The word 'retarded' was once an accepted medical term before it became an insult, was gradually phased out, and has now been revived by Musk and Trump ...

The place is a tourist hotel in the South. An American tourist asks the receptionist, “Where’s the elevator?” After some hesitation, the receptionist replies, “Sir, the lift is over there.” It is not ...

As you probably remember from science class, Mercury is the fastest-moving planet in our solar system. In astrology, Mercury generally spends two to three weeks in each zodiac sign (and up to twice as ...

As a tumultuous year comes to an end, the New York Times Opinion politics writer Michelle Cottle talks to the columnists ...

She is now the most-streamed French-speaking female artist in France in 2025 and is preparing to launch a new chapter in her ...

Jamelle Bouie, Michelle Cottle and David French convene to discuss the year that was.

Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos, released the first week of 2025, set the tone for a year in which Latin music continued to ...

Uncharted Territory” provides an entertaining and empirical look at how the Billboard chart has changed over the decades.

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. As Scott ...

Celebrities have been quite busy this year—not only with movie premieres and chart-topping singles, but also with unexpected scandals and controversies that had the whole world talking.Some sparked ...

So Trump—who didn’t spend a minute behind bars—about to swindle about 50 percent more than the total amount of money paid to the 97 innocent people who were incarcerated for more than 1,200 years in ...