The grand final of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Malmo, Sweden, on Saturday, May 11. The international songwriting competition is renowned for its exuberant performances. However, this year has sparked controversy and protests related to the . Performers from countries across Europe—and beyond—competed in two televised semi-finals earlier this week. The hotly-anticipated […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth produced stunning displays of color in the skies across the Northern Hemisphere early Saturday, with no immediate reports of disruptions to power and communications. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a rare severe geomagnetic storm warning when a solar outburst reached Earth […]
MALMO, Sweden — As many people prepare to don sequins and spangles, others ready protest banners and Palestinian flags for Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest final in the Swedish city of Malmo. The competition that pits nations against one another for pop music glory is reaching its conclusion, with Croatia and Switzerland among those tipped to […]
Megan Thee Stallion released the music video for “Boa” on Friday, delighting anime and video game fans with the various references included by the head nerd herself. The video begins with three friends sitting down to play a Jumanji-like 2D style video game, before learning that their death in the game will simulate their unfortunate […]
On May 10, 2019, the famous YouTube beauty influencer Tati Westbrook posted a 43-minute video that forever changed the course of internet culture. The video was a takedown of Westbrook’s fellow beauty influencer James Charles, who had, until that point, been her close friend. In the video, Westbrook said her feelings were hurt because Charles […]
(WASHINGTON) A soon-to-be released Biden administration report to Congress does not conclude that Israel has violated the terms for its use of U.S. weapons, according to what three people who have been briefed on the national security memorandum to be submitted by Secretary of State Antony Blinken to lawmakers said. All three requested anonymity to […]
The most popular baby names for 2023 have been revealed, with the winners being . For the fifth consecutive year, the names took the top slot. Noah and Emma slid into second place as the second most popular boy and girl names, while Mateo was the only new name to join the top ten list […]
(WASHINGTON) — The rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. has tripled over the last ten years, making them the largest source of stolen guns in the country, an analysis of FBI data by the gun safety group Everytown found. The rate of stolen guns from cars climbed nearly every year and spiked […]
(SANDY, Utah) — Search crews on Friday recovered the bodies of two backcountry skiers who had been swept away and buried in the mountains outside Salt Lake City a day earlier, officials said. The men — 23-year-old Andrew Cameron of Utah and 32-year-old Austin Mallet of Montana — were killed in the snowslide Thursday morning […]
(ST. PETERSBURG, Russia) — A bus veered off a bridge in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, killing seven people, officials said. The Investigative Committee, Russia’s top criminal investigations body, reported the death toll. It did not state how many others were injured, but the emergencies ministry earlier said that six people removed from the bus […]
The Shenandoah County school board voted on Friday to restore the names of Confederate military leaders to a high school and an elementary school, four years after the names had been removed in a reversal that some experts believe may be a first of its kind. Shenandoah County’s school board voted 5-1 to rename Mountain […]
(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) — An unusually strong solar storm headed toward Earth could produce northern lights in the U.S. this weekend and potentially disrupt power and communications. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a rare geomagnetic storm watch — the first in nearly 20 years. That was expected to become a warning Friday night, […]
Almost all of the movies in the Planet of the Apes franchise focus on answering an understandable question: How did this planet become dominated by apes? The Tim Burton remake from 2001 and its infamous remake are about astronauts who are stunned to realize the planet they crash-landed on was Earth all along, and the […]
Gina Moffa’s fear of flying began early. When she was 10, her mother—overwhelmed by bad turbulence on a flight to Italy—climbed to the emergency exit and tried to get out of the plane. A fellow passenger offered her Valium, and a nun onboard prayed the Rosary with her. “And then she was OK,” says Moffa, […]
(UNITED NATIONS) — The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Friday to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and called on the Security Council to favorably reconsider its request to become the 194th member of the United Nations. The 193-member world body approved the Arab and Palestinian-sponsored resolution by a vote of 143-9 with […]
An independent body that provides economic advice to the Indian government published controversial findings in a working paper that critics say could sow discord between Hindus and Muslims during the ongoing parliamentary elections. The paper, titled “Share of religious minorities: A cross-country analysis,” was published on May 7 by the Economic Advisory Council to the […]
One of the joys of watching reality competition shows is seeing new elements, adding new dimensions to the game and offering avenues for new ways of playing. Sometimes, that means new twists: Hidden Immunity Idols were introduced in Season 11 and the “Shot in the Dark” mechanic in Season 41, and both have totally shifted […]
“As journalists, our role is to consider—and include—complexity in our conversations, rather than removing it entirely,” writes Hoda Sherif.
Across the country, college and university students have established Gaza Solidarity Encampments on their campuses to protest what they see as their institutions’ complicity in Israel’s indiscriminate warfare against Gaza, only to be met in some cases with resistance, censorship, and punishment. These encampments can be seen as part of a longstanding American tradition of […]
Police took down a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology early Friday morning and moved to clear protesters from the University of Pennsylvania’s campus in Philadelphia, hours after police used tear gas on protesters and dismantled an encampment at the University of Arizona. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, video showed police walking through the […]