Marc Johnson, Street Skateboarder Who Shaped a Sport’s Culture, Dies at 49
Marc Johnson, an influential professional skateboarder who helped define modern street skating with a creative approach that made formidable tricks...
The Secret Service code names used by 12 presidents and first ladies, and the stories behind them
The US Secret Service protects presidents and their families. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty ImagesFirst families get their Secret Service code names at...
Strict Monitoring Could Delay Homecoming of Hantavirus Ship Passengers
Eighteen cruise ship passengers who have spent nearly three weeks in federal quarantine after potential exposure to the hantavirus may...
The White House’s Aliens.gov Site Brags That ICE Arrested More Than 700 US Citizens
A space-themed White House website that mocks immigrants and compares them to extraterrestrials claims Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested...
The Future of AI and Trade
—piranka—Getty Images For all the constant buzz around AI, broad-based announcements about how AI has boosted profits are noticeably missing....
Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘Transcription,’ by Ben Lerner
Ben Lerner’s slender new novel, “Transcription,” is just 130 pages long, yet it cracks open some of our most colossal...
Jimmy Kimmel roasts Trump’s ‘Freedom 250 Festival,’ as headlines continue to drop out
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel ridiculed President Donald Trump’s “Freedom 250 Festival,” a celebration scheduled at the National Mall from June...
U.N. Adds Israeli and Russian Forces to Sexual Violence List
The United Nations on Friday added Israeli and Russian security forces for the first time to an annual report documenting...
Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, Exiled Ex-President of Yemen, Dies at 80
Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who as Yemen’s nominal president for a decade, until his resignation in 2022, led a weakened,...
Power Ballad’s Tale of Artistic Theft Is Almost Too Much to Bear
Jonas and Rudd, at the scene of the crime —Courtesy of Lionsgate Writer-director John Carney has become something of a...
