During the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, I walked into an exam room in the urgent clinic where I worked and introduced myself to a young Black woman struggling to breathe. Before I could continue, she stopped me. “Can I ask you a question?” “Of course.” “Are you Black?” I was covered head to toe … Read more
When former White House National Security Advisor John Bolton was first indicted last fall, he suggested not only that he planned to plead not guilty, he also characterized the case an “abuse of power” by Donald Trump’s Justice Department, which he compared to Stalinist Russia. This week, Bolton shifted gears: As part of plea agreement … Read more
Taylor Swift has released the music video for her latest single, “I Knew It, I Knew You,” the country-inflected original song she contributed to “Toy Story 5.” The video is entirely made up of footage from “Toy Story” and focuses on Jessie, who inspired the song and is featured on the track’s cover art. Viewers … Read more
President Donald Trump’s missing Twitter messages add to a brewing scandal over his administration’s defiance of the Presidential Records Act, a law that requires the retention of federal records and communications. And the missing messages are likely to fuel concerns that Trump and his allies may hoard or destroy documents in violation of the law. … Read more
Anthony Head, who died on June 5 at the age of 72, is being honored by his “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” co-stars. Head first appeared in the show’s pilot as Rupert Giles, the titular character Buffy’s Watcher and mentor. Giles also worked as the Sunnydale High School librarian, and was a main cast member for … Read more
As President Donald Trump seeks to make acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s role permanent, Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, tore into the president’s former personal attorney on Thursday, questioning his impartiality and criticizing his handling of the Justice Department’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. “At the end of the day, … Read more
Marilyn Manson lost his latest bid Friday to shut down a sexual assault lawsuit brought by his former assistant. A California judge refused to toss or trim the claims in Ashley Walters’ third amended complaint, five months after he revived the case under a new California law that gives older sexual assault claims a two-year … Read more
To a shameless degree, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has spent the last two months with a singular focus: convincing Donald Trump to nominate him as Pam Bondi’s official successor. The result has been a public audition of sorts in which Blanche, one of the president’s former defense attorneys, went to almost cartoonish lengths to … Read more
The screams started long before the lights dimmed at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Thursday night — layers and layers of them, bouncing off the walls of the arena. The merch lines wrapped around the concourse, with the customers broken up into sections so as not to interrupt foot traffic. Outside, fans climbed upstairs … Read more
A flesh-eating parasitic fly that poses a major threat to livestock has returned to the United States after 60 years. This week, the US Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence of New World screwworm in a calf in southern Texas. Eliminated in the US in 1966 and as far south as Panama by 2006, its … Read more