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Atlantic Reads: Screen People With Megan Garber
On Wednesday, May 6, staff writer Megan Garber will sit down with The Atlantic’s executive editor, Adrienne LaFrance, to discuss Garber’s new book, Screen People: How We Entertained Ourselves Into a State of Emergency. Garber offers an eye-opening account of how today’s internet-inflected culture conditions us to see one another not as people but as
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Nodding to ‘Jaws,’ ‘Widow’s Bay’ casts a shadow on an island with strange happenings
In “Widow’s Bay,” premiering Wednesday on Apple TV, Matthew Rhys plays Tom Loftis, the mayor of a town on an island 40 miles off the coast of New England. At first, we don’t quite know when we are — the TV sets are cathode ray, the phones are landlines and a cigarette machine sits in
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Florida Republican latest to announce retirement from Congress ahead of midterms
Rep. Dan Webster (R-FL) announced that he would not seek another term in Congress this year. Webster, who has served three terms, revealed his retirement in a statement on Tuesday. “After much prayerful consideration and discussion with my beloved wife Sandy, I have decided not to seek re-election to the United States House of Representatives,”
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Trump Says Americans Have ‘No Closer Friends Than the British’ as Ice Thaws During Royal Visit
President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony held for King Charles III and Queen Camilla on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 28, 2026. —Kevin Dietsch—Getty Images President Donald Trump championed the “special relationship” between the U.K. and U.S. as he hosted King Charles III and Queen Camilla at
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Check your mirrors: CHP announces 1-day crackdown on speeding drivers
The California Highway Patrol is cracking down on speeders on the state’s roads between Tuesday and Wednesday morning, the agency announced. The enforcement period started at 6 a.m. Tuesday and ends at 5:59 p.m. Wednesday, according to a CHP news release. Officers will pull over vehicles that are speeding or driving unsafely, officials said. “Speeding
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Photographer captures ‘awkward’ Trump moment: ‘Patted the first lady on the tooshie’
Amid the widely publicized White House visit Tuesday by England’s King Charles III, one photographer captured a remarkable moment on camera, one that appeared to show President Donald Trump, as one CBS News reporter put it, patting “the first lady on the tooshie.” “Trump patted the first lady on the tooshie during [the] arrival ceremony
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California Dems gives middle finger to pro-lifers with plot to let nurses take over late-term abortions
A controversial California bill that would significantly expand who can perform abortions — and at what stage of pregnancy — is advancing through the state legislature after clearing a key committee along party lines. Assembly Bill 1973, introduced by Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and coauthored by Assemblymember Dawn Pellerin, passed out of committeelast week and now
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Ukraine says it shot down 33,000 Russian drones in March, a monthly record
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine used interceptor systems to shoot down more than 33,000 Russian drones of various types in March, a record monthly figure since Moscow launched its all-out invasion more than four years ago, Ukraine’s defense minister claimed. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s domestically developed long-range attack drones struck a Russian oil refinery and terminal on the Black Sea
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Renee Good’s killer remains on duty in another state as FBI probe grinds to a halt: report
An immigration officer who shot and killed Renee Good has reportedly been quietly reassigned to another job as the federal probe in her death has seemingly ground to a halt. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross, 43, has been quietly relocated to a different state and allowed to resume work three months after fatally
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Steve Maslow, Oscar-Winning Sound Mixer on ‘Empire Strikes Back’ and ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark,’ Dies at 81
Steve Maslow, the acclaimed sound mixer who won Academy Awards for “The Empire Strikes Back,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “Speed,” has died at 81, his friends and family said Tuesday. Known to friends and colleagues as “Maz,” Maslow died Monday in West Hills following a long battle with cancer, his wife, Ronna Maslow