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Weekly Newsletter The “Obamalith” is unveiled while the School of the Art Institute of Chicago wages war against its students’ imagination. In the award for the most literal interpretation of authoritarian thought control this week, the winner is the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The institution placed Savneet Talwar, the director of its graduate art therapy program, on leave for asking students to create a mock therapeutic treatment plan for a queer Arab woman who sympathized with pro-Palestinian protests and feared retaliation under the Trump administration.Provost Martin Berger found this exercise in empathy unacceptable, enacting his own retaliation against…
British forces intercept Russian shadow fleet vessel in English ChannelGood morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. The British armed forces intercepted a Russian shadow fleet vessel in the English Channel in the early hours of Sunday morning, the UK’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, has said.Royal Marine commandos and specially trained law enforcement officers from the National Crime Agency boarded a sanctioned oil tanker during a six-hour operation, according to the Ministry of Defence (MoD).The vessel, Smyrtos, will be held and monitored for any environmental or safety concerns off the south coast of England as investigations continue,…
Former NFL defensive end Aldon Smith has died at the age of 36.The San Francisco 49ers, who selected Smith as the seventh pick of the 2011 Draft, confirmed his death, but the cause has not been revealed.AdvertisementSmith spent four seasons with the 49ers, helping them to three NFC Championship Games, and a season apiece with the Oakland Raiders and the Dallas Cowboys.He played 75 regular-season games in his career and retired in 2023.”We are devastated by the sudden and tragic passing of Aldon Smith,” read a 49ers statement.”Aldon’s undeniable talent and sheer dominance on the field were on display from…
“Salvatierra, Venégas and the rest have furnished a copious account of the Jesuit period; Palóu and his associates have left satisfactory material for the Franciscan occupation, but the Dominicans have left no account of their labors. It would appear they accomplished nothing in California worth recording, even in their own estimation.” So wrote esteemed American historian Hubert Howe Bancroft in his “History of the North Mexican States and Texas,” published in 1884, regarding the Dominican mission era on the Baja California peninsula. The ruins of the second location of Misión Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario de Viñadaco, as they appeared…
According to rates from the Zillow lender marketplace, fixed and adjustable rates are moving lower compared to yesterday. The current 30-year fixed rate fell by 1 basis point to 6.35%, the 15-year fixed rate fell by 7 basis points to 5.78%, and the 5/1 ARM fell by 6 basis points to 6.30%. Read more: Weekly survey of mortgage lenders with the lowest rates: Leaders price in the low 6% range Today’s mortgage rates Here are the current mortgage rates today, Saturday, June 13, 2026, according to the latest Zillow data: 30-year fixed: 6.35% 20-year fixed: 6.10% 15-year fixed: 5.78% 5/1…
Seth MacFarlane, our guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast — which was recorded last Sunday in front of an audience at the Newport Beach TV Fest, where MacFarlane was honored with the fest’s Maverick Award — is one of the funniest, smartest and most multi-talented people in Hollywood. An actor, voice artist, animator, writer, director, producer, singer and songwriter, he has been a power-player in the business for nearly 30 years, dating back to when he became, at just 24, the youngest executive producer in the history of television with Family Guy. And through his…
Celebrity Skin is less about those in the spotlight than those who get lost in the shadows along the way: the sold-out sluts, self-destructive pop boys, and “might-have-been”s, all the “beautiful garbage” littering US 101. The dedication reads, “To all the stolen water of Los Angeles and to anyone who ever drowned,” while the back cover pays homage to a doomed Ophelia. The album opens with three jet-engine chords and a wink at Love’s own notoriety. “Oh, make me over/I’m all I wanna be,” she snarls over a buzzing riff. “A walking study/In demonology.” Full of “yeah-ah-ahs” and glittery blown-out…
Most of the letters addressed to Marie Antoinette received by the Château de Fontainebleau begin with the same honorific: “Your Majesty”. “Those who write to her play along wholeheartedly. They address her in a very formal and respectful manner,” said Sylvain Moulène, director of development and communications at the royal palace, some 60 kilometres southeast of Paris. Since the launch of the initiative “To your pens! Write to Marie Antoinette”, the castle – which served as a residence for French monarchs for nearly eight centuries – has received over 4,000 letters. “It’s been a wonderful success that has taken us by surprise,” said…
The U.S. Men’s National Team collected three points in convincing fashion Friday night at Los Angeles Stadium with a dominant 4-1 victory over Paraguay in the Group D opener at FIFA World Cup 2026 in an energetic and historic night for the tournament co-host.The other two nations in the group, Australia in Türkiye, faced each other late Saturday night in Canada at BC Vancouver Place. Goals from Nestory Irankunda and Connor Metcalfe led the Socceroos to a solid 2-0 clean sheet over the UEFA Playoff Path C winners.AdvertisementThis means that the very next match in the group pits the current…
The record they said could never be broken is about to be broken by three men, one of them Mexican, surpassing a standard first achieved by another Mexican 60 years ago. On July 19, 1966, the Mexican football team walked out onto the pitch in the iconic Wembley Stadium in London, England, to face Uruguay in the World Cup. Mexico needed to win this, their third game, and by at least two goals, if they were to progress in the tournament. Although they failed to achieve this target, they outplayed the two-time winners for long periods of the match and…