Los Angeles is heading toward a mayoral runoff with public safety, homelessness, housing affordability, and the city’s finances still weighing on the race. Karen Bass and Nithya Raman are the two names left on the ballot, but the November electorate may look different from the one that put them there. A significant group of v… … Read more
Lindsay Clancy sits at the defense table as Kevin Reddington asks the jury to find her not guilty during her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., on Aug. 27, 2026. Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP The fifth day of deliberations in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial ended with no verdict on … Read more
Italy’s largest-ever parliamentary delegation is visiting Taiwan this week for talks on trade and technology, as European officials hold separate discussions with the island’s semiconductor industry. President Lai Ching-te met the 10-member group on Sept. 1. Led by Italian Senate Vice President Gian Marco Centinaio, the delegation includes lawmakers from both chambers of Parliament and … Read more
In the years after the Civil War, a photographer heading west carried a peculiar burden. There was the camera, of course, but also glass plates, chemicals, a tripod, and the equipment needed to turn a stretch of prairie, a military encampment, or a human face into a lasting image. Photography was still an exacting trade. … Read more
President Donald Trump will be meeting with travel industry CEO’s on Wednesday. This comes following a historic summer travel season for the U.S. A heatwave is threatening power grids from Chicago to Washington D.C. The Energy Department warned of potential blackouts. 🇺🇸More Breaking News, Special Reports, and Live Coverage … Source link
Different face. Different name. Somehow, the same story. You meet someone and think this time will be different. Then, slowly, a familiar dynamic starts taking shape. Maybe you are always the one making an effort. Maybe you keep ending up with people who need saving. Or perhaps you repeatedly find yourself waiting for someone to … Read more
Joshua Wong, once a prominent figure in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movements, now faces an additional prison term after his second conviction under a Beijing-imposed national security law on Sept. 2. Wong, 29, pleaded guilty to a charge of foreign collusion before William Tam, a Hong Kong government-appointed judge overseeing national security cases, during a hearing … Read more
In 1960, Heinz von Foerster, a physicist, predicted that the world would hit a breaking point on a Friday in 2026. Sixty-six years later, we’re sitting in the final weeks before that date. Let’s just say, it’s only a matter of weeks until we find out.The prediction was called doomsday. It was rooted in actual … Read more
What’s the point of a pageant gown? Mainly to create a moment of glamour. But when Miss World Uganda Muhoza Trivia Elle walked onto the Miss World stage in Vietnam, she looked more than glamorous. Her gown left the onlookers stunned. She walked with grace wearing a dramatic, ombré creation. Her dress was not an … Read more
Your car can look perfectly presentable from the outside. The seats are wiped, the dashboard has a nice shine, and maybe you even use one of those little car fresheners to keep things smelling good. But here’s the slightly uncomfortable part: some of the dirtiest places in your car are the ones you barely notice. … Read more