Among Hollywood celebrities, there’s a certain pressure to step out in their very best, all year round. It’s no wonder, then, that so many work with top fashion houses (and stylists) on a rotating array of custom or fresh-off-the-runway looks. But if Vogue’s 2025 Best Dressed List proves anything, it’s that you don’t have to …
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This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Expanded carrier screening: Is it worth it? Carrier screening tests would-be parents for hidden genetic mutations that might affect their children. It initially involved testing for specific genes in at-risk populations. Expanded carrier …
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__________________________Thai Space Expo October 16-18, 2025 ___Bangkok, Thailand It’s a scorching October day in Bangkok and I’m wandering through the exhibits at the Thai Space Expo, held in one of the city’s busiest shopping malls, when I do a double take. Amid the flashy space suits and model rockets on display, there’s a plain-looking package …
This week I’ve been thinking about babies. Healthy ones. Perfect ones. As you may have read last week, my colleague Antonio Regalado came face to face with a marketing campaign in the New York subway asking people to “have your best baby.” The company behind that campaign, Nucleus Genomics, says it offers customers a way to …
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is traveling to Turkmenistan for festivities December 12 marking the Central Asian state’s 30th anniversary of neutrality. While in Ashgabat, Erdogan will also hold talks with Turkmen leaders likely focusing on the topic of natural gas supplies. Speaking to reporters earlier in December, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said Ankara …
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Want to visit the United States? Customs and Border Patrol will make you submit your social media history—and your family history and DNA too. In an 11-page notice published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, CBP outlined several proposed changes to the Electronic System for Travel Authorization, or ESTA, which screens and approves applicants traveling …
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Judges and prosecutors at the International Criminal Court are trying to live and work under the same U.S. financial and travel restrictions brought against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Osama bin Laden. Nine staff members, including six judges and the ICC’s chief prosecutor, have been sanctioned by U.S. President Donald Trump …
President Donald Trump faces a federal lawsuit from the National Trust for Historic Preservation to halt his White House ballroom project, alleging he bypassed required reviews, public input, and congressional approval, exceeding his authority. Work continues on the contruction of the ballroom at the White House, Tuesday, Dec., 9, 2025, in Washington, where the East …
A student was critically injured and an adult gunman died by suicide after an early-morning shooting outside Stewartville High School in Minnesota. The incident occurred as the wrestling team gathered to board a bus. Authorities say the gunman shot the student before turning the weapon on himself. The student underwent surgery and is in critical …
New details have emerged surrounding the death of 90 Day Fiancé personality Chuck Potthast, after a 911 call revealed the harrowing circumstances in which he was discovered at his home in Florida. What was revealed about Chuck Potthast’s death in the 911 call? According to the audio obtained by media outlets, Potthast’s son found him …