Miroslaw Chojecki, Solidarity’s ‘Minister of Smuggling,’ Dies at 76
First in Warsaw and later from Paris, he supplied anti-Communist activists in Poland with steady stream of leaflets, newsletters and banned books.
First in Warsaw and later from Paris, he supplied anti-Communist activists in Poland with steady stream of leaflets, newsletters and banned books.
Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. For millions of Americans, Thanksgiving is simply not Thanksgiving without turkey. The bird is native to North America. And yet by the middle of last century, the most likely place to find one was on the dinner table. A combination of…
The holidays have a way of sneaking up on us. One minute you’re trick-or-treating with your kids, and the next you’re panic shopping in a Buc-ee’s gift aisle. But it doesn’t have to be that way. With the right cheat sheet, you can keep the holiday spirit high and stress levels low. Fortunately, we did…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Lakers guard Austin Reaves drives to the hoop as Clippers center Ivica Zubac defends in the second half at Crypto.com Arena. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) The Lakers locked up their spot in the NBA Cup quarterfinals, but there are still meaningful Cup games to be played. With a 3-0 record in West…
Lights, camera, mirrorball: Yes, Robert Irwin has won the coveted Mirrorball Trophy! The Aussie star and his dance partner Witney Carson have been named Dancing With The Stars champions in a nail-biting finale. Irwin and Carson teared up as they accepted the trophy, with Irwin taking the mic for a short victory speech. Watch the…
A papal video message appeared before a crowd of hundreds, as Guilherme Peixoto, a priest who doubles as an electronic D.J., put on a show.
This weekend, Andrej Karpathy, the former director of AI at Tesla and a founding member of OpenAI, decided he wanted to read a book. But he did not want to read it alone. He wanted to read it accompanied by a committee of artificial intelligences, each offering its own perspective, critiquing the others, and eventually…
26 November 2025 Charlie Heaton had to “grow up very fast” as a “young father”. Charlie Heaton became a dad at 20 The Stranger Things actor was just 20 years old when he and his former Comanechi bandmate Akiko Matsuura welcomed son Archie into the world, and the 31-year-old star admitted having a child made…
Alaina GetzenbergNov 25, 2025, 04:28 PM ET Close Alaina Getzenberg covers the Buffalo Bills for ESPN. She joined ESPN in 2021. Alaina was previously a beat reporter for the Charlotte Observer and has also worked for CBS Sports and the Dallas Morning News. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. BUFFALO, N.Y….
Five ways to preserve imagination, morale, and momentum through fear and uncertainty.