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Citizens’ jury backs assisted dying law change
Getty ImagesThe first “citizens’ jury” on assisted dying in England has backed a change in the law to allow people who are terminally ill to end their life. More »
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September 12th, 2024
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How a Cultural Shift Favors Harris
American culture changes with astonishing speed. Nearly every decade, there are shifts in values, fashions and norms — in the whole atmosphere of national life. Sometimes when you’re watching a presidential campaign, it is best to ask: What year is it? What va... More »
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Russia claims start of fightback in Kursk region
Russian defence ministryRussia's defence ministry says its forces have recaptured 10 settlements seized by Ukrainian forces in a surprise incursion in Russia's Kursk border region last month. More »
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Screamin’ Scott Simon, Longtime Sha Na Na Keyboardist, Dies at 75
A mainstay of the rock ’n’ roll nostalgia band, he also wrote the lyrics to “Sandy,” a song heard in the hit film “Grease.”Screamin’ Scott Simon, who as the dynamic keyboardist for the rock ’n’ roll revival act Sha Na Na regularly paid homage to Jerry Lee Lewi... More »
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Sean Combs’s Legal Team Takes His Case to TikTok
As the music mogul faces civil lawsuits alleging sexual misconduct, one of his lawyers is defending him — in the court of social media.The typical playbook for a defense lawyer representing a celebrity facing damaging accusations often features a sharply worde... More »
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The deepfakes of Trump and Biden that you are most likely to fall for
This is a real photo of Joe Biden giving a speechSHAWN THEW/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock People can generally spot when videos of famous politicians giving speeches are actually AI-generated deepfakes. But we have more trouble discerning counterfeits from reality when... More »
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A Soprano Who Despises Encores Interrupts Her Co-Star’s
Angela Gheorghiu drew criticism after she stormed onstage to stop a tenor’s encore during a performance of “Tosca” in Seoul.It was the third act of Puccini’s “Tosca” at a theater in Seoul, and the South Korean tenor Alfred Kim, responding to enthusiastic appla... More »
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Trilobites Had Five Pairs of Head Appendages, New Fossils Show
Based on multiple analytical techniques applied to well-preserved soft-bodied specimens of two trilobite species, the Late Ordovician species Triarthrus eatoni and the Middle Cambrian species Olenoides serratus, paleontologists argue that an additional pair of... More »
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Google Wallet is testing turning passports into digital IDs
Google will beta test a new feature for Google Wallet that can turn US passports into a new form of digital identification. Google announced the new feature on its official blog.Now digital IDs made from passports and state issued IDs can be used as valid form... More »
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TIFF 2024: The Return, Riff Raff, The Friend
With over two hundred films programmed at TIFF, you notice recurring thematic and narrative patterns. For this dispatch of films, Leo Tolstoy’s famed quote from Anna Karenina kept coming to mind: “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in... More »
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TIFF 2024: Shell, Mistress Dispeller, Vice is Broke
You have to feel at least a little bit bad for “Shell,” purely based on timing; this is a mash-up of Hollywood satire and body horror, an exploration of the impossible standards of youth and beauty impressed upon women in general but on actresses in particular... More »
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Anne Lamott has some ideas on getting older in the United States
Enlarge this image Anne Lamott reflects on aging. Sam Lamott/Sam Lamott Sam Lamott/Sam Lamott Getting older has been a... More »