You may have heard of the biggest story on CBS News’ 60 Minutes this year. It was a report that the show never aired. The network’s editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, pulled the segment, about what happened to migrants deported to El Salvador’s CECOT prison, less than 48 hours before it was supposed to air. Now, editors-in-chief […]

On Tuesday, the Israeli government announced that it would suspend the aid work of several humanitarian organizations that provide lifesaving aid to Palestinians in Gaza living through what Amnesty International and other groups labeled as a genocide. Israel has claimed that the organizations failed to meet new vetting guidelines. However, as the Associated Press reported, […]

Three hikers were found dead by rescue crews in the Devil’s Backbone area of Mt. Baldy after a 19-year-old man fell about 500 feet, officials said Tuesday. A search and rescue team responded around 11:30 a.m. Monday after the teen’s hiking companion found cell service and provided GPS coordinates to assist rescuers, according to the […]

Gusty Santa Ana winds have prompted advisories across parts of Southern California into early Tuesday afternoon as the region braces for another storm on New Year’s Eve. The powerful winds wreaked havoc on homes and drivers Monday, with several trees reported down, including one that landed on top of a Tesla in Orange County. The […]

Search and rescue crews are looking for up to three hikers reported missing on Mt. Baldy in Southern California Monday morning. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said it received a call around 11:30 a.m. reporting an injured hiker who was believed to be with two others. Officials did not say where the hikers began […]

Experience does matter. That much is obvious. And if we are being honest about what the Fire Department actually does today, then experience in emergency medical services matters more now than at any point in the department’s history.

The Marxist historian and peace campaigner E. P. Thompson (1924–1993), the outstanding voice of the Cold War, is perhaps best known for his book The Making of the English Working Class (1963). But if Marx was one of his heroes, William Blake was another. Like Blake, Thompson was fascinated by the revolutionary possibilities of Christian […]

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The youth club – a scuffed-up room in a church hall or prefab building, with subsidized pop and snacks, pinball machines and pool tables, and a range of improving activities from dressmaking to scooter maintenance – is a uniquely British phenomenon. Youth workers see them as spaces for grassroots activism, as what Emma Warren calls […]

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Puppets are having a moment. From La Manékine and Moby Dick at the Barbican’s MimeLondon season at the beginning of 2025 to the National Theatre’s revival of War Horse, which recently completed a UK tour, and the ongoing extravaganza of My Neighbour Totoro, still filling seats and emptying wallets in London’s West End, British theatre-makers […]

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