Riz Ahmed Plays the Classics, With a Twist
James Bond: a coveted role for a male actor in his 30s or 40s, one requiring drama, stunts and style....
The Restaurant World Can Be Heated. ‘Top Chef’ Is Lowering the Temperature.
“Hands down, utensils up!” Nana Araba Wilmot looked at her unfinished plates on the set of “Top Chef” and her...
Why America’s HIV epidemic hasn’t ended
Brenton Williams finally felt he had the proper health insurance to ask his doctor about PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis), a highly...
Hezbollah defiant in face of Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extension
BEIRUT — Hezbollah reacted with contempt to President Donald Trump’s announcement of a three-week extension of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, calling...
A former ByteDance engineer says China’s AI industry is ‘far behind’ the US — and the gap is getting worse
Zhang Chi, a former ByteDance LLM engineer, says China's AI is falling further behind the US. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty...
Don’t Blame John Roberts for the Shadow Docket
It is referred to as the shadow docket, the emergency docket, the interim-orders docket. Whatever you call it, this fast...
Rare national archives are on public display at USC for America’s 250th anniversary
A stone engraving of the Declaration of Independence. The Treaty of Paris, which ended the war with Great Britain. A...
Book Club: Read ‘Transcription,’ by Ben Lerner, With the Book Review
Welcome to the Book Review Book Club! Every month, we select a book to discuss with our readers. Last month,...
The Law on Metal Gates That Nearly Everyone Forgot About
Good morning. It’s Friday. Today we’ll find out why some business owners say that a law passed 17 years ago...
Trump’s clash with Pope has ‘very disturbing’ consequences for GOP: report
President Donald Trump’s public spat with Pope Leo XIV has cut the Republican Party at the worst possible time, a...
