A celebrated session musician who appeared on a host of classic rock albums, he made his most lasting mark with his contribution to Lou Reed’s most famous song.Herbie Flowers, a prolific British session musician who rode a handful of notes to rock immortality ... More »
When a 10-month-old boy in Gaza was confirmed to have the poliovirus in late August, the discovery spurred an urgent and desperate public health campaign in the region. Amid the bombs and airstrikes that have rocked Gaza for almost a year since the Hamas attac... More »
Thousands of Boeing workers in Washington State and Oregon walked off the job on Friday in the first strike at the plane maker in 16 years.Boeing is facing a strike that threatens to disrupt plane production, after workers overwhelmingly voted to reject a tent... More »
Sen. Jon Tester and businessman Tim Sheehy are in one of the most competitive races in the country, one that could determine which political party controls the Senate. Housing prices have increased 66% in Montana in the last four years, but a lack of wage incr... More »
Richard Pettibone, a painter whose enigmatic work involved copying famed contemporary artworks and then exhibiting these smaller-scale lookalikes, died on August 19 at 86. A representative for New York’s Castelli Gallery, which has shown Pettibone since 1969, ... More »
Ryan Imperio (USA), “Distorted Shadows of the Moon’s Surface Created by an Annular Eclipse.” All images © the photographers, courtesy of Royal Observatory Greenwich, shared with permissionA Brilliant Image of the Solar Eclipse Wins the 2024 Astronomy Photog... More »
Mr. Trump, the largest shareholder in Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social, said he won’t sell the shares when an restriction ends next week.Former President Donald J. Trump said on Friday he would not be selling any shares in his... More »
Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning through Pennsylvania’s conservative interior on Friday, aiming to shave a few percentage points off former President Donald J. Trump’s winning margins in parts of the state where he remains popular.She stopped first ... More »
“We are all incrementalists now.” So writes Ryan Anderson, president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, speaking on behalf of the anti-abortion movement in a new essay for First Things on pro-life politics after Dobbs.That “all” might be an exaggeration, ... More »
Mr. Bankman-Fried, the founder of the collapsed FTX cryptocurrency exchange, was convicted last fall and is serving a 25-year sentence in prison.Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, filed an appeal on Friday, attacking t... More »
From secrets to soda to swingers, Hulu’s new show, “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” is jam-packed with a list of scandals longer than its stars’ hair extensions. The series is fueled by the Mormon women behind #MomTok, a series of dance-based TikTok videos.... More »
Fill in the giveaway information, and you’ll be entered to win a copy of Easy Indian Vegetarian: Delicious recipes for every day by Chetna Makan. (Hamlyn, 2024). (ARV $32.99)Note: You can enter this giveaway one (1) time per e-mail address per day. Deadli... More »