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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as the US Secretary of State gives statements to the media inside The Kirya, which houses the Israeli Defence Ministry, after their meeting in Tel Aviv on October 12, 2023. Blinken arrived in a show of solidarity after Hamas’s surprise weekend onslaught in Israel, an AFP correspondent travelling with him reported. He is expected to visit Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Washington closes ranks with its ally that has launched a withering air campaign against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.Jacquelyn Martin | Getty ImagesIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disclosed his first…

Several months before my short story collection Sex Romp Gone Wrong was published, I started joking that my new book was already banned in Florida and Iowa. It wasn’t entirely a joke. Both states had recently passed legislation requiring any materials depicting sex to be removed from school libraries. The laws also said schools couldn’t teach younger students about sexual orientation or gender identity. In the 2022-23 school year, according to Pen America, “over 40% of all book bans occurred in school districts in Florida.” But districts in plenty of other states have also been facing challenges, usually over books…

Cotton is a fantastic material for shirts, but there are plenty of benefits to be found in other materials out there–for example, merino wool. That’s why the Merino wool shirt is a fall and winter staple for many men across the globe. Merino wool is an incredibly robust fabric that offers a ton of natural benefits while making you look sharp in the process. The best merino wool shirts are moisture-wicking, odor-resistant, and can even regulate temperature. It’s simple things like these that make your life so much easier when you throw on a Merino wool shirt. Not to mention,…

(Image credit: Robino Salvatore/GC Images/Getty Images)Lily James’ impressive accessory game—which often includes a mix of Prada, Versace, and Chanel—doesn’t hit pause just because she’s traveling, or at least it didn’t on her most recent trip. Rather than opting for something a touch more practical for her flight back from Milan Fashion Week, she used the opportunity to debut one of 2024’s most-wanted handbags: Prada’s new buckle bag.The oversize, belt-embellished top handle, which she wore in a cognac-brown color, was first seen on the runway at the Italian brand’s spring/summer 24 show, making it highly sought after now that the season’s…

Well, let’s just say we’re glad that two people know how to take command of a situation when a cruise ship runs into trouble in the 9-1-1 Season 7 premiere — and those two are Athena (Angela Bassett) and Bobby (Peter Krause). We get a taste of just that in TV Insider’s exclusive first look at a new promo for the first responder series’ upcoming seventh season, premiering March 14 on ABC after moving from Fox. It offers not only a look at some of the emergencies to come for the 118 in Los Angeles — including a crashed jet…

Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks during the 2024 NRB International Christian Media Convention Presidential Forum at The Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center on February 22, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. Jon Cherry | Getty ImagesFormer President Donald Trump on Friday urged Alabama’s legislature to preserve the availability of in vitro fertilization in the state, one week after a court ruling that prompted multiple IVF clinics to pause their services.”Today, I am calling on the Alabama Legislature to act quickly to find an immediate solution to preserve the availability of IVF in Alabama,” Trump wrote in a Truth…

Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander on display at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.NASAShares of Intuitive Machines jumped 16% in trading Friday after the company’s successful first moon landing.Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C cargo moon lander known as “Odysseus” on Thursday became the first privately developed spacecraft to land on the lunar surface — as well as the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on the moon in more than 50 years.The company, based in Houston, Texas, confirmed that the IM-1 mission lander was standing upright and sending data back to Earth.”Odysseus has found his new home,” Tim Crain, Intuitive Machines’ CTO and IM-1 mission director, said Thursday…

British grime pioneer Wiley has been stripped of his MBE for “bringing the honours system into disrepute,” BBC News reports. The decision from the Honours Forfeiture Committee comes nearly four years after the musician made numerous antisemitic statements online. Wiley was appointed to be a member of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 2017.Immediately following Wiley’s outburst, the Campaign Against Antisemitism called for the revocation of the musician’s MBE. In a new statement, a spokesperson for the British organization said:Today’s decision marks the culmination of nearly four years of dogged perseverance. We have…

AURORA is set to front the new season of Tearjerker podcast on BBC Sounds about the “healing power of emotional music”. The artist will be hosting the fourth season of the podcast, following in the footsteps of Jorja Smith, Jordan Rakei and Sigrid. Per a press release, AURORA’s music choices range from classical to electronica, pop and more and explore themes such as “the first tear”, and “songs of hope”. Each episode includes a special feature ‘The Song That Saves Me’, featuring listeners’ suggestions of tracks that helped them get through difficult times. The season is made up of 12…

