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It's a fact of life that not all movies can be winners. And that's OK! But since we talked about the movies we've loved so far this year, we'll also take time to quickly ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A century and a half ago, Richard Wagner was running out of cash as he was preparing to stage his four momentous nights of opera known as the "Ring Cycle" when he got a message from the Women's Centennial ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — “Dutton Ranch” wraps up its first season this week.

The Paramount+ series follows Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) and Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser) after “Yellowstone” as the couple move to the ...Read more

The Muslim civil rights organization Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, is suing Florida after the state designated the group as a terrorist organization.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday announced that his ...Read more

BOSTON — Stop overfishing for striped bass!

That’s the message from Massachusetts Environmental Police, who are cracking down on people illegally fishing for striped bass as officers make several arrests so far this ...Read more

CHICAGO — An extreme heat warning is in effect for the Chicagoland area until midnight Thursday, weather officials said.

National Weather Service included several cities and towns in Illinois saying the heat index was ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — An undersung sci-film is the reason Cole Hauser was cast in “Yellowstone,” according to series creator Taylor Sheridan.

Hauser played hardened ranch foreman Rip Wheeler on the Paramount Network ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After six years of teleworking, California’s state employees have become fluent in software such as Google Docs and Microsoft Teams to work with their colleagues and get their jobs done.

But on ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A civil jury says R&B star Chris Brown must face the music for the vicious dog attack that in 2020 left one of the two housekeepers working at his Tarzana home hospitalized with injuries to her face, arm ...Read more

The number of fatalities increased to 20 in Kyiv following overnight Russian missile and drone attacks on the Ukrainian capital that were among the most intense of the year so far.

“As of now, 20 deaths are known,” ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A mother is suing a Kentucky detention center for negligence after she claims jail staff failed to do required medical checks on her son, resulting in him being left in a permanent vegetative state, ...Read more

Five wildfires burning in Colorado together had scorched nearly 125,000 acres — 194 square miles — as of Thursday morning, nearly the size of Colorado Springs.

Colorado’s largest wildfire, the Aspen Acres fire, grew...Read more

As the 250th anniversary of American independence approaches, many people in the U.S. are deeply concerned about the country’s future.

A recent poll by Elon University found that 69% of respondents “believe ...Read more

In Watson v. RNC, decided June 29, 2026, liberal and conservative Supreme Court justices joined a noteworthy cross-ideological majority to uphold state grace periods for mail-in ballots. The decision, which went against...Read more

Chemical giant Monsanto has argued for years that if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approves a pesticide label without requiring a cancer warning, states cannot hold its manufacturer liable in court for ...Read more

Florence Corcoran, an employee of South Central Bell Telephone Company, was eight months into a high-risk pregnancy when her obstetrician recommended she spend the final month on bed rest in the hospital, for close ...Read more

Trade the tricorn hats, bonnets and homespun shirts for flip flops, sneakers and soccer jerseys, and the intrepid revolutionaries of 1776 would have looked a lot like the people of 2026. But their sense of embodiment ...Read more

The Trump administration’s Religious Liberty Commission released its report on June 26, 2026, on the state of religious freedom in the United States, declaring it to be under attack.

The commission was ...Read more

Few substances are as deeply woven into everyday life as alcohol. It is a fixture at holiday celebrations, work-related social gatherings, sporting events, airports, and brunch or dinner tables. A raised glass for a ...Read more

Madonna has appeared to take aim at ex-husband Sean Penn in her new album Confessions 2.

The legendary 67-year-old star sings about a "movie star with deep blue eyes" in the track Bizarre, with fans assuming she's ...Read more