The Department of Homeland Security is investigating a sophisticated network of scammers who target people caught in immigration proceedings, bilking them of their savings and causing some to be deported, following a ProPublica report that complaints of such fraud doubled under the second administration of President Donald Trump. Homeland Security Investigations, the subagency known for…
Just like in many parts of life, making a film is a team effort. And so is putting together the lineup of a big film festival. Just ask Karel Och, the artistic director of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF). “I don’t think I’ve ever used a singular whenever I talk about the selection,…
Four members of the designated foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua (TdA), Keiber Jaen Martinez, also known as “Keybe,” Samuel Gonzalez Castro, also known as “Klei” and “Kley,” Eferson Morillo-Gomez, also known as “Jefferson,” and “Efe Trebol,” and Keineyer Ibarra-Mujica, also known as “Keiner” each pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote…
As the U.S. remains at war with Iran, the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2027 budget request has raised the prospect of a significant increase in the monthly stipend paid out to troops in regions that put them at risk of taking hostile fire or other job-related dangers. As first reported by Stars and Stripes, Army and…
Next came a brief transition, during which Joshua Henry—who currently stars in Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Ragtime—read an excerpt from “I Sing the Body Electric” by Walt Whitman, before the closing act: a performance by Stevie Nicks. NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 04: Stevie Nicks performs onstage during the 2026 Met Gala celebrating…
Saturday Night Live returns for its final run of season 51 episodes with a press conference held by “the man, the myth, the liability” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (Colin Jost). He angrily “dogwalks” the dweeby members of the press pool over questions about his mistaking a Pulp Fiction quote for a real verse from…
Two major fault systems along North America’s West Coast, the Cascadia subduction zone and the San Andreas fault, may be more closely connected than previously believed. A new study suggests that activity on one fault could trigger earthquakes on the other, raising the possibility of closely timed seismic events. “We’re used to hearing the ‘Big…
The U.S. Air Force plans to more than double its F-15EX Eagle II fleet to 267 aircraft, up from the previously planned 129, as part of the fiscal 2027 budget request rolled out this week. The revised plan calls for 24 additional Eagle IIs next year at a cost of roughly $3 billion, according to…
Leigh: O’Brien, Towse, Senior, Hughes, Charnley, Cook, Lam; Ofahengaue, Pape, Mulhern, Halton, Alick-Wiencke, Liu Interchanges: Brogan, Trout, McNamara, Horne Huddersfield: Evalds, Douglas, Gagai, Zenon, Swift, Clune, Lolohea; Rogers, Woolford, Patolo, O’Donnell, Rushton, Powell Interchanges: Milne, King, Cozza, Russell Referee: Marcus Griffiths Source: www.bbc.com
RAYE’s career arc is better than any tale told in a Disney film. Born and raised in London, the singer and songwriter is a former BRIT School student and nominee for BBC Music’s Sound award, an identifier of the next big thing. Then, she landed a record deal with Polydor, a frustrating era that boiled…
