The way some musicians play, you think they'll never die. Theodore "Sonny" Rollins was such a man: A saxophonist revered for his huge tone and seemingly inexhaustible improvisations. Rollins died Monday afternoon at his Woodstock, N.Y. home at the age of 95. Rollins was a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, a recipient of a Kennedy Center honor and a recipient of the National Medal of the Arts. And he was the very incarnation of a modern jazz musician. His art was his life. "All these prizes are nice, I appreciate them," he told NPR in 2007. "I don't go crazy about them -- you have to do your work whether you're recognized or not. The real deal is doing it the best you can do it and that's it. That's its own reward."
WASHINGTON " President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Iran wrongly assumed he would retreat from his demands during negotiations to avoid a long standoff ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Speaking at a Cabinet meeting on May 27, Trump said the Iranian regime "thought they were going to outwait me" regarding a peace deal.
"'We'll outwait him. He's got the midterms,'" Trump said. "I don't care about the midterms. Look what happened last night. That was the prelude to the midterms."
Thirty Seconds To Mars is going in for the kill against bots that buy and scalp tickets by giving fans a new way to fight back, but it comes with one unusual catch: they may need to scan their eyes first. Jared Leto's band is using World's new Concert Kit tool to set aside a portion of tickets for verified human fans on its 2027 European tour. The tech comes from Sam Altman's Tools for Humanity, the company behind World ID, an encrypted digital passport created through iris and face scans.
INTERLOCHEN, Mich. (AP) -- A Michigan summer arts camp and boarding school where Jeffrey Epstein has been accused of meeting at least two his victims will tear down a lodge that once bore his name. The Interlochen Center for the Arts said this week that its board of trustees has approved a plan to demolish the Green Lake Lodge, which had been known as Jeffrey E. Epstein Scholarship Lodge until the school cut ties and scrubbed references to the late millionaire sex offender after his first conviction in 2008. Epstein attended the Interlochen Arts Camp in 1967 as a teenager, and donated more than $400,000 to the school between 1990 to 2003, including $200,000 for the construction of the lodge.
Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to "blow up" the country of Oman if it didn't bow to his wishes around control of the Strait of Hormuz as the U.S. president seeks a peace agreement with Iran to re-open the strait. The president hosted a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday and reiterated his insistence that Oman and other nations sign the Abraham Accords, a U.S.-led treaty which encourages the normalization of diplomatic ties between Arab nations and Israel.
Trump, his family, his companies and his administration have always been more concerned with the appearance of conflict of interest than with conflict of interest itself. Indeed, conflict of interest is White House Inc's business model. But something has changed in the last few months. They've given up even caring about appearances. The president is pilfering money directly from the US treasury " that is, picking our pockets. And he is doing it in plain sight. Read more
Trump, his family, his companies and his administration have always been more concerned with the appearance of conflict of interest than with conflict of interest itself. Indeed, conflict of interest is White House Inc's business model. But something has changed in the last few months. They've given up even caring about appearances. The president is pilfering money directly from the US treasury " that is, picking our pockets. And he is doing it in plain sight. Read more
These disembodied organs, sourced from recently deceased donors, are being employed to test experimental drugs aimed at neurodegenerative diseases. The work has ignited fresh debate: could these brains possess some form of consciousness? Read more
Canada PM John Carney is in NYC today and tomorrow (27-28 May) to meet with investors, CEOs, entrepreneurs, business leaders, and capital managers to position Canada as a premier destination for new investment.
Canadians (and Mexicans for that matter) are lucky to have competent, educated leaders guiding their countries, unlike dysfunctional Amerikkka.
Former International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda reported that the then-head of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency Yossi Cohen pressured her to drop her investigation into alleged war crimes committed by the IDF.
Yossi Cohen is not a good human being.
Meta is the latest company to trim its workforce as a result of the growing use of AI within the industry. The company laid off 8,000 employees earlier this week, while also moving 7,000 more to AI-focused roles.
Former President Joe Biden filed suit against the Justice Department on Tuesday in an effort to block the release of recordings and transcripts from interviews he gave for his memoir that were central to a special counsel probe regarding his handling of classified materials after his time as vice president.
Democratic state attorneys general declined an invitation to VPOTUS JD Vance's anti-fraud initiatives roundtable at the White House on Tuesday, citing the fact that they were only invited on Friday, well after their Republican counterparts were asked to attend. In March 2026, Donald Trump appointed Vance to lead the new Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.
JD Vance Can Start Eliminating Fraud at the White House Any Day Now
Musk says drones used Starlink instead of Starshield, blames military contractor. SpaceX and the Pentagon have been bickering about the price of using Starshield satellite service during the Iran war, according to a Reuters report published today. It appears that SpaceX asked the military for more money after it started using satellite terminals on "kamikaze" attack drones in Iran.
Russia can falsify GPS signals deep into Europe at a radius of up to 450km (280 miles) from its Kaliningrad exclave due to hugely-expanded capacity, a Lithuanian official said on Tuesday. Since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, opens new tab, European nations have often accused Russia of electronic interference but President Vladimir Putin's government denies that, blaming Western smear tactics.
This story touches base on the tension between dreams, sacrifice, and leadership within the Black community, focusing on the NAACP's call for Black student-athletes to boycott major southern PWIs and what that demand means for younger generations...
