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W hether he’s standing under the glare of a spotlight on a Broadway stage, or perched in front of an open window at a bustling Nolita coffeeshop, one fact stays the same: Darren Crisspractically vibrates with energy. And that observation isn’t just because Criss currently stars in the new Broadway …

The internet. Some have called it humankind’s greatest folly. A boundless ocean of vitriol, depravity, scams, misinformation, and meaningless competitions for clout. If this technology is what brought us to our present, how can it be any good? But now and then, we are reminded of the true potential encoded …

On Saturday night, as legacy media journalists crowded into the Washington Hilton for the annual White House Correspondents Dinner, the mood was somber. The White House Correspondents’ Association decided to omit its usual comedic performance this year, reportedly because the Trump administration complained about the scheduled host. The association said …

T he man at the West Burnside Street bus stop looks stone dead, sprawled out on the sidewalk with his eyes rolled back. Lucky for him, he overdosed on a weekday, just five blocks from the downtown Portland, Oregon, fire station, where the quick-response unit is on duty, and they’re …

When Michele Romano went missing last August, her family and their close friend, podcaster Lauren Lee Malloy, labored over flyers bearing her image: a woman with a gentle smile and a spill of braids, wrapped in a cozy, pale rainbow cardigan. “So many people shared the flyers, but she was …

L ike all good children of immigrants, Charlene Kaye greets me with a gift. The shirt is emblazoned with neon-pink lightning, the title of her comedy show, Tiger Daughter, in a Def Leppard font, and a collage of images — including a photo of her mother, Lily, well, naked as …

For playwright Kimberly Belflower, there’s countless individuals that helped turn her play John Proctor Is the Villain from a collaborative college workshop into the hit play currently running on Broadway. But the person she uniquely credits the core of the show might take people by surprise: New Zealand-born global superstar …

To assist him in his quest to determine the cause —or causes — of autism by September, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his hand-picked researchers will have access to a so-called “disease registry” of autistic people, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya announced …

J osh Johnson can’t remember all of the details about this one particular bank robbery gone wrong. It happened in the Seventies, or maybe it was the Eighties. The amount of money stolen is hazy. But he can recall the parts that matter — the funny ones. “He ran up …

Since March 5, Ash Wednesday, Black congregations around the nation have stopped patronizing Target for Lent. The 40-day fast, led by Dr. Jamal Bryant, pastor of New Birth Missionary Church in Stonecrest, Georgia, was in response to Target’s compliance with President Donald Trump’s orders to get rid of diversity, equity, …