Meet The 2024 Maxim Cover Girl Competition Finalists … from Maxim Joseph Manghise
More than 10,000 applied to last year’s Maxim Cover Girl competition, but only 10 finalists were chosen. You already met MCG queen Lexi Kaleiia in…
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What It’s Like To Stay In Sweden’s Frozen ‘Ice Hotel’ … from Maxim Stinson Carter
(Stinson Carter) The Ice Man Sleepeth Dressed only in boots and a base layer with a serious sleeping bag slung over my back, I pushed…
Where to Stream 2025’s Best Picture Oscar Nominees from Wired Reece Rogers
Wicked, Anora, The Brutalist—many of this year’s Academy Award nominees are available to watch online. Here’s where to steam the 2025 Oscar movies.Wicked, Anora, The…
The Pope Is Critically Ill. Far Right Catholic Trolls Are Out in Force. … from Mother Jones Kiera Butler
Over the weekend, the Vatican announced serious complications in the recovery of Pope Francis. The 88-year-old pontiff, who has been hospitalized for 10 days, is…
USDA Layoffs Are Wasting Public Money and Decimating Popular Programs … from Mother Jones Matt Reynolds
This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The widespread layoff of Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists has thrown…
Your Boss Wants You Back in the Office. This Surveillance Tech Could Be Waiting for You from Wired Sophie Charara
Warehouse-style employee tracking tech has expanded into job after job. Now, as millions are called back to the workplace, it’s finally coming for the American…
Woodford Reserve Debuts Its Highest-Proof Whiskey Yet … from Maxim Beau Hayhoe
The Woodford Reserve Distillery Series aims to push the limits of whiskey production by the legendary producer, and its newest release meets that mantle quite…
Caribbean leaders vow to maintain pursuit of slavery reparations from the Guardian Natricia Duncan and Colville Mounsey in Bridgetown
Countries meeting at Caricom summit not seeking ‘handout’ but ‘appropriate apology’ and compensation Caribbean leaders have defended the region’s pursuit of slavery reparations, describing the…
Brazilian city in Amazon declares emergency after huge sinkholes appear from the Guardian Reuters in Buriticupu
In Buriticupu, about 1,200 people risk losing their homes, and residents have seen the problem escalate in 30 years Authorities in a city in the…
US congresswoman ‘rooting’ for Canada and Mexico against Trump’s threats from the Guardian Ramon Antonio Vargas
Democrat Jasmine Crockett calls it ‘really wild’ that it is foreign leaders who are speaking truth to power The congresswoman Jasmine Crockett has revealed she…
Woman charged in dating app druggings and one death of older men in Las Vegas from the Guardian Associated Press
FBI says Aurora Phelps met men online for dating then drugged them and stole cars and money A woman used online dating apps to lure…
The Ugandan arts centre bringing harmony to Africa’s biggest refugee camp from the Guardian Patience Akumu
The Bidi Bidi performing arts venue offers more than 250,000 refugees the chance to sing, play, dance – and dream of a peaceful future The…
Nigeria sues crypto giant Binance for $81.5bn in economic losses and back tax from the Guardian Reuters
Authorities blame crypto exchange, already facing four counts of tax evasion in the country, for currency woes Nigeria has filed a lawsuit seeking to compel…
Archaeologists discover 3,500 year-old tomb of ‘missing pharaoh’ in Egypt from the Guardian Donna Ferguson
Uncovering rock-cut tomb of Thutmose II hailed as most significant discovery since Tutankhamun in 1922 It was when British archaeologist Piers Litherland saw that the…