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Iran war renews concerns about the lasting toll of traumatic brain injuries to US troops
WASHINGTON — When Joe Shearer was a Marine fighting in Iraq, a blast from an enemy mortar round knocked him down and made him vomit. He got up and kept going despite a searing headache. When a roadside bomb struck his Humvee convoy months later, the explosion’s shock wave swept through his body before headaches and sleeplessness…
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The FOMO of not seeing The Odyssey in 70 mm IMAX
In late July, Universal and IMAX extended 70 mm IMAX showings of The Odyssey through mid-September. In New York City, these screenings basically sold out immediately, save for a few seats in the front row. People trekked to AMC Lincoln Square 13 — one of only 25 theaters in the US, 41 in the entire…
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Trump hands ally $150M in ‘corrupt’ courtroom contract ensnarling kids: critics
A small Houston-based law firm with ties to the Trump administration is reportedly set to receive a $150 million no-bid federal contract to provide legal representation for unaccompanied migrant children — a move that has one Democratic lawmaker crying “corruption.” The Office of Refugee Resettlement intends to award the profitable contract to Burke Law Group,…
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Biohacker Bryan Johnson has his girlfriend’s ‘valuable’ menstrual blood in the freezer — here’s why
Forget love letters. Bryan Johnson is saving something a little more personal from Kate Tolo. The tech entrepreneur turned biohacker has built a following by turning his quest to cheat death into a social media spectacle, documenting everything from his bodily functions to bedroom habits in pursuit of longevity. His girlfriend is increasingly becoming part…
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What’s the Status of Trump’s Border Wall? A Key Campaign Promise, Over a Decade On
President Donald Trump participates in a ceremony commemorating the 200th mile of border wall at the international border with Mexico in San Luis, Arizona, on June 23, 2020. —Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images More than a decade after President Donald Trump pledged to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border in what became a defining rallying cry…
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Rights groups accuse Israel of targeting and killing Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil
BEIRUT — Global and Lebanese rights groups on Thursday accused Israel of intentionally targeting and killing Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil earlier this year and obstructing medical workers from reaching her as she lay critically wounded. Khalil, a longtime correspondent for Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar in southern Lebanon, was killed in an Israeli strike in April in the village…
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Trump judge blocks financial disclosure order to protect the president’s ‘brand’
A Trump-appointed judge shielded President Donald Trump’s business finances Wednesday, blocking a court order that had threatened to expose records from more than 400 companies. U.S. District Judge Roy Altman granted the emergency stay in Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC. The stay blocks Trump’s trust from having to hand over tax returns,…
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Tori Spelling speaks out after abrupt exit from ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ rewatch podcast with Jennie Garth
Tori Spelling isn’t ready to “speak [her] truth” on her abrupt exit from the “9021OMG” podcast. The actress addressed her headline-making exit from her and co-star Jennie Garth’s “Beverly Hills, 90210” rewatch show during an Instagram Live with their former co-star Brian Austin Green on Thursday. Spelling told social media users she wants to break…
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‘Rescue mission’ underway to avoid another embarrassing Trump endorsement face-plant
President Donald Trump suffered an embarrassing election humiliation this week, and GOP insiders are worried another is on the way. On Tuesday, Navy veteran Amir Hassan lost his bid to be the Republican nominee for Michigan’s 8th Congressional District, losing to a candidate who suspended his campaign in July despite Trump boosting Hassan. According to…
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Connectivity Is Spoiling Camp
The first time I went to sleepaway camp, I was 10 years old. When I returned home, a month later, my mom opened my footlocker to help me unpack. On top was a tray of my belongings—flashlight, lanyard, marksmanship badge, a few items of clothing, and a stack of letters my parents had mailed to…