Media Bubbles

The dancers of North Hollywood’s Star Garden have gained recognition as part of the the Actors’ Equity Association after a 15-month battle with management.

State supreme court justices are disproportionately White and don’t reflect the diverse populations they serve, a new report has found.

Among other things, the Comstock Act prohibits the mailing of “obscene, lewd, or lascivious” materials, like pornography, or any article or thing “intended for the prevention of conception or procuring of abortion.” It also prohibits shipping those things by way of express common carriers, meaning services like FedEx or UPS.

If Trump and his then-personal lawyer tried to deliver clemency for profit, it would likely cross the line into bribery territory.

Speaker A: Consider Tucker Carlson’s final broadcast. Speaker B: Good evening, and welcome to Tucker Carlson Tonight. Speaker A: For centuries, one of my colleagues here at Slate watched the ...

He said that the character had to have an orgasm in the movie, and he needed to see what my orgasms were like,” the actor told Andy Cohen.

A toddler has died after a boat ferrying more than 30 villagers across the Shire River in Malawi’s Nsanje district was attacked by a hippo, causing it to overturn, authorities said.

It would take a two-thirds supermajority to remove the New York Republican, but a vote would put members of his party on the record either endorsing or abandoning him after his indictment.

An intruder broke into the home of President Joe Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, in the middle of the night a few weeks ago.

The rise of Russell Crowe was a success story for the ages. In 1999, Crowe was one of dozens of somewhat exciting rising actors in Hollywood—a talented Aussie whose name cinephiles knew, but who ...

President Joe Biden has decided to curtail an upcoming visit to the Indo-Pacific to focus on the debt limit standoff at home

Riad Salameh was supposed to appear before French prosecutors Tuesday as part of an ongoing corruption probe into alleged financial crimes.

Sullivan confronted the man who walked into his home in the middle of the night, a law enforcement official said.

The Cannes Film Festival opened its 76th edition with a parade of stars, including the much-debated return of Johnny Depp.

Former vice president Mike Pence appears set to launch his 2024 campaign for president. If he does, he would be seeking the nomination of a party that has turned away from not just his brand of politics, but him personally.

Meta Platforms Inc. is hoping to revive interest in the metaverse by pitching it as a tool to help train workforces, showing the social media giant isn’t backing down on its virtual reality ambitions even as artificial intelligence takes center stage.

Here are three big unknowns that now hang over Washington’s efforts to control a profound and disruptive new technology.

Beau Wilson, 18, was fatally shot by Farmington police who confronted him at about 11 a.m. MT on Monday, Deputy Police Chief Kyle Dowdy told reporters. Wilson was a student at Farmington High School, which was set to hold graduation ceremonies Tuesday.

Washington — Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia introduced a resolution Tuesday to expel Republican Rep. George Santos from Congress, seeking to force Republicans in the House to go on the record over whether the indicted congressman should keep his seat.

A U.S. Navy officer arranged to surprise his daughter at her May graduation from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

President Biden and congressional leaders at a crucial Tuesday meeting made little progress toward securing a deal to raise the nation’s debt limit — though they did express some optimism about

Many were bracing for a ballooning of already record-high levels of illegal immigration last week, sparking renewed efforts to address border security and a broken immigration system.

From a mountainside in Gyeonggi-do, Buddhist nun WooKwan Sunim pioneers the Korean temple cuisine movement, which has roots in ancient history but speaks directly to modern tastes.

Democratic U.S. Representative Robert Garcia on Tuesday started the process of forcing a vote on a motion to expel Republican George Santos, the congressman from New York facing federal charges of fraud,

Matty Healy is best known as the charismatic lead singer of English pop band The 1975 and in recent weeks has come under renewed media attention for his rumored romance with Taylor Swift—but he’s also been the subject of several of his own controversies throughout his years for insensitive comments and behavior.

Last month, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai told 60 Minutes that "every product of every company" will be impacted by AI's rapid development. He, like Altman and Hinton, has trepidation about the possible repercussions. Google has its own chatbot called Bard.

A Secret Service spokesperson said agents “will be held accountable” if any departure from protocol is discovered.

House Republicans say the long-awaited report from Special Counsel John Durham fuels their arguments that federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies have been “weaponized” against political

One of the earliest public examples of Christ portrayed as a person of color was rediscovered recently in a renovated Rhode Island church. The stained glass window was commissioned in 1878 in memory of two women whose families had ties to the slave trade.

Eight people have been arrested after France's First Lady Brigitte Macron's great-nephew was attacked on Monday following a TV address by the French president. Jean-Baptiste Trogneux was beaten up by anti-government protesters in the northern city of Amiens. He was hit on the head, arms and legs and is awaiting the result of a scan.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced articles of impeachment Tuesday against FBI Director Christopher Wray, blaming him for leading an out-of-control agency she said has become President Biden’s enforcer against political opponents.

Andrew Gillum, the former mayor of Tallahassee and the Democratic candidate in the 2018 Florida gubernatorial election against then-Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), looks to be in the clear after federal prosecutors moved to drop all charges against him Monday.

The agency will conduct a limited test before deciding whether to build a competitor to companies such as TurboTax.

Special counsel John Durham’s failure to indict any Obama-era FBI officials involved in the Trump-Russia collusion probe has left conservative activists and Trump allies questioning why he didn’t pursue prosecutions that they say were handed to him on a silver platter.

Tuesday is the primary election for Pennsylvania Supreme Court candidates, and GOP voters could decide the future of the Republican Party in the Keystone State by choosing between a centrist and a right-wing candidate.

President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed has positioned the U.A.E. as a friend to all sides since Moscow invaded Ukraine—but not without a cost.

On Wednesday, May 17th, first lady Jill Biden will travel to Bethel, Alaska to highlight the Biden-Harris administration’s historic investments to expand broadband connectivity in Native American communities,

Reps. Cori Bush (D-MO) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) defended their votes against a resolution to honor police officers for "National Police Week."

Some investors have expressed concerns that the board hasn’t done enough to keep CEO Elon Musk focused on the automaker’s day-to-day needs.

A former Metropolitan Police Department officer and police union official has pleaded guilty to time and attendance fraud related to his second job at three D.C. Whole Foods locations.

Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins is expected to resign this week after a Justice Department probe into her participation in a Democratic fundraiser and other issues.

Olympic gold medal figure skater Sarah Hughes has filed papers to run for a House seat in Long Island’s 4th congressional district.

Remembering the many times KJP has been stumped by reporters since she took over as White House press secretary.

The Five' co-hosts discuss the media downplaying special counsel John Durham's report on the Trump-Russia probe and Hillary Clinton's alleged role in the investigation.

It’s a terrible error. People are upset. People are angry. There is a lot of confusion,” GOP County Executive Bruce Blakeman seethed at a Tuesday press conference.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday that the state is deploying resources to aid Texas in its battle against the ongoing crisis at its southern border.

Get me somebody here,” a distraught man tells a 911 operator. “Please, I’ve been waiting for 20 f–king minutes. My wife is dying.”

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Ohio, discusses whether the FBI will face any consequences after the 'damning' Durham report on 'The Story.'