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Frédéric Fekkai Accused of Sexual Abuse by Former Jeffrey Epstein Assistant
Jeffrey Epstein’s former assistant Sarah Kellen alleged that she was sexually abused by star hairstylist Frédéric Fekkai, during closed-door testimony before the House Oversight Committee. In her deposition, which...
First Look: Michael Jordan’s Rare Air Jordan 4 Is Coming Back for the Very First Time
One of Nike, Inc.’s most elusive Air Jordan 4 colorways is finally set to return to stores after debuting two decades ago. The Air Jordan 4 Retro Rare Air...
Ashley McBryde Exposes Her Life, Grit in New Album
Ashley McBryde is multilayered. The Arkansas-born country star grew up in a household with a fire-and-brimstone fundamentalist preacher as a father. She got her start in music playing biker...
Designer Debuts Take Flight at TWA Hotel
Summertime is about embracing a more relaxed style, with clothes that look lived-in rather than overly precious, carrying a downtown “cool-kids” attitude.  Across the major houses, a new guard...
Richemont Ends Year on a High, With Double-Digit Sales and Growth Across All Categories, Regions
LONDON – Richemont ended its year on a high with sales climbing 11 percent at constant exchange to 22.4 billion euros in the period ending on March 31. The...
Katie Holmes Shows How to Wear Thong Sandals on the Red Carpet at the American Ballet Theatre’s Spring Gala
Katie Holmes attended the American Ballet Theatre’s 2026 Spring Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on Wednesday in New York City. The actress arrived in a pair of on-trend thong...

World

When Sexual Exploitation Is Fundamental to Police Corruption
None of this will be shocking to anyone who’s lived in an American city crippled by disinvestment and self-dealing—or even to anyone who’s watched a David Simon show on...
Peter Strausfeld, the Movie-Poster Master
Some deserving names, though, are still obscure, and that is why an exhibition at Poster House, on West Twenty-third Street, running until April 12th, is to be welcomed with...
Bistrot Ha Is the Right Kind of Restaurant Evolution
A little more than a year ago, after running a successful pop-up called Ha’s Đặc Biệt, the chefs Sadie Mae Burns and Anthony Ha opened Ha’s Snack Bar, an...
“Love Story” Is a Forgettable Elegy for Gen X
Schlossberg was not by any means alone in shading the Murphy show while it was in production. C.B.K., as she is called, is the love object of a posthumous...
Losing Faith in Atheism
If I was still in search of beliefs, many atheists would object, I hadn’t really gotten over my religious upbringing. A good atheist deals not in faith but in...
“Crime 101” Is an Enjoyably Moody Exercise in Michael Mann Lite
Those qualities bind him, in a spiritual sense, to Lou, who can’t suppress a quiet admiration for the criminal he’s pursuing, and also to Sharon, the insurance broker, who...

Business

Six Bronze Age mines found in Spain may unlock mystery of Scandinavian metal artifacts
The six mines ranged in size, stretching from smaller “extraction areas” to much larger and “substantial mining environments.”Six previously undiscovered Bronze Age mines in southwestern Spain may help explain...
Sydney Horror Crash Rips Rare Ford Falcon GT in Half as Driver Walks Away From Wreckage
Sydney Horror Crash Rips Rare Ford Falcon GT in Half as Driver Walks Away From Wreckage
A legendary Australian muscle car was torn apart in one of the most violent crashes Sydney has seen in years, yet somehow the driver survived.More Stories Like ThisA 1971...
Korean, Egyptian archaeologists find ancient temple gate blocks during restoration work in Luxor
The Ramesseum, located in a necropolis near Luxor, serves as a religious and political record of Pharoah Ramesses II’s reign. It is the second largest temple in Egypt.Korean and...
Nordic, Baltic states reject Russian allegations over drone incidents
Nordic and Baltic ministers on Friday firmly rejected "Russia’s blatant disinformation campaign and false claims," after Moscow alleged that Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were allowing Ukraine to use their...
Samsung workers vote on hefty pay and bonus package
FILE PHOTO - Head of Samsung Electronics Co.'s device solutions division's people team Yeo Myeong-gu (L) and chief of Samsung's largest labor union Choi Seung-ho (R) hold hands with...
After numerous drone incidents, Baltic States want more NATO backing
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania want to press NATO allies for more help with air defence after the latest drone incidents in the Baltic region.The three countries, all members of...

