• News Photos: Amtrak celebrates California Zephyr’s 75th birthday

    CHICAGO — Passengers who drifted in to the westbound California Zephyr’s crowded Sightseer Lounge leaving Chicago on Tuesday found themselves in the middle of an Amtrak-sponsored onboard event commemorating the first runs of the original Burlington-Rio Grande-Western Pacific streamliner on March 20, 1949. They were treated to an informative lecture by Thomas Whitt, director and []Read More

  • Inburgering with Dutch News: How to celebrate Easter

    Easter (Goede Vrijdag, 1e and 2e Paasdag) takes place this weekend, so it is time for another session in the Dutch News inburgering course. Easter Monday is a public holiday but Friday is a normal working day, apart from government workers, lucky things. Lesson 37: celebrating Easter Easter breakfast box If you have children at a Dutch primary school, they, or rather you, probably had to make an Easter breakfast box which they give to another child in their class

  • Diddy News Update as More Celebrities Speak Out

    After Sean "Diddy" Combs' properties were raided by federal authorities earlier this week amid sex-trafficking allegations, old interviews of Usher speaking about the "very curious things" he saw while living at the rap mogul's New York mansion have resurfaced.The prosecutor who secured the sex trafficking conviction of disgraced R&B star R. Kelly has also weighed in, saying Combs should be "very concerned" about the raids that took place.Investigators with the Department of Homeland Security...

  • Entertainment: Festival Celebrating All Things Bach

    Symphony plays host to week-long festival honoring legendary composer.

  • Photos: Babies celebrate first Easter in Massachusetts

    Massachusetts General Hospital shared heart-warming photos of babies ready to celebrate their first Easter in the neonatal intensive care units.

  • PHOTOS: Grandmother celebrates 100th birthday in Cleveland

    How does it feel to turn 100 years old?

  • News Photos: CN business train in Illinois

    BARTLETT, Ill. — Canadian National’s business train makes a stop at Spaulding Junction in Chicago’s western suburbs to board officials and invited guests during a trip on Wednesday, March 20. The train was led by Wabtec AC44C6M No. 3309, the locomotive featuring the revived steam-era “wafer” logo [see “Canadian National revives ,” Trains News Wire, []Read More

  • How news organisations decide whether a photo is ‘too edited’

    In the era of artificial intelligence and accessible photo editing, you can’t believe everything you see online. One exception, of course, is (usually) if it’s published by a reputable news source. The foundation of photojournalism lies in its ability to present reality in an authentic and unaltered manner. Digital manipulation poses a significant threat to this core principle, undermining the credibility and trustworthiness of the images distributed by photo agencies. The controversy around...

  • Mohegan Arena celebrates 25 years with big news

    WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Celebrating 25 years of live entertainment and sporting events, Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, is now named the Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza. On Thursday, local leaders, community members, and arena management gathered together to commemorate the success of the arena and unveil some exciting announcements. As local []

  • What a coup! NBC News just hired Ronna McDaniel.

    On Friday, NBC News announced the newest hire to its politics team—former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel, who stepped down from her old post earlier this month so that former President Donald Trump could install a new leadership team that includes his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump. In a memo announcing the move, according to the […]

  • Jaelynn Thora Brooks Photos, News, Videos and Gallery

    'Davey & Jonesie's Locker' Star Jaelynn Thora Brooks Shares 10 Fun Facts

  • Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: A week of news in just a few days

    Abbreviated Pundit Roundup is a long-running series published every morning that collects essential political discussion and analysis around the internet. Greg Sargent/The New Republic: Mike Johnson Suddenly Seems Ready to Stick a Shiv in MAGA The House speaker is open to a stand-alone vote on Ukraine aid. Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t going to like that one bit. Poor Mike Johnson is in quite a bind. The House speaker simply doesn’t have a governing majority: It is borderline impossible to...