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MIT Professor Emeritus Rainer Weiss ’55, PhD ’62, a renowned experimental physicist and Nobel laureate whose groundbreaking work confirmed a longstanding prediction about the nature of the universe, passed away on Aug. 25. He was 92. Weiss conceived of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) for detecting ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves, and was later a leader of …

From streamers and podcasters to OnlyFans models and TikTok megastars, here’s the people shaping the culture of 2025 They used to be a novelty, but creators have infiltrated every part of our lives. TikTokers are no longer bound to TikTok — they’re in our HBO shows and prime-time sitcoms and Spotify playlists. So what makes a creator influential today? For …

Dr James Dobson, a prominent and influential evangelical leader who advised four US presidents, has died aged 89. Dobson was a fixture in conservative US politics for decades and most recently served on Donald Trump’s advisory board for evangelical affairs. The ministry he founded, Focus on the Family, is one of the largest in the world, with a presence in …

James Dobson, a child psychologist who founded the conservative ministry Focus on the Family and was a politically influential campaigner against abortion and LGBTQ+ rights, died on Thursday. He was 89. His death was confirmed by the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute. Born in 1936 in Shreveport, Louisiana, Dobson started a radio show counseling Christians on how to be good …

James Dobson, Influential Leader of the Religious Right, Dies at 89  The New York Times Dr. James Dobson, Focus on the Family founder and advisor to 5 presidents, dead at 89  Fox News James Dobson, founder of Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family, has died  Colorado Public Radio James Dobson, a controversial and influential evangelical Christian leader, has died  USA Today Founder of Focus …

The Rev. John MacArthur, an influential and exacting evangelical preacher, died Monday at the age of 86. He led Grace Community Church in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Sun Valley for more than five decades. His ministry announced his death on social media. On Sunday, Tom Patton, one of the church’s pastors, told the congregation MacArthur had been hospitalized with …

The Rev. John MacArthur, an influential and exacting evangelical preacher, died Monday at the age of 86. He led Grace Community Church in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Sun Valley for more than five decades. His ministry announced his death on social media. On Sunday, Tom Patton, one of the church’s pastors, told the congregation MacArthur had been hospitalized with …