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A Long-Held Secret Is Now Public. Will It Alter Cormac McCarthy’s Legacy?

Revelations about a relationship between the author and a girl who was 16 when they met shocked readers, but not scholars of his work. Now there’s a debate about how much she influenced his writing.
Top stories - The New York Times - 5 hours ago
You may have blocked someone on X but now they can see your public posts anyway

Elon Musk’s X has been modified so that accounts you’ve blocked on the social media platform can still see your public posts
Tech - ABC News - November 4
After Reeves’s historic budget, Labour has time to pursue its revolution. What it needs now is public trust | Martin Kettle

The government is operating in an unforgiving time and lacks capital with voters. It will be crucial to address that . Rachel Reeves is the third Labour chancellor of the exchequer to be an MP in ...
World - The Guardian - November 1
The Secret Electrostatic World of Insects

Invisibly to us, insects and other tiny creatures use static electricity to travel, avoid predators, collect pollen, and more. New experiments explore how evolution may have influenced this ...
Tech - Wired - October 27
Is Google’s NotebookLM a secret CRM killer?

Even if a few hundred or thousand use NotebookLM in place of a CRM, it could spell trouble for the companies offering them.
Tech - VentureBeat - October 29
The Weird Persistence of the Victoria’s Secret ‘Angel’

The company has tried to shed its retrograde standards of beauty aspiration and perfection. But many women miss the old bombshell fantasy.
Lifestyle - The New York Times - October 30
A Secret Masterpiece by the Father of Hawaiian Modernism

This hexagonal home, hidden on an Oahu mountaintop, is the best example of Vladimir Ossipoff’s blend of Japanese and American midcentury design.
Top stories - The New York Times - November 12
The Secret Behind America’s Moral Panic

Trans rights aren’t just trans rights. They’re reproductive rights.
Top stories - The New York Times - Yesterday
Public Investment Fund’s desert mirage

Plus, why Topgolf is parting with its owner and HSBC‘s boss says it isn’t splitting up
World - Financial Times - October 30
Outside the box: public art in Miami

From giant pieces of fruit peel to a wonky ‘lighthouse’ and a marble slide, the city’s outdoor artworks offer exuberant, idiosyncratic delights — and a powerful memorial
World - Financial Times - 3 days ago
Elon Musk's Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin

Regular contacts between world’s richest man and America’s chief antagonist raise security concerns. Topics include geopolitics, business and personal matters.
World - The Wall Street Journal - October 25
Trump’s secret weapon may tip the election

Real-world business experience mattered in 2016 and it matters even more now.
Politics - The Hill - October 26
Secrets and spies — the women at the heart of espionage agencies

Two revealing books explore the unsung work and elusive lives of secretaries and intelligence agents on both sides of the Atlantic
Business - Financial Times - November 2
Santa Fe’s Secret to Happiness: The Annual Burning of Zozobra

Every year, Santa Fe incinerates a giant puppet of Zozobra — a ritual meant to purge anxiety and promote a reset.
Top stories - The New York Times - November 7
Serial killer Rodney Alcala's secret photos

See some of convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala's photographs that were discovered by detectives in a Seattle storage locker.
Top stories - CBS News - November 7
Chappell Roan reveals the secrets of a brilliant debut

In an interview with Brandi Carlile, Roan and her co-writer/producer, Dan Nigro, share the story behind her debut album, "Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess."
Top stories - NBC News - November 11
Quincy Jones’s 3 Secrets to Successful Reinvention

Feel the need to reinvent yourself? The great musician and producer offered a case study in innovation.
Business - Inc. - November 11
Women switched at birth in 1965: "They kept it secret"

The babies - one born on Feb. 14 and the other on Feb. 15, 1965 - are now 59-year-old women and they are filing a lawsuit.
Top stories - CBS News - November 13
Behind the Scenes at a Secretive Gathering of Rising MAGA Donors

The Winklevoss twins, Rebekah Mercer, allies of Elon Musk, Donald Trump Jr. and top Trump campaign aides recently joined a conclave of right-wing donors who are suddenly flush with power.
Top stories - The New York Times - 3 days ago
Australian businesses complain they are ‘public enemy number one’

Labor government adopts increasingly populist position ahead of general election due in May
World - Financial Times - October 28
Armie Hammer returns to public life — with a new podcast

Armie Hammer is back — in your earbuds, anyway, for those who are interested in tuning in to his new project that will in part document him “putting my life back together.”
Top stories - NBC News - October 28
Did Labour mislead UK public ahead of Budget?

