City Of Boston Erects New Plaque Commemorating Spot Where Ben Affleck Will Die
BOSTON—With hundreds gathered in the street upon which the actor and filmmaker will collapse and never recover on a warm July night in 2044, city officials in Boston unveiled a new plaque Tuesday that marks the location where Ben Affleck is going to die. “As I look into this crowd, I see people who, in 25 years, five…
Elizabeth Warren Apologizes For DNA Test
In a call to the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren apologized for a DNA test she released in October suggesting she had Native American ancestry and reiterated that she is not a citizen of any tribal nation. What do you think?
Reconstruction Finally Completed On Field Destroyed By United Flight 93
SHANKSVILLE, PA—Declaring the 17-year project “a testament to the resilience of the human spirit,” Somerset County officials announced Tuesday that the reconstruction of the empty field destroyed by United Airlines Flight 93 has finally been completed. “America is all about never giving up, and I think visitors will…
Your Horoscopes — Week Of February 5, 2019
The Great Brexit Bake Off
Krithika Varagur imagines a humorous list of challenges for “The Great Brexit Bake Off,” a spoof of the competition show “The Great British Bake Off” inspired by Britain’s exit from the E.U.
In ‘Go Ahead In The Rain,’ The Love For A Tribe Called Quest Is Infectious
Author Hanif Abdurraqib has a seemingly limitless capacity to share what moves him and to invite the reader in: His love for these music-makers is contagious, even when it breaks his heart.
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‘Dear Los Angeles’ Collects Nearly 5 Centuries Of Opinions About The City
A new book features snippets of diary entries and letters written between 1542 to 2018. Editor David Kipen says it’s “a collective self-portrait of Los Angeles when it thought nobody was looking.”
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Confronting Germany’s Past In Oscar-Nominated ‘Never Look Away’
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s newest historical epic tells the story of an artist after World War II. It touches on the sensitive subject of national guilt — and not without controversy.
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My Family’s Specialty Cleaning Supplies for Lunar New Year
Irvin Ruan and Jeremy Nguyen illustrate a humorous array of specialty cleaning products for the Lunar New Year.