People pay their respects to Charlie Kirk at a makeshift memorial at the national headquarters of Turning Point USA in Phoenix, Ariz., on Wednesday. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption toggle caption Ross D. Franklin/AP Authorities are still looking for the person who fatally shot right-wing activist and podcaster Charlie Kirk on a college campus on Wednesday. Kirk, the 31-year-old CEO …
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Clockwise from top left: The Woman in Cabin 10; Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere; After the Hunt; The History of Sound; Wicked: For Good; Roofman Parisa Taghizadeh/Netflix; Macall Polay/20th Century Studios; Yannis Drakoulidis/Amazon MGM Studios; MUBI; Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures; Davi Russon/Paramount Pictures hide caption toggle caption Parisa Taghizadeh/Netflix; Macall Polay/20th Century Studios; Yannis Drakoulidis/Amazon MGM Studios; MUBI; Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures; …
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When two black holes merge, they release gravitational waves. These waves can be picked up by detectors on Earth, allowing scientists to better understand them. Maggie Chiang/Simons Foundation hide caption toggle caption Maggie Chiang/Simons Foundation On September 14, 2015, physicists attained the long-sought goal of detecting gravitational waves, the shockwaves spewed out by such cataclysmic events as the violent merger …
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Sabrina Carpenter, who also topped the chart with Short n’ Sweet last year, enjoys the strongest week of streaming in her career. Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images This week’s albums and singles charts are both dominated by the same record: Sabrina Carpenter‘s Man’s Best Friend, which debuts at No. 1 and …
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A few of the many iterations of Henry Huggins cover art over the years. NPR/HarperCollins hide caption toggle caption NPR/HarperCollins When Beverly Cleary’s fictional Henry Huggins made his debut in 1950, he was a third grader whose “hair looked like a scrubbing brush and most of his grown-up front teeth were in.” He was also bored. Apart from having his …
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this image of a rocky area nicknamed “Cheyava Falls” on July 18, 2024, showing black “poppy seed” and larger “leopard spot” features. Researchers say a sample from the site reveals a tantalizing mix of details suggesting the potential presence of life, billions of years ago. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS hide caption toggle caption NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS A long time ago, …
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President Trump arrives for dinner at Joe’s Seafood in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President Vance. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images President Trump made a rare visit to a D.C. restaurant on Tuesday night, where he was met with heckles and protests. The …
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FBI Director Kash Patel delivers remarks as U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a White House press conference in August 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The Trump administration launched a “campaign of retribution” against senior Federal Bureau of Investigation officials who refused to demonstrate loyalty to President Trump, firing them last month for …
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Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Christopher Guest play aging rock stars in the mockumentary Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. Bleecker Street hide caption toggle caption Bleecker Street In 1984, the groundbreaking mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap lampooned heavy metal bands and rock documentaries — and introduced audiences to a new film genre. “What we were doing was not only …
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Law enforcement officers with the Department of Homeland Security and the Metropolitan Police Department set up a traffic safety checkpoint along a busy Washington, D.C., street on Monday. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images President Trump’s takeover of local D.C. police is set to expire Wednesday, even as other forms of federal control continue. On Aug. …
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