For Black people living with Tourette syndrome, the British Academy Film and Television Arts Awards incident earlier this week where a vocal tic manifested as a racial slur while two Black stars of the movie “Sinners” were onstage has left them with complicated feelings. “It’s been pretty difficult because I feel like there’s such a…
It’s difficult to find a form of racing that seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson doesn’t enjoy. That’s perhaps best exemplified by him racing in next month’s Mint 400, the famed 400-mile off-road race in the foothills of Las Vegas. Want to see how Johnson fares? Well, he revealed during the FOX broadcast of…
The major stock indexes declined on Friday as investors digested the latest producer price index data that came in a lot hotter than expected. Sweeping layoffs at tech company Block also weighed on investors, adding to existing concerns that artificial intelligence could soon disrupt a variety of industries, from software to health care, among others. The…
PHARR, Texas — Latin Grammy winner Bobby Pulido’s music fills the air well before he walks into an adult day care center to round up support for his congressional campaign, his voice crooning in Spanish from a speaker in the corner. A few of the people playing cards and bantering playfully at the South Texas…
St. Petersburg, Fla. — Alex Palou thinks he could follow his eight-win 2025 with an eight-win 2026. Kind of. “Yes, it’s possible,” Palou told me Thursday prior to the INDYCAR opener this weekend in St. Petersburg. “It’s very hard, very low chances. But it’s possible. “It’s possible to win 17 races. I’m not going to…
In this illustration, the Claude AI app is seen in the app store on a phone on February 16, 2026 in New York City. According to reports from the Wall Street Journal, the Defense Department used Anthropic’s Claude Ai, via its Palantir contract, to help with the attack on Venezuela and capture former President Nicolás…
Stocks swung wildly last week as investors wrestled with the impact of artificial intelligence on various sectors and the overall economy. This coming week is a wildcard after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran. President Donald Trump said Saturday that “major combat operations” in Iran started overnight, with American and Israeli strikes on military and…
NEW YORK — In its debut film, Skydance Productions released a special effects-laden World War I drama about fighter pilots with a starring role for an unknown actor, the company’s founder, David Ellison. It was a box office bomb. Twenty years later, in a twist fit for Hollywood itself, the tiny studio once brushed off…
Talk about an embarrassment of riches. The Dominican Republic’s roster for this year’s World Baseball Classic is fully-loaded with a “Plátano Power” version of the Avengers’ superhero cast. From Juan Soto to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to Ketel Marte to Fernando Tatis Jr. to Manny Machado to Julio Rodriguez to Sandy Alcantara to Carlos Estevez, the…
The giddy days of free cloud storage enticed many to upload photos, documents, and other virtual mementos without a thought about all the space it was taking up. Those days, however, are now in the past for many Americans as people find themselves having to shell out increasing monthly amounts to maintain access to their virtual valuables….
