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Islandwide blackout hits Cuba as its fuel reserve dwindles and grid crumbles.

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Should the bill reach Gov. Maura Healey's desk, the maneuver would resolve a remnant of the Steward Health Care bankruptcy saga that two years ago led to two hospital closures and prompted the state to seize St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton by eminent domain.

Celtics president Brad Stevens says trading Jaylen Brown to Philadelphia was necessary for financial flexibility in the changing NBA landscape. Stevens acknowledged the emotional impact and said he understands fans' reactions.

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In southeastern Italy, almond groves hold centuries of local history. A granddaughter returns to gather the bitter and the sweet.

Backed by the state, Chinese workers are using AI to deal with limited resources and drive innovation to compete with Silicon Valley.

Last Thursday, the satirical newspaper The Onion started its own version of Infowars, the infamous online hub of misinformation created by Alex Jones. The takeover has been years in the making. After Mr. Jones lost two defamation cases, his assets were put up for auction. Th...

A new once-daily weight-loss pill called orforglipron delivered better weight loss and blood sugar improvements for people with type 2 diabetes than the leading oral semaglutide in a major clinical trial. The tablet could offer a more convenient alternative to injectable drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy because it doesn't require refrigeration or special timing with meals. It's also cheaper to manufacture, which could expand access globally.

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  An independent bookstore devoted entirely to cookbooks debuted in the spring at 332 E. 13th St., between First Avenue and Second Avenue.  Wild Sorrel Cookbooks is the new venture from Troy Chatterton, who spent the past 14 ye...

Top two photos by Daniel Root  The three red-tailed hawk fledglings continue to be active in Tompkins Square Park... even during the HEAT DOME, as Goggla noted ... Meanwhile, someone has posted a homemade sign near where the hawks have been at play... reminding visi...

A hundred and fifteen years ago, Christian Larson wrote one of the first popular self-help manifestos. The Optimist’s Creed argued that it was a choice, and a useful promise. Not to promise the world, or the boss, or the market. To promise ourselves. Optimism is not a mood. It’s a discipline. Last week, Reid Hoffman reminded […]

This story was produced as part of a collaboration between The City Reporter and MindSite News, the nation’s only nonprofit news outlet focused on mental health. Sign up for the MindSite News Daily newsletter here. Genaro watched as four police officers crowded out of the elevator, their boots thudding through the narrow hallway of the […]

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Asked to identify “the Athens of the South,” many Americans might well point to Athens, Georgia, especially if they happen to be fans of REM, the B‑52s, or Of Montreal. In fact, that title was claimed by Nashville, Tennessee as early as the eighteen-fifties, when the city put into action its ambitious plans for a […]

"With his concave, craggly cheeks and haunted eyes, Harry Dean Stanton was nobody’s idea of a movie star," writes critic Sean Burns. Running July 12 through July 20, the series screens 13 of the most iconic titles from a filmography that spanned seven decades.

Jason Prokowiew’s "War Boys" braids the story of his father, Walter, who survived as a young boy taken in by a Nazi soldier in 1940s Belarus, and young Jason, who must navigate a childhood of fear and abuse in 1970s Massachusetts. In conversation with Alysia Abbott, Prokowiew reflects on how his father’s history intersects with his own ongoing story.

For the Netflix children’s animation “Team Hot Wheels,” Brandon V. Fletcher, 45, painstakingly drew the show’s four mischievous heroes’ antics frame by frame, often spending days sketching for a second of animation screentime. But when his company, Noggin, a children’s streaming service, was acquired by Paramount in 2024, Fletcher lost his senior animator job, alongside […]

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Donald Trump ended the tortured saga around his gala for America’s 250th anniversary in typical fashion. Trump claimed 150,000 people attended his final speech, which was humiliatingly contradicted by videos of the event. Then Trump made it worse. During the speech...

Marcel Duchamp, Untitled from The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Green Box) (La mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires, même [Boîte verte]), 1934 #museumarchive #marcelduchamp

For years, Tonga's .to domain names have been a popular choice for pirate sites, but that may very well change. Following a restructuring of the domain name operation, the Government of the Kingdom of Tonga appears to have suspended several domains, including the popular German streaming portals S.to and BS.to. The action was taken in response to an Indian High Court order that was originally issued last December.

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