Musicians have been left out of settlements between major record labels and AI companies, a new lawsuit alleges. The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM), which has 70,000 members, said Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group βreceived significant compensationβ from the AI companies for past copyright violations and licensed…
President Donald Trump speaks before signing executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House on September 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images A federal judge on Monday vacated President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee for employers’ H-1B visa applications. The policy implementing the large fees on high-skilled worker visas violated…
The shuttle of the Iran World Cup team between Mexico and the United States took root Sunday in Tijuana with an accessory. The players arrived in Tijuana wearing gold-colored lapel pins on their jackets acknowledging victims of a missile strike on an elementary school that took place Feb. 28 at the outset of the war…
Thereβs no crying in baseball, but Kim Ng works in softball now. And as commissioner of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League, the former Dodgers assistant general manager has been fielding lots of tearful feedback from fans overcome by the fact that softball players finally, finally have a big league of their own. βI canβt even…
βAlice and Steve,β a marvelous six-part British comedy coming Monday to Hulu, gives us Nicola Walker and Jemaine Clement as the titular longtime best friends whose lives are turned inside out when Steve begins dating Aliceβs daughter, Izzy (Yali Topol Margalith). Sheβs 26, and heβs βa 50-year-old man, and thatβs when Iβm rounding down.β Creator…
A view of streets as daily life continues amid fragile ceasefire in Tehran, Iran on May 12, 2026, as geopolitical tensions rise following recent statements from the United States. Fatemeh Bahrami | Anadolu | Getty Images Iran’s military has ceased strikes against Israel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told CNBC on Monday, but Tehran warned…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ A relentless push by President Trump to reshape Washingtonβs cityscape is facing mounting resistance, threatening a slate of transformative monuments intended to cement his legacy in the nationβs capital. Eager to see his projects completed before leaving office, Trump has responded to growing legal and political obstacles by pushing ahead, attempting to force approvals through…
Katie Stith, the softball coach at JSerra High, can finally take a bow and become the most famous Stith in the family β at least for a couple weeks. Imagine being the daughter of legendary club softball coach Mike Stith (OC Batbusters), then going into coaching. Katie did just that and has earned the spotlight…
It was a strange year on Broadway, but then itβs been strange everywhere. Our world at times seems downright unrecognizable, with politicians acting like mob bosses, AI transforming not just the internet but potentially the entire economy, the cost of living leaving only the super rich able to keep up, and I wonβt even mention…
President Donald Trump hands a pen to Senior White House Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence Sriram Krishnan after signing an executive order while U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) (2nd L) and Commerce Secretary Howard look on in the Oval Office of the White House on Dec. 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. The executive order curbs…