News

Minneapolis Mayor’s Emotional Message to Trump: You Failed to Break Us
In today’s episode, we talk to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey about the latest developments in his city. Donald Trump and border czar Tom Homan have said they’re winding down...
What Today’s Democrats Can Learn From Jesse Jackson
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. Jesse Jackson died this week at age 84....
Rhode Island Hockey Game Shooter Had Nazi Tattoos
The far right is using the murder of a mother and one of her sons to attack transgender people, completely ignoring the fact that the shooter had massive Nazi...
Two-Month-Old Baby in ICE Detention Taken to Hospital
A 2-month-old baby at an ICE detention center in Texas had to be hospitalized late Monday night because a doctor wasn’t available at the facility.Juan Nicolás, held at the...
Civil Rights Groups Sue to Protect Georgia Voter Data Seized by FBI
“I still strongly believe in Trump’s immigration laws about, ‘Let’s get the bad guys out of here.’ You know, they’re murderers, they killed people, they molested people, let’s get...
Trump Blames Popular Black Democrat for Potomac River Sewage Spill
“I still strongly believe in Trump’s immigration laws about, ‘Let’s get the bad guys out of here.’ You know, they’re murderers, they killed people, they molested people, let’s get...

Beauty

RITES targets African markets with in-service diesel loco export push
  “It is a win-win situation. Many of these diesel locomotives have 15 years or more of codal life left, and there is a lot of interest in...
In-Solutions Global secures RBI’s nod across online, physical & Cross-Border Payment Aggregation
In-Solutions Global Ltd (ISG) on Monday announced that it has received regulatory authorisation from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) across all three Payment Aggregator categories - online,...
Regulatory sandboxes necessary to foster AI innovations: IFSCA official
Regulatory sandboxes are necessary to ensure that startups and other players can build things in a controlled environment within the guardrails without stifling innovation, a senior official at...
AI threat to Indian IT stocks? Motilal Oswal explains road head for sector
The sharp 15 per cent month-on-month decline in the Nifty IT Index has rekindled a familiar debate on Dalal Street: Is this downturn cyclical, or does artificial intelligence (AI)...
Religare Enterprises announces demerger to unlock shareholder value
Burman family backed-Religare Enterprises Ltd (REL) has approved a plan to demerge its financial services and insurance businesses into two separately listed entities, in a move aimed at...
22-year-old Indian student found dead days after going missing in US
A 22-year-old Indian postgraduate student who went missing in the US less than a week ago has been found dead, the Indian mission here has said. Saketh...

Celebrity

How Eva Bournakas Balances Motherhood and a Rising Career in Film, Music Videos, and Commercials
In an industry defined by speed, image, and constant reinvention, Eva Bournakas stands out for something quieter yet far more enduring: authenticity. Also known as Evangelea Bournakas, her journey across...
How Jelena Stefanic Is Redefining Opera for Younger Audiences Through the Noctes Aquae Iasae Festival
From the historic town of Varaždin to world renowned stages such as Carnegie Hall, Jelena Stefanic has built an international career defined by authenticity, discipline, and artistic depth. Often described...
Taking Chances and Building Legacy: How September Summers Is Redefining Modern Media Entrepreneurship
September Summers is an Australian-born media personality, entrepreneur, and founder whose career reflects both bold reinvention and strategic foresight. Rising from the Gold Coast’s famed Glitter Strip, she first built...
Tina Ambani may appear before ED on Tuesday in money laundering case
Tina Ambani, former actor and wife of Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani, is expected to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday for questioning in a money-laundering...
Iran meets UN nuclear watchdog in Geneva ahead of second round of US talks
Iran's top diplomat met with the head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency on Monday, ahead of a second round of negotiations with the United States over Tehran's...
AI integration in road, transport can help avoid accidents: MoRTH official
There is a lot of scope for AI integration in the road and transport industry to help avoid accidents and check issues of vehicular pollution, a government official...

