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How the Hottest Place in India Survives
It’s 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), and it’s only 10 a.m. Welcome to Sri Ganganagar.
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Top Russian General Convicted in High-Profile Corruption Case
Timur Ivanov, a longtime deputy defense minister, was sentenced to 13 years in a penal colony, according to the Russian state news agency Tass.
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A Dispatch From the Bentonville Film Festival
Eleven years ago, Bentonville, Arkansas didn’t even have a theatre, so it was a surprising offer when founding sponsor Walmart approached Academy Award-winning actress and activist Geena Davis to start a film festival. The Bentonville Film Festival (BFF) reflects the advocacy of the Geena Davis Institute, which the actress founded two decades ago as a…
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Short Films in Focus: Q&A with “Living Reality” Director Philip Thompson
Philip Thompson’s “Living Reality” takes viewers on a strange journey through a terrible TV sitcom, where characters recite lines that hack writers think TV characters should say, and a video collage of real moments that contrasts with everything else. When you step back and think about it, what the main character experiences is not dissimilar…
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The Unloved, Part 138: Rebel Moon
As with Michael Bay, I was waiting (if not patiently) for the day Zack Snyder produced something I found essential, and even when it finally happened, it took a while to stagger out. Early reviews of his two-part, Hard R-rated “Star Wars” riff “Rebel Moon” weren’t kind, but rumours of an even more explicit director’s…
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Senate Votes to Allow State A.I. Laws, a Blow to Tech Companies
All but a handful of states have some laws regulating artificial intelligence.
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Social Security Backs Off Listing Living Migrants as Dead
Instead, the agency is flagging as “unverified” the Social Security numbers of thousands of people who lost their temporary legal status.
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Alabama Violated Constitutional Rights of Death Row Inmate, Appeals Court Rules
A federal appellate panel said that Michael Sockwell was eligible to be retried because prosecutors systematically eliminated Black potential jurors at his 1990 murder trial.
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Trump Faces the Biggest Test Yet of His Second-Term Political Power
If President Trump gets his domestic policy bill over the finish line, it will be a vivid demonstration of his continuing hold over the Republican Party.
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Some House Republicans Already Plan to Vote Against Trump’s Policy Bill
To meet the president’s Friday deadline, the speaker will have to corral his party into accepting a bill several have criticized.