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Trump likely to choose surgeon and writer Marty Makary as FDA chief

Johns Hopkins doctor touted protection from natural immunity and opposed Covid vaccine mandates. Donald Trump is likely to choose the Johns Hopkins surgeon and writer Martin Makary to lead the Food ...

World - The Guardian - November 21

TSA administrator says he'd like to stay on under Trump

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) chief David Pekoske said earlier this week that he would like to continue serving under President-elect Trump. CBS’s Tony Dokoupil asked Pekoske if he ...

Politics - The Hill - November 21

Merkel Memoir Recalls What It Was Like Dealing With Trump and Putin

The new book by former Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany also aims to justify decisions she made that are still affecting her country and the rest of Europe.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 22

This Website of Old YouTube Clips Feels Like a Gut Punch

Bluesky will never be Twitter. YouTube is no longer about funny videos made with your friends. The old internet is gone, but it can be remade. The website IMG_0001 proves it.

Tech - Wired - November 22

‘It’s like a secret’: why do the leguminati want to change the way we eat?

Fans of legumes say a worldwide shift towards eating beans rather than meat would hugely benefit human health and the environment. ‘Make the beans your bitch’ – how to join the leguminati, plus ...

World - The Guardian - November 22

The U.S. economy is like Benjamin Button — aging in reverse, economist says

Jared Franz, an economist at fund giant Capital Group, says the U.S. economy seems to be aging in reverse.

Business - MarketWatch - November 22

1970 Chevy El Camino Isn’t Pretty But Hits Like A Boxer

World - Yahoo News - November 22

Life-threatening flooding likely to hit California as high winds batter Northwest

Forecasters warned of more high winds in the Pacific Northwest and potentially life-threatening flooding for parts of northern California on Friday, while an atmospheric river continues to dump ...

Ren Faire: a mind-boggling tale that’s like Succession, with added jesters and jousts

This wild documentary about George ‘King’ Coulam’s renaissance festival in Texas – and the search for an heir to his throne – will make your whole body cringe. What a strange and wonderful gift, my ...

World - The Guardian - November 23

Texas tees up likely legal battle with biblical public school lessons

Texas has joined the states mixing the Bible with public school classrooms, setting up another potential legal showdown. The Texas State Board of Education voted 8-7 on Friday to allow lessons ...

Politics - The Hill - November 23

What big change in health care really looks like

It’s time to stop tinkering at the margins and address the gorilla in the room.

Politics - The Hill - November 23

Get Ready for More of Coach Prime, Whether You Like It or Not

Deion Sanders has plenty of options for his future. He’ll be prominently in the spotlight for the next few months, a columnist for The Athletic writes.

Sports - The New York Times - November 23

'In eight years we never lived like this' - what is wrong at Man City?

After Man City's 4-0 humbling to Tottenham made it five defeats in a row, BBC Sport looks at what is going wrong for the Premier League champions.

Schooled like Mourinho: Amorim’s path from pioneering Lisbon university

Portugal’s coaches and players are all the rage in part thanks to links forged between academia and the game. They always knew Ruben Amorim was a special one at the faculty of human kinetics. “I ...

World - The Guardian - November 23

Like a luxury spa – for £20: where to enjoy Britain’s Turkish baths revival

In 1900, there were 600 Turkish baths in Britain and Ireland. Today, only a handful survive. We enjoy a revived hammam in Newcastle and take a look at 10 more around the country. My sister and I ...

World - The Guardian - 6 days ago

Cop29 climate finance deal likely to be followed by equally bitter battles

Rich countries still need convincing that giving money to poorer nations is very much in their interests too. It was only on the last scheduled day of two weeks of negotiations at the UN Cop29 ...

World - The Guardian - 6 days ago

The quiet 'Small Things Like These' is thematically earth-shaking, says Cillian Murphy

The actor has no real career plan, he says, just 'What's the next good story? Who's the next good collaborator?' Which led him to creating his Big Things Films production company.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - 5 days ago

Sniper Elite: Resistance Is Like A Welcome Serving Of Comfort Food

I often think about the era when Grand Theft Auto games were coming out almost every year rather than once a decade or so. In those off years, there were a lot of games that tried to fill the void ...

Tech - GameSpot - 5 days ago

What the Justice Department could look like under Pam Bondi

President-elect Donald Trump's second selection for attorney general, Pam Bondi, defended him during his first impeachment trial and has spent the last year running a Trump-aligned policy ...

Drake accuses Spotify, UMG of inflating Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us"

The petition alleges UMG used bots to drive up streams on "Not Like Us," paid radio promoters to increase air play and paid Apple to have Siri misdirect users to Kendrick Lamar's hit song.

Fresh weather warnings amid Storm Bert clean-up

Flood warnings are still in place as new weather alerts are issued for heavy rain.

'Like a golden ticket' - Menendez brothers case sparks frenzy in LA

There were just 16 seats to watch Monday's virtual court appearance by the pair, who killed their parents in 1989.

Drake files lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us

The rapper says Universal Music and Spotify conspired to boost the popularity of Lamar’s diss track.

Biden wants drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic covered by Medicare, Medicaid

Millions of Americans would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic covered by Medicare and Medicaid under a rule the Biden administration has proposed.

Drake says Spotify and label 'artificially inflated' Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us'

The beef between rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar exploded on the airwaves this summer.

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