This week Time published a story about a 13-year-old girl in Mississippi who, thanks to the state’s new abortion ban, was forced to give birth shortly before entering seventh grade.The story highlights how increasingly challenging it has become to obtain an ab... More »
In a forthcoming interview, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he supports a ban on congressional stock trading, and cites his experience as a House member.“I was a congressman for three terms,” the Republican presidential candidate tells CNBC’s Brian Sullivan, ac... More »
From 11h agoUkraine’s city of Odesa has endured another night of Russian drone and missile attacks, the latest of which have left at least three people injured, according to local officials.The governor of the region on the Black Sea said falling rocket fragme... More »
An airstrike on a busy town square in Ethiopia’s Amhara region has killed at least 26 people, in the latest instance of violence in Ethiopia’s second-biggest state, where militia have been fighting the army.The attack occurred in the early hours of Sunday morn... More »
French politicians have interrupted their holidays to wade into a national debate – described in one newspaper headline as “absurd” – after a singer criticised the massively popular 1980s hit Les Lacs du Connemara (Lakes of Connemara).The political song and da... More »
Howling Pelle Almqvist, singerWhen we were five or six we had a band at home in Sweden called Stallion. The logo was our drawing of two amplifiers connected. Niklas [Almqwist, brother] and our neighbour had got drums and guitars for Christmas. I didn’t get an ... More »
“If someone asked me about my wedding, the first thing that would come to my mind would be the bathroom,” says Karen Whitehouse. It is not the answer most people would give, but most people haven’t had the misfortune to find poop on the floor of the women’s lo... More »
The founders of Blum & Poe, a market heavyweight based in Los Angeles, are splitting up after nearly 30 years running the gallery together.Jeff Poe is set to depart the gallery after founding it with Tim Blum in 1994, leaving the latter in charge of the ... More »
Clarence Avant was gruff. He was, by all accounts, foul-mouthed and plain-spoken. But he lived a life that was about opening doors, finding talent, making connections, striking deals, solving problems and getting people the money they were worth. Avant took ca... More »
In its first season, Hulu’s “Taste the Nation With Padma Lakshmi” set itself apart from other food travel shows by exploring immigrant cuisines throughout the U.S. Before that, Lakshmi could “count on one hand” the times she’d interviewed people in any serious... More »
FEC disclosures show Rep. William R. Timmons IV, R-S.C., has made the most repayments — $554,000 — of any member of Congress since the election cycle began on Nov. 9. But Simmons reported loaning his campaign $500,000 on Nov. 28 and then repaying himself $525,... More »