• Nelly Korda could rival Caitlin Clark for superstardom in the US and is already dominating golf like Tiger Woods ahead of history-making bid at Chevron Championship

    Caitlin Clark is one of the biggest stars in US sports right now. The former Iowa Hawkeyes college basketball star lit up the 2024 NCAA Tournament and became the No.1 overall pick in this year̵

  • In Jane Smiley's rock 'n' roll novel, does good sense make good fiction?

    Toward the end of Jane Smiley’s new novel, “Lucky,” its narrator takes a moment to flip through her mother’s record collection. It’s got a lot of ’60s folk-rock, including, she notes, “the four J’s.” Presumably she means artists like Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Judy Collins and Janis Ian. But maybe one of the J’s is the narrator herself — Jodie Rattler, a moderately famous singer with a knack for writing melancholy love songs. “Lucky” is framed as a rock ’n' roll novel, but it’s a tricky and...

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    306: Seemed Like A Good Idea at the Time

    A girl signs up for a class. A couple hires an accountant. A group of co-workers decides to pool their money and buy a couple of lottery tickets. In the beginning, they're full of hope and optimism — and then something turns. Stories of good ideas gone bad. Prologue: Paul was a cop. One night he was pulling second shift when he had a perfectly good idea: He'd stretch out in the back seat and take a little nap during his break. He fell right asleep, and slept well until he woke up and realized...

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    7 features that make Brave such a good browser

    I tend to use multiple web browsers for multiple purposes. Or sometimes, I just want to use something different. Right now, I'm bouncing between Opera, Arc, and Brave. Arc tends to get less usage because it's not available on the Linux operating system (yeah, I'm one of the few who still prefers desktop over mobile). Opera has been my default for a while now and it's hard to pull me away from its Workspaces feature (the best tab management on the market).Still, Brave has always been there,...

  • Cubamax-Aerovaradero, good start for shipments from the US to Cuba

    Washington, April 22 (Prensa Latina) The Cubamax Group confirmed today the good reception that the start of shipments of frozen meat from the United States to Cuba had the expected result of a contract signed with the Cuban company Aerovaradero. The post Cubamax-Aerovaradero, good start for shipments from the US to Cuba first appeared on Prensa Latina.

  • AI is starting to make coffee — and it’s really good at it

    Finns love their coffee. Per capita, people in Finland consume 12kgs of coffee per year, making them the second largest per-capita coffee drinkers, only surpassed by Luxembourg. Finland also often ranks as the most technologically advanced country in the world. So, it only makes sense that they embrace a merger of the two — technology, and coffee. Thus, an artisanal coffee shop in Helsinki, Finland, made news when they started selling an AI-formulated blend.

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    Measles making comeback in Louisiana, cases on the rise in US

    Once eradicated in the United States, measles is making a comeback. According to the CDC, cases have been reported in at least 17 states, including Louisiana.

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    Measles making comeback in Louisiana, cases on the rise in US

    Once eradicated in the United States, measles is making a comeback. According to the CDC, cases have been reported in at least 17 states, including Louisiana.

  • Working too many hours ‘is making us sick and poor’

    ‘Our work now is making us sick and poor,’ professor says

  • 'Bidenbucks' Make 'Zuckbucks' Look Like Chump Change

    Election integrity watchdogs say private funds in elections pale in comparison to what Biden has wrought through the power of his pen.

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    Newshour, What difference will the new US aid make to Ukrainians?

    US President Joe Biden says Ukraine will receive more arms and equipment within the week after the US Senate approved a $60bn aid package. But what difference will this make to the people there? Also on the programme: we hear the conflicting claims about the mass graves found in Gaza; and the ‘lost’ painting of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt that has been sold at auction in Vienna.(Photo: US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the National Security Supplemental. Credit:...

  • This Is What Makes Ina Garten’s Chicken Salad So Insanely Good

    If you own a gourmet prepared-foods store in the Hamptons, you're going to be selling a lot of chicken salad. READ MORE