At various points along Bourbon Street, people had left flowers, candles, stuffed animals and what appeared to be a tamale wrapped in foil. On the bustling corner of Bourbon and Canal Streets, the outside wall of a Walgreens was covered in handwritten messages: “We will neva forget.” “Terror didn’t win.” Once again, Bourbon Street was […]
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In a chilly auditorium in Afghanistan, heaps of freshly mined green emeralds glowed under bright table lamps as bearded gemstone dealers inspected them for purity and quality. An auctioneer asked for bids on the first lot, which weighed 256 carats. With that, the Taliban’s weekly gemstone auction was underway. These sales, in the emerald-rich Panjshir […]
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It wasn’t long after celebrities started arriving on the red carpet at the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday that one of the night’s biggest fashion trends came into focus: metallics. Those who wore them included Zendaya, who went with a coppery orange Louis Vuitton gown; Angelina Jolie, who chose a silvery Alexander McQueen […]
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A Jeju Air crash in South Korea last week, the deadliest plane accident in years, has stunned the global aviation industry. The country is regarded as a model for how to turn poor air safety practices into some of the world’s best. Three decades ago, South Korea had a dismal record of air safety. Its […]
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The Tennessee Titans locked up the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft — with an assist from the New England Patriots. The Patriots’ win over the Buffalo Bills, combined with the Titans’ loss to the Houston Texans, meant Tennessee moved up one spot in the draft order on the final day of the […]
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James Lee Williams, a drag performer and winner of the inaugural season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK” who was best known by the stage name The Vivienne, died over the weekend. They were 32. Williams’s death was announced in a statement by their manager, Simon Jones, which did not cite a cause. Williams, who adopted […]
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PITTSBURGH — To understand what unfolded Saturday night in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ regular-season finale at Acrisure Stadium, you have to start nearly 700 miles south and four months ago in Atlanta. In Week 1 against the Falcons, coach Mike Tomlin set the standard for the season when he passed up a chance to kick a […]
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When I started following Nikki Glaser in early December as she began putting together her Golden Globes monologue, she planned a joke that never made it into Sunday’s awards show about shouting out Harrison Ford and then saying, “Harrison Ford is here to show us a cool rock he found.” It was more off-kilter than […]
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FOXBORO, Mass. — The New England Patriots are making a change at head coach, splitting with Jerod Mayo just one year after he replaced Bill Belichick. Now, a franchise that once exuded stability and success like no other in the NFL is about to have its third coach in just three seasons. New England fired […]
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Just five days into 2025 and award season is already back in full swing with what is considered the boozier, looser and more casual show of the group: the Golden Globes, which doles out bronze statues for both film and television. Though this will be the first year since 2019 that “Succession” isn’t up for […]
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