Amazon will pay out $1.9 million to more than 700 migrant workers to settle claims of human rights abuses following exploitative labor contracts,  The impacted laborers were working at two of the company’s warehouses in Saudi Arabia.Amazon saying it hired a third-party labor rights expert to investigate warehouse conditions. The organization found numerous violations of Amazon’s supply chain standards, including “substandard living accommodations, contract and wage irregularities and delays in the resolution of worker complaints.”This follows an from last October that detailed various alleged human rights abuses experience by those contracted to work in Amazon facilities in the region, and…

Amazfit Active Edge was unveiled in India on February 23, Friday. Details about the smart wearable have been revealed by the company and it will be available for purchase in the country later this month. The smartwatch comes in three colour options, with a round dial, four buttons, and is claimed to sport a rugged design. It comes with multiple pre-loaded gym, exercise, and workout training modes. It also supports more than 100 watch faces and is claimed to offer a battery life of up to 16 days.Amazfit Active Edge price in India, availabilityOffered in Lava Black, Mint Green, and Midnight Pulse…

Oh, Bode is certainly back, and so is the melodrama! Bringing us back to Three Rock was the best way to get a better feel for what Fire Country Season 2 will be like, even if it took a convoluted and controversial turn to keep Bode chained to the fire camp. That said, Fire Country Season 2 Episode 2 only proved that some of the concerns about this series will come to fruition if we continue down this route. Fire Country isn’t even pretending as if it’s not a late-night soap opera at this point. …

A Ukrainian soldier in a shelter at his fighting position in the direction of Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, 20 February 2024.Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesWhen Russia invaded Ukraine two years ago, the stout resistance mounted by the country’s armed forces and overwhelming Western support for Kyiv — along with some obvious military overreach by Moscow — raised hopes that Ukraine’s outnumbered and outgunned army could beat back the invading forces.Fast forward two years and hopes of a Ukrainian victory look diminished and increasingly hollow, as do Western pledges to support Ukraine “for as long as it takes.”As it stands,…

Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the cover for the book Unsex Me Here by Aurora Mattia, which will be published by Coffee House Press on September 24, 2024. Preorder the book here. “These are stories about attempting to outrun time; about trying to remember transfemme pasts; about magic touching everything except the possibility of lasting love.” From a shapeshifting garden somewhere in Michigan to a West Texas town with a supernatural past, from a stalactite cavern in the birthplace of Aphrodite to a secret waterfall in Texarkana: from nowhere to anywhere, Aurora Mattia chases glimpses of paradise. Her gemstone prose shatters into…

As a soccer-obsessed 90s kid, idolizing Golden Balls was basically a given. I copied the boots he wore, the way he kicked the ball, and even how he cut his hair (yes, I rocked the mohawk). Until one day I had to grow up—signing off with a number seven tattoo on my wrist, of course. But then, just as I thought I was over my adolescent love affair, I discovered the best David Beckham cologne (cue celebratory music). Now, instead of wearing a sarong (jokes) and calling my wife Posh, I was able to carry the essence of my childhood…

We’ve all heard of white noise, the sound of well, nothing really—it’s more of a mix of sound frequencies to create a static-like sound. That fizzy buzz has been used since the 1960s to help drown out the world around us, but there’s another sound that’s all the rage right now on social media platforms and music apps and it promises better results than white noise: Brown noise. In scientific circles, it’s technically classified as red noise, but the name comes from the way it’s produced. The sound signals change randomly to produce the sound of static, mimicking a type…

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Fire Country Season 2 Episode 2 “Like Breathing Again.”] “It was like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” Fire Country star Kevin Alejandro admits when it came to directing a scene in the latest episode: His character’s daughter, Gabriela (Stephanie Arcila), took on a dangerous cave rescue. Gabriela saved the victim and was fine … meaning she can now focus on what her father had to tell her after. Manny said that her mother didn’t abandon them, but rather, he was never there for her. And so he encourages her to invite her to her upcoming…