TOKYO — Handing down a name over generations is a central part of the Japanese traditional theater art of Kabuki, and that ceremony gets celebrated at theaters and special events every few years. Now, the ritual is taking place with the eighth Kikugoro, who is having that honor passed down from his 83-year-old father, the…
It was a moment playing golf that anyone and everyone looks forward to celebrating. Jake Norr, a junior at Palisades High, made a hole in one earlier this week at Woodley Lakes Golf Course. It was part of a nine-hole round that left him six-under-par and stamped himself as the favorite to win the City…
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has updated the charter of a key federal vaccine advisory committee in ways that may increase the voices of anti-vaccine activists, the latest in a series of moves that critics say are undermining confidence in life-saving shots. The changes published Thursday come after a recent legal defeat that has at…
When you get up out of a chair, your blood pressure instantly increases to compensate for the movement and keep you from fainting. For decades researchers thought neurons called baroreceptors in arteries controlled this process by signaling the sudden drop in blood pressure to the brain, which then issues orders to constrict blood vessels. Some…
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Jonah Hill Talks Cancel Culture Jonah Hill has a new movie out, and it’s all about cancel culture in Hollywood. The Outcome, which came out on Apple TV today, stars Keanu Reeves as a beloved Hollywood icon named Reef Hawk, who is forced to confront his past after a bizarre video threatens to end his…
Being a Bundesliga fan can sometimes involve hefty contradictions from one domestic weekend to the next European club midweek. If you’re not a Bayern Munich follower, then you tend to regularly bemoan the success of Germany‘s Rekordmeister and invoke concepts such as Bayern-Dusel (Bayern luck) and the inevitable Bayern-Bonus (alleged preferential treatment from referees). Then…
US public lands will “pay the price” of a drive by Donald Trump’s officials to restructure the agency that oversees them, union leaders have warned, accusing the administration of forcing workers to decide whether to relocate or resign. All regional offices of the US Forest Service, which manages 78m hectares (193m acres) of land –…
The Trump administration is calling on young adult gamers to join the federal workforce and become air traffic controllers as the country seeks to improve its air travel. The Department of Transportation (DOT) unveiled a new campaign on Friday morning through social media, targeting those who play video games as part of a push to…
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. With the 2025-26 NBA regular season coming to a close, a number of players are making decisions about next season. One of those players is Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies. Although he’s the…
