Sudan’s brutal civil war entered a new round of extreme violence this week after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured the key city of El Fasher in Western Darfur following a year and a half of siege. Witnesses and…
Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers have already cast their ballots in the first days of early voting in the NYC mayoral election, as the three front-runners show no signs of letting up on their campaigns. Democratic nominee and frontrunner…
It’s no secret that we live in a sleep-deprived society. More than a third of Americans don’t get enough shuteye, defined as a minimum of seven hours a night. It’s not just the U.S.: much of the developed world is…
Halloween may be over, but Netflix’s November slate is chock full of spooky offerings, including Guillermo Del Toro’s new Frankenstein adaptation, streaming Nov. 7, and the thrilling The Beast in Me, out Nov. 13, in which Claire Danes plays an…
The celebrated Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude produces a clutch of truly disturbing sights in his latest film, Dracula, where mangled bodies and blood-gorged ghouls leer at the audience from the screen. But what makes these images efficient nightmare fuel stems…
Most Americans who rely on health insurance through the Affordable Care Act—known as Obamacare—will begin enrolling for 2026 coverage on Saturday. But next year’s premiums could be significantly higher for millions of households. Premium tax credits added during the pandemic…
President Donald Trump is calling on Republicans to get rid of the Senate filibuster to end the government shutdown—but many in his party are pushing back. “It is now time for the Republicans to play their ‘TRUMP CARD,’ and go…
A federal judge has blocked the Trump Administration from halting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (SNAP) benefits during the government shutdown, just a day before it was slated to cut off food stamp benefits for 42 million Americans. The decision, from U.S.…
Everyone will die, but we can live healthier, longer lives until that day comes. That’s the guiding principle that motivates the work and advocacy of Nir Barzilai, a longevity researcher and president of the Academy for Health & Lifespan Research.…
The last time no representative of the human race was in space Bill Clinton was in his final year in the White House, Vladimir Putin was in the first year of his quarter-century reign, the New England Patriots had yet…