Are Europe and America headed for divorce?
The US military commitment to Europe is fraying — but the two sides remain locked in an unhappy marriage for now
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US supreme court reinstates Texas electoral map favoring Republicans | Texas
The US supreme court formally reinstated on Monday a redrawn Texas electoral map that was designed to add more Republicans to the US House of Representatives, as Donald Trump’s party seeks to keep control of Congress in the November congressional elections. The move by the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, formalizes an interim…
Giant arctic continent launched dinosaurs to world domination
Dinosaurs could survive in cold conditions, as illustrated by Beipiaosaurus, a feathered dinosaur that lived between 127 and 121 million years ago MARK P. WITTON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The Arctic was once home to a landmass three times the size of Antarctica. About 200 million years ago, it helped cause a cold spell that lasted for…
The Best Jeans That Lift Your Butt and Define Your Shape
Booty-lifting jeans have quickly become one of the most in-demand denim trends—and for good reason. Designed to sculpt, support, and subtly enhance your shape, these styles offer a flattering upgrade from traditional denim that can sometimes fall flat. For anyone dealing with sagging fits, a lack of definition, or jeans that just don’t deliver from…
American Airlines to Sell $1.14 Billion in Bonds for 32 Planes
American Airlines Group Inc. on Monday is selling $1.14 billion of bonds financing a group of planes.
Lebanon Latest: Israel’s deadly attacks amid ceasefire breaches
Israeli airstrikes hit southern Lebanon as ceasefire falters, killing at least 14 and forcing new displacement.
Iran has a proposal on the Strait of Hormuz, but it doesn’t address their nuclear program
Iran is offering to reopen the key waterway, according to anonymous sources. Iran offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz without addressing its nuclear program, officials with knowledge of the proposal said Monday.
Cool as a cucumber: man calmly ate salad as press dinner shooting unfolded | White House correspondents’ dinner shooting
A guest at the White House correspondents’ dinner retained his table manners and was spotted calmly tucking into his salad course on Saturday, soon after gunfire rang out and heavily armed Secret Service agents swarmed into the ballroom of the Washington Hilton hotel. A video clip captured Michael Glantz, a senior talent agent with the…
‘Waltons,’ ‘Scare Jessica to Death’ Actor Was 90
Mariclare Costello, a lifetime member of The Actors Studio who recurred as the schoolteacher Rosemary Hunter on The Waltons and played a hippie vampire in the cult horror film Let’s Scare Jessica to Death, died April 17 in Brooklyn, her family announced. She was 90. A native of Illinois, Costello was an original member of…
The Man Behind AlphaGo Thinks AI Is Taking the Wrong Path
David Silver gave the world its very first glimpse of superintelligence. In 2016, an AI program he developed at Google DeepMind, AlphaGo, taught itself to play the famously difficult game of Go with a kind of mastery that went far beyond mimicry. Silver has since founded his own company, Ineffable Intelligence, that aims to build…