Rachel Reeves’ tax-raising measures come after she pledged not to be a levy-hiking chancellor
World - Financial Times - October 31
Here's why Argentina's public universities are paralyzed by protests

After 11 months in office, Argentina’s right-wing President Javier Milei has fulfilled his flagship pledge to eliminate the country’s monumental deficits by shrinking the public payroll, slashing ...
World - ABC News - October 31
Is there a £22bn ‘black hole’ in the UK’s public finances?

Economists say the state of public finances should not have come as a complete surprise to the new government.
Top stories - BBC News - October 31
Why the public dismisses Biden’s legislative accomplishments

My take is that Biden’s legislation has not been received well received principally because the American public does not see the direct benefits to them.
Politics - The Hill - November 1
How RFK Jr. could influence public health

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story How RFK Jr. could influence public health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is poised to have a major role in shaping ...
Politics - The Hill - November 11
Queen to return to public duties after chest infection

The Queen, 77, will attend events in London this week but for shorter periods than originally planned.
Top stories - BBC News - November 12
Jordan: Gaetz ethics report 'shouldn't go public'

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said Thursday that the former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) House Ethics Commitee report “shouldn’t go public," amid pressure to release it after he ...
Politics - The Hill - November 15
In America, if Everything Is a Public Health Crisis, Nothing Is

Why invoking a public health crisis too often can lead society astray.
Top stories - The New York Times - 2 days ago
Texas board approves Bible curriculum option in public schools

The Texas Board of Education voted Friday to implement its new K-5 curriculum that calls for expanding Bible teachings in classrooms.
Top stories - ABC News - Yesterday
The Bizarro Normalcy of the Public Reaction to Trump’s Win

A second Trump administration is one where nobody’s quite sure what anyone else is really thinking.
Top stories - The New York Times - 8 hours ago
‘Conclave’: A Fly on the Wall Inside the Secret Process to Elect a Pope

A new drama by Edward Berger draws the audience inside this largely hidden tradition. How accurate is it?
Top stories - The New York Times - October 25
Court of Appeal sides with UK consumers over ‘secret’ car loan commissions

Close Brothers shares plummet after landmark ruling that puts sector at risk of redress
Business - Financial Times - October 25
The stoicism secret: how Ryan Holiday became a Silicon Valley guru

He has sold 5m books about this ancient Greek approach to life – and been feted by sports teams and CEOs. What makes this former PR man so popular?. What is it that made the former PR man turned ...
World - The Guardian - October 28
‘Magicians get emotional about it’: should secrets of magic ever be revealed?

Study examining highly contested topic of ‘exposure’ looks at when it is acceptable to share tricks of the trade. For decades, possibly centuries, magicians have fretted and argued over if and when ...
World - The Guardian - October 28
Leon Cooper Dies at 94; Nobelist Unlocked Secrets of Superconductivity

He shared the 1972 physics prize for showing how some materials could convey electricity without resistance. He also did pioneering research in neuroscience.
Science - The New York Times - October 29
Johnson says ‘little secret’ with Trump is get-out-the-vote effort, not ‘diabolical’

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday said the “little secret” that former President Trump teased at his Madison Square Garden rally is a get-out-the-vote effort, not a ...
Politics - The Hill - October 29
Secret Files in Election Case Show How Judges Limited Trump’s Privilege

The partly unsealed rulings, orders and transcripts open a window on a momentous battle over grand jury testimony that played out in secret, creating important precedents about executive privilege.
Top stories - The New York Times - October 29

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