Andrew Ranken, Whose Drumming Powered the Pogues, Dies at 72
Andrew Ranken, the longtime drummer for the Pogues, whose pounding rhythms fueled the band’s rebellious blend of traditional Irish music,...
HGTV star fired and show yanked off all platforms after host caught making racist slur
HGTV has fired the host of a long-running show and pulled it off all platforms after she was caught making...
Largest public utility in U.S. now says it doesn’t want to close two coal-fired plants
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The nation’s largest public utility says it now prefers to keep operating two coal-fired power plants it planned to...
Every song that’s won record of the year at the Grammys
Kendrick Lamar accepts the award for record of the year for "luther" onstage during the 2026 Grammys. Kevin Mazur/Kevin Mazur/Getty...
Takaichi’s New Superpowers
I’ve written about Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s still new-ish prime minister, before. She was a big story when she was first...
ICE Is Crashing the US Court System in Minnesota
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in Minnesota is pushing the United States court system to its breaking point....
Top Pollster to Stop Tracking Trump’s Awful Approval Rating
One of America’s top pollsters will no longer track the president’s approval rating, ending a decades-long practice. Analytics company Gallup...
Red state AG’s sociopathic nonsense is a threat to us all
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has filed a lawsuit seeking to require the Census Bureau to “redo” the $14 billion...
‘Do better!’ Pam Bondi gets earful from furious Dem for ‘covering up’ right-wing terrorism
Attorney General Pam Bondi faced harsh grilling on Capitol Hill Wednesday from Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), who demanded to know,...
You Are Not Prepared for What Actually Shut Down the El Paso Airport This Morning, But Let’s Just Say It Involves a Military Mega-Laser Shooting Something Down
When the Federal Aviation Administration announced it was shutting down El Paso Airport this morning, social media lit up with...
