German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Iran’s current leadership may be nearing its end amid mass protests across the country. “If a regime can only stay in power through the use of violence, then it i...
ICE officers have made over 2,500 arrests in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge. Anadolu/Anadolu via Getty Images The AFL-CIO has endorsed a Minnesota economic blackout on January 23 in response t...
The author with her husband on their (mostly) kids-free wedding day. Courtesy of Rachel Miranda Photography My then fiancé and I decided not to invite kids who weren't relatives to our wedding. We fea...
Mark Owen welcomes Aida Tavakoli, co-founder of We Are Iranian Students, who offers a window into the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Iran under a blanket of state-imposed darkness. Her voice, urgent...
William Hilderbrandt welcomes Dr. Ahu Kucuksefahani, Scholar in International Relations, social movements and digital activism. She offers a sobering analysis of Iran's deepening crisis amidst unprece...
People are taking to Instagram to reminisce 2016 in all its fishnet-stocking glory. Melodie Jeng/Getty Images 2016 is so back — at least on Instagram. Millennials are putting up pictures of them...
The Senate passed a bill that could give people who've found their likeness deepfaked into sexually-explicit images without their consent a new way to fight back. The Disrupt Explicit Forged Images an...
The WeChat channel 纽约移民记事网Documented (or the New York Immigrant Chronicle) is part newsfeed and part public service. The channel, run by the nonprofit ...
Enterprise Rent-A-Car is the latest company to find itself facing backlash amid anti-ICE protests in Minnesota. Shutterstock People are calling Enterprise rental locations in Minnesota as part of an a...
Yuval Noah Harari was a speaker at the 2026 World Economic Forum Chris Jung/NurPhoto via Getty Images The author of "Sapiens" Yuval Noah Harari said AI is going to cause two crises for every c...
A police complaint against one of Indonesia’s best-known comedians has reignited debate over satire, blasphemy and free expression in the world’s third-largest democracy. The case involves 46-year-old...
The US state of Minnesota is bracing for a statewide day of protest. Residents are expected to stay home on January 23, shutting down schools and businesses to "ICE out ICE", protesting the intensifie...
Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images Grok will no longer be allowed to create AI photos of real people in sexualized or revealing clothing, after widespread global backlash. "We have implem...
Community donations at Smitten Kitten (left and right), and BabyBel Mozzarella the cat (middle), are supporting Minnesotans. Mikayla Stanek (Smitten Kitten); Vanessa Beardsley (Catzen) January is typi...
The Swiss resort town of Davos hosts the World Economic Forum each January, bringing together politicians, policymakers, and business executives. Christian Hartmann/Reuters Nearly 400 wealthy individu...
Graffiti reading "ICE out now!" is seen on the exterior wall of a Target store in Minneapolis. Kerem YUCEL / AFP via Getty Images Target sent a memo to staff acknowledging the stress workers m...
Paris Hilton and AOC at an event supporting the DEFIANCE Act, a bill that would create a civil right of action allowing victims of AI-generated deepfake porn to sue the creators and distributors of th...
Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie play hockey rivals who fall in love on HBO's "Heated Rivalry". Sabrina Lantos/HBO Max " Heated Rivalry" is a breakout hit on HBO Max about a gay hock...
A Pokémon card store in Manhatten has become the latest target for thieves looking to steal merchandise featuring the lucrative pocket monsters — and this time, customers were held at gunpoint. Speaki...
Brothers Oren Alexander, Tal Alexander and Alon Alexander were arrested on sex trafficking charges in 2024. J Grassi/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images The Alexander brothers will stand trial on federa...