Former U.S. President Donald Trump addresses The Faith and Freedom Coalition’s 2023 “Road to Majority” conference in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2023.Tasos Katopodis | ReutersSome Republican presidential hopefuls are pushing hard just for the chance to seize the stage in their party’s primary debate next month.But the impact of the event may be limited if their top rival, former President Donald Trump, is a no-show.Trump has repeatedly signaled that he might skip the first debate, set for Aug. 23 in Milwaukee, wondering aloud why he would join the fray just to expose himself to a barrage of attacks from his…
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Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world.So much for that old stereotype about New Yorkers only wearing black. Laura Baker tells me that her fashion buyer friends from other cities have been marveling that “New York is like a bag of Skittles. People are wearing color here.” Baker adds, “That’s what we like. We bought a lot of color.” “We” refers to the retail destination ESSX, soft opening on Thursday. When I visited last week, Baker, the store’s co-founder and retail director, and her team were putting the finishing touches on the 7,000-square-foot…
Never come between a pair of ride-or-die BFFs. They will make sure revenge is felt if they ever feel betrayed. Megan and Isabella held Luke accountable for his lies on Cruel Summer Season 2 Episode 8. Prepare yourselves, Cruel Summer fans! We’ve made it to the cabin, and the tension has skyrocketed. This thrilling murder mystery is starting its roller-coaster highs toward the climax. “Confess Your Sins” was a chapter carried by how strong Winter 1999 became. We’ve waited most of Cruel Summer Season 2 to get to this moment, so the stakes were high. (And the early action delivered!)…
For style-conscious men like you, choosing the right cologne is no doubt a top priority. If you’re in search of a nostril-tingling scent that merges modern and classic, you can’t go wrong with a good cologne.The best barber shop cologne will make you smell outstanding while giving you that freshly pampered feeling throughout the day. There’s something striking about a solid barber shop scent in the way that it conjures hints of grooming days gone by. But, while some will make you smell like you’ve just waltzed out of a high-end barber shop, others fail to deliver. Not surprisingly you’ll…
Every work of fiction asks us to believe not only in the story, but also in the story’s telling. Even a seemingly unobtrusive third person point-of-view begs the question—Who is this speaker? Is she part of the story or just an observer? Why is he speaking the way he is? A translated work, too, is actually a leap of faith — we’re asked to imagine the narrator as she originally sounds in the language we can’t understand. So here’s the dilemma: Readers easily get distracted by the narrator’s voice if they don’t buy the style. But writers often want to…
Time machine: detailed near-infrared images of galaxies that existed when the universe was only 900 million years old. The images were taken by the JWST as part of a study of reionization in the early universe. Courtesy: NASA, ESA, CSA, Simon Lilly (ETH Zurich), Daichi Kashino (Nagoya University), Jorryt Matthee (ETH Zurich), Christina Eilers (MIT), Rob Simcoe (MIT), Rongmon Bordoloi (NCSU), Ruari Mackenzie (ETH Zurich); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Ruari Macke) Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has found compelling evidence that early galaxies were responsible for the reionization of the early universe.…
In this articleMSFTBRK.AATVIFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTWarren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, smiles as he plays bridge following the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, May 5, 2019.Nati Harnik | APWarren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway dumped a significant portion of its stake in Activision Blizzard as Microsoft’s deal to buy the video game company edged closer to the finishing line.The Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate disclosed a 1.9% stake in Activision with 14,658,121 shares, a new 13G filing released Monday evening showed. That compared with a 6.3% stake at the end of March and a 6.7% stake at the…
Talk about respecting a theatrical window: Disney has set a Disney+ global premiere date for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 of Aug. 2, that’s 90 days after the pic’s theatrical release of May 5. While Disney got a lot of slack during CEO Bob Chapek’s era for executing theatrical day-and-date releases on Disney+ during Covid, the Mouse House continues to make it up to exhibition. In fact, they’ve been following long theatrical windows before Marvel pics hit Disney+ going back to 2021’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Of late, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania had an…
WASHINGTON — LightRidge Solutions, a company that owns space and airborne sensor businesses, announced July 17 it has acquired space electronics supplier Trident Systems. The value and terms of the deal were not disclosed. LightRidge is a portfolio company of ATL Partners, a private equity firm. Trident, based in Fairfax, Virginia, supplies space electronics, including radio-frequency processors, software-defined radios, on-board processors and data storage systems for national security space missions. Trident components used in Space Development Agency satellites Northrop Grumman in March selected Trident to provide processing and storage electronics for 14 missile-detecting satellites Northrop is producing for the U.S.…
