A Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries.

On the novel’s 50th anniversary, her son, the novelist Christopher Rice, looks at the story behind the story.

Thousands of Asians and Pacific Islanders have already been swept into the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement campaign. In this blog, we look beyond the numbers to understand wh...

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The fiasco of this week’s closure reveals the truth of President Trump’s motivations — and what the arts community stands to lose.

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His sequined gowns and outrageous costumes threw clouds of glitter at American fashion for over half a century.

Debi V. Smith The shitshow I mentioned in the last post continued through the end of the month & I've spent several weeks restoring order little by little because chronic pain. In the midst of all of it, I finally looked into the intermittent screeching our vacuum cleaner was doing when the roller brush was engaged. I did all the troubleshooting I could before finding a shop to see if they could fix it.

The president shared a provocative new look for the next-gen Space Force ’fit.

The civil libertarians’ warnings have come true.

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Peter Cullen, a voice actor who starred as Optimus Prime in "Transformers" and as Eeyore in "Winnie the Pooh," has died at the age of 85.

Alt: Dolly Parton saying, "No matter what you do this year, you're going to be you, and I'm going to be proud of you." She's wearing a hot pink moto jacket, & a necklace of stars with matching drop earrings.

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Reading fiction may strengthen the social skills we use to understand and connect with others.

Key moments: On 1/14/22, Ohio Supreme Court Strikes Down Ohio’s Gerrymandered U.S. Congressional District Map; Ohio Legislature Must Go Back to Drawing Board. Read the press release. On 1/12/22, VICTO...

Debi V. Smith Another month, another round of books. Yesterday, while adding the photos to the post & doing the alt text for them, thoughts were swirling in my head for this & I couldn't get them organized. And now I've forgotten them all. Thanks, ADHD. I'm also doing this as I'm killing some time before I start another task that I can do while getting lunch ready.

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Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.

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Research that used a federal grant to pay for asthma patients to have their gas stoves replaced showed a dramatic fall in asthma attacks. The program was cut short after President Donald Trump took of...

Cubans are inventing ways to survive without fuel or electricity, using solar panels, makeshift generators and batteries to endure a devastating oil blockade imposed by the Trump administration.

As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...

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Tens of thousands of immigrants have received letters to pay up or leave, as the government enlists debt collectors and seizes tax refunds.

The number of people who receive nutrition assistance in Arizona has dropped significantly in a matter of months, and it may be a preview of changes nationwide. Our reporter Jason DeParle traveled to ...

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