Meet the musician who taught Timothée Chalamet to play guitar like Bob Dylan
He’s not a movie buff, so New York musician Larry Saltzman doesn’t always watch the Oscars. This year, however, he’s got a ...
Mass crackdowns see thousands of scam center workers waiting in Myanmar for repatriation
A new crackdown on online scam centers has led to over 7,000 people from around the world being held in a Myanmar border town awaiting repatriation, and those helping them ...
iPhone bug that could suggest replacing ‘racist’ with ‘Trump’ is getting fixed
Apple is fixing a bug within the dictation feature on some iPhones that briefly suggests the word “Trump” when a word with an R consonant is spoken, including “racist.” ...
Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s ‘Far from Home,’ a ‘fervent’ call for bipartisanship, to be published in June
One of the few remaining Republicans in Congress to openly clash with President Donald Trump has a book out this summer. Sen.
A court in Bosnia sentences separatist Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik to 1 year in prison
A court in Bosnia on Wednesday sentenced Milorad Dodik, the pro-Russia Bosnian Serb president, to one year in prison and banned him from engaging in politics ...
NYC Mayor Eric Adams claims prosecutorial misconduct, asking judge to dismiss criminal case
New York City Mayor Eric Adams asked a federal judge to toss out the corruption case against him Wednesday, alleging ...
The Latest: House GOP pushes ‘big’ budget resolution to passage
With a push from President Donald Trump, House Republicans have sent a GOP budget blueprint to passage, a step toward delivering Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” The bill includes $4.5 trillion in ...
US and Ukraine have agreed on a preliminary economic deal, Ukraine’s prime minister says
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Wednesday that Ukraine and the United States have reached preliminary agreement on a broad economic deal that includes U.S. access ...
What is Ramadan and how do Muslims observe the Islamic holy month?
Observant Muslims the world over will soon be united in a ritual of daily fasting from dawn to sunset as the Islamic holy ...
American Airlines flight discontinues landing to avoid departing plane at Washington National
An American Airlines plane arriving at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport discontinued its landing, performing a go-around at an air traffic controller’s instruction ...
The US Christian population has declined for years. A new survey shows that drop leveling off
The number of Americans who identify as Christian has declined steadily for years, but that drop shows signs of slowing, according to a new survey Wednesday from the Pew Research ...
An opera based on Melville’s masterpiece, ‘Moby-Dick,’ docks at the Met
When Leonard Foglia was invited to direct an opera based on Herman Melville’s masterpiece about a white whale, his first reaction was: “Moby-Dick. That’s great!” “Then I ran to a used bookstore ...