Critic’s Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 4.5 Tension, intrigue, and a heavy dose of action are front and center on NCIS Season 22 Episode 1. Would we expect anything less? Torres is undercover and missing, Jess is holding a priest hostage (yes, a priest!), and there’s a new deputy director — but it’s not who you
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day is an opportunity to recognize the diversity and contributions of Native Americans throughout U.S. history, an alternative to the overly simplistic and mythologized narrative of Columbus Day. This year in particular, indigenous authors have published eclectic, riveting new literary works. From witty romantic comedies to gory thrillers to ultramodern poetry collections, the
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Shares of Trump Media closed up more than 18% on Monday, extending the Truth Social owner’s dramatic recovery from recent stock price lows and adding hundreds of millions of dollars to Donald Trump‘s on-paper net worth. The recent DJT surge came as multiple online election betting markets appeared to show betting odds shifting in Trump’s favor, after weeks
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[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the NCIS: Origins series premiere “Enter Sandman.”] Going into NCIS: Origins, we knew that we’d be hearing Mark Harmon‘s voice as he narrated the prequel story of his character, now played by Austin Stowell. But a nice surprise was Harmon appearing onscreen in the series premiere. Harmon sitting by
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(L to R) Joel Kinnaman and Sandra Mae Frank in ‘The Silent Hour’. Photo: Paramount Pictures. Opening in limited release on October 11th, ‘The Silent Hour’ is proof that one intriguing element is no guarantee that a thriller won’t turn out to be rote and mostly bland despite a decent cast. It’s even more surprising
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Shibuya, a Tokyo district of seemingly perpetual redevelopment and shimmering skyscrapers crammed with offices, shops and eateries; the sort of place that makes it is easy to forget that poverty exists in Japan. Perhaps an ideal location for a screening of The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japan, a documentary that
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has wrapped up a one-year pilot project exploring outsourcing satellite communications services to private companies, but the long-term future of such arrangements remains unclear. Under the pilot, the Army selected satellite operators Intelsat and SES to provide “satcom as a managed service,” a model where the provider handles all satellite
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The Tibetan plateau Nicolas Marino/mauritius images GmbH/Alamy Climate change is raising winter temperatures faster than those of summer, especially in high-altitude areas. This “asymmetric” warming could spell trouble for the vast amount of carbon stored in soils there by altering microbial activity more than expected. The planet’s soils store more carbon than any ecosystem other
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People vote on the first day of Virginia’s in-person early voting at Long Bridge Park Aquatics and Fitness Center on September 20, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia.  Andrew Harnik | Getty Images A federal appeals court has fast-tracked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s case challenging the right of the event exchange Kalshi to offer U.S. political
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