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Billy Joel Symposium at Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame looks at music, legacy, impact
The first-ever Billy Joel Symposium on Long Island delves into his music, legacy and impact.
Guardians News: Judgeless Yankees no match for young team
The Yankees entered Tuesday’s game 3-8 against teams over .500. They did nothing to show they were better than that at home against Cleveland. With the help from some creative argumentative tactics, they came back twice vs Guards SP Joey Cantillo, but they ran out of tricks once he was out of the game. CLE’s […]
Jill Biden says no aides flagged Joe Biden's health before 2024 debate
Jill Biden told “The View” on June 2 that no one had approached her with concerns regarding her husband's health before the 2024 presidential debate.
Jill Biden Gives Grim Update on Joe Biden's Health on 'The View'
The former first lady was on hand for Tuesday's live episode.
How Science Works
The 2nd Weather and Climate Livestream is now underway. It is organized by a group of early-career researchers concerned about declining funding for the field and eager to demonstrate how weather and climate research makes a difference in our lives. Last year’s event was a great success, drawing terrific press coverage including a piece in the NY Times. This year features a strong lineup of talks aimed at a general audience — I highly recommend tuning in. Share I gave a talk yesterday about How Science Works in Three Steps. You can see the short presentation here (I’ve appended a transcript below): And please tune into the livestream here. It runs through tomorrow at 6 pm ET. Thanks for reading The Climate Brink! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work. Subscribe Cleaned up transcript: Thank you, and thanks to everyone tuning in. I want to talk about something I think a lot of people don’t really understand: how science actually works. Arguments over any scientific topic — climate change, vaccines, you name it — revolve around competing claims. For climate change, the claims are: Is the Earth warming? Are humans to blame? What will the impacts be? Over the last 150 years, the scientific community has developed a remarkably robust method for sorting out which claims are true and which aren’t. That method is what I want to walk through. So how does science generate knowledge? If you ask a high schooler, they’ll give you the version they learned in ninth grade: an individual scientist forms a hypothesis, runs an experiment, and draws a conclusion. That’s more or less what happens at the individual level, though in practice it’s more iterative — you design, test, and refine all at once, landing on a slightly different idea each time until you reach a conclusion about whatever hypothesis you’ve ended up with. But this isn’t science. It’s only step one. Any individual scientist can make mistakes — scientists are human. Maybe there’s a bug in the code, maybe there’s an error in the experiment. Just because someone ran an experiment and reached a conclusion doesn’t mean it’s right, and scientists don’t treat a single result as settled truth. Step two is peer review, the first layer of quality control. The scientist writes up what they did and submits it to a journal, which sends the paper to other experts in the field. Those experts judge whether the methods are sound, whether it properly references prior work, and whether the conclusions actually follow from the data. Ask any scientist and they’ll tell you peer review is miserable — the comments come back brutal, often harsh, and you have to revise and resubmit, sometimes multiple times, before an editor finally accepts the paper. Peer review catches an immense amount of bad science, but it can’t catch all of it. Reviewers get sloppy or overworked, they miss obvious mistakes, and they can’t catch hidden errors — a bug in the code, a misread instrument. So a peer-reviewed paper making it into a journal doesn’t mean the paper is right. Nobody treats a single paper as the final word. That’s where step three comes in: the crucible of science. Important results get retested by the broader community. If you publish something interesting, it gets dissected. Sometimes people try to reproduce your work directly but more often they test its implications. If someone claims X is true, and that implies that Y is also true, then scientists will go check Y. If a claim survives this gauntlet long enough, it becomes accepted. That’s how we generate knowledge. Let me give an example: the ozone hole. In 1985 — and I doubt many people watching were around then, but I remember it well — Joe Farman and his colleagues published observations from Antarctica showing that a huge chunk of ozone was disappearing every year. This was shocking because most atmospheric chemists had expected ozone loss to occur at mid-latitudes and high altitudes, not over the South Pole. When scientists see something they don’t understand, they rush to explain it, and several competing hypotheses quickly appeared in the peer-reviewed literature. One pointed to chlorine chemistry from chlorofluorocarbons. A second blamed nitrogen chemistry, possibly driven by solar proton events — meaning the sun was responsible. A third argued it wasn’t chemistry at all but dynamics: winds were carrying naturally low-ozone air from the lower atmosphere up into the stratosphere. Then the community went to work testing which theory could survive the crucible. Aircraft flew into the ozone hole and found no nitrogen, ruling out the nitrogen theory. Measurements showed the air in the polar vortex was descending, not rising — which would bring high-ozone air down, eliminating the dynamics theory. Meanwhile, those same flights measured enormous amounts of chlorine, strongly correlated with exactly the regions where ozone was being destroyed. That became known as the “smoking gun” paper, and it established that chlorine chemistry was the cause. Through this process, a consensus emerged. And it’s worth being clear that this consensus is organic. There’s no vote, no poll, no meeting where it gets decided. Scientists go to