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Early in Barbara Loden’s classic indie film “Wanda” (1971), the emotionally dysregulated title character hitches a ride to the courthouse to surrender custody of her children. It is perhaps with...

The case of a former mayor of a small town in the Philippines who is accused of working with organized crime and has been questioned about whether she was born...

Mothering and madness, trash and trauma erect an empire of filth in “Hoard,” Luna Carmoon’s gut-punchingly original first feature. In scenes that can shift from warily unsettling to plainly disgusting,...

EBENSBURG, Pennsylvania — Blair County Sheriff Jim Ott is a big, burly guy who has spent his life in law enforcement. But he still can’t talk about losing his son...

For the first time since 2003, neither Cristiano Ronaldo nor Lionel Messi have been included as the nominees for the men’s Ballon d’Or award, with England’s Jude Bellingham among the...

Donald Trump has made Pennsylvania voters an offer he insists they can’t refuse: They have “no choice” but to vote for him in the 2024 presidential election. Trump told Pennsylvanians...

Elon Musk’s decision to allow “toxic content” on X in the name of free speech comes at a cost as advertisers prepare to slash their spending on the platform. More...

Within moments of meeting Dan Slepian, he gets a call from a prisoner at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility. Slepian has known the man for more than decade, from his...

CHICAGO — Shota Imanaga wasn’t disappointed when he was removed after seven hitless innings and 95 pitches. “He actually didn’t know he had a no-hitter going at all, which is...

In the fall of 1989, when the Hong Kong writer Xi Xi was in her early fifties, she found a lump in her breast. Within weeks, she’d been diagnosed with...