[ad_1] Comment on this storyComment NEW YORK — The windowless, marble-clad structure sits on the Ground Zero site like a giant sugar cube. Or more aptly, perhaps, like one in a pair of massive stone dice: The new, aesthetically bold Perelman Performing Arts Center looms as a breathtaking, $500 million gamble that theater, music and … Read more
[ad_1] Laufey, a Chinese-Icelandic jazz singer, on the Reach grounds at the Kennedy Center. (Jada Imani M) The 24-year-old, who grew up partly in Washington, is pining her way up the charts September 14, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Comment on this storyComment Most musicals have an “I Want” song. It’s the song where the … Read more
[ad_1] Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Sep 14, 2023, 04:38 AM ET A players’ strike in Liga F, the professional top tier of women’s football in Spain, has ended after an agreement on a minimum wage was reached between the league and players’ unions. The strike saw all games on matchday one of the 2023-24 Liga … Read more
[ad_1] As House Republicans kick off an impeachment inquiry against President Biden, the White House is executing a long-planned strategy to meet politics with politics. Forget the weighty legal arguments over the meaning of high crimes and misdemeanors or the constitutional history of the removal process. Mr. Biden’s defense team has chosen to take on … Read more
[ad_1] Yelling at Michael Barr, the Federal Reserve’s top banking regulator, has never been particularly effective, his friends and co-workers will tell you. That hasn’t stopped America’s biggest banks, their lobbying groups and even his own colleagues, who have reacted to his proposal to tighten and expand oversight of the nation’s large lenders with a … Read more
[ad_1] Several Senate Republicans are uniting in support of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s move to initiate an impeachment inquiry against President Biden despite a growing number of skeptical GOP leaders in the upper chamber. The inquiry will determine whether there are grounds to bring formal charges (articles of impeachment) against Biden over allegations of “abuse … Read more
[ad_1] If you think U.S. roads have gotten busier on your morning commute, you’re not alone. The rate of workers driving to their jobs crept upwards nationwide last year, as did the rate of those who carpool to work by car, truck or van. In addition, the mean-commuting time jumped by almost a minute in … Read more
[ad_1] A tornado probably swept through parts of Connecticut and Rhode Island on Wednesday, toppling dozens of trees but causing no injuries or major structural damage, National Weather Service meteorologists said. The agency’s office in Southern New England said late Wednesday on X, formerly known as Twitter, that its staff planned to survey storm damage … Read more
[ad_1] Germany has invested heavily into what officials say will help them find the future of combat through an artificial intelligence (AI) virtual training area some have dubbed a military “metaverse.” “We compete with the big ones in the industry,” GhostPlay project manager Gary Schaal, a professor at Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg, wrote in … Read more
[ad_1] In the immediate aftermath of the manhunt for Danelo Cavalcante, a peculiar scene unfolded — some two dozen law enforcement agents in tactical gear clustered around the fugitive. One, holding the leash of a canine, nudged his way to the front. Another knelt with a rifle that had been recovered. A third officer handed … Read more