangione lawyers to assert psychiatric defense in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing
Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, plans to pursue a psychiatric defense in his state murder trial, a judge revealed Wednesday. New York Judge Gregory Carro said Mangione’s lawyers notified the court that they intend to argue that
GOP senator offers blistering take on Trump Iran deal: A 'tremendous foreign policy blunder'
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy (La.) on Wednesday slammed the deal between the Trump administration and Iran, two days before the two sides are set to sign it. “The details that I’ve seen so far look… awful. This will go down as a tremendous foreign policy blunder,” Cassidy told
Italy urges Israel to be 'positive player' for peace
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday urged Israel to be a "positive player" for peace in the Middle East following a deal between Iran and the US. "Our goal must be to promote lasting, structural solutions that go beyond the logic of short-term truces," Meloni
Drug-free nanoparticles stop tumor growth by transmitting biological messages to immune cells
A research team from the Technion's Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering has developed an original technology for treating cancer using nanoparticles that carry no drugs at all and has demonstrated its effectiveness against particularly dangerous and stubborn tumors.
Spain logs third-warmest year on record in 2025
Spain registered its third-warmest year on record in 2025, with 25 single-day heat records set during the period, national weather agency AEMET said Wednesday.
‘State Fairs: Growing American Craft’ Surveys Agriculture, Ingenuity, and Community
From cows sculpted out of butter to seed art and crazy foods, ingenuity is as much a part of the tradition as showcasing time-honored practices. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little
‘Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It’ Movie in the Works at Netflix From ‘The Nightingale’ Producer, ‘Book Lovers’ Screenwriter (EXCLUSIVE)
“Brooke and Connor Make a Podcast” co-host Brooke Averick’s debut novel, “Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It,” is being adapted into a movie at Netflix. Following a highly competitive bidding war, the streamer landed the film rights to Averick’s “Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It,”
UTA Signs Powerhouse Christian Novelist Karen Kingsbury (EXCLUSIVE)
Karen Kingsbury, the bestselling author crowned the “Queen of Christian Fiction” by Time magazine, has signed with UTA for representation in all areas. Kingsbury has published nearly 100 novels and sold more than 30 million copies in the U.S. Her catalog includes the
Janelle James Comedy Series ‘Rock City’ in Development at Hulu
Janelle James is developing a new comedy series at Hulu with “Happy Endings” creator David Caspe. Titled “Rock City,” the show would follow a woman who returns to her hometown in the Virgin Islands after she inherits a local tourist trap from her estranged father. According to
How to Hack a Superyacht
"GPS is critical to everything from shipping to warfare. Tricking it is ridiculously easy."
Government for a new era: Where do we go after the trauma of Trump?
The American experiment has endured wars, depressions and constitutional crises, but the current moment has degraded the government and the services it provides, politicized the nonpartisan, merit-based civil service and undermined the rule of law, and it is important to look
Bella Kay to Unleash ‘My Reckless Abandon’ Debut Album This Summer
The rising singer-songwriter will release the album via Atlantic Records on July 12 featuring her breakthrough single "iloveitiloveitiloveit"
BET Revives ‘ComicView’ With New ‘Rooftop Series’ Hosted by Chris ‘CP’ Powell (EXCLUSIVE)
BET is returning to its comedy roots by rebooting its beloved stand-up series “ComicView.” Titled “ComicView: Rooftop Series,” the 10-episode revival will premiere on the network on June 30 at 9:30 p.m. ET. It’s hosted by Chris “CP” Powell and will take place outside, from a
Google, Nvidia and Anthropic bosses' AI tips for students
Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang and Jack Clark share their advice with the BBC.
The New York Comedy Festival to Present Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch
For the first time, the New York Comedy Festival (NYCF) will present Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch, bringing the annual industry spotlight on emerging comedic talent into the festival’s official programming. The presentation and showcase will take place on Nov. 12 during the
Harry Styles Covers Simon & Garfunkel And Patrick Watson In Orchestral Meltdown Set
Harry Styles just returned with his new album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally , and he's the curator of this year's Meltdown Festival , the series of shows that comes to London's Southbank Centre every year. Meltdown began last week, and it runs through June 21. As
Glow-in-the-dark plants warn of crop pests
A team of Spanish researchers has created plants that glow in the dark and change colour when infected, allowing early detection of crop pests and diseases with ordinary cameras.
