broke the NBA’s all-time scoring record back in February of 2023, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the all-time list: James now has 40,747 points and counting. Imagine, less than a handful a years from now, LeBron was banned from basketball for life. It’s ludicrous. has scored 841 goals for club and country, while captivating America with his […]
In 2017, I traveled with my two teenage children to Plains, Ga., from Jacksonville, Fla., to hear Jimmy Carter teach at Maranatha Baptist Church. My son Gibson asked for this trip to celebrate his 17th birthday. A fierce and unusual admirer of the Carter presidency, he’d recently written a high school history paper on Jimmy […]
In 2014, Hong Kong protesters utilized umbrellas as a form of passive resistance against the city police’s use of tear gas and pepper spray. They were demanding a more transparent electoral process. The protest movement became known as the “Umbrella Revolution.” Ten years later, five Hong Kongers reflect on their roles during the protests, and […]
This fall marks the first time in nearly 20 years that I won’t be back in the classroom. For most of my career, I taught writing, literature, and language, primarily to university students. I quit, in large part, because of large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT. Virtually all experienced scholars know that writing, as historian […]
Hurricane Helene, a category 4 storm, has caused devastation across the Southeast, resulting in nearly 100 deaths in six states. Rescue operations are ongoing in North Carolina, where hundreds remain unaccounted for, and regions including Asheville, where at least 30 fatalities occurred, are without power. While Florida, where Helene initially made landfall, has restored power […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have been one of the most comprehensive regulations governing the safety of artificial intelligence in the United States. The bill would have held AI developers accountable for any severe harm caused by their technologies. It faced strong opposition from prominent Democrats and major tech companies, […]
Ghosting, abruptly ending communication with someone you’ve been interested in or dating, is a common and frustrating experience in modern dating. It can involve unmatching on apps, leaving messages unread, and making yourself unreachable. While ghosting can leave the ghosted person confused and hurt, the ghost can also feel guilt for their actions. The lack […]
This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up to get stories like this sent to your inbox. The lone debate between the vice presidential nominees, set to take place on Tuesday night, promises to be a heated showdown, pitting Ohio’s junior senator with his assertive approach to conservatism against Minnesota’s […]
Willie Nelson, who performed with Kris Kristofferson in the country supergroup The Highwaymen alongside Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings, declared in 2009, “There’s no better songwriter alive than Kris Kristofferson.”
Following April’s solar eclipse, which cast a shadow of totality across eleven U.S. states, another eclipse will grace the skies this week. This time, it’s an annular eclipse, also known as a “ring of fire” eclipse, visible over parts of South America on Wednesday, October 2. A partial eclipse will also be visible in several […]
As immigration continues to be a significant issue in the upcoming 2024 presidential election, former President and current Republican nominee Donald Trump criticized the government’s immigration process during a campaign speech on Saturday, Sept. 28, in Wisconsin. He once again criticized the CBP One app – a mobile application that provides access to various CBP […]
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military reported on Sunday that it had killed another high-ranking Hezbollah official in an airstrike, further impacting the Lebanese militant group already reeling from a series of heavy blows and the killing of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah. The military confirmed that Nabil Kaouk, the deputy head of Hezbollah’s Central Council, was […]
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Rescue crews in Nepal have recovered dozens of bodies from buses and other vehicles that were buried in landslides near the capital, Kathmandu. The death toll from flooding has risen to at least 129, with dozens still missing, officials said on Sunday. The weather improved on Sunday following three days of monsoon […]
A recent NASA report highlights the ongoing air leaks at the International Space Station (ISS) as a significant safety concern. The report, published on Sept. 26 by NASA’s Office of Inspector General and signed by Deputy Inspector General George A. Scott, pinpoints the leak to a tunnel connecting the ISS’s Russian segment to a docking […]
Tropical Storm Helene, which made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane on Thursday, has left a trail of devastation across the southeastern U.S., leaving millions without power and As the media covers the catastrophic damage caused by Helene, one reporter took matters into his own hands on Friday, Sept. 27. Fox Weather meteorologist […]
ROME — The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has appealed the steroid case involving top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner, the Montreal-based organization announced on Saturday. WADA stated that it is seeking a suspension of one to two years for the U.S. Open champion but indicated that it does not intend to retroactively apply a potential ban. […]
A study from Columbia University concluded that most Americans can discern between fake and real news. Researchers claim that exposure to high-quality news sources is the key indicator; they suggest that the solution to misinformation lies in improving media literacy. A straightforward solution to a complex social issue, wouldn’t you say? However, another group of […]
The most significant challenges—and biggest opportunities—for reducing carbon emissions in industry are happening just outside the highway, a short distance from downtown Chicago in a nondescript industrial area. Here along the Chicago River, the Ozinga concrete company manufactures and sells a lower-carbon version of concrete made using recycled steel byproducts. Ozinga is a small company […]
Hurricane Helene struck Florida as a Category 4 storm on Thursday night, resulting in at least 21 deaths across four states. The storm has caused widespread damage in Florida, with power outages and flooding affecting multiple southern states. Helene initially formed as a tropical storm earlier this week but intensified to a Category 4 hurricane […]
Beloved British actor Maggie Smith, known for her captivating performances as Violet Crawley in Downton Abbey and Professor Minerva McGonagall in Harry Potter, passed away on Friday morning at the age of 89. Smith passed away peacefully at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London on Sept. 27, her sons, Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens, confirmed […]