The Latest Arts & Life Let 'The Secret Agent' fill you in on what it's like to live under a dictatorship A research scientist is on the run from hitmen in this thrilling film. Set in 1977 Brazil, The Secret Agent captures the daily realities and surreal absurdities of life in an authoritarian state. John Powers National Trump's security strategy slams European allies and asserts U.S. power in the Americas The Trump administration has set forth a national security strategy that paints European allies as weak and aims to reassert America's dominance in the Western Hemisphere. The Associated Press Music Celebrating 100 years (give or take) of jazz organist Jimmy Smith Some books give Smith's birthdate as Dec. 8, 1925, but more recent sources cite 1928 as his birth year. Regardless, the late musician always delivered the goods, even as the beats behind him changed. Kevin Whitehead School musicals give Broadway flops a second life Students in South Florida are resurrecting the 2023 Britney Spears musical show that lasted just three months on Broadway. Music Mandolin player Chris Thile takes the music of J.S. Bach to different locations Grammy-winning mandolin player Chris Thile is out with a new album. Environment Death toll continues to rise in as extreme floods wreak havoc across Asia Large parts of Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka are facing extreme flooding. Health CDC advisers vote to overturn decades-long policy on hepatitis B vaccine for infants In a controversial move, the vaccine advisory group reversed a recommendations for universal immunizing of newborns intended to protect them from a virus that attacks the liver. Pien Huang Why playgrounds matter for both children and adults Kids immediately find joy and bliss in a playground. Photographer Stefen Chow wants adults to reconnect to that same feeling. Manoush Zomorodi Forget New Year's resolutions. For 2026, sit with a question instead As host of the On Being radio show, Krista Tippett asked guests countless metaphysical questions. But this new year, she recommends tossing the resolutions and turning the big questions on yourself. Manoush Zomorodi Arts & Life Netflix will buy Warner Bros' studio and streaming businesses for $72 billion The merger, announced Friday, would bring two of the industry's biggest players in film and TV under one roof. Beyond its television and motion picture division, Warner owns HBO Max and DC Studios. The Associated Press Prev 547 of 1645 Next Sponsored
Arts & Life Let 'The Secret Agent' fill you in on what it's like to live under a dictatorship A research scientist is on the run from hitmen in this thrilling film. Set in 1977 Brazil, The Secret Agent captures the daily realities and surreal absurdities of life in an authoritarian state. John Powers
National Trump's security strategy slams European allies and asserts U.S. power in the Americas The Trump administration has set forth a national security strategy that paints European allies as weak and aims to reassert America's dominance in the Western Hemisphere. The Associated Press
Music Celebrating 100 years (give or take) of jazz organist Jimmy Smith Some books give Smith's birthdate as Dec. 8, 1925, but more recent sources cite 1928 as his birth year. Regardless, the late musician always delivered the goods, even as the beats behind him changed. Kevin Whitehead
School musicals give Broadway flops a second life Students in South Florida are resurrecting the 2023 Britney Spears musical show that lasted just three months on Broadway.
Music Mandolin player Chris Thile takes the music of J.S. Bach to different locations Grammy-winning mandolin player Chris Thile is out with a new album.
Environment Death toll continues to rise in as extreme floods wreak havoc across Asia Large parts of Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka are facing extreme flooding.
Health CDC advisers vote to overturn decades-long policy on hepatitis B vaccine for infants In a controversial move, the vaccine advisory group reversed a recommendations for universal immunizing of newborns intended to protect them from a virus that attacks the liver. Pien Huang
Why playgrounds matter for both children and adults Kids immediately find joy and bliss in a playground. Photographer Stefen Chow wants adults to reconnect to that same feeling. Manoush Zomorodi
Forget New Year's resolutions. For 2026, sit with a question instead As host of the On Being radio show, Krista Tippett asked guests countless metaphysical questions. But this new year, she recommends tossing the resolutions and turning the big questions on yourself. Manoush Zomorodi
Arts & Life Netflix will buy Warner Bros' studio and streaming businesses for $72 billion The merger, announced Friday, would bring two of the industry's biggest players in film and TV under one roof. Beyond its television and motion picture division, Warner owns HBO Max and DC Studios. The Associated Press