Politics
Endorsement page for Jay Jones disappears from prominent gun control group's website
A prominent gun control organization's website has pulled down its endorsement page for Jay Jones, the embattled Virginia Democratic…
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The Virtuosic Maternal Freakout of “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” a nerve-shredding dark comedy from the director and screenwriter Mary Bronstein, is the latest and surely…
News
Kate DiCamillo on the Solace of Fairy Tales
When the children’s author Kate DiCamillo was a girl, she would listen over and over to a record of the Brothers Grimm story “The Juniper…
News
The “Unfit” Mothers of Ariana Harwicz
The Argentinean author Ariana Harwicz writes slim books that draw on a slim band of resources, as if she pulled them from a narrow row of…
Business
Will A.I. Trap You in the “Permanent Underclass”?
The “lumpenproletariat,” according to “The Communist Manifesto,” is “the social scum, that passively rotting mass thrown off by the lowest…
News
Johnson quashes hope of standalone bill to pay troops during shutdown
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday he was "open" to a stand-alone bill to ensure active-duty military troops continue to receive pay…
Business
Euro, yen slide for third straight day versus US dollar
The euro and the yen were headed for a third straight daily loss against the US dollar, pressured by political turmoil in France and…
Business
SGX securities trading volume surges 50.8% in September on stronger equities demand
The Singapore Exchange (SGX) reported a 50.8 per cent year-on-year rise in its securities turnover volume, as demand for local equities…
News
Good Luck to Bari Weiss at CBS
The legacy media have lost the trust of the public and are in dire need of reform. Source link
News
Students Are ‘Learning with Their Feet’ — by Shunning Bad Colleges
Students are reshaping the higher education market by abandoning low-ranking schools and low-earning majors. Source link
News
A Musical Indictment of the Harris County Jail in “Criminal”
From the outside, the Harris County Jail might be mistaken for a high-end condo, with walls of windows that overlook the bayou in downtown…
News
Those hyperrealistic videos you're seeing could be fake news — because they're actually AI ads
In a short-form video post, an influencer gets worked up about a television news story from California. The images broadcast behind her…
News
Season 2 Update: Five Years Later
After nearly twenty-three years behind bars, Curtis Flowers was freed, in part due to In the Dark’s reporting. Now he’s back in Winona,…
Business
Australia’s central bank swings to A$11 billion profit, again skips paying dividend to government
Australia’s central bank swung to an accounting profit last financial year on lower bond yields and a depreciating currency, though it…
Business
RBNZ surprises with larger rate cut, sparking currency drop
Growth has been tepid since a deep recession in 2024 despite the the central bank’s aggressive easing cycle New Zealand’s central bank cut…
News
Japan’s New Female Leader Faces Tired Feminist Critiques
The left hasn’t yet overcome its bias against conservative women. Source link
News
The Real Battle of “One Battle After Another”
A first viewing of Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” mainly sets up the pleasure of seeing it again. The movie, which runs…
Politics
National Guard arrives in Illinois as Trump pursues crime crackdown
The first contingent of President Trump's call-up of National Guard troops arrived in Illinois on Tuesday as the administration pushes to…
News
Portland prosecutors drop charges against conservative journalist arrested during anti-ICE protests
Prosecutors in Portland, Oregon, have declined to charge a conservative journalist whose arrest while documenting protests outside of the…
News
Mercedes posts worst quarterly China sales since 2016 as demand crisis deepens
Mercedes-Benz Group’s China sales tumbled 27 per cent in the third quarter to their lowest level in almost a decade as luxury demand in…
Business
StarHub prices S$200 million perpetual securities at 3.35%
Net proceeds from the issue will be used to finance the group’s general corporate funding requirements and investments StarHub has priced…
Business
NetLink opens S$110 million Seletar Central Office to serve northern Singapore
The facility will benefit upcoming developments including the North-South Corridor and 40,000 new homes Internet service provider NetLink…
Politics
Time to Spring Trump’s Tariff Trap
As a condition of ending the shutdown, Democrats should curb the president’s tariff powers. Source link