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Regé-Jean Page on the Album He Considers Flawless
23+ min ago (546+ words) Before filming the rom-com "You, Me & Tuscany," slated for release on Friday, Reg-Jean Page didn't speak a word of Italian. Which was a bit of a challenge, considering the movie is set in Italy and he plays a dashing Italian…...
A Meat Plant Closed in Nebraska. Then Politics Became a Focus for These Latinos
33+ min ago (1246+ words) Juan Laguna Jr., the eldest son of two Mexican immigrants in central Nebraska, had never been to a political event until two Sundays ago. That's when he found himself, at age 20, in a large hall in his small town, listening…...
How Our New Iran Reporter Covers the Country Without Being in It
35+ min ago (470+ words) As soon as Israel began missile strikes against Iran last June, I wanted to find ways to capture the human toll on Iranians who were suffering in a country I knew well " both from being there and from covering it…...
For Many Patients Leaving the I.C.U., the Struggle Has Only Just Begun
29+ min ago (1272+ words) The accident happened in Pittsburgh on Nov. 16. Joseph Masterson, a lawyer who was just days from retiring at age 63, suffered cardiac arrest while driving, plowed into a guardrail and lost consciousness. Other drivers stopped, broke the car window and pulled…...
AI’s next frontier is the real world
32+ min ago (466+ words) For all the progress AI has made in our digital lives, it has remained trapped behind glass,forcingthe physical worldto ask us again and again to prove who we are. Finally, that's changing.still asks us to prove who we…...
Search for missing U.S. F-15 crew member underway in Iran
32+ min ago (497+ words) U.S. forces have begun a risky search-and-rescue mission for a missing F-15 crew member in Iran, after two military aircraft were shot down in separate incidents. The F-15E fighter jet and A-10 attack plane were both hit by incoming fire, U.S. officials said Friday. One…...
With Cheers and Tears, Houston Reclaims Its Place as ‘Space City’
38+ min ago (1028+ words) The astronauts are everywhere you look, painted on walls or hovering in billboards. Astronauts in cowboy hats and astronauts with beers. Astronauts holding hamburgers or dunking basketballs. Houston's identity as a hub of space exploration " the place where Apollo 13 astronauts…...
Now colleges are even dropping the swimming test — and that could cost lives
54+ min ago (788+ words) I vividly remember the trepidation I felt as a Cornell University student when I took my required swim test. We had to enter the deep end of the pool with a feet-first jump, float or tread water for one full…...
Trump Pledged a Quick End to the Iran War, but He Hasn’t Explained How
58+ min ago (1264+ words) From the moment the Iran war started, President Trump has been laboring to persuade anxious Americans that it will soon end. "I can say tonight that we are on track to complete all of America's military objectives shortly," he promised…...
How Plausible Is ‘Project Hail Mary’? Astrophysicists Have Thoughts
57+ min ago (547+ words) The stars weren't big enough," Mark Popinchalk said. Stars are really big." Popinchalk, a postdoctoral fellow at the American Museum of Natural History, was voicing a quibble with Project Hail Mary," the sci-fi blockbuster. Starring Ryan Gosling as Ryland Grace,…...