Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm takes questions during a media briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 23, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm violated the STOCK Act at least 9 times last year, by selling shares of stock worth up to $240,000 and failing to disclose those
News Patti Smith, Laurie Anderson, Keanu Reeves to Perform at 2022 Tibet House Benefit Angélique Kidjo, Trey Anastasio, Margo Price, Tenzin Choegyal, the Fiery Furnaces, and more will play at the Philip Glass-curated virtual concert By Madison Bloom January 20, 2022 Facebook Twitter Patti Smith at the 2020 Tibet House US Benefit Concert (Photo by
On the heels of releasing her new album, 30, Adele announced she’ll be hosting a Las Vegas residency from January to April 2022. Titled Weekends with Adele, the exclusive performances will run for 12 weekends at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. You can register for presale tickets starting now until 11:59 p.m. PT on Dec.
The ladies of One Tree Hill are reuniting on-screen. CBS on Thursday revealed Hilarie Burton and Bethany Joy Lenz will join their former co-star Sophia Bush on an upcoming episode of Good Sam. A One Tree Hill reunion is sure to drum up some interest for the freshman drama which premiered earlier this month. Burton
Modern day feminism is a messy endeavor. More than 50 countries have liberalized their abortion laws in the past few decades while Roe v Wade hangs in the balance in the United States. Trans activism is reaching new heights and yet even once-celebrated feminist authors seem to struggle to legitimize trans women’s experiences or accept
A job seeker receives information from a recruiter during a job fair in Miami, Florida, on Dec. 16, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images The number of people filing for unemployment benefits jumped last week to the highest level since October, the Labor Department said Thursday. That may signal a troubling rebound, after claims
Everyone knows that the World Wide Web was invented at CERN in Switzerland, but the technology really began to take off when it reached the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) in California’s Silicon Valley. In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast, the physicist and writer Michael Riordan explains how today’s Web was forged
In this article LAZR Austin Russell, Luminar founder and CEO, with Markus Schäfer, Mercedes-Benz AG chief technology officer at Mercedes-Benz’ Sindelfingen, Germany plant. Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz said Thursday it plans to use lidar technology from Luminar in its next-generation of vehicles, driving shares of the tech start-up 13% higher in trading Thursday morning. As part of
Universal, Blumhouse, Atomic Monster and Divide/Conquer AI thriller M3GAN, starring Allison Williams, will hit theaters on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. Uni already had the date reserved with Warner Bros also having an untitled movie and Sony with J.C. Chandor’s Kraven the Hunter already on that weekend. Directed by Gerard Johnstone (Housebound) with a script by Akela Cooper (Malignant,
SAN FRANCISCO — Mission Space, a Latvian startup focused on space weather monitoring, announced an agreement Jan. 20 to launch a set of high energy particle detectors later this year on a cubesat manufactured by Bulgarian startup EnduroSat. “We tested our detectors in the stratosphere last year,” Ksenia Moskalenko, Mission Space CEO and co-founder, told
A Paris court on Thursday ruled that Twitter must reveal its measures for fighting hate speech, in one of several cases thrashing out whether the French justice system has jurisdiction over the US social media giant. Ireland-based Twitter International had appealed a July decision ordering it to share documents and details about its French moderation
A message for the senate to pass voting rights legislation sponsored by The Declaration for American Democracy, is seen on 3rd Street SW, on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The Senate on Wednesday night blocked a sweeping pair of voting rights bills and stymied proposed changes to
Cardi B‘s announcement she’s covering funeral costs for all the victims of the historically deadly Bronx apartment fire has one man — who lost 5 relatives — calling Cardi an “angel.” Haji Dukuray‘s niece was killed in the blaze, along with her husband and 3 children … and Cardi is making sure he doesn’t have
Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. What you need to know about André Leon Talley is that he contained multitudes. He was as comfortable front row at a couture show as he was on the couch at Watch What Happens Live, as at home in the white-hot
Jennifer Love Hewitt is teasing her upcoming return to 9-1-1. The star took to Instagram earlier this week to share photos and some teasers. “Oh Maddie how I have missed you,” she captioned some photos. “Since you’ve been gone we both have changed. But coming back together feels good,” she added. “See you guys in
When I was driving from Pennsylvania to Atlanta with all of my earthly belongings in my trunk, I stopped overnight in a North Carolina mountain town to split up the trip. Someone told me Boone was beautiful and underrated and it landed about halfway between where I was coming from and where I was going.
Weina Dai Randel burst onto the literary scene a number of years ago with her duology about Empress Wu Zetian, China’s first woman leader. After winning the prestigious Rita Award in 2017 and seeing her novels translated into seven languages, she is back now with a new historical novel set in 1940s Shanghai. Keeping with
In this article AAL An American Airlines passenger jet approaches to land at LAX during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Los Angeles, California, April 7, 2021. Mike Blake | Reuters American Airlines‘ fourth-quarter revenue was slightly ahead of forecasts and its loss was smaller-than-expected, the company said Thursday. “Over the past year,