FC Basel, a Swiss football club that runs events at its St. Jakob-Park stadium, decided to cancel an upcoming Kanye West concert after a careful assessment of the request. The club explained that its values do not allow it to host an artist who has sparked controversy over past antisemitic remarks.
Influencers in Russia are stepping out of their usual makeup tips and fashion posts to voice strong criticism against the government. One popular beauty guru posted a message that called out the president and blamed him for problems like slow flood responses in Dagestan, mishandled livestock culls i
When a woman’s blood pressure rises during pregnancy, it can leave long‑term health effects. Studies show that these high‑pressure pregnancies raise the chance of heart problems later in life. One factor that might help is breastfeeding. Breastfeeding has been linked to better heart and metabolis
The City News Cafe, a familiar face on North Cicero Avenue since 1988, recently endured an unexpected setback when a stolen car crashed into its storefront at four‑thirty in the morning. Police reports say the driver ran a red light at Six Corners, chased by officers, and ultimately lost control, sh
Scientists are turning the idea of living forever into a real project. The focus is on “longevity, ” or ways to slow down the body’s natural decline. One big belief is that aging is like software bugs in our DNA, not a broken machine. Because of this, researchers can try to fix the code wit
Cyrano de Bergerac, a French writer of the 1600s, imagined rockets long before scientists or filmmakers did. In his 1657 story about a journey to the Moon, he described a machine that could lift a person into space by attaching fireworks to it. Although the idea was fanciful, he also tried to explai
A man in Tennessee is about to be put to death for a triple murder that happened over twenty years ago. He says new DNA work might prove he didn’t do it. The crime happened in 1994 when a kidnapper took three people from a home and buried them under a casket in a Memphis graveyard. The bodies were f
The romance between the celebrity fashion icon and the racing champion has been unfolding quietly for months, with their first public appearance together at a major music festival. Rather than using the relationship to divert attention from setbacks, both figures are sharing it during the peak of th
The Kimmel Center in Center City hosted a lively gathering that pulled together former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Joe Biden for a special History Channel event. The evening kicked off with an intimate chat between Bush and his daughter Jenna Bush Hager, setting a relaxed tone for th
The idea that studying the universe could make people think more about God isn’t new, but it is surprising. When a scientist reads about how the cosmos works, many find that their spiritual ideas grow wider instead of shrinking. One thinker in the past decade read a book that linked the story of
