Celebrity Life
What to Know About Britney Spears, Her Conservatorship and the #FreeBritney Movement
A fan-driven push to free Spears from her conservatorship is gaining steam
Facebook and Twitter Finally Locked Donald Trump’s Accounts. Will They Ban Him Permanently?
The events at the Capitol seemed a glaring sign that the risk to democracy was finally greater than the necessity of giving a sitting President a platform to speak
The Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine Approval May Be the Most Globally Important Yet
The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is especially promising for the developing world because it's cheaper and easier to handle and store
In a Year Marked By Death, the Trump Administration Cements a Legacy of Unprecedented Executions
Alfred Bourgeois was put to death by the Trump administration on Dec. 11. Like nine other prisoners who came before him this year, Bourgeois was killed with a legal injection of the drug pentobarbital while strapped to a gurney in an execution chamber at the Federal Corrections Complex in Terre Haute, Ind., where he’d effectively…
Everything to Know About the Bridgerton Books Behind Netflix’s Buzzy New Period Drama
And how Shonda Rhimes adapted them for Netflix
A Year After COVID-19 Emerged, Asia Struggles to Contain Growing Outbreaks
The first COVID-19 case in Taiwan since April shows how the global coronavirus surge is breaking down defenses in Asia
The Lord of the Rings Movies Are Now Holiday Movies. Here’s Why
The trilogy deserves a place in your Christmas movie catalog
LGBTQ and Women’s Rights Activists in Europe Hope a Biden Administration Will Make the U.S. an Ally Again
When Tamas Dombos heard that the Hungarian Parliament passed a series of laws on Dec. 15 effectively barring same-sex couples from adopting and making LGBTQI school education programs impossible, he was not surprised. “This is all part of a crusade against LGBTQI people,” he says. The new law, which called “the family as the basis…
How the E.U’s Sweeping New Regulations Against Big Tech Could Have an Impact Beyond Europe
Big tech companies could face multibillion dollar fines in Europe and the threat of being broken up unless they comply with sweeping new regulations announced by the European Commission on Tuesday. After years of wrangling in the U.S. over whether to hold tech companies accountable for data practices and anticompetitive behavior, the new rules in…
How the First COVID-19 Vaccinations Rolled Out at Hospitals Across the U.S.
Just before 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Sandra Lindsay, an intensive care nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, New York, became one of the first people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The jab was the highly anticipated start of what public health experts hope is a nationwide wave of vaccinations that will signal…
Alex Wheatle on the Life Story That Inspired Steve McQueen’s Latest Small Axe Film
The fourth installment in Steve McQueen's 'Small Axe' anthology portrays the teenage years of novelist Alex Wheatle, and his participation in the 1981 Brixton Uprising