4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (423+ words) The creators of the long-running and enthusiastically insolent TV show “South Park” aren’t known to be huge fans of President Donald Trump. However, they’ve decided to adopt one of his ideas — in a way. They’re changing — at least for the…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (750+ words) If you want the optimal experience of reading “Exit Party,” the terrific new novel by Emily St. John Mandel, proceed with caution. The book’s publishers have kept what happens in “Exit Party” under wraps, to the extent that there’s only…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (206+ words) The White House announced Arcade on social media with a series of animations parodying Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo loading screens... White House website debuts 5 retro arcade video games that promote Trump’s agenda “Build the Wall” is a “Tetris” knockoff that…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (866+ words) It usually takes 10 minutes for Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, to walk from his home in Cambridge to the annual award ceremony — a world-renowned spectacle celebrating quirky scientific achievements. But this year, Abrahams’s trip involves an international…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (1086+ words) Evoking the same do-it-yourself pop-rock feminism of her ’90s musical influences, Olivia Rodrigo raised $20 million for women’s well-being with a benefit show that activated her young audience. Philanthropist Melinda French Gates pledged another $10 million through her Pivotal Ventures in a surprise…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (1094+ words) Evoking the same do-it-yourself pop-rock feminism of her ’90s musical influences, Olivia Rodrigo raised $20 million for women’s well-being with a benefit show that activated her young audience. Philanthropist Melinda French Gates pledged another $10 million through her Pivotal Ventures in a surprise…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1053+ words) It is not hyperbole to say that Dolly Parton was the most universally loved and respected American in the world. In a culture obsessed with fame and celebrity, we have a propensity to exaggerate the worth of actors, singers and…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (551+ words) Alas, we now have a world without the singer who begged Jolene not to take her man, and who sang “Two Doors Down,” one of the most joyous songs about attending a party ever recorded. Parton died Tuesday. She was…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (233+ words) Dolly Parton left an indelible mark on culture during her lifetime. The beloved country music icon, who died Tuesday, grew up in poverty in rural Tennessee and turned her success into a lifetime of philanthropic work. That included helping fund…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (465+ words) Plans to commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11 by illuminating New Hampshire’s night sky with two vertical beams of light atop Mount Washington appear to be falling into place, as organizers secure key approvals and address potential environmental impacts. The state signed…...