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‘It’s Been Awful’ by Isaiah Rashad ★★★ Isaiah Rashad’s new top-20 album is “as concise a statement about men in rap struggling with their sexuality as has ever been made,” said Mosi Reeves in Rolling Stone. Rashad, a longtime labelmate …

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Russian forces last month lost more territory to Ukraine than they were able to capture. The first of such occurrences in nearly two years, this marks an ignominious milestone and potential turning point in Moscow’s years-long invasion effort. At the …

The magic of the movies is how many people first discovered the martial arts, a loosely related set of hand-to-hand combat practices, most closely associated with China, which have diffused across most of the world. This rich tradition has been …

This week’s question: Residents of an Atlanta neighborhood have been besieged by dozens of empty, self-driving Waymo cars that drive aimlessly around cul-de-sacs on dead-end streets, especially early in the morning. In seven or fewer words, come up with a …

Years of drought and growing demand have taken their toll on the Colorado River, which supplies water and hydropower to 40 million people in seven Western states. Now the moment of crisis has arrived. The river is “on the brink …

‘Can geoengineering avert a climate catastrophe?’ Anjana Ahuja at the Financial Times Researchers have “floated the idea of building a dam across the Bering Strait,” which “could help to stabilize ocean currents crucial for regulating the climate,” says Anjana Ahuja. …

What happened Republican candidates endorsed by President Donald Trump won or advanced in primaries Tuesday night in Georgia, Alabama and Kentucky, and unseated Trump’s top target of the night, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.). A seven-term libertarian-leaning lawmaker, Massie had angered …

What happened President Donald Trump’s controversial agreement with the Justice Department to set up a $1.8 billion fund for alleged “weaponization” victims was quietly expanded Tuesday to permanently bar the IRS from auditing Trump or his businesses. The one-page addendum, …

What happened The Senate on Tuesday voted 50-47 to advance legislation that would halt the Iran war unless President Donald Trump obtained authorization from Congress. A trickle of Republicans began supporting the war powers resolutions over seven previous votes, and …

Britain’s hospitals, schools and homes will need to be fitted with air conditioning to deal with expected rises in global heating, the government’s climate advisers have said. With temperatures forecast to exceed 40C in all parts of the UK by …

Rising Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are ringing alarm bells across a region still scarred by previous outbreaks of the highly contagious viral disease. The World Health Organization has declared a “public health emergency of international …

Many questioned whether Pep Guardiola could hack it in the rough and tumble of the Premier League when he became Manchester City’s manager a decade ago. Could his brand of beautiful “tiki-taka” football, refined in Barcelona and developed at Bayern …

People across Europe were enraptured when the potential bones of the soldier Count d’Artagnan — the inspiration for the legendary fourth musketeer from Alexandre Dumas’ iconic 1844 novel, “The Three Musketeers” — were unearthed in the Netherlands in March. But …

Those who want to send weapons through snail mail may soon have an option, as the U.S. Postal Service is considering a proposal to allow people to ship handguns. Doing so has been illegal for nearly a century. Some firearm …

When you have questions, AI is an easy place to turn for immediate answers. People are increasingly leveraging the variety of artificial intelligence platforms available for guidance in an area that can often feel complicated and confusing to navigate alone: …

Ted Turner made television news a pervasive presence. Before he started the first 24-hour cable news channel, the Cable News Network, in 1980, Americans got their news from the three major networks’ 6:30 p.m. broadcasts. By 7 p.m., Turner said, …

The Trump administration has “pulled a 180” on AI oversight, said Tina Nguyen in The Verge. For most of his second term, President Trump has been a vocal champion of the artificial intelligence industry. Heeding the advice of his AI …

Sometimes one is just not enough. That is the conclusion many people are drawing when it comes to their sources of income amid ever-increasing economic uncertainty. In a growing trend known as income stacking particularly popular among Gen Z, people …

‘The world cannot afford to fail women, children and adolescents’ Cyril Ramaphosa and Pedro Sánchez at Al Jazeera In “too many parts of the world, giving birth still comes with more fear than hope,” say South African President Cyril Ramaphosa …

The redistricting battles are over for now, and Republicans won. But Democrats might still have a path to recapturing the House in November’s midterm elections. President Donald Trump “succeeded in tilting the playing field to the GOP’s advantage” by pushing …

What happened The Justice Department on Monday announced a $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” for “victims of lawfare and weaponization,” potentially including those who participated in the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021. The fund is part of a settlement …

What happened Three men were killed Monday at San Diego’s largest mosque and the two teenage suspects were later found dead of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds in a car nearby, officials said. One of the victims was a guard at …

What happened A federal jury in California on Monday rejected Elon Musk’s high-profile lawsuit against OpenAI and its leaders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, because he had not filed it within the statute of limitations. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez …

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Wes Streeting has dropped the “bombshell” that he’d like Britain to “one day” rejoin the European Union, said The Times. The former health secretary and Labour leadership hopeful has “put the Europe question firmly back on the political agenda”. However, …

The sound of typing has been the background hum of office work for a century and half. But now it’s all about whispers. After years of bashing typewriters, then tapping keyboards, desk-bound employees are, in ever-increasing numbers, murmuring to AI …

Just days after he waved goodbye to Donald Trump, Xi Jinping is hosting another world leader, a man the famously opaque Chinese leader has described as his “best friend”. Vladimir Putin arrives in Beijing today for the two-day summit, their …

Conservatives have long sought to go after alleged racial biases in hiring, and now they have found their latest target: The Florida attorney general sent the National Football League investigative subpoenas over potential civil rights violations with its hiring practices. …

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Hearing that a “sought-after” London dealer was offering an “international” and “decadent” product that customers must pay for “by weight” may ring alarm bells for some, said Elizabeth Paton in the Financial Times. Yet, for the “initiated”, procuring “delicious and …

Ukraine in recent months has slowed Russia’s invasion to a near-halt and forced Moscow to ramp up its own security measures. Kyiv’s homegrown drone technology and techniques are now in demand around the world. These accomplishments have come despite diminished …

‘Class warfare is smoldering in America — and it’s about to catch fire’ Austin Sarat at The Hill In April, an arsonist “set fire to a warehouse used by a major corporation in Los Angeles,” which “should be a wake-up call …

Students’ reading test scores have been on the decline since the mid-2010s, and the pandemic made recovery that much more difficult. The proliferations of screens, student absenteeism and a push away from phonics-based teaching are likely contributors to the reduction …

What happened Democrats were left scrambling last week after a back-to-back set of redistricting losses narrowed their odds of taking back the House in November, with the Supreme Court clearing the way for Alabama Republicans to redraw the state’s electoral …

No one should panic, but this is “certainly a worrying chain of events,” said Tara C. Smith in MS.now. Two weeks ago, news broke that three people aboard the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius had died of suspected hantavirus, a …