conferences, talk to one another, and independently arrived at the same answer. It’s the ultimate free market of ideas. After the consensus was established, the peer-reviewed literature doesn’t even mention the rival theories — it simply takes chlorine chemistry as given. That’s what a consensus looks like. It doesn’t mean every single scientist agrees, but it does mean there’s no longer any legitimate debate. So where can you see what scientists actually think? It’s all in the peer-reviewed literature, which contains the entire historical record of the argument: the discovery, the competing theories, the debate, the testing, and finally the community coalescing around one answer. But there’s a lot of room for misrepresentation. You can dig up an old paper claiming the ozone hole was caused by dynamics and wave it around as if there still was a debate about the cause of the ozone hole — without mentioning that the idea was disproven long ago and that even its own authors no longer believe it. There’s a bigger problem, though: the peer-reviewed literature is written in a language I call “nerd.” It’s extremely hard to read — honestly, some of it is hard for me to follow. It takes graduate students years to work through the literature in a single field, so we can’t expect policymakers or ordinary people to do it. This is where scientific assessments come in. The most famous is the IPCC — the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The job of an assessment is to read and summarize the peer-reviewed literature, synthesizing what’s settled, what’s been disproven, and what remains genuinely debated. To ensure the assessments accurately summarize the peer-reviewed literature, assessments are written by large teams, which are far less prone to bias than individuals and which dilute the influence of any one scientist with an axe to grind. The teams are deliberately assembled to avoid stacking the deck, and the reports themselves go through multiple rounds of peer review. That rigorous process is exactly why you can trust them and why people consider the IPCC to be the gold standard of what we know about the climate system. An assessment produced through a different process may well not be credible. You can even watch the consensus evolve across assessments. Take the attribution of warming. The 1990 IPCC report said the observed warming was broadly consistent with model predictions but also comparable to natural variability — in other words, we don’t know whether humans are responsible. By 1995, it concluded that the balance of evidence suggested a discernible human influence — a sentence only a committee could write, and one that barely commits to anything. By 2001, most of the warming over the previous 50 years was judged “likely” due to greenhouse gases; by 2007, “very likely”; by 2013, “extremely likely.” The 2023 report says essentially the same as 2013 — there’s not much stronger language available. So, to wrap up: science is our ultimate tool for deciphering the universe — the most successful method we’ve ever developed for determining what’s true and what isn’t. Our understanding is written into the peer-reviewed literature, so if you want to know what scientists think, that’s where to look. And for those of us who don’t speak nerd, scientific assessments are the Rosetta Stone — they translate nerd into English. Let me open the floor to questions. Thank you.
The Obama Center opens as a time warp to an old political order
Despite a range of controversies, the Obama Presidential Center makes a good first impression — even the “Obamalisk” at its center.
Biden’s posh vacation enclave roiled as church axes July 4 tradition over ‘whiteness’ debate: ‘Spewing lies’
A Nantucket church scraps its annual Fourth of July reading of the Declaration of Independence, sparking backlash ahead of America's 250th birthday.
Jill Biden Defends Backing 2nd Term for Joe Biden: ‘Had to Be His Decision’
The former first lady also gave an update on the health of the 83-year-old former president after his prostate cancer diagnosis.
Official race results: 2026 NASCAR Cup at Nashville
It was a wild finish as three Joe Gibbs Racing drivers battled it out for the win in Music City
Trader Joe's skin, hair, beauty products I recommend that are under $9
From moisturizer and soap to bonding shampoo and body oil, these are my favorite budget-friendly hygiene, skin, and hair products from Trader Joe's.
I visit the US to shop at Trader Joe's; favorite things to buy as a mom
My family loves Trader Joe's, so twice a month, I drive from Canada to the US to buy items like the fettuccine Alfredo and pork gyoza potstickers.
Cornucopian Convincing Winner Of Aristides
Cornucopian pressured early leader Mad House, put him away leaving the turn, and then withstood a challenge from five-time stakes winner Roll On Big Joe to win Saturday’s 38th running of the $263,500 Aristides (G3) by 1 1/4 lengths at Churchill Downs. Off as the odds-on 3-5 ...
Joe Burrow Foundation hosts fourth annual golf invitational
The Joe Burrow Foundation's fourth annual golf invitational was held at Coldstream Country Club.
Sports media host Stephen A Smith: ‘The audience gravitated to me’
ESPN’s highest-paid star on his plans to be the next Joe Rogan, what the Democrats get wrong — and his thoughts on a possible White House run
Cardiff pair in BBC's League One team of season
Cardiff City defenders Joel Bagan and Dylan Lawlor have been named in BBC Sport's League One team of the season. Both players are graduates of the Bluebirds academy and played a key role as Brian Barry-Murphy's side secured an instant return to the Championship. Bagan, 24, scored once in 52 games in all competitions during the season and recently signed a new four-year contract with Cardiff.
Jill Biden on that disastrous debate and Joe's decision to withdraw
Walking off stage after the debate with Trump, Joe Biden whispered, \
Spencer Pratt revealed what he has learned since entering politics
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld and the ‘Gutfeld!’ panel discuss former first lady Jill Biden revealing her reaction to former President Joe Biden’s 2024 debate performance.
