Area Man Feels Joy Online for First Time in Years
A day after the US midterm elections gave Democrats control of Congress, Onion CEO Ben Collins and comedian Patti Harrison spoke to WIRED about the salve of satire during politically fraught times.
Abdul El-Sayed’s victory has laid bare a truth about America’s view on Israel | Peter Beinart
In Michigan, support for Israel was a kind of political hologram. But the media often made it seem realAmong the things that Abdul El-Sayed’s victory last night in the Michigan Senate race revealed is this: the debate over US policy toward Israel does…
There’s a new feeling in America as kindness drives out cruelty | Margaret Sullivan
For a decade, good-hearted citizens witnessed horrors and insisted: ‘This is not America.’ Finally, the conversation has shiftedFor the past 10 years – such brutally discouraging years in the United States – we’ve been hearing good-hearted citizens put…
Champions League review: comebacks, thrashings and a Mauritanian first
Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain flexed their muscles, Manchester United fought back and an unlikely star stole the show for AEK AthensStill without the recovering Vincent Kompany, Bayern Munich are among the favorites to win the Champions League,…
Amtrak workers’ union denounces plan to let passengers bring guns on trains: ‘Sheer lunacy’
New policy would permit passengers to take firearms to their seats in lockboxes on 1,500 trains a day across the USThe Transport Workers Union, which represents 360 onboard service workers at national passenger rail operator Amtrak, has lambasted the…
Seeing Trump and his acolytes lose so spectacularly is powerful schadenfreude for millions across the globe
Trump is still president, and we don’t know where things will go from here – but sometimes it just feels good to see some terrible people have a terrible timeThe last couple of days have been very bad for Donald Trump. Of course, in Trump’s usual style,…
Trump tries to get 2024 conviction in hush money corruption case thrown out
President’s lawyers will try to persuade appeals court to toss criminal trial verdict over $130,000 sent to Stormy DanielsDonald Trump’s legal team on Thursday plan to continue efforts to get his 2024 conviction in the hush money election corruption case…
Republican wipeout in US midterms sends Europe’s far-right a message on voter concerns
European far-right leaders quick to distance themselves from Donald Trump and stress their own prioritiesEurope live – latest updatesUS midterms live – latest updatesThe historic Republican defeat in the US midterm elections has forcibly reminded…
Six people dead and seven injured after fire at Brooklyn home
Hundreds of first responders worked to control the blaze, and a lithium-ion battery was found at the sceneSix people died in a fire that roared through a residential home in New York City early on Thursday and seven others were injured, including three…
Motorola’s new Signature 27 has it all if you can stomach the $1,600 price tag
It has all the bells and whistles (and cameras).