Gene Shalit, the fast-talking funnyman who reviewed films, plays and books for NBCβs βTodayβ show has died. He was 100. Shalitβs family confirmed the longtime criticβs death Friday, telling NBC that he βpassed away peacefully after 100 years of an amazing life.β According to a 2010 interview with Guy Ludwig, Shalitβs producer for more than…
Workers erect scaffolding at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, June 12, 2026. Andrew Leyden | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s name must come off the facade of the Kennedy Center in Washington by Friday night, as a federal appeals court rejected a last-minute bid to block a lower-court judge’s…
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore signs related to topics such as climate change, slavery and Indigenous and LGBTQ+ history that were removed under an executive order to purge language at national parks that allegedly cast America in a negative light. The order has prompted the removal of mentions of President…
Dodgers and Rams head team physician Neal ElAttrache was questioned by Major League Baseball investigators Friday following a detailed report by the New York Times that the renowned surgeon and sports medicine expert supported the therapeutic use of performance-enhancing drugs by UFC star Conor McGregor. MLB spoke with ElAttrache, according to a person familiar with…
A senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry has said that a test took place two years ago involving fully autonomous drones set to destroy anything in a given area, with confirmed casualties, according to a report in New Scientist. Speaking on FRANCE 24, Mariarosaria Taddeo, Professor of Digital Ethics and Defence Technologies at the…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> David Hockney, the towering English artist who made Los Angeles his home, created many pieces that epitomized the cityβs sun-drenched landscapes filled with glittering pools, rolling hills and lush foliage. Here are five of his best. βMulholland Drive: The Road To The Studio,β 1980. At more than 7 feet tall and 20 feet…
President Donald Trump on Friday insisted that the terms of a war-ending deal that have been circulating in Iranian state media “have NOTHING to do with the terms that were agreed to, in writing.” Iran’s Mehr News Agency had reported that a draft deal includes a commitment from the U.S. to lift oil sanctions and…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ A year after the Trump administration kicked off its aggressive immigration enforcement tour with military-style raids across greater Los Angeles, federal officials have veered toward a less flashy but broader strategy: making immigrantsβ lives harder so they will leave. The changes range in scale and scope, from disqualifying immigrants from certain jobs to indefinitely pausing…
In many ways, the most ambitious World Cup in history β which kicked off Thursday in Mexico City β has inspired more angst than anticipation, more fear than fervor. The competition, returning to North America for the first time in more than three decades, has expanded to 48 teams and 104 matches, to be played…
What to do after writing some of this centuryβs most devastating songs about the torment of breaking up? Write some of this centuryβs most devastating songs about the ecstasy of getting together. With her first two albums β 2021βs Grammy-winning βSourβ and 2023βs triple-platinum βGutsβ β Olivia Rodrigo proved herself to be perhaps the most…