Joe Neunder says he’s not the developer candidate. The receipts say otherwise.
Developer money shadows Joe Neunder’s controlled-growth campaign pitch in Sarasota.
Marvin Forland, MD, founding faculty member of the UT Health San Antonio medical school, passes away at 93 - UT Health San Antonio
Internist, nephrologist, educator, leader helped shape the school in its early years Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, May 28, 2026 – Marvin Forland, MD, MACP, a founding faculty member of the School of Medicine at what was then The University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio – now the Joe R. […]
This Junior Is Chasing A Kelley Business Degree At 150 MPH
A Kelley School of Business junior is chasing an IndyCar dream while earning his degree, racing with IU’s trident on his car, helmet and suit.
Ex-counterterrorism chief warns of 'major problem' that could force US 'back into the war on Iran’s terms'
Ex-counterterror official Joe Kent warns keeping U.S. forces near Iran puts U.S. at risk of being 'forced back into the war on Iran’s terms'
Social media erupts after Jill Biden reveals she was 'horrified' watching Joe's disastrous debate
Jill Biden recalled fearing Joe Biden was having a stroke during his 2024 debate against Trump, sparking criticism from conservatives and media figures.
Former U.S. Rep. Joe Schwarz, longtime public servant, has died
Former Gov. Engler described the lawmaker who also was a doctor, Vietnam vet and longtime lecturer at UM as a 'wickedly smart man.'
Biden's ghostwriter tapes lawsuit all about 'politics': Juan Williams
Fox News senior political analyst Juan Williams discusses why former President Joe Biden is suing the Justice Department to block the release of audio recordings on 'Special Report.'
Jill Biden’s Reaction to Biden’s 2024 Debate: ‘He’s Having a Stroke’
“I had never, ever seen Joe like that,” the former first lady told CBS News in an interview. “Before or since.”
Trump calls Biden 'grossly incompetent' after DOJ lawsuit
President Donald Trump said he'd "like to see" former President Joe Biden's private conversations after the latter attempted to block their release.
Biden sues to stop Justice Department from releasing interview recordings
Former President Joe Biden is suing to block the House Judiciary Committee from obtaining, and potentially releasing, audio recordings and transcripts of conversations in 2016 and 2017 with the ghostwriter of his memoir.
Biden sues DOJ to stop release of audio, transcripts from special counsel probe
Biden's lawyers argued that the disclosure would "constitute an unwarranted invasion of President Biden's privacy"
Biden sues DOJ to stop release of audio, transcripts from special counsel probe
Biden's lawyers argued that the disclosure would "constitute an unwarranted invasion of President Biden's privacy"
Hyped Bengals rookie impressed by throwing session with Joe Burrow
One Bengals rookie got to work with Joe Burrow and had some things to say.
Nick Howland to be next Jacksonville City Council President, with Joe Carlucci to be next VP
Both winners said they wanted unity and collaboration through the next year.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, an 11-time Emmy winner, to make Broadway debut in revival of Tony-winning production
Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Lily Rabe, and Joe Keery will also star in "Other Desert Cities."
Joel Klatt: 10 Dream SEC-Big Ten College Football Matchups
FOX Sports' Joel Klatt lists 10 future college football matchups he would love to see if we get an SEC-Big Ten scheduling agreement.
Cherries making Europe is 'beyond imaginable'
Former Bournemouth midfielder Joe Partington says it is "absolutely insane" that the Cherries will be playing in the Europa League next season and the feeling is "surreal". In Andoni Iraola's final game in charge of the club, Bournemouth confirmed their place in Europe next season for the first time in their history.
Trump faces questions about age and health as he heads to Walter Reed
Donald Trump built his 2024 campaign on questions about Joe Biden's health. Now, as he approaches his 80th birthday, he faces scrutiny of his own.
"They changed the rule recently because [Joel] Embiid …
"They changed the rule recently because [Joel] Embiid …
Stone Soup dinner at Three Voices Presbyterian
Stone Soup community dinner will be held May 28 in Verona with sloppy joes,
Former Rep. Joe Cunningham says Democratic party is going through a ‘growing pain’
Ranking the quarterbacks on the Ravens schedule in 2026
Baltimore faces one of the NFL's toughest quarterback schedules in 2026, with Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, Dak Prescott, and Justin Herbert leading the challenge.
One UI 8.5 breaks dark mode on Samsung phones, but there's a workaround
Several Samsung Galaxy users are reporting that dark mode is broken on their devices since the One UI 8.5 update, but workarounds exist.
Bills’ Josh Allen Details ‘Awesome’ First Offseason Under Joe Brady
The Buffalo Bills fired head coach Sean McDermott in January. Josh Allen is pleased that Joe Brady is his second NFL head coach.
Crawfish Boil: Altuve & Yordan Updates, Pitching Revival & More
The latest news on the Houston Astros and from around MLB: Jose Altuve doesn’t think his injury is as serious the one he had in 2023: Yordan needed a day off but is feeling better, per Joe Espada: Can the Astros pitching continue to normalize and maintain it’s recent improvement? (Astros starters have a combined […]
Astros’ Joe Espada Shares Hunter Brown Injury Update on Friday
Astros right-hander Hunter Brown is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment Sunday as he continues his recovery from a shoulder strain.
