COMMENT: Many Americans may be missing this popular song contest Moving on, high-speed rail service is coming to the desert. Earlier this week construction began on Brightline West, designed to connect two prominent tourist sites — Los Angeles and Las Vegas. 05/2/2024 - 8:35 pm | View Link
2. Asian Americans who send remittances to their ancestral homelands About a quarter of Asian U.S. adults say they sent remittances in the year before the survey. Asked why, they most often cited helping with ordinary expenses and health care. 05/2/2024 - 2:46 am | View Link
Outside 'instigators' and 'agitators' are behind violence, university leaders insist: Updates Officers in tactical gear began filing onto the UCLA campus adjacent to a complex of tents occupied by throngs of demonstrators. 05/2/2024 - 12:56 am | View Link
An End to the Endless Workweek In the country that spawned the movement for the eight-hour workday, workers can still be asked to work 24 hours a day. 04/30/2024 - 10:18 pm | View Link
Are we headed toward a cashless society? Americans are seeing a shift in how they pay for things, with more reaching into their pockets for a credit card or using Apple Pay instead of cash. 04/29/2024 - 6:21 am | View Link
Prepare to go bankrupt you can soon rent Charles Xavier's Institute for Higher Learning from X-Men '97 through Airbnb. The property comes as part of the company's 'Icons' campaign, which is offering customers the chance to stay in recreations of houses from pop-culture. As well as the Xavier Institute, Airbnb are also recreating the iconic house from Up, the control room from Inside Out, Barbie's Dreamhouse, and the home from Home Alone.
It's a very good week to be Paul Walter Hauser. The actor, who is coming off an Emmy, Critics' Choice, and Golden Globe win for his role as serial killer Larry Hall in Apple's limited series Black Bird, has landed roles in two high-profile releases that will see him pairing with Liam Neeson, and joining a "fantastic" Marvel movie.