This week, the actress Brooke Shields posted an image of an action-figure version of herself that came with a needlepoint kit and a pet terrier. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, imagined her own figurine accompanied by a gavel and a Bible. These hyper-realistic dolls are nowhere to be found in toy stores, at […]
Two Sundays ago, Paige Bueckers and Sue Bird gathered inside Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla., as different points in their lives were celebrated. Bueckers led a courtside coronation. The Huskies blew out South Carolina to win UConn’s first national championship in nine years. With the souvenir net draped around her neck after her final college […]
A retrial of the yearslong defamation case brought by Sarah Palin against The New York Times got underway before a Manhattan jury on Tuesday. Ms. Palin, the former Alaska governor and onetime Republican vice-presidential nominee, sued The Times in 2017 over an editorial that erroneously linked her campaign’s language to a mass shooting, which she […]
The British government ramped up actions to help protect businesses and households from some of the economic tumult created by President Trump’s decision to raise tariffs and upend the norms of global trade. The government said on Sunday it would suspend tariffs on 89 products for about two years to help businesses and consumers save […]
Napoli cruised to a 3-0 win over relegation-threatened Empoli on Monday with Scott McTominay and Romelu Lukaku leading the charge as the hosts kept pace with Serie A leaders Inter Milan. Second-placed Napoli were feeling the pressure after Inter’s 3-1 home win against Cagliari on Saturday but, with six rounds remaining, they trail the Milan […]
The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 WNBA Draft. As Sarah Strong dominated the South Carolina frontcourt during UConn’s national championship victory, gobbling up rebounds, protecting the rim and scoring from everywhere on the court, it was easy to imagine her also doing so at the next level. WNBA executives had to be drooling […]
Lily Jamali Reporting fromSan Francisco Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg leaves court on Monday Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has taken the witness stand in a landmark antitrust trial to defend his company against allegations that his company operates a social media monopoly. His testimony is part of a case first brought by the Federal Trade Commission […]
Goldman Sachs on Monday revealed its latest financial results and outlook for the future, and in a deft feat of linguistics, its executives managed not to utter the word “tariff” once. Instead, in an hourlong call with analysts, David M. Solomon, the bank’s chief executive, unfurled a bouquet of euphemisms, saying that there had been […]
Average UK pay rose by 5.9%, official data suggests, while vacancies fell to their lowest since before Covid. Wage growth is slightly ahead of the previous period and was lifted by the public sector, according to Liz McKeown, director of economic statistics at the Office for National Statistics which published the figures. But some economists […]
Trump administration reforms at the State Department are shrinking the United States’ diplomatic footprint globally. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Quote, “unjustified seismic shift” in the U.S. foreign policy enterprise – that is how some Democrats are describing the reforms taking place at the State Department. The Trump administration has already gutted the lead U.S. aid agency, […]