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Venezuelan Politician Living in Exile in the US is Detained by ICE
Carlos Roberto García, an ex-mayor opposed to the Maduro regime, fled Venezuela in 2017. He faces deportation to a country with a long history of punishing political dissidents.
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Amid Fallout From Epstein Files, Dubai’s DP World Boss Is Replaced
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem was credited with turning the state-backed DP World into a global logistics powerhouse. He was recently identified in correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein.
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Love and Monsters: Three Films to Enjoy on Valentine’s Day
Why has horror and romance complemented one another so seamlessly since the dawn of storytelling? It can be scary to put one’s heart on the line, especially when falling for someone whom you don’t know in their entirety. They could be Prince Charming—or a blood-sucking vampire—or, most frighteningly, both. With Valentine’s Day coming up, I’d…
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Willing Participants: Harry Lighton and Harry Melling on “Pillion”
In a Valentine’s Day season where Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” seems the go-to date night movie for most couples, along comes A24 with some curiously fitting counterprogramming: Writer/director Harry Lighton‘s brazen, thorny, but deceptively sweet kink romance “Pillion.” Described as a “dom-com” in most of the studio’s marketing materials, “Pillion” charts the furtive romance between…
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We Give It Absolutely Everything: James Van Der Beek (1977-2026)
James Van Der Beek often felt like he was fleeing the ghost of Dawson Leery. As with so many actors who become known for playing teen heartthrobs, that breakthrough role sometimes felt like it defined Van Der Beek, who died this week after a two-year battle with colorectal cancer. He occasionally found ways to disrupt…
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Elephant Bone in Spain May Be Proof of Hannibal’s Tanks With Trunks
Archaeologists say a 2,200-year-old specimen is the first direct evidence of how the Carthaginian war machine used the giant mammals in the Punic Wars.
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Restaurants Say ICE Presence Imperils Business
In several cities where immigrants are being detained, owners say they’re struggling to stay open as fear keeps customers and workers from leaving home.
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Homeland Security Demands Social Media Sites Reveal Names Behind Anti-ICE Posts
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said.