Bond breakout? Big effects of bad data. Immigration and thermostatic politics & dad-chat is coming for dad-books.
Thank you for opening your Chartbook email. Anna Airy, A Shell Forge at a National Projectile Factory, Hackney Marshes, London, 1918 Bond breakout - John Authers Across the developed markets, bond markets are staging a slow-motion car wreck. Looking at the drastic moves in the US, Japan, the UK and France, Barclays’ Ajay Rajadhyaksha commented: “Last week, long bonds broke. Not in one country. In all of them. Simultaneously. Four countries. Four different political systems. Four different central banks. But the same trade — “get me out of duration!”” Each country has its own contributing political problems, but the uniformity of the shift out of long-term bonds with high duration makes clear that something broader is afoot. For Rajadhyaksha, it is “simple and uncomfortable.” The developed world “has too much debt, too little fiscal discipline, and no political appetite for fixing either.” If there’s a trigger, it has been the Iran war and the resulting shock to oil supply. Source: Bloomberg G7 countries are now borrowing at rates that were enjoyed by EM in the early 2020s For contributing subscribers only. Subscribe Trade between China and Russia has grown in recent years For contributing subscribers only. Subscribe Big effects of bad data A decade ago nearly nine in ten Americans, when approached, agreed to fill out the Current Population Survey, which is administered to about 60,000 households each month and asks about, among other things, employment. Fewer than seven in ten do so now (see chart 1). For the Consumer Expenditure Survey, which tries to capture 3,700 households monthly, the response rate is down from 68% to 40%. … When the information becomes less reliable, investment decisions get more difficult to make. Some may be delayed, creating a potential drag on the economy. A new working paper by Nicholas Bloom of Stanford University, Erica Groshen, former head of the Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) now at Cornell University, and Duncan Hobbs and Michael Strain of the American Enterprise Institute, a think-tank, hazards an estimate. Preserving trust in “the integrity and quality of official statistics”, the authors claim, generates economic benefits of about $25 for every $1 spent on the BLS, the agency with an annual budget of $700m that is responsible for many of these data. To arrive at their conclusion the quartet analysed an ignoble episode in the BLS’s recent history. On August 1st 2025 Donald Trump sacked Erika McEntarfer, appointed as the agency’s commissioner by his predecessor, Joe Biden. The president alleged, without evidence, that the BLS’s steep downward revision to recent jobs numbers had been “RIGGED in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad”. In fact, it was the wanton dismissal that looked bad in the eyes of many observers. In the following seven days there was a 50% leap, relative to the week before, in the average value of the index of Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU), which tracks the number of articles mentioning such uncertainty that are published daily in American newspapers. This was a discernible jump even when compared to the chaos caused by Mr Trump’s trade war in April 2025 and his real one in Iran in the past two months (see chart 2). Based on Mr Bloom’s earlier study with other colleagues of the EPU’s impact on business investment, industrial production and employment, the authors estimate that the jump reduced American GDP by over $100bn (0.3%) and non-farm payrolls by 168,000 (0.1%). Source: The Economist Immigration and thermostatic politics (Sarah O’Connor in the FT) A strange thing happened a year and a half ago. No sooner had Americans elected Donald Trump as president on an explicitly anti-immigration platform than US public opinion began to swing much more favourably towards immigration. … to political scientists who study “thermostatic” politics, this development is no surprise at all. Public opinion often moves against the prevailing party, especially if they are perceived to have gone “too far” in one direction. The phenomenon was first explored in the 1990s with reference to fiscal policy, but in recent years it has been particularly evident in the realm of immigration policy. While these swings in opinion polls can make it seem as if people don’t know their own minds, they can be a useful democratic check on governments by sending bright flashing warning lights when policies stray too far from the public’s comfort zone. The problem comes when politicians misinterpret those signals. When people tell pollsters they want less immigration, or think it is bad for the country overall (or the converse), they are often expressing an opinion about how things appear to be going in that moment relative to their preferences, rather than a deep shift in their underlying views. According to Alexander Kustov, a political scientist, most Americans’ views are quite stable and moderate: they support immigration that is controlled and in the national interest, and oppose flows that are disorderly or under-enforced. In the US, he argues the Trump administration over-interpreted dissatisfaction with high immigration under Joe Biden, and implemented policies that went too far for many voters. “People don’t necessarily change their idea about their ideal immigration policy, but they can react to what the government is currently doing,” he told me. “A lot of people are not happy with what the Trump administration are doing — right now we’re not talking about border enforcement, we’re talking about people not just getting harassed, but killed.” But similarly, he added, pro-immigration advocates would be making a mistake to interpret the recent, more favourable swing towards immigration as a deep-seated ideological shift in attitudes. The recent history of UK immigration policy offers another cautionary tale. After the 2016 Brexit referendum, public concern about immigration fell. This was partly because net migration statistics declined, but also because people felt a sense of catharsis and control, says Sunder Katwala, director of British Future, a think-tank. By 2019, the public ranked immigration as only the ninth biggest issue of concern, according to Ipsos polling. But when the Conservative government liberalised visa routes for students and care workers between 2019 and 2022, that helped net migration to surge. And so, too, did public concern. Today’s Labour government has implemented another sharply restrictive turn in immigration policy. As Kustov and researcher Caitlyn Yates argue, thermostatic public opinion should be a useful check on politicians. Instead it seems to have helped to magnify the pendulum swing in the UK. The government over-interprets and overreacts to a change in public opinion, which reacts in turn, prompting a sudden swing the other way. Source: Financial Times