Apple is said to be working on the second generation of Apple Watch Ultra, which will succeed the Apple Watch Ultra unveiled last year in September. The timeline for the launch of the Apple Watch Ultra second generation has not been announced yet. A previous report suggested that the next Watch Ultra could be launched in 2026. Now, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has given some new insights about the design of the upcoming smartwatch from Apple, along with the names of the key suppliers for the components.In a post published on Medium, Kuo claimed that Apple could be adopting 3D printing…
Former US President and 2024 Republican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump gestures about weight lifting as he speaks at a Republican volunteer recruitment event at Fervent, a Calvary Chapel, in Las Vegas, Nevada, July 8, 2023.Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty ImagesThe Georgia Supreme Court on Monday unanimously dismissed a longshot bid by former President Donald Trump to disqualify District Attorney Fani Willis and quash the special grand jury report that recommended criminal charges in her probe of Georgia’s 2020 election. The ruling from Georgia’s highest court came just weeks before Willis, who led the investigation of possible efforts by…
Wiz Khalifa is getting ready to throw that high cheese when he takes the mound at the Pirates game … ’cause the rapper says he’s planning on being “stoned af” for the ceremonial first pitch. The Pittsburgh native — who’s in town for his “High School Reunion” tour — will do the honors before his hometown team hosts the Cleveland Guardians on Monday … and he’s got a perfectly on-brand strategy in place ahead of his big moment at PNC Park. “Finna get stoned af and throw this first pitch at the pirates game,” Wiz tweeted to his 36 million…
MV Lara Cruise ShipCourtesy: Miray CruisesA unique offer to cruise around the world for three years — which appeared at risk of running aground earlier this year — now is boasting of a bigger ship.But the prices are also higher.And some passengers who have already booked berths on the 130,000-mile cruise set to sail in November — as well as would-be passengers — told CNBC they are concerned about another new wrinkle in the sales pitch: the requirement that they board the ship MV Lara at a port outside the United States.That requirement would let Life at Sea Cruises, and…
Lindsay Lohan revealed she and husband Bader Shammas managed to keep their marriage secret for months with her one-year wedding anniversary post shared on April 3, 2023. (Their marriage was first reported in July 2022.)But while Lohan and Shammas have kept much of their love story private, they haven’t kept the milestones completely to themselves, including their first pregnancy and wedding anniversary now.In November 2021, Lohan announced she was engaged to Shammas. She captioned the carousel of smiling engagement photos, “My love. My life. My family. My future. #love” and added a diamond ring emoji.In July 2o22, People confirmed that…
CBS is making some changes to its fall schedule in the wake of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. First up, the network hopes to expose Yellowstone to a bigger audience than before. Yellowstone will make its broadcast debut by airing as part of the network’s Sunday slate, paired up with 60 Minutes and Big Brother. Yes, Big Brother is airing later in the fall this season and will also air later in the evening on Sundays. For some reason, the network is banishing fresh episodes to 10 p.m. on that night. Obviously, 60 Minutes will serve as a better lead-in…
Vans is without a doubt, one of the best sneaker brands on the planet. With a modern twist on the classic skater style, Vans sneakers are sturdy, stylish, and work well with almost any look.No matter how comfy Vans are, if you have foot issues of any kind or the insides of your sneakers are a bit worn down, ‘foot chaffe’ (yeah, that’s a thing) can rear its ugly head. That’s where insoles come into the picture. The best insoles for Vans will fit into your shoe like a glove, providing instant comfort and support. They should be built to…
It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Look Down Ann Beattie Share article Nearby by Ann Beattie Midway through the semester, Rochelle stepped in to pinch-hit at the university for a teacher she’d never met, though she hadn’t taught before. CFS, the famous visiting writer claimed: chronic fatigue syndrome. How excruciating it had been, he’d reported, sitting on the edge of his bed, frustrated to tears at the exhausting prospect of pulling on his socks. (“Maybe he should have forgotten the socks,” Jeanette, who ran Creative Writing, said witheringly to Rochelle.) It was assumed by much of the faculty—at least,…
In this articleNFLXDISFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTStriking Writers Guild of America (WGA) members walk the picket line in front of Netflix offices as SAG-AFTRA union announced it had agreed to a ‘last-minute request’ by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for federal mediation, but it refused to again extend its existing labor contract past the 11:59 p.m. Wednesday negotiating deadline, in Los Angeles, California, July 12, 2023.Mike Blake | ReutersTraditional TV is dying. Ad revenue is soft. Streaming isn’t profitable. And Hollywood is practically shut down as the actors and writers unions settle in for what is…