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Pete Rose, baseball’s all-time hits leader, died of natural causes this week at the age of 83. He was one of the greatest baseball players in history, and his stats back that up: three World Series titles, 17 All-Star appearances, and a record-breaking 4,256 hits. His moniker on the field …

B efore Tegan and Sara Quin were the chart-topping sister act known for their genre-defying queer sound, they were twins from Calgary, Canada just utterly excited that they’d won a local music competition. One of their prizes for the 1998 victory was a headline set at a nearby pub, where …

Let me tell you a story about Harlan… I talk to 10 people about Harlan Ellison and that’s how almost every conversation starts. If I’d talked to a hundred, it would’ve been the same. Because everyone has a Harlan Ellison story. Everyone who knew him, worked with him, argued with …

L ast Friday, comedian Sebastian Maniscalco had Madison Square Garden roaring with laughter with bits about Amazon deliveries scaring him when they arrive at midnight, the total oddness of New York City’s so-called rat czar, the voracious moles devouring his yard, and his wife’s (allegedly) bad driving. He pulled faces, …

It’s a blustery, drizzling day in New York City and at Columbia University, students scattered across the Great Lawn are beginning to run for cover. But on the 13th floor of the International Affairs Building, the gentle pattern of rain is almost completely drowned out by the hum of students …

For the past year, Cornell University PhD student Momodou Taal, 30, has taken part in various pro-Palestine demonstrations on campus, with many calling for the school to divest from weapons manufacturers selling products to Israel during its bombardment of Gaza (and now Lebanon). But unlike thousands who have supported such …

J ust before dawn on Sept. 24, 2007, a red, white, and blue Gulfstream II fell from the sky over the Yucatán Peninsula. The private jet had taken off without passengers from Rio Negro, Colombia, for Cancún, Mexico, more than 1,200 miles north, but crossed radar as a suspicious flight, …

Selah Givens is a bit of a wild child. She’ll wake you up at 6 a.m. Chuck a sippy cup your way. Insist you play with her until, well, you play with her. Those tendencies have earned the three-year-old a nickname, says her mother, Doshia Givens: Crazy Horse. “She knows …

H ey, Sean, it’s Evan.” That’s how the phone calls always started with the late Evan Wright. What followed were long, twisting conversations that could last for hours. Evan gave to get. He wanted to dig into your life and was willing to share his inner dialogue and past, too. …

Elon Musk‘s tumultuous takeover and rebranding of Twitter — now X — played out in very public fashion: the $44 billion offer, an attempt to walk it back, and a lawsuit that forced Musk to complete the deal were followed by massive layoffs, a spike in misinformation and extremism on …