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'I didn't want it to end.' Why director Todd Phillips came back with another 'Joker'
After his 2019 Oscar-winning film Joker, director Todd Phillips knew he wanted to do more with the character — and with Joaquin Phoenix, who played the title role. The film centers on Arthur Fleck, a troubled man with a history of mental health problems, who eventually becomes Batman's archnemesis.
Octopuses and fish share leadership — and enforcement — in group hunting
The Red Sea, sandwiched between northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, is teeming with life, including octopuses and more than a thousand species of fish. Every day, the goal of these creatures is the same. “Anything that is smaller than them and can fit their mouth, they’re going to try...
Stylish Olympic shooter Kim Yeji got an acting gig. She plays an assassin, of course
South Korean pistol shooter Kim Yeji, who won a silver medal and the internet’s adoration at the Summer Olympics, has landed her first acting role. She will play an assassin, a fitting gig for the athlete whose icy attitude has already earned her comparisons to action heroes like James Bond and John Wick.
Crime in the U.S. fell in 2023, FBI data show
Crime overall in the U.S. fell in 2023 compared to a year earlier, with significant decreases in murder and rape, according to new FBI data released Monday. The statistics, published in the FBI’s Summary of Crime in the Nation 2023 report, show a continued downward trend in crime across the country after it surged during the coronavirus pandemic.
Pennsylvania college investigates swim team after racial slur is carved on student
A student at Gettysburg College in southern Pennsylvania has left the school after a campus investigation found the student responsible for etching a racial slur across another student's chest during a social gathering earlier this month. Gettysburg College told NPR on Monday the student was no longer enrolled but declined...
Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Powers plunges deep into the ocean in 'Playground'
"If you want to make something smarter, teach it to play," remarks a trailblazing oceanographer in Richard Powers' Playground. Evelyne Beaulieu is one of several brilliant characters in the novel who eagerly approach their work every day with the excitement of "a babe in Toyland." During decades exploring the ocean floor and playing "hide-and-seek with octopuses and tag with pygmy seahorses," the Montreal-born diver feels as if she's been "set loose in the greatest playground any child had ever seen." But she is also concerned by the changes she's witnessed over the years — including reefs and species that have been decimated.
Riding the ebb and flow of dance music, Jamie xx found his place again
Nine long years have passed since Jamie xx put out one of the most acclaimed electronic dance albums of the 2010s, but In Colour finally has a successor. The English producer's new album, In Waves, was partly inspired by Jamie’s experience isolating during the COVID-19 pandemic. “A lot of...
A third of former NFL players surveyed believe they have CTE, researchers find
One-third of former professional football players reported in a new survey that they believe they have the degenerative brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. The research, published Monday in the medical journal JAMA Neurology, represents one of the broadest surveys to date of former NFL players' perception...
The 'alpaca' haircut teenage boys and young men are obsessed with — explained
Teenage boys have a new hair style obsession. You’ve probably seen a variation of the “alpaca” cut, as some are calling it, on the likes of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, internet personality Jake Paul and pop megastar Bad Bunny. The look can vary, of course,...
Lebanon raises the death toll from Israeli strikes to 356
BEIRUT — Fighting has escalated at the Israeli-Lebanese border, as Israeli strikes killed more than 350 people largely in southern Lebanon on Monday, according to Lebanese health authorities, in one of the deadliest days of nearly a year of conflict in the region. Analysts say the operation marks the...
Israel's strikes in Lebanon kill more than 270 people, Lebanese officials say
BEIRUT — Fighting has escalated at the Israeli-Lebanese border, as Israeli strikes killed more than 270 people largely in southern Lebanon on Monday, according to Lebanese health authorities, in one of the deadliest days of nearly a year of conflict in the region. Lebanon's Health Ministry put the latest...
Israel's strikes in Lebanon kill more than 180 people, Lebanese officials say
BEIRUT — Fighting has escalated at the Israeli-Lebanese border, as Israeli strikes killed. people largely in southern Lebanon on Monday, according to Lebanese health authorities, in one of the deadliest days of nearly a year of conflict in the region. Lebanon's Health Ministry says children, women and health care...
U.S. proposes ban on Chinese auto parts so cars 'can't be used against us'
The U.S. Commerce Department proposed Monday a national security ban on certain Chinese and Russian-made car parts from U.S. roads starting in 2027. The proposed rule comes after President Biden ordered an investigation in February into whether Chinese vehicles pose a national security risk. If enacted, the ban would focus...
Trump says he wouldn't run for president again in 2028 if he loses this time
If former president Donald Trump loses the election in November, would he run again in four years?. No. At least that’s what he told an interviewer last week. The Republican presidential nominee spoke with Sinclair Broadcast Group journalist Sharyl Attkisson at his Mar-a-Lago residence on Friday for an interview that aired on her show, Full Measure, on Sunday.
AI can generate recipes that can be deadly. Food bloggers are not happy
Apple released its iOS 18 this month. The update, which came with the release of the latest iterations of the iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods, includes expanded applications of artificial intelligence, called “Apple Intelligence.” Apple isn’t the only company to integrate AI into its operating system. Samsung’s S24 devices and UI 6.1 update included Galaxy AI-supported elements, and Google phones will soon feature Gemini AI too.
We're talking to Nevada voters. Here's what role the state could play in the election
How Nevada swings on Election Day could tip the 2024 presidential election. The southwest state — with two Democratic senators, a Republican governor and a quickly growing population that looks to be politically purplish — has just six Electoral College votes. But in the race to reach 270...
EVs are cleaner than gas cars, but a growing share of Americans don't believe it
Everyone knows that electric vehicles are supposed to be better for the planet than gas cars. That's the driving reason behind a global effort to transition toward batteries. But what about the harms caused by mining for battery minerals? And coal-fired power plants for the electricity to charge the cars? And battery waste? Is it really true that EVs are better?
Israel warns civilians to evacuate as it strikes wide swathes of southern Lebanon
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military on Monday called on residents of southern Lebanon to immediately evacuate homes and other buildings where it claimed Hezbollah stores weapons and said it was carrying out “extensive strikes” against the militant group. It was the first warning of its kind in...
Israel tells Lebanese to leave area where Hezbollah stores arms as it launches strikes
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military on Monday called on residents of southern Lebanon to immediately evacuate homes and other buildings where Hezbollah stores weapons and said it was carrying out "extensive strikes" against the militant group. It was the first warning of its kind in nearly a year of...
Alcohol-free beer is gaining popularity, even at Oktoberfest
MUNICH — The head brewmaster for Weihenstephan, the world's oldest brewery, has a secret: He really likes alcohol-free beer. Even though he's quick to say he obviously enjoys real beer more, Tobias Zollo says he savors alcohol-free beer when he's working or eating lunch. It has the same taste but fewer calories than a soft drink, he said, thanks to the brewery's process of evaporating the alcohol.
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