Final Fantasy Tactics Finally Gets A New Game Plus Mode 29 Years Later And Fans Are Already Being Complete Sickos About It
Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles just gave fans an unexpected bonus
Trump's FEMA nominee says disaster agency should 'strike a new balance' to save money
During his Wednesday confirmation hearing, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administrator nominee Cameron Hamilton sought to toe the line between restoring order after a turbulent year at the agency and President Trump’s desire to scale down federal disaster aid.
The young woman at the handball gymnasium
On June 16, outside Seoul’s Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium, an extraordinary scene unfolded. For days, the venue had been at the center of controversy surrounding South Korea’s June 3 nationwide local election, with participants in the election transparency movement alleging
Semiconductor chip writes 64 DNA sequences in water, setting new enzymatic benchmark
Silicon chips have powered computing for half a century. Increasingly, they are also becoming platforms to read and manipulate biology at scale—recording from many neurons, reading many DNA sequences and now synthesizing DNA.
Inside Peter Thiel’s secretive, invite-only club: Sex, cult-building and World War III
Leaked records tied to invite-only group, known as "Dialog," exposed sensitive information about hundreds of members and attendees, Wired reported.
Africa: Africa Has the Right Policies for Agri-Food Systems Transformation - the Major Issue Is the Capacity to Implement Them
[New Times] I have spent much of my career sitting in rooms where Africa speaks with clarity about its ambition for agriculture. I have also spent much of my career watching that clarity dissipate before it reaches the farmer.
Tropical Storm Arthur, the first of the Atlantic season, targets Gulf Coast with heavy rain
The first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season formed Wednesday near the Gulf Coast, bringing intense rain and the threat of dangerous flash floods to states including Texas and Louisiana, meteorologists said.
How bacteria exploit human cell metabolism to sharpen infections and potentially evade treatment
A research team at the University of Greifswald's Research Training Group RTG-PRO "Proteases in pathogen and host: importance in infection and inflammation" has discovered a new mechanism by which bacterial pathogens adjust their activity to the metabolism of infected host
Dale Crover Shares “Harvest Moon” Cover Decades After Playing Young Neil Young In The Video
A couple years back we published a We've Got A File On You interview with Dale Crover from Melvins, occasioned by his solo album Glossolalia . This allowed us to ask Crover about the time he starred as a young Neil Young in the 1992 "Harvest Moon" video. Here's what he told
Driving test wait time target will not be met until autumn next year
The Transport Secretary was aiming to reduce the backlog to seven weeks by the autumn.
US quietly allows waiver on Russian oil to expire
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury on Wednesday did not publish an extension of its waiver of sanctions on Russian seaborne oil that ran out at midnight, but President Donald Trump and administration officials did not say whether that meant the
Israel approves settler building plans in Palestinian West Bank city
By Ali Sawafta and Dedi Hayun HEBRON, West Bank, June 17 (Reuters) - Israel on Wednesday approved the expansion of a Jewish school for settlers living in the centre of the Palestinian city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, in a construction push that Palestinians say
Iranians see little chance of life improving as interim deal halts war with US
By Nilo Tabrizy June 17 (Reuters) - When Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi announced the interim deal this week to end the war with the United States, he declared his country the victor. To many Iranians it does not feel that way. More than three months of U.S. and Israeli
Report: Xbox was set on splitting with Ninja Theory when unveiling its new project
Microsoft reportedly had already planned to sunset or split with Ninja Theory while presenting Senua during the latest showcase.
SanDisk’s new PlayStation 5 SSD will cost you more than three PS5 Pros
SanDisk has announced an expensive way to boost the PlayStation 5's storage capacity. The company's new Optimus GX PRO 850P NVMe SSD is an officially licensed PS5 accessory in capacities ranging from 1TB to 8TB. The largest option can store up to 200 PS5 games (based on average
A searchable archive of the almost 5000 TV episodes that...
A searchable archive of the almost 5000 TV episodes that naturalist David Attenborough has worked on in his career (1954-present) . “Search by animal, habitat, location, natural phenomenon, or theme to find exactly the episode you’re looking for.”
GTA 5′s Older Versions Can Be Upgraded For Free Starting June 18
Rockstar has announced GTA Online players can jump forward a console generation for no cost
Trump-Netanyahu war aims clash – can Iran peace deal survive?
The clock is ticking on the Iran peace deal. A memorandum of understanding between Iran and the US is due to be signed in Geneva on June 19, allowing for a 60-day ceasefire extension and the opening of the strategically vital waterway, the Strait of Hormuz. But key questions