5 years later: Mayor Brandon Scott's promises vs. progress in Baltimore
BALTIMORE — Five years after unveiling an ambitious blueprint for Baltimore’s future, Mayor Brandon Scott is ... Read More
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OpenAI skeptics ask Calif. AG Bonta to investigate execs' ties to semiconductor company
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Advocacy coalition EyesOnOpenAI is asking Attorney General Rob Bonta to investigate a recent contract between OpenAI and semiconductor company Cerebras Systems that the group says bolsters its earlier...Read more
Jacob Elordi's Nate dies 'horrific' death on 'Euphoria'
Jacob Elordi has finally broken free from the clutches of “Euphoria,” now that his character, the once-tyrannical Nate Jacobs, bit the big one during this weekend’s penultimate episode — or rather, was fatally ...Read more
'Broadview Six' case in rare waters as defense says US attorney had 'personal contact' with grand jury
CHICAGO — An attorney for the “Broadview Six” protesters told a federal judge Tuesday he has “reason to believe” that U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros had personal contact with the grand jury and asked federal ...Read more
A Dodge Viper successor? We got a peek at the new Copperhead sports car
DETROIT -- For about 25 years, the Dodge Viper stood at the pinnacle of the brand's lineup as a ridiculous V-10-powered muscle car fused with sleek sports car styling.
Now, the brand is planning to bring back something ...Read more
NJ Rep. Tom Kean Jr. breaks mysterious silence amid long 'medical' absence
N.J. Rep. Tom Kean Jr. has broken his mysterious silence amid a nearly three month-long absence over an unexplained “medical” issue.
The embattled Republican scion of one of the Garden State’s most famed political ...Read more
New on DVD: Have a dam good time with Pixar's 'Hoppers'
An original story from the famed animation studio tops the DVD releases for the week of May 26.
"Hoppers": An action-comedy about an eco-activist who goes undercover as a beaver to save her favorite nature spot. Featuring...Read more
At long last, Los Angeles Philharmonic names its next music director
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Philharmonic announced Tuesday that it has named Daniel Harding the orchestra's 12th music director, ending three years of intense speculation over the orchestra's future after Gustavo ...Read more
'What's your problem?' Russell Crowe defends tense exchange with fans
Russell Crowe has defended his brusque exchange with fans outside a hotel after a video of the encounter went viral.
The Gladiator star, 62, was filmed interacting with autograph hunters who approached him as he exited a ...Read more
Mariska Hargitay 'changed' after reliving her painful past
Mariska Hargitay "changed" her "nervous system" by re-examining the death of her mother Jayne Mansfield.
The Law and Order: Special Victims Unit star, 62, looked back on the loss of the actress in her 2025 documentary, My...Read more
Sir Paul McCartney compares Taylor Swift to the Beatles
Sir Paul McCartney has compared Taylor Swift's "worldwide fame" to the fan frenzy of Beatlemania.
The Beatles legend has given his thoughts on the Opalite singer's career so far and admitted he can see a "parallel" ...Read more
List of DVD release dates for May 26 and beyond
Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change:
MAY
26: Sentimental Value
26: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
26: Agent Zero
26: Dreams
26: Heel
26: The Ugly
26: ...Read more
US and Iran clash near Hormuz as talks go 'back and forth'
U.S. and Iranian forces clashed near the Strait of Hormuz overnight, highlighting the tension between the two sides even as they tout progress toward an interim peace deal.
The exchange of strikes came hours after U.S. ...Read more
Review: 'Spider-Noir' remixes Spider-Man into a Humphrey Bogart-like superhero
The endlessly exploitable Spider-Man is back in "Spider-Noir," a retro tale set in a recognizable New York in an inconsistent 1933 (to judge by a preponderance of cultural referents). There is a comic-book precedent for ...Read more
Putin steps up Kyiv missile strikes seeking momentum in war
With the battlefield largely at a stalemate, Russia is ramping up ballistic missile attacks on Ukraine to try to regain the strategic initiative by overwhelming air defenses and demoralizing its population.
The threat of ...Read more
'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War' review: Small win for Krasinski, crew
It’s a jump from the small screen to … the small screen.
Prime Video’s “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” series — which ran for four seasons and centered on John Krasinski’s version of prolific author Clancy’s ...Read more
How natural selection helps design antennas, cancer treatments and adhesives
NASA had a big – and little – problem. For a small satellite, the agency needed a tiny antenna, with very specific communication capabilities and very strict limits on size and weight. The agency gave the problem to...Read more
The US is seeing stronger storms, so why are droughts getting worse?
About two-thirds of the U.S. is in some stage of drought in late spring 2026, yet at the same time the country has been seeing more intense downpours. It might seem contradictory, but both are symptoms of rising global ...Read more
California’s salmon fishery is reopening after a population crash and 3-year closure, but that doesn’t mean all is well
Along the California coast, from Bodega Bay to Morro Bay, commercial fishing boats have started pulling in salmon for the first time in three years, and local salmon are once again appearing on restaurant menus and in ...Read more
From the San Luis Valley to Vail, Latino labor powers every sector of Colorado’s economy
In Colorado, a national debate about the role of Latinos in American society has deep roots in the state’s history, current identity — and future.
I’m a professor of ethnic studies at Colorado State ...Read more
How states’ moves to call abortion drugs ‘controlled substances’ can make childbirth more dangerous and interfere with legal, safe and necessary healthcare
The number of abortions in the U.S. rose by 21% between 2020 and 2025 – despite the fact that 20 states have passed laws banning or severely restricting abortion care, overturned the constitutional right to abortion.<...Read more
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