• How a social media creator matches modern sports images with classic works of art

    How a social media creator matches modern sports images with classic works of art

    Feb 08, 2024 11:20 PM EDT

    ... media. Jeffrey Brown looks at this viral phenomenon for our arts and culture series, Canvas. Jeffrey Brown : A contemporary football celebration juxtaposed with Giotto's Lamentation from 1305, a player taunting his opponent with the Martyrdom of Saint Matthew by Caravaggio. Sports highlights, arts masterworks sit side by side and ...

  • Preliminary results show Azerbaijan's president wins re-election

    Preliminary results show Azerbaijan's president wins re-election

    Feb 07, 2024 10:56 PM EDT

    ... Analysts suggested Aliyev moved the election forward to capitalize on his burst in popularity following September's blitz in Karabakh. He will be in the limelight in November when Azerbaijan, a country which relies heavily on revenues from fossil fuels, hosts a U.N. climate change conference. Speaking before the ...

  • The ‘none of these candidates’ option wins Nevada GOP primary, a symbolic rejection of Nikki Haley

    The ‘none of these candidates’ option wins Nevada GOP primary, a symbolic rejection of Nikki Haley

    Feb 07, 2024 05:16 AM EDT

    Turner's candidates of choice — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and then businessman Vivek Ramaswamy — also would not have been on the ballot had they stayed in the race, since they opted to participate in Thursday's caucus. Turner is among those people who lament an increasingly likely rematch between Trump ...

  • 6 killings in likely cannabis dispute spotlight violence in California's illegal pot market

    6 killings in likely cannabis dispute spotlight violence in California's illegal pot market

    Feb 01, 2024 09:18 PM EDT

    ... 80 km) northeast of Los Angeles, is known for illicit cannabis operations. "This is a problem that is not really being talked about,” San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus lamented, calling on legislators to reform cannabis laws to “keep legalization but revert to harsher penalties for users of illegal pot.”

  • Ukrainian attacks within Russia challenge Putin's war narrative

    Ukrainian attacks within Russia challenge Putin's war narrative

    Jan 30, 2024 05:07 PM EDT

    ... the challenges of spotting Ukrainian rocket launchers moving to positions under 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the border, emphasizing the need for better surveillance. Many lamented Russia's withdrawal from the area in September 2022 amid Kyiv's swift counteroffensive, arguing that more Ukrainian territory should be captured to secure ...

  • Speaker Johnson warns Senate's bipartisan border deal will be 'dead on arrival' in House

    Speaker Johnson warns Senate's bipartisan border deal will be 'dead on arrival' in House

    Jan 26, 2024 06:36 PM EDT

    ... leadership waging war on House Republican leadership," said Sen. Ted Cruz, a Republican of Texas, at a news conference this week. Still, other Republicans have lamented that conservatives are throwing away an opportunity to gain a victory on an issue they have talked about far more than Democrats. The proposal ...

  • UN’s top humanitarian official discusses crisis in Gaza

    UN’s top humanitarian official discusses crisis in Gaza

    Jan 23, 2024 11:35 PM EDT

    ... government spokesman Eylon Levy said that there are -- quote -- "no limitations on humanitarian aid," and he added this: Eylon Levy , Israeli Government Spokesman: It is lamentable that U.N. officials who have also been covering up for the fact that Hamas hijacks aid and covering up for the fact that ...

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Haley's chances against Trump in New Hampshire

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Haley's chances against Trump in New Hampshire

    Jan 22, 2024 11:57 PM EDT

    ... The Cook Political Report With Amy Walter, and Tamara Keith of NPR, who is in New Hampshire. So, Tam, kick us off here. Days after lamenting about Republicans who were lining up to kiss the ring of Donald Trump, as he put it, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis does exactly that ...

  • Why women are drawn to solo travel and how the tourism industry is responding

    Why women are drawn to solo travel and how the tourism industry is responding

    Jan 18, 2024 11:25 PM EDT

    ... was to Iraq. Nabila Ismail, Dose of Travel Club: My idea is to go explore places that we have either heard about in a negative limelight in the media or while growing up, and just countries that people kind of don't even have on their radar. Stephanie Sy: The ...

  • Macron announces missiles and bombs for Ukraine, suggests he could work with Trump

    Macron announces missiles and bombs for Ukraine, suggests he could work with Trump

    Jan 16, 2024 11:47 PM EDT

    ... second term as president is beset by his lack of a majority in parliament. He faces a struggle to remain relevant and not become a lame duck. The news conference was a bid to show that he still has ambition and plans, timed in the evening to reach a broad ...