Republican leaders in Congress have directed the committee that oversees Medicaid to cut $880 billion from the next budget. They say these cuts aren’t necessarily aimed at Medicaid, the insurance program for 72 million poor and disabled Americans. The cuts could come from Medicare, for instance. But Trump has vowed not to touch that very…
Look, I’m not accusing Nicolas Cage or anybody else involved in the movie “Pig” of lying. But after a search around Oregon, I haven’t been able to find a single person who hunts the state’s wild truffles with a hog, as Mr. Cage did in the film. Pigs will snarf as many truffles as they…
May 17, 2024; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Florida Panthers center Sam Bennett (9) and Boston Bruins left wing Brad Marchand (63) speak after the Panthers defeated the Bruins in game six of the second round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images Days after sending captain Brad Marchand to…
Opinion by: Tim Haldorsson, founder of Lunar Strategy When US President Donald Trump announced the US strategic crypto reserve on March 2, the immediate focus fell on the price surges of the included coins. Behind the market excitement lies a much bigger story that extends far beyond the named assets themselves. The real opportunity lies…
One of the most delightful shows in Paris wasn’t a show at all. It was a — what? Exhibition? Career retrospective? Opportunity to snack on gossip along with some croissants? Officially it was the Loewe Fall 2025 men’s and women’s wear presentation, held in the ornate halls of the 18th century Pozzo di Borgo, the…
We asked 19 photographers to revisit their most enduring images of the coronavirus pandemic, five years after the virus became a global threat. Their photographs transport us to that bewildering period in an uncanny sort of time travel. The journalists who captured these scenes were not just covering the Covid-19 story but living through it….
Five years — and hundreds of millions of cases — after the World Health Organization declared the Covid-19 pandemic, scientists are getting a clearer picture of how the virus can affect the body long after an infection seems to pass. Some of Covid’s effects became apparent soon after the virus began spreading. We quickly understood…
Mar 8, 2025; South Bend, Indiana, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish guard Markus Burton (3) passes the ball as Cal Bears guard DJ Campbell (3) and guard Christian Tucker (22) defend in the first half at the Purcell Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-Imagn Images Notre Dame played the longest game in Atlantic Coast Conference history…
Across the spectrum of uses for artificial intelligence, one stands out. The big, inspiring A.I. opportunity on the horizon, experts agree, lies in accelerating and transforming scientific discovery and development. Fed by vast troves of scientific data, A.I. promises to generate new drugs to combat disease, new agriculture to feed the world’s population and new…
A hacking group with ties to Russia has claimed responsibility for the massive cyberattack on X, which saw the social media platform unable to be accessed by thousands of users, although user functionality was quickly restored. Cybersecurity group SpyoSecure said in a March 10 post to X that hacker group Dark Storm made a Telegram…