HEY READERS, THANK YOU for opening the Chartbook email. I hope it brightens your day. I enjoy putting out the newsletter, but tbh, what keeps this flow going is the generosity of those readers who clicked the subscription button. If you are persuaded to click, please consider the annual subscription of $50. It is both better value for you and a much better deal for me, as it involves only one credit card charge. Why feed the payments companies if we don’t have to. Subscribe Anna Airy, Shop for Machining 15-Inch Shells: Singer Manufacturing Company, Clydebank, Glasgow, 1918 Racing for a vaccine … we have been here before! The deadly Ebola outbreak in two African countries driven by a virus species with no vaccine has triggered an urgent search for a potential jab, in a test of troubled global efforts to avert threats posed by emerging diseases. A World Health Organization advisory group is due to would meet on Tuesday to recommend candidate jabs to prioritise for clinical trials, the global health body said. It will assess data including an analysis by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (Cepi), which was set up after failures in the international response to a previous Ebola crisis. The latest Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has infected hundreds of people and killed more than 80, health authorities say. Cepi’s reaction will be a crucial indicator of its progress towards its wider goal of producing vaccines for pandemic threats in just 100 days, despite steep cuts to international health funding. “If there was ever a time that we could show the world why Cepi is needed and show the world why the 100-day mission is needed, it’s now,” Nicole Lurie, the organisation’s executive director for preparedness and response, told the FT. “We’re happy to accept that responsibility, but obviously we need help from partners — particularly financial help in the long run.” DR Congo and Uganda would make the final decision on whether to press ahead with any vaccine candidates endorsed for clinical trials by the WHO experts, the global health body said. “Other ethical and community acceptability issues will be considered,” said the WHO, which declared the latest outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday. “This will be important to make sure that the trial, if it happens, will be adequately communicated to the population.” Lurie said Cepi had provided information from a survey of research teams and companies working on drugs that might be effective against the Bundibugyo virus behind the outbreak. The organisation hoped soon to announce partners in the quest for a jab, she added, although she declined to give a timescale for when one might be developed. Cepi’s Nicole Laurie said global health bodies were ‘getting some live-fire drills’ with hantavirus and the latest Ebola outbreak. The hunt for a vaccine should be helped by scientific advances including the use of artificial intelligence to find drugs active against viruses, Lurie said. Existing jabs against the Zaire Ebola virus responsible for many previous outbreaks might provide a basis for tackling the Bundibugyo species, she added. “We’ll see how far and how fast we can get,” Lurie said, adding that Cepi had done preliminary work recently on a possible jab for the rat-borne hantavirus responsible for a recent fatal outbreak on a cruise ship. “Both with hantavirus and now with Ebola, [we] are getting some live-fire drills.” Source: Michael Peel in the Financial Times Dad-chat is coming for dad-books. (By Pamela Paul and Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg in the WSJ) They were the go-to gifts for Father’s Day: a book about some little-known chapter of World War II, the sweeping narrative of a shipwreck, perhaps the latest presidential biography. These days, dad books are a dying breed. Nonfiction book sales have been in decline for the past four years, and are now the most challenged segment of the print book market. Publishers say certain types of books still fare well—including celebrity memoirs and religious titles. But in recent years, print sales in such categories as biography, current affairs and business and economics—what publishers refer to as “serious nonfiction” and which tend to resonate especially with men—have fallen considerably. Sales of nonfiction print titles were down nearly 8% through May 9 this year, and sales of books about politics and current affairs were down 19%, according to book tracker Circana BookScan. Publishing has long been subject to cyclical changes, with trends in format and genre taking over bookshelves in grand sweeps. (Remember the adult coloring-book craze? Or the stratospheric rise of romantasy?) But many in publishing believe the decline in serious nonfiction is more existential. “The trend couldn’t be clearer,” said Jonathan Karp, the former chief executive of Simon & Schuster and publisher of the new Simon Six imprint. “This is a sea change and people should wake up and realize we’re living in a new world.” One culprit for the shift: a new media diet for fans of more serious nonfiction. … Sixty-two percent of men and 54% of women consumed a podcast in the prior month, according to a recent survey by Edison Research at SSRS, up from 46% and 39%, respectively, in 2023. “When we have internal meetings to talk about this problem, it always comes around to podcasts,” said Jonathan Burnham, president and publisher of the Harper Group at HarperCollins Publishers. “The man who wants to read American history is now tuning into one of the many good podcasts about history that lends the quiet attention to a serious subject he’s looking for. It makes the idea of sitting down with a 700-page Ron Chernow book less appealing. You’ve scratched that itch.” Source: Wall Street Journal Remarkable report by Novara from the nationalist rally in London in mid May. Anna Airy, Leopard Moth and Plums, 1915 If you’ve scrolled this far, you know you want to click: Subscribe
Kathie Fong Yoneda, Entertainment Executive, Supporter of JA Community Organizations
Kathie Fong Yoneda was born in Sacramento on Nov. 19, 1946 to Joe Larry and Jennie Fong. She was the eldest of four sisters: sister Dana and Brent Kato and their children Lauren and Joel; sister Patrice Norris; and sister Laureen Fong-Frydendal and daughter Emily. She passed away on March 12, 2026 with her beloved […]
Advocacy group sues Trump administration over access to abortion for veterans
The rule removed limited abortion access under VA benefits that had been granted in 2022 by then-President Joe Biden's administration
Advocacy group sues Trump administration over access to abortion for veterans
The rule removed limited abortion access under VA benefits that had been granted in 2022 by then-President Joe Biden's administration
Giants Keep General Manager Joe Schoen, Agreeing To Multi-Year Extension With Exec
The New York Giants and general manager Joe Schoen agreed on a multi-year contract extension.
