Federal Trial Opens Over Lack of Air Conditioning in Texas Prisons
Inmates in Texas prisons want a federal court to force the state to provide air-conditioning for all its prison cells.
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A Border Wall Plan Unites Republicans and Democrats in Texas: ‘This Is Insane’
Plans for a wall in Big Bend National Park prompted public protests and behind-the-scenes lobbying to sway the Trump administration to stop.
Can the ‘Dubai Dream’ Survive the War? Residents Say Life Goes On.
The Emirates’ largest city pitched itself to foreign workers and tourists as a sun-soaked safe haven in a volatile region. War has challen…
Arsenio Hall Shares How the Shy Kid Became the Life of the Party
Eddie Murphy, Snoop Dogg and Bill Clinton (naturally) show up in his gossipy new memoir. He isn’t very sentimental.
The Dogma of Meat
From Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s food pyramid to online influencers, beef has become more than just a source of protein.
The Dogma of Meat
From Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s food pyramid to online influencers, beef has become more than just a source of protein.
As Hollywood Courts Gamers, They Warn: ‘Don’t Ruin This’
Super Mario Bros. and Minecraft became movie blockbusters, and Call of Duty and Legend of Zelda adaptations are on the way. Fans of the vide…
Rasputin. Roy Cohn. Jeffrey Epstein. Every Elite Has a ‘Dark Connector.’
Epstein flourished by helping elite men reconcile their private desires with their public appearances.
How a Civics School With a Conservative Bent Divided Its Supporters
A University of North Carolina program was intended to promote civil discourse and ideological diversity. Some of its early conservative sup…
Americans Have Never Been All That Excited About Going to the Moon
Polling has consistently found that most people would prefer NASA spend money on things like monitoring climate change and averting asteroid…
Around the Moon and Back in 10 Days
Here's how NASA plans to send four astronauts on a trip around the moon, the first time that anyone would travel this far from Earth since t…
‘I Thought I Would Be Caged My Whole Life’
Doctors believed that Woody Brown would never be able to speak or process language. He went to graduate school and is publishing his debut n…