Unfortunately, We Have to Take Spencer Pratt Seriously as a Politician
When Spencer Pratt, formerly of the reality show “The Hills,” announced his bid for mayor of Los Angeles in January,...
Gen Z Is Using AI to Figure Out If Their Pets Are Depressed. But Does That Actually Work?
We didn’t collectively decide to turn pet ownership into a wellness practice. It just sort of happened, the same way...
Why militaries well-equipped to fight enemy aircraft and missiles may still struggle to confront the drone threat
Western militaries aren't as used to fighting the drone threat as they are aircraft and missiles. Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty...
For 250 years, America didn’t just invent the future—it built it. That connection is breaking. Here’s how to restore it
For 250 years, America has done something no other country has managed at comparable scale: it has not merely invented...
The week’s bestselling books, May 17
Hardcover fiction 1. Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke (Knopf: $30) A “tradwife” influencer suddenly wakes up in the brutal world...
Trump’s big trip starts with polling gut punch from data analyst: ‘Down he goes’
Just moments after President Donald Trump and his entourage of officials and business leaders landed in Beijing, China, CNN data...
Current price of oil as of May 13, 2026
At 9 a.m. Eastern Time today, the price of oil sits at $110.87 per barrel, using Brent as the benchmark...
From the Oscars to the Croisette: Renate Reinsve Heads to Her 4th Cannes With ‘Fjord’
Renate Reinsve grew up in a small town in Norway, but her movie career came of age in a French...
Pastor who attacked ‘unbearable’ Trump policy put in charge of hard-MAGA diocese
Pope Leo XIV has once again named a pastor critical of the Trump administration’s mass deportation policy to a high-ranking...
Men Are Paying to Give Themselves Cauliflower Ear to Look Like MMA Fighters
Cauliflower ear has never been something people aspired to. For most of combat sports history, it was the thing wrestlers...