Culture

Marketing Agencies Fail For Three Simple Reasons
It still shocks me that you need a license to cut hair or deliver milk in the U.S., yet no license is required to manage hundreds of millions in...
Stop Selling Hype, Start Serving Real Value
Too many agencies try to sell smoke. They pitch gimmicks, hide behind shiny cars, and talk about secret sauces. The truth is simple: if you aren’t the best fit...
Stop Funding Problems Start Fueling Proven Strengths
I’ve built and sold companies, scaled brands fast, and learned a hard lesson: throwing money at problems doesn’t fix them. It just hides them until the cash runs dry....
The 5 mindset shifts that make sustainable growth actually possible
If you’ve been building for more than a few months, you’ve probably felt the tension between speed and stability. You want growth, but not the kind that burns you...
Marketing Works When You Master Three Basics
I’ve scaled and advised thousands of brands, and one truth keeps winning. Marketing only works when you nail three basics: awareness, nurturing, and trust. Skip one, and growth stalls....
5 books successful startup founders recommend again and again
If you spend enough time around founders, you start noticing something interesting. The most successful entrepreneurs rarely recommend books about becoming rich fast or hacking productivity. Instead, they return...

Style

Cote and the Risks of the Clubstaurant
The restaurateur Simon Kim opened Cote in the Flatiron district, in 2017, with an alluring conceit: a marriage of two of the great beef-worshipping restaurant genres, the Korean-barbecue joint...
How Raghu Rai Captured an India in Transition
That picture, “Burial of an Unknown Child,” became the defining image of the disaster, a depiction of tragedy so viscerally infused with loss that, even today, it appears on...
Why Is It So Hard to Be Ordinary?
Society as a whole is shaped by the relentless pursuit of excellence in every domain. Cars and houses get bigger and bigger. Grades inflate forever. Kids join travel teams,...
The Fear Driving “Well, I’ll Let You Go” and “Othello”
Like the recent Broadway play “Little Bear Ridge Road,” “Well, I’ll Let You Go” is a portrait of people living in isolation, their walls up—a situation ripe for an...
Why the Best Writing Advice Is Often the Weirdest
In a talk on the “art of rough drafting,” George Saunders, the Phil Jackson of writing teachers, says he’s learned, through writing and revision, that “there is a mind...
The Glories of Cannes Are Upon Us
As ever, Gray uses personal dramas to illuminate larger political realities. In the coming-of-age film “Armageddon Time,” he drew a direct connection from the racist policies of the Reagan...

Fashion

Waymo suspends all freeway rides over safety
Waymo said that it’s pausing its robotaxi services on freeways in the U.S. as it updates its software to improve performance around construction zones and flooded roads.Before the suspension,...
Another California tech company lays off thousands, citing AI
The layoffs bludgeoning the tech industry continued this week as artificial intelligence reshapes the industry.Mountain View-based Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, on Wednesday said it was laying off 17%...
Dogfight over California: The ugly battle between electric air taxi leaders Joby and Archer
Two California companies at the front of the global race to bring battery-powered air taxis to the public are trying to trip each other up in court. While Joby...
Disney accused of misusing facial recognition technology
A visitor has filed a $5-million lawsuit against Disneyland for allegedly failing to properly disclose the use of facial-recognition technology at park and collecting sensitive data on guests.Summer Christine...
Online retailer Shein to acquire San Francisco-based Everlane
Shein, one of the largest fast-fashion retailers in the world, is set to acquire the “quiet luxury” apparel brand Everlane, media reports said. Shein will buy Everlane from majority...
Jury rejects Elon Musk’s lawsuit, sides with OpenAI in bitter feud over AI future
A federal jury sided with OpenAI and its top executives on Monday in a feud with Elon Musk, who accused them of betraying a shared vision for it to...