Venezuela moves to restructure debt amid economic recovery push
For years, they have stood unfinished across Venezuela like monuments to collapse: abandoned bridges rising from rivers to... Read More
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Matthew Rhys has 'heated' rows over strangers' phone use
Matthew Rhys has got into "heated" rows with strangers over their refusal to use headphones in public.
The Americans actor - who lives in Brooklyn, New York, with partner Keri Russell, their nine-year-old son Sam, and her...Read more
Chelsea Handler is NOT in a relationship
Chelsea Handler is "dabbling" but isn't in a serious relationship.
The 51-year-old comic revealed earlier this year that she was dating a guy she had met in a Las Vegas casino, but she's now suggested things are not as ...Read more
James Franco not 'hiding out'
James Franco has insisted he hasn't been "hiding out" in the wake of his sexual misconduct scandal.
The Pineapple Express actor has largely been out of the spotlight since he settled a lawsuit in 2021 after being accused ...Read more
Hilary Duff 'done' with having children
Hilary Duff has suggested she is "done" with having children.
The 38-year-old singer-and-actress - who has son Luca, 14, from her marriage to Mike Comrie, and daughters Banks, seven, Mae, five, and Townes, two, with ...Read more
China's Xi, warning of a clash, tells Trump: 'We must make it work'
BEIJING — An extraordinary display of power and precision along Tiananmen Square greeted President Donald Trump in Beijing on Thursday, kicking off a two-day summit with particularly high stakes for the Americans.
It ...Read more
Chris Jones: Who will love Chicago's old Blackstone Theatre?
CHICAGO — “‘A Raisin in the Sun’ is a remarkable play,” Tribune critic Claudia Cassidy wrote in the winter of 1959, “acted to the Blackstone hilt of its warm heart, its proud backbone and its quicksilver ...Read more
Hantavirus strikes a cruise ship: A 'perfect storm' or a warning sign?
The voyage was marketed for explorers eager to venture to "the edges of the map," from Antarctica to some of the most remote islands in the world.
It would be a tantalizing trip for tourists with an appetite for adventure...Read more
Another Californian was exposed to hantavirus in deadly cruise ship outbreak, officials announce
LOS ANGELES — Health officials have identified another California resident who was exposed to the deadly hantavirus strain that spread on a Dutch cruise ship and killed three people.
This brings the total count of ...Read more
Jeremy Culhane wraps up a viral first season on 'Saturday Night Live'
FORT WORTH, Texas — Jeremy Culhane was studying abroad in Scotland, writing an economics research paper at 3 a.m., when he concluded, “I’m gonna die if I keep on having to do this, I think I’d rather do comedy.” ...Read more
California Gov. Gavin Newsom offers early peek at rosy budget projections
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hours before Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to present his budget plan on Thursday, his office released new projections of a $16.5-billion state revenue windfall over three years and offered a rosy ...Read more
Starmer rival Streeting quits, setting up UK leadership bid
Wes Streeting resigned as Keir Starmer’s health secretary, paving the way for him to challenge the U.K. prime minister for his job.
“It is now clear that you will not lead the Labour Party into the next general ...Read more
The 16 movies we're most excited to see this summer
LOS ANGELES — Not every summer movie needs to be a mystery that unfolds hallway after hallway, with a creature hiding around every corner ready to pop out. But maybe the best one is: A24's “Backrooms,” opening May 29...Read more
Xi's threat to Trump cements Taiwan as top risk to US-China ties
After Xi Jinping regaled Donald Trump with goose-stepping soldiers and flag-waving children, the Chinese leader’s warning that Taiwan could lead to “clashes” between the superpowers amounted to a thunderclap in the ...Read more
Robert Lloyd: Jane Wickline is 'SNL's' most polarizing player. That's what makes her special
Why do I love Jane Wickline? Why might you? I won't say "should" because comedy is funny that way. (Ha ha.) Humor resonates with something individual, possibly innate and probably inexplicable inside each of us; our sense ...Read more
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson disagreed about the American Revolution’s meaning even as they lay dying
Like Americans today, the people living in the United States in 1826 were preparing to celebrate a milestone for their country. July Fourth of that year marked the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence....Read more
Why a growing number of Trump supporters are experiencing voter’s remorse
In recent months, some prominent conservatives and erstwhile allies of President Donald Trump – former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and journalist Megyn Kelly, for example – have voiced their displeasure with ...Read more
Is AI really ‘writing’? From a priestess to philosophers, ancient authors would have said ‘no’
I teach writing and rhetoric, but my college students and I often overlook a surprisingly complicated question: What is writing?
And can artificial intelligence really do it?
Many people think of “...Read more
A ‘super El Niño?’ Why it’s too early to forecast one with certainty, but not too soon to prepare
Talk of a “super El Niño” developing in 2026 is gaining momentum, with concerns rising that this climate pattern could bring extreme rainfall, heat, drought and destructive flooding around the world.
The ...Read more
Julia Louis-Dreyfus breaks down 'awkward' Stephen Colbert kiss on the Late Show
Julia Louis-Dreyfus felt "so awkward" kissing Stephen Colbert with their partners backstage.
The 65-year-old star made her final appearance on her friend's Late Show one week before it comes to an end, and she joked she ...Read more
Paris Jackson celebrates victory in Michael Jackson estate dispute
Paris Jackson is celebrating a victory in her long-running legal battle against the executors of father Michael Jackson's estate.
The 28-year-old musician has accused John Branca and John McClain of making business ...Read more
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