Street performers entertain passersby on the Royal Mile as crowds of entertainers and festival-goers gather for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Edinburgh International Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Aug. 1, 2025. The Fringe, one of the world’s largest performing arts festivals, features over 3,800 shows across 265 venues and draws an audience of roughly 3 million visitors. Ewan Bootman/Anadolu via …
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia (Center) and his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura (Center Right) enter a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office on Monday in Baltimore, Md. The U.S. government is threatening to deport Garcia, a Maryland construction worker from El Salvador, to Uganda after he rejected a plea deal to be charged with human smuggling and deported to Costa …
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Then-U.S. President George W. Bush talks with then-U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré on the flight deck of the USS Iwo Jima on Sept. 20, 2005, in New Orleans, La. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Army Lieutenant General Russel Honoré became a household name in 2005 when he led recovery efforts as commander of Joint …
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An HIV-infected H9 T cell, as seen by a scanning electromicrograph. In a landmark first for the continent hardest hit by HIV, a new clinical trial in South Africa has delivered a rare but extraordinary outcome: One young woman may be cured of the virus. Image Point FR/NIH/NIAID/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Image Point FR/NIH/NIAID/BSIP/Universal …
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It seems like you can’t go anywhere without seeing someone wearing a weighted vest. They’re at the gym, on hiking trails, in public parks and on social media feeds, where influencers claim wearing one can do incredible things for your health. “The benefits to walking with a weighted vest are insane,” one paid promoter, theashleywill, said in a recent post …
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Attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg speaks outside the U.S. District Court for Maryland after a hearing on Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case on July 10 in Greenbelt, Md. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images The attorney for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man wrongfully deported to a notorious El Salvadoran prison and later returned to the U.S., said he …
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SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship is prepared for a test flight in Starbase, Texas, on Sunday. Eric Gay/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Gay/AP SpaceX is getting ready for the 10th test launch of its massive Starship rocket, the largest type of rocket ever built. The planned launch, from a SpaceX facility near Boca Chica Beach in Texas, is scheduled to …
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson attends a press conference in January. On Friday, Johnson called President Trump’s threat to send the National Guard to Chicago “uncoordinated, uncalled for, and unsound.” Scott Olson/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images North America Chicago political leaders are slamming a suggestion made by President Trump late last week that he may …
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Sandy Rosenthal, founder of Levees.org, stands in the Flooded House Museum where one of the levees breached in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The house was flooded, though the interior now is a recreation made by local artists. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR NEW ORLEANS — On a quiet street in the Gentilly neighborhood, a …
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A still from KPop Demon Hunters. A singalong version of the wildly popular Netflix animated movie is screening for one weekend only in theaters across the country. Netflix hide caption toggle caption Netflix There are 62 screenings of KPop Demon Hunters this weekend at the Cinemark Century multiplex in Daly City, just south of San Francisco. The box office staff …
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