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Norfolk Southern Train Carrying Dangerous Chemicals Derails in Ohio, Putting Residents at Risk
In February 2023, a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed near the town of East Palestine, Ohio. The crash set the train’s cargo ablaze, causing authorities to initiate a controlled burn. However, while this may have been necessary to avoid a catastrophe of epic proportions, it also resulted in harmful chemicals being dispersed into…
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Russia Attacks Infrastructure After Apparent Attempt to Distract Ukraine’s Air Defenses
Russia launched a predawn assault with missiles and drones. The attacks came hours after Moscow floated balloons over Kyiv, in what Ukrainian officials said was a tactic to “confuse” defense systems. Here’s what we’re covering today:
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After Going Gray, Lisa LaFlamme Found Herself the Focus of the Story
Lisa LaFlamme was dismissed after a decades-long TV career, not long after she stopped dyeing her hair, setting off debates across Canada about sexism, ageism and going gray.
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Syria’s Assad Uses Disaster Diplomacy to Inch Back Onto World Stage
“A tragedy for Syrians is a boon for Assad because nobody else wants to manage this mess,” one analyst said of President Bashar al-Assad, who became a global pariah for his regime’s abuses during a civil war.
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Divided Views of Nicola Sturgeon Among Scots Reflect Wider Political Schism
Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation was a moment for voters to take stock of her eight years as first minister and reflect on what may come next.
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Nicola Sturgeon Resigns: What to Know, and What’s Next for Scotland
The decision by Ms. Sturgeon to step down as the country’s leader came as a shock. What is her legacy, and why did she quit?
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Ming Smith’s Poetic Blur Is on Display in MoMA Photographs
This streetlight mystic shows her painterly photography at MoMA in an archive that celebrates long exposures and perceptual improvisation.
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Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey
“Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey” sorely wants a spot in the “so naughty it’s good” category, by showing you what it would look like if Winnie-the-Pooh became a sadistic killer alongside his face-devouring friend, Piglet. This English production, making its way to 1,500 theaters in America this week, aims to take the piss out of one’s…
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Hello Tomorrow! Offers Creative Vision of an Alternate Reality
Remember when “The Jetsons” promised viewers flying cars, robot maids, and communities in the sky? That aesthetic of ‘50s Americana blended with sci-fi contraptions has a unique charm and fascinating storytelling potential. It’s actually a movement called “retrofuturism” that imagines visions of the 21st century as seen by people who didn’t live to see it.…
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Our Bodies Carry the History of Our Worlds: Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese on This Is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection
Spellbinding, impressionistic, and steeped in Sesotho oral traditions, Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s “This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection” imbues its parable of resistance and resilience with a dreamlike spiritual power. As the film begins, smeared images depict Basotho villagers raising a spear against a horse as it struggles to escape its reins. Elsewhere and…
