Rostam brought his lovely and inquisitive new album, βAmerican Stories,β to the Ford in Los Angeles on Saturday night. After the show β during which Fleet Foxesβ Robin Pecknold joined Rostam to sing Bob Dylanβs βDonβt Think Twice, Itβs All Rightβ β I caught up with the musician and former Vampire Weekend member for a…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Monday that Democrats will force Republicans to vote on a controversial “weaponization” legal relief fund pushed by President Donald Trump. The fund aimed at compensating victims of what the administration calls “lawfare” has become a political flashpoint on Capitol Hill, sparking rare Republican criticism of Trump from within…
Californiaβs decision to redraw its congressional map to flip as many as five House seats to Democrats in November is poised to play a big and potentially decisive role in the nationβs broader, bare-knuckle fight for control of Congress. Tuesdayβs primary races β where the top two candidates will advance to November runoffs β wonβt…
UCLAβs Megan Grant is just like every other college senior her age. Sure, it might not seem like it from the outside looking in. After all, how can someone who has hit 89 home runs across her college career β one short of the Bruinsβ record β and helped one of softballβs most dynamic offensive…
About a year ago at Erlanger Baroness, the largest hospital in Chattanooga, anesthesia staff noticed that a nurse was slurring his words and struggling to stay awake while on duty in the surgery center, according to a Tennessee Board of Nursing consent order.Β In the days that followed, the nurse failed a drug test and…
Internet culture is showing up in a big way in theaters, as low-budget horror films βBackroomsβ and βObsessionβ led this weekendβs box office and beat out big franchise films like βStar Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu.β A24βs βBackroomsβ topped the charts with $81.5 million in the U.S. and Canada in its opening weekend, according to…
US President Donald Trump waves as he returns to the White House in Washington, DC, on May 31, 2026 after golfing at his Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday lashed out at critics as a potential agreement with Iran remains elusive,…
OBEID, SudanΒ βΒ Its illicit journey begins in the blood-soaked orchards of central Sudan before being spirited to ports across Africa and then to the U.S. and Europe. By the time it ends up in products including M&M, medicines and makeup, few consumers or businesses know theyβre contributing to the worldβs worst humanitarian disaster. Gum arabic, a…
Saint Maryβs has achieved the seemingly unthinkable β the Gaels have eliminated UCLA, the nationβs top-ranked team from the NCAA tournament. With two outs in the 10th inning, Makoa Sniffen drove in Cody Kashimoto on a walk-off single off UCLA reliever Easton Hawk to lift Saint Maryβs to a 6-5 comeback win Sunday in a…
They first made headlines by bolting facial recognition onto Meta’s Ray-Bans to show how easily the technology could identify strangers in the street. Now Anhphu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio have a product of their own: Mira, a $650 pair of AI glasses, with no camera this time, that quietly transcribes and summarises everything, so you…