In a sterile Bristol Myers Squibb lab about an hour north of Boston, scientists in scrubs and hairnets transfer living cells to a 2,000-liter stainless steel bioreactor that grows them for weeks. The goal is to produce proteins that are genetically engineered to attack cells that cause disease. Tiny variations in heat, light or pH…
An American commentator for Russian television who was indicted during the Biden administration as part of an effort to combat Moscow’s propaganda filed a legal motion on Monday to dismiss the charges on First Amendment grounds. Dimitri K. Simes, who was an adviser to Donald J. Trump’s first presidential campaign, and his wife, Anastasia Simes,…
Celeste Wang, 20, from Belmont, Calif., said: “A lot of people use it as a proxy for saying they disagree with some of the ways you live your life. Even silly things like me carrying a water bottle around school has become a ha-ha.” Preanka Narenthiren, a 19-year-old from Toronto, agreed. “I think that everyone…
American Idol entered its Taylor Swift era on Sunday night (April 27), with the remaining contestants taking on songs from Taylor Swift’s catalog for the show’s first episode dedicated entirely to the pop superstar. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The theme night featured seven contestants performing tracks spanning Swift’s career, from early country…
The 1850s have been called the American Renaissance, the decade when distinctive new voices emerged in prose and poetry. The great works were remarkably concentrated: from The Scarlet Letter (1850) to Moby-Dick (1851), to Walden (1854), to Leaves of Grass (1855). In her seminal 1846 essay on American literature in the New York Tribune, Margaret Fuller had called…
Underscores has announced a 2026 UK and European tour, as well as an upgrade to the previously-announced North American tour due to demand for tickets. The Hyperpop musician, real name April Harper Grey, will be touring in support of third album ‘U’, released last month. Beginning in late October, the UK and European leg of…
Superstars perform “Permission to Dance” and “Magic Shop” as surprise song encore as stadium trek comes stateside After concerts in Seoul and Tokyo, BTS brought their Arirang World Tour to North America on Saturday with the first of three sold-out nights at Tampa, Florida’s Raymond James Stadium. The superstars’ set list didn’t deviate too far…
The real value of this odd little memoir is not his dissent, but that it offers us something more unique: the story of a staff officer who labors in a war he never witnesses. He knows almost nothing of it, and indeed never sees combat. He spends all but a few hours of his tour…
Rights advocates have accused the Trump administration of using third-country deportations to intimidate asylum seekers and migrants. Published On 22 Apr 202622 Apr 2026 Fifteen South American migrants and asylum seekers recently deported from the United States to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) say they are facing pressure to return to their countries…
Shorouk Express Dual-national American readers across Europe say they would give up their US passports to stay European if they were forced to, with many citing political disillusionment, fears for safety, and the feeling of belonging to their adopted country. On December 1st 2025, Republican Senator Bernie Moreno of Ohio introduced the “Exclusive Citizenship Act…
