A flesh-eating parasitic fly that poses a major threat to livestock has returned to the United States after 60 years. This week, the US Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence of New World screwworm in a calf in southern Texas. Eliminated in the US in 1966 and as far south as Panama by 2006, its … Read more
It’s Broadway’s time to shine Sunday when the 79th Tony Awards take New York City. Broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall, the night promises plenty of onstage drama and hopefully some real-life intrigue. The number of new Broadway productions this year — 30 — shrunk from last year’s 42, but there are still some … Read more
Anthony Head, who died on June 5 at the age of 72, is being honored by his “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” co-stars. Head first appeared in the show’s pilot as Rupert Giles, the titular character Buffy’s Watcher and mentor. Giles also worked as the Sunnydale High School librarian, and was a main cast member for … Read more
President Donald Trump’s missing Twitter messages add to a brewing scandal over his administration’s defiance of the Presidential Records Act, a law that requires the retention of federal records and communications. And the missing messages are likely to fuel concerns that Trump and his allies may hoard or destroy documents in violation of the law. … Read more
“60 Minutes” is done shedding correspondents — at least for now. Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and Jon Wertheim announced on Friday that they’re staying at the storied news program after a tumultuous few weeks. Four “60 Minutes” correspondents have left or been fired as Bari Weiss, the top editor at CBS News, remakes the organization. … Read more
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — President Trump said Friday that he wants Bill Pulte, his new acting director of national intelligence, to cut the office, which has already been significantly scaled back during his second term. Trump noted that the size of the office has been “way too high for way too long” and that “if he … Read more
SpaceX has lined up another compute deal ahead of its historic IPO, this time with Google. The company announced the deal in a regulatory filing on Friday. Under the terms of the deal, Google will pay SpaceX $920 million per month from October 2026 through June 2029 for access to “approximately 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs, CPUs, … Read more
Beginning last week, waves of protesters taking part in nation-wide strikes gathered on the streets of Nairobi to demand the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum reduce its state-controlled fuel price. What initially began as a labor initiative soon grew into violent demonstrations, pitting thousands of protesters against Kenyan police officers, who fired live ammunition on … Read more
Anyone who has been a new parent knows it’s not easy to do on your own — it really does take a village. And in the latest season of “The Four Seasons,” which returned to Netflix last week, Ginny, played by Erika Henningsen, finds her village as she navigates single parenthood after the sudden death … Read more
Marilyn Manson lost his latest bid Friday to shut down a sexual assault lawsuit brought by his former assistant. A California judge refused to toss or trim the claims in Ashley Walters’ third amended complaint, five months after he revived the case under a new California law that gives older sexual assault claims a two-year … Read more
When far-right influencer Nick Shirley posted a viral video in January alleging fraud at Minnesota daycares, he showed his 1.6 million followers on X something else too: a gray hoodie emblazoned with the Polymarket logo. Polymarket had made other appearances in the 24-year-old’s content, like in a series of man-on-the-street interviews about the “current state … Read more
First Assistant U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli on Friday morning said his office “has multiple election fraud investigations underway,” in coordination with the FBI in Los Angeles. Essayli’s remarks, posted to X, seemed to be in response to President Trump alleging in his own social media post late Wednesday that Democrats in California were “cheating” in … Read more
There are dozens of LED hair growth gadgets on the market, ranging from a $50 product on AliExpress that’s been ’shopped onto a model to comically bad effect, to the $2,500 Capillus Spectrum, which boasts an aggressive array of laser diodes. Contrary to what I would have suspected, women are actually the current dominant consumer … Read more
Call “Scary Movie” lazy, dumb and offensive. It would enthusiastically agree. The lowbrow horror parody thrives on shtick about weed, race and genitalia. The only thing that scares it is high expectations. But amid the rampant stupidity of the first “Scary Movie,” released in 2000, original director Keenen Ivory Wayans discovered two major talents: Regina … Read more
It was anything but June gloom when the Gotham Television Awards kicked off the month in New York City. Winners and honorees included Chase Infiniti, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kerry Washington, “I Love LA” and “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette.” In London, Variety launched its London edition of Power of Women with Cynthia … Read more