PEN America has cancelled its prestigious 2024 awards ceremony after the writers nominated for a prize withdrew their work in protest of the organization’s stance on the war in Gaza. The group, which is dedicated to free expression, announced on Monday the cancellation of the April 29 awards in New York City. Some 28 of […]
Fresh off his acquisition of Twitter, Elon Musk is taking his next fight to the very top of the government down under. The owner of Twitter and self-proclaimed champion of free speech has refused to comply with an Australian order to remove videos of violence from his platform, a move that has solicited the ire […]
KUALA LUMPUR — Two Malaysian military helicopters collided and crashed during a training session on Tuesday, claiming the lives of all ten crew members aboard, according to the navy. The helicopters were rehearsing at a naval base in northern Perak state in preparation for the navy’s 90th anniversary celebration next month when the accident occurred, […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Recently at a hospital in the heart of gang territory in Haiti’s capital, a woman began convulsing before her body went limp as a doctor and two nurses raced to save her. They attached electrodes to her chest and turned on an oxygen machine while keeping their eyes on a computer screen […]
TAIPEI — A cluster of earthquakes struck Taiwan early on Tuesday, with the strongest measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There was no immediate report of any damage or casualties. The tremors occurred after a magnitude 7.4 quake hit the island earlier this month, killing 13 people and injuring […]
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — California will open its first new state park in a decade this summer, Governor Gavin Newsom and state officials announced Monday, as the state sets targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions on natural lands. The 1,600-acre (648-hectare) Dos Rios tract in the state’s crop-rich Central Valley is set to open June 12 […]
As tensions rise, pro-Palestinian student-led encampments are spreading across American university campuses. Despite disciplinary measures and police involvement, the demonstrations show no signs of stopping. Encampments have started at at least a dozen campuses, as student protesters demand for their universities to divest from companies that benefit from the Israeli occupation. On Monday morning, police […]
(FLINT, Mich.) — Their childhood memories are still vivid: warnings against drinking or cooking with tap water, enduring long lines for cases of water, washing from buckets filled with heated, bottled water. And for some, stomach aches, skin rashes and hair loss. Ten years ago in Flint — April 25, 2014 — city and state […]
Congress moved closer to banning TikTok in the U.S. this past weekend, when the House of Representatives passed a bill calling for the app’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to either sell it or face a nationwide ban. That bill now seems destined to pass the Senate and be signed into law by President Biden. “It’s […]
“This is the bread of affliction that our ancestors ate in the land of Egypt. All who are hungry should come and eat, anyone who is in need should come and partake of the Pesach sacrifice.” So begins the magid, the declaration that is recited at the beginning of the storytelling section of the Passover […]
Rest is essential. People who make true rest—not just sleep—part of their everyday routine have better outcomes across different aspects of their health. Their well-being is better, happiness is higher, chronic pain is lessened, work productivity is greater, and The trouble is, rest usually gets pushed to the bottom of the to-do list. And if […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing criticism for invoking anti-Muslim tropes in a speech on Sunday as he campaigns in the nation’s western state of Rajasthan. Speaking to a large crowd at a rally, the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made controversial remarks describing Muslims as having certain characteristics. Modi said that […]
David Pecker, the former president and CEO of American Media Inc., has taken the stand as the first witness in former President Trump’s trial. Pecker, prosecutors are expected to argue, aided Trump in numerous schemes to bury negative stories about the then-presidential candidate as he ran for office in 2016. At the center of this […]
Early Monday, Marvel dropped the highly anticipated trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine, in which Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman reprise their roles after leading their own movies, Deadpool and Logan. Deadpool & Wolverine officially marks Deadpool’s . But Deadpool isn’t the only one making an MCU debut. As the trailer reveals, villain Cassandra Nova, played […]
As tensions eased following Israel’s attack on an Iranian military base near Isfahan on Friday in response to Iran’s unprecedented April 13 missile and drone attack on Israel, the two countries seem to have stepped back from the brink of full-scale war. This strike on the Iranian base, which caused minimal damage, was met with […]
(NEW YORK) — It is alleged that Donald Trump “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt” the 2016 presidential election when he conspired to prevent damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public, a prosecutor told jurors Monday at the start of the former president’s historic hush money trial. A defense lawyer countered by saying […]
Estee Williams faced her TikTok followers and critics directly with a full face of makeup, coiffed blonde waves, and a floral-printed puff sleeve peasant top cinched at the center with a tidy bow. She felt obliged to clarify a few things about what truly meant to be a “tradwife”—a portmanteau denoting “traditional wife”: “So the […]
Nearly 60,000 residents in China’s Guangdong province have been evacuated from their homes after heavy rains caused floods to sweep through a number of cities in the low-lying Pearl River Delta. On Monday, rescuers used boats to reach trapped residents, including the elderly, in China’s most populous province, a manufacturing hub home to 127 million […]
Liberals and conservatives don’t always agree, including when it comes to fighting climate change. However, there is one surprising behavior where partisans on both ends seem to have more common ground than previously thought: planting trees. Our new research suggests that finding climate actions with bipartisan support is already possible–even in a highly polarized country […]
It is rarely said that anyone regrets having a child. I’ve often heard this perspective, usually after being asked if I have children, and if I plan to if I say I don’t. I tend to avoid answering, as I feel that the truth – that I have no plans to be a parent – […]