Cannes: Call it the anti-“Gatsby.” James Gray’s new film is a slow-burning 1920s parable of fall and redemption
Andrew O'Hehir Friday, May 24, 2013 6:30 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies, Film Festivals, Cannes
Claire Messud joins the many buzzy figures -- Jonathan Franzen, Lena Dunham, Jennifer Egan -- to earn Weiner's ire
Daniel D'Addario Friday, May 24, 2013 6:01 PM UTC
Entertainment Books, Claire Messud
The Texas senator’s escalating feud with McCain reveals his arrogance -- and the continuing crackup of the GOP
Joan Walsh Friday, May 24, 2013 4:19 PM UTC
News Ted Cruz, John McCain, Tea Party
The 104-year-old Anna Louise Inn has ended its two-year legal battle with a Fortune 500 company and will now move
Katie Mcdonough Friday, May 24, 2013 8:24 PM UTC
Business Women's Rights
Through the U.K. firm Reprieve, Shaker Aamer appeals to the public to call the U.S. embassy demanding action VIDEO
Lorraine Murphy, The Daily Dot Friday, May 24, 2013 8:10 PM UTC
Technology the daily dot, Twitter
The 18-year-old rejected a deal that would have labeled her a sex offender and placed her under house arrest
Katie Mcdonough Friday, May 24, 2013 7:10 PM UTC
Life kaitlyn hunt, statutory rape
A new brood is set to emerge this summer for the first time in 17 years. What's taken them so long? VIDEO
John Matson, Scientific American Friday, May 24, 2013 7:09 PM UTC
Life Video, Scientific American
The book, with thoughts on "challenges of the 21st century," is set to come out in June 2014
Daniel D'Addario Friday, May 24, 2013 7:09 PM UTC
Entertainment Hillary Clinton, Memoirs
A bulletin from the agency acknowledges what bit torrent sharers well know
Natasha Lennard Friday, May 24, 2013 6:25 PM UTC
Technology dhs, 3D-printed guns, Guns, Arms
Apple is the latest multinational to come under fire, but it's only taking advantage of what the law allows
Jared Bernstein, On the Economy Friday, May 24, 2013 6:17 PM UTC
Technology On the Economy, Apple, Google, GE
The family of a Gitmo detainee twice cleared for transfer remains pessimistic, despite Obama's speech vowing reform
Letta Tayler Friday, May 24, 2013 6:00 PM UTC
Politics Guantanamo, gitmo, Yemen
Plaintiffs including Glenn Greenwald and Julian Assange demand press, public access to trial and documents
Natasha Lennard Friday, May 24, 2013 5:06 PM UTC
Media Bradley Manning, journalists
Damascus has not issued a definitive statement of its own on the proposed talks
Bassem Mroue, Associated Press Friday, May 24, 2013 5:03 PM UTC
News Associated Press, Syria, Russia
A spokesman for the archdiocese in Madrid says it has only one such priest and is considering a plan to train more
Ciaran Giles, Associated Press Friday, May 24, 2013 4:47 PM UTC
Life Associated Press, Catholicism
The report notes deprivation in the U.S. is "closer to that in Indonesia or Greece rather than Britain or Canada"
Katie Mcdonough Friday, May 24, 2013 4:29 PM UTC
Life Poverty, hunger, world hunger
Rising GOP operative John Stortstrom was a member of Youth for Western Civilization, a racist student group
Bill Morlin, Southern Poverty Law Center Friday, May 24, 2013 4:25 PM UTC
Politics Southern Poverty Law Center
A rogue editor targeted witches, warlocks and psychedelic scientists -- and cast doubt on the site's judgment
Andrew Leonard Friday, May 24, 2013 4:18 PM UTC
Technology wikipedia, pagans, paganism
Senator's new measure denies food stamps for life to certain classes of ex-convicts (solicitation not included)
David Dayen Friday, May 24, 2013 4:16 PM UTC
Business David Vitter, Farm Bill
Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and the Austin City Limits festivals have something in common: very male lineups
Abby Johnston Friday, May 24, 2