When I tell people I have a job facilitating book clubs, the first response is almost always, “That’s a job?” Boy, is it. I work for a company that employs people like me: writers with doctorates, a need for cash and very few marketable skills. Most of my book clubs are made up of women…
There is a clear gap between Scottie Scheffler and the rest of the 2026 Masters field, according to oddsmakers. Scheffler, a two-time Masters champion and the No. 1 ranked player in the world, is the +550 favorite in the latest 2026 Masters odds. Scheffler has racked up 20 career victories on the PGA Tour and…
A harrowing recent ProPublica report tells the stories of two Black women in Florida who were forced to have cesarean sections despite clearly stating they didn’t want them – a reminder that medical coercion is alive and well in the American healthcare system. In the case of Cherise Doyley, the state had filed an emergency…
Along the shores of the shrinking Salton Sea, desert winds regularly kick up dust and send it drifting through nearby neighborhoods. New research indicates that living there may affect kids’ lungs. Scientists from the University of Southern California tested the lung capacity of 369 children between the ages of 10 and 12 for about two…
“Cactus Pears” (Sabar Bonda), the Marathi-language drama that made history at Sundance as the first Indian fiction feature to win the World Cinema Dramatic grand jury prize, will open in U.K. and Ireland cinemas on June 19, in a release led by producers Neeraj Churi of Lotus Visual Productions and Kaushik Ray of Taran Tantra…
KOLKATA: Lucknow Super Giants’ Aiden Markram isn’t the kind of a batter who will go out there and start smacking sixes. He goes about his job without much flourish but delivers what is required. Excerpts from a conversation with South Africa’s white-ball captain… LSG have three players who have led their national sides in you,…
The mass drowning of emperor penguin chicks as sea ice is melted by the climate crisis has led the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to declare the species officially in danger of extinction. Emperor penguins rely on “fast” ice – sea ice that is firmly attached to the coast – for nine months…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The son of a former top-level Iranian official, who acted as the spokesperson for hostage takers occupying Tehran’s U.S. Embassy in 1979, is yet another relative of Iran’s hard-lined Islamist regime caught living a comfortable and affluent Western lifestyle in Los Angeles. Petitioners have been calling for…
EXCLUSIVE: Appian Way has signed on as an exec producer on Snow Leopard Sisters. The feature doc premiered at SXSW and follows snow leopard conservationist Tshiring Lhamu Lama as she mentors 17-year-old Tenzin Bhuti Gurung. Set against the backdrop of an isolated corner of the Himalayas, the film is billed as a story of an…
A man has been banned from attending football games for three years after racially abusing players following a match. John Phipps, 45, of Slad Road in Stroud, was overheard shouting at players after the Swindon Town match at the County Ground against Doncaster Rovers on 19 October 2024, a game marked by the club to…