Joe Hunter says 'Survivor 50' jury vote was decided before final Tribal Council
Joe Hunter says 'Survivor 50' jury vote was decided before final Tribal Council and addresses Cirie saying he needed to be babysat by tribemates on a 'Joetation.'
DNC's 2024 election autopsy criticizes Kamala Harris while sidestepping controversial elements of the campaign
Although the autopsy criticizes Democrats' focus on “identity politics,” the report does not address former President Joe Biden’s decision to seek reelection, the rushed selection of Harris to replace him on the ticket or the party's acrimonious divide over the war in Gaza.
Talking sports with Channel 3 sports director Joe Zone
Channel 3 sports director Joe Zone tackles the top sports stories in the state on Thursday, May 21, 2026.
Music Executive Dennis Arfa to be Inducted into the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame
Induction part of 2-day Billy Joel Symposium Event Stony Brook, NY — The Long Island Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame (LIMEHOF) will induct Dennis Arfa, Billy Joel’s longtime booking agent and chairman of the Music Division at Independent Artist Group at a special ceremony at 7pm on June 6 th at their Stony Brook Village location (97 Main Street). The event will feature special guests and a live music performance. The induction will be part of the 2-day ‘Billy Joel Symposium’. The event is open to the public and requires special event tickets.
Arts and entertainment events happening May 21st-24th across the Mid-Ohio Valley
Joe Oliverio joins Daybreak to discuss what’s happening May 21st-24th across the Mid-Ohio Valley!
How Atlantic Health makes workforce experience a priority
Achieving data-driven, workflow efficiencies through five strategic pillars, New Jersey not-for-profit makes daily work easier for physicians.
Watch Joe Burrow's press conference during Bengals offseason practice
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow addresses the media at Paycor Stadium as offseason practice continues.
Texas politics has a bigger antisemitism problem than District C
Joe Panzarella’s runoff win came despite a late attack over a CAIR endorsement, but other Texas candidates deserve far more serious scrutiny over antisemitism, writes Opinion Editor Evan Mintz.
I tried 17 Trader Joe's cheeses, ranked worst to best: Review
I tried all the Trader Joe's cheeses I could find and ranked them from worst to best. I enjoyed the creamy Toscano soaked in syrah and Bucheron.
CAA Baseball Weekly Awards
Campbell senior infielder Joey Morton was selected as the CAA baseball Player of the Week, while Hofstra senior Carlos Martinez and Northeastern junior Robbie O’Connor shared CAA Pitcher of the Week honors. Charleston freshman outfielder Nick Diaz was chosen as the CAA Rookie of the Week.
Prantl’s owner responds to health department consumer alert
Joe Cugliari, owner and president of Prantl’s Bakery, issued a statement following the Allegheny Health Department’s consumer alert regarding the bakery’s Walnut Street location in Shadyside. According to the department’s Thursday report, the bakery had a presence of rodent droppings on multiple surfaces, damaged exterior walls, soiled food equipment, old
The Newest Oldest President
Donald Trump is turning 80. But will he face the scrutiny that Joe Biden did?
Business owner Powers is 4th candidate to enter Rochester’s open race for mayor
An open mayoral race in Rochester is attracting more candidates. The most recent is Joe Powers, who owns a well-known catering and restaurant enterprise.
Inside the 'Risky Business' Cast's Lives After the Movie
'Risky Business' premiered on Aug. 5, 1983. See where the film's stars — Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano and more — are today.
New Orleans novelist draws on his experience in group homes for new novel
Joe Bond’s debut novel draws on his youth around group homes in Kentucky, portraying troubled teens’ lives in care during the 1980s.
Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim Head K-Movie Entertainment’s Indonesian Action Slate at Cannes Market (Exclusive)
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Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim Head K-Movie Entertainment’s Indonesian Action Slate at Cannes Market (Exclusive)
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Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim Head K-Movie Entertainment’s Indonesian Action Slate at Cannes Market (Exclusive)
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Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim Lead Indonesian Action Slate at Cannes Market
K-Movie Entertainment launches 'Pendekar: Warrior' and an Indonesian 'Man From Nowhere' remake at the Cannes Film Market.
Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim Head K-Movie Entertainment’s Indonesian Action Slate at Cannes Market (EXCLUSIVE)
K-Movie Entertainment is at the Cannes Film Market with a focused Indonesian action slate, led by “Pendekar: Warrior” starring Iko Uwais and an Indonesian-language remake of the Korean hit “The Man Fr...
Giants hire former Texans, Cardinals executive for front-office role
Giants add exec with ties to Joe Schoen, Dawn Aponte.
Aura Takes Renny Harlin's The Beast with Samuel L. Jackson for U.S.
Joel Kinnaman co-stars in the film, about U .S. president trying to fight against a coup using the secret capabilities of the presidential limousine, nicknamed 'The Beast.'
Aura Entertainment Takes Renny Harlin’s Samuel L. Jackson Actioner ‘The Beast’ for U.S. (Exclusive)
Joel Kinnaman co-stars in the film, about U .S. president trying to fight against a coup using the secret capabilities of the presidential limousine, nicknamed 'The Beast.'
Marine Corps Veteran embraces first Winter Sports Clinic
Sixteen years ago, a car accident left USMC Veteran Joe Gibson paralyzed. Through adaptive sports at the Winter Sports Clinic, he is pushing past barriers.
Marathon "overwhelming" for newcomers, director admits as plans for PvE and PvP-lite modes revealed
Game director Joe Ziegler has written a lengthy article about the future of Marathon.
Chicago native Joe Musso hosting new post-round golf show at CBS Sports
In 2011, Musso interned at Comcast SportsNet — with David Kaplan's help — jumpstarting a career that now has him hosting "Scorecard."
2026 KPAX-Scheels Sports Awards: Loyola's Sammy McHugh and Joe Grunow
We roll on introducing you to our finalists for this year's KPAX-Scheels Sports Awards, and next, we meet the finalists from Loyola Sacred Heart High School in Sammy McHugh and Joe Grunow.
NFL schedule: Joe Burrow's complaints may have resulted in Bengals hosting Ravens for prime time game
Texas Longhorns basketball signee Joe Sterling earns special honor
Joe Sterling named to Cali Sports 1st Team All-State
Seven years after Biden predicted a GOP ‘epiphany’ over Trump, Democrats are moving on
After they bought into a prophecy that failed to materialize, Democratic voters are now demanding less compromise and more combat against the GOP as they lose hope for a gentler politics.
Cleveland Browns: Former QBs to be featured on Netflix series
Joe Flacco and Baker Mayfield among group of four QBs who will be highlighted on season 3 of Quarterback
Joe Rogan podcast appearance tied to rise in demand for alternative cancer treatment
Ivermectin prescriptions spiked among cancer patients after Mel Gibson endorsed antiparasitic drugs on Joe Rogan's podcast, a new JAMA study reports.
Top Dawg Entertainment's Punch Tells Joe Budden 'We Don't Bot'
Punch also said he's "never" purchased bots.
ESPN's Tim Hasselbeck slams Bengals' organization, Joe Burrow's health
ESPN NFL analyst Tim Hasselbeck blasted the Bengals for underachieving during quarterback Joe Burrow's injury-plagued career.
Here's a longtime Lafayette banker's take on the state's economy: 'Louisiana is due for a 10-year run'
The economic development news in recent months in south Louisiana has Catalyst Bank President and CEO Joe Zanco bullish on the state’s immediate future.
Joel Embiid gives 76ers fans a reason to worry
Joel Embiid uncertain about 76ers future.
Josh Hart after Knicks sweep 76ers: ‘I used to think Philly was a sports town’
When these two teams met in the playoffs in 2024, Knicks fans took over in Philadelphia, leading to pleas from Joel Embiid.
Embiid feeling 'confident' about knee, health going forward
Joel Embiid, who was limited to just 38 games this season, said he is as "confident as I've ever been" with his health and isn't thinking about his injured knee anymore.
Embiid feeling 'confident' about knee, health going forward
Joel Embiid, who was limited to just 38 games this season, said he's as "confident as I've ever been" with his health and that he's not thinking about his injured knee anymore.
Antrim hold on for opening Joe McDonagh Cup win
Antrim are off the mark in the Joe McDonagh Cup with a 1-22 to 4-9 victory over London in Ruislip.
