Sabrina Carpenter’s latest energetic single, “Espresso” is a front-runner for success. The infectious song, which hit No. 1 on Spotify’s global charts on Tuesday, came out on April 12 and has become massively popular within two weeks. “Espresso” and the Dave Meyers-directed music video for the song were released the day before Easter, to fanfare. […]
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign criticized Donald Trump on Tuesday for saying that, if elected, he would close an office in the White House tasked with ensuring the country is better prepared for the next pandemic. In an interview published Tuesday, Trump said he would disband the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy (OPPR), which […]
The University of Florida declared that it is “not a daycare,” in response to the arrests of anti-genocide campus protestors. Nine students were detained Monday evening by the University of Florida Police Department and Florida Highway Patrol after students set up their encampment at the university’s plaza, last Wednesday, in solidarity with Gazans and across […]
LONDON (AP) — Two men have been charged with cutting down the popular 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree next to Hadrian’s Wall last year in northern England, prosecutors said Tuesday. Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, were charged with causing criminal damage and damaging the wall built in A.D. 122 by Emperor Hadrian to guard […]
Eight years ago, the final Saturday before the Iowa caucuses brought forward all of the contradictions and chaos of then-reality star Donald Trump’s candidacy for the presidency. We stood in a chilly airplane hangar in Dubuque as the score from Air Force One blared in the cavernous building while Trump’s private 757 did a flyby. […]
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will seek to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous substance, multiple sources familiar with the matter told The Associated Press, marking a historic shift in America’s drug policy that could have wide implications nationwide. The DEA’s proposal, which still requires review by the White House Office of […]
(PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti) — Haiti’s newly installed transitional council has chosen former Sports Minister Fritz Belizaire as the country’s prime minister on Tuesday as it continues its monumental task of trying to establish a stable new government amid stifling violence. Belizaire replaces Michel Patrick Boisvert, the former minister of economy and finance who was the current […]
The number of groups lobbying the U.S. federal government on artificial intelligence nearly tripled from 2022 to 2023, rocketing from 158 to 451 organizations, according to data from OpenSecrets, a nonprofit that tracks and publishes data on campaign finance and lobbying. Data on the total amount spent on lobbying by each organization and interviews with […]
Warning: This story includes spoilers for most of Queen of Tears. Queen of Tears tells the story in two parts. The early episodes are well written. The later episodes squander the potential set up in the beginning. The Netflix hit ended Sunday with the same writer (also written by Park Ji-eun). But by the end, […]
LONDON — A man wielding a sword attacked members of the public and police officers in a east London suburb Tuesday, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring four others, British authorities said. A 36-year-old man was arrested in a residential area near Hainault subway station, police said. The incident is not being treated as terror-related […]
When Taylor Swift shared the promotional images for her new album, The Tortured Poets Department, which came out on April 19, the album’s styling was distinctly vintage: , , songs dedicated to , and a big payoff song called Swift fans have , and this double album presents itself as a kind of intimate journal […]
The question of having children, which is to bring a child into existence through reproduction, is one that we routinely ask each other. It is also a question that young people are increasingly asking themselves, as many wonder if, in an age of climate crisis and uncertainty about the future, it’s still acceptable to have […]
Two Broadway shows celebrating the origins of sonic creativity — the musical “Hell’s Kitchen” fueled by Alicia Keys songs, and the play “Stereophonic” about a ’70s rock band at the edge of stardom — each earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, a list that also saw a record number of women nominated for […]
NEW YORK — Walmart said Tuesday it is launching its biggest store-label food brand in 20 years in terms of its breadth of items, as it seeks to appeal to younger customers who are not brand loyal and want chef-inspired foods that are more affordably priced. The brand, called Bettergoods, is just hitting Walmart stores […]
King Charles III returned to public duties on Tuesday, following months of recovery since being diagnosed with cancer in February. The 75-year-old monarch chose a cause close to home to mark his return to work. King Charles and Queen Camilla visited University College Hospital in London, where he greeted doctors, held hands with patients, and […]
Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, became the first member of the British royal family to visit Ukraine since Russia launched its full scale invasion of the country in February 2022. Sophie is the wife of Edward, the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II, and brother of Charles. The Duchess met Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and […]
If there is any conversation around the new FX spy thriller The Veil, I fear it will be about Elisabeth Moss’s British accent. The accent isn’t good; it’s generic, with too many theatrical stresses—a voice that calls too much attention to itself. An over-the-top accent is easy to mock. But it’s only one small part […]
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering from the 7-month-long war. Netanyahu said Israel planned to destroy Hamas’ battalions there “with or without a deal.” Israel and Hamas are negotiating a cease-fire agreement meant to […]
In 1956, my uncle John F. Kennedy, then a U.S. senator, wrote a book that is probably more famous for its great title than its contents. It was called “Profiles in Courage” and it was about eight U.S. senators who JFK felt had made particularly courageous contributions to American history. For a while now, I […]
Donald Trump thinks that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rightly been criticized for failing to stop Hamas’s murder of Israeli civilians on Oct. 7 and says there are “some very good people” who could take Netanyahu’s job. In a , Trump was sharply critical of Netanyahu, a close ally during the former President’s term. Support […]