Chicago Teachers Union wants $8.5 million dues hike to fund politics
“Has your brand become toxic?” This was a pointed question from WGN Political Editor Tahman Bradley, posed to Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates in a recent interview. Her immediate response: “I don’t understand the question.” When pressed, Gates added, “The Chicago Teachers Union is not a political party, it is a labor union.” But internal union documents show CTU leadership is trying to skim $8.5 million more from teacher paychecks explicitly for politics, while trying to silence union members critical of Gates’ leadership. Under the proposed dues hike, Chicago teachers would see up to $800 more per year flow from their paychecks to union coffers. The union already takes in more than $40 million a year, mostly from dues. And it spends less than 18 cents of every dollar on teacher representation. The No. 1 reason for the proposed dues hike? Politics. “We must win a majority of the first 21 person fully elected school board in November,” reads the first point in CTU’s member FAQ document.1 This directly contradicts CTU’s promise to members about how leadership uses dues money. The official CTU handbook tells members that the union does not use dues money for politics, so if they are interested in funding political activity, they should consider voluntary donations to CTU’s political action committee. “Our dues are not used for political purposes,” according to the handbook. “So our PAC relies on extra contributions from our members to support progressive candidates and to impact elected officials at the city, county and state levels.” This kind of double-speak is one reason members are concerned about another constitutional change slipped into the dues hike vote, which will take place on May 20-21: an attempt to stop members from holding the union accountable. A proposed amendment to the union constitution tries to place limits on when members may bring a lawsuit against the union for violating members’ rights.2 This provision is clearly a response to members’ lawsuit against union leadership regarding Gates’ years-long refusal to publish audited financial statements. The judge in that case has repeatedly denied the union’s attempts to dismiss it. Teachers opposed to these changes have been circulating this flier, urging members to vote no. What will CTU members get in return for millions of dollars in additional dues? If the 2024 school board elections are any indication—not much. CTU leadership’s record on school board races may not inspire confidence among members. A Chicago Policy Center analysis of a dozen affiliated PACs found CTU spent nearly $2.9 million on school board races in 2024. Of that spending, more than $2.1 million (75%) went to losing candidates. And while CTU-backed candidates lost six of the nine competitive seats overall, they fared worse in their biggest-spending races, losing five of six contests in which the union and its affiliates put up more than $250,000 for their candidate. The Chicago school board elections take place Nov. 3.3 Is another $8.5 million enough to clean up a toxic reputation? Not likely. Update on federal tax credit scholarship: Last week, Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she plans to opt into the federal tax credit scholarship program. If Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker follows suit, Illinois could unlock $1 billion in donor money statewide for both public- and private-school students. If Illinois does not opt in, that money will flow to other states. The Last Ward reported in February on how Illinois Democrats could unlock at least $100 million in new resources for Chicago public-school students by opting in. Update on the investigation into how Chicagoans learned about a meeting to hike their property taxes: The Last Ward reported in January on an absurd, taxpayer-funded investigation into how local media learned of a planned Chicago school board meeting to hike the district’s property tax levy. That investigation is now complete. Lawyers interviewed two dozen witnesses, and found nothing. Update on Illinois’ muni debt crisis: My colleague Joe Tabor last week published a must-read piece in Crain’s Chicago Business about how Illinois recently rejected south suburban Harvey’s request to be designated a “distressed city.” The saga shows why the state must implement a better structure to assist insolvent local governments, including allowing for the option to pursue debt relief via Chapter 9 bankruptcy. The Last Ward reported in October on how Harvey is tipping the first domino in Illinois’ municipal debt crisis. Mincing Rascals: I joined the Mincing Rascals podcast to discuss the SAFE-T Act, the millionaires tax, and more. My “green light” recommendation: Force Majeure (2014). 1 Notably, the No. 2 reason cited is “resources to fund a state-wide millionaires tax campaign in order to fully fund the state’s school funding formula.” The constitutional amendment necessary to implement a progressive income tax in Illinois recently died in the Illinois House, meaning this question would not appear on the ballot until 2028 at the earliest. 2 There is seemingly no single-subject rule for CTU constitutional amendments. So members only get one vote on the full package. One cannot vote “yes” on the dues hike and “no” on the restriction of members’ rights, for example. 3 Illinois law grants far too much power over local government to unelected officials like Gates. State lawmakers should fix that.
Magic Mini Golf closes in Delmar Loop; Joe Edwards teases new business
Magic Mini Golf opened in October 2023 and had 18 holes of indoor miniature golf, 2 shuffleboard courts and a fully-functioning 5-car indoor Ferris wheel.
Carlow hold off Down to win in Joe McDonagh Cup
Down suffer their first defeat in the Joe McDonagh Cup as they fall to a 3-17 to 2-17 loss against Carlow at McKenna Park.
Review: Morgan Wallen opens Indianapolis run with sprawling set
Wallen’s stop marked the first concert at Lucas Oil since Billy Joel and Sting. Takeaways from his first of two Indianapolis outings:
Fact check: Trump posts wildly deceptive chart on oil prices
Oil prices are higher now than they were when President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025. But Trump posted a wildly deceptive chart on Friday that wrongly suggests oil prices are lower than they were upon predecessor Joe Biden’s departure.
Kansas State transfer guard Abdi Bashir Jr. commits to LSU
Kansas State transfer guard Abdi Bashir Jr. has committed to LSU, On3’s Joe Tipton reports. LSU will mark Bashir Jr.’s third program in four seasons. He was the No. 125 ranked player in On3’s Transfer Portal Rankings. Bashir Jr. played his first two collegiate seasons at Monmouth (2023-2025), and spent last season at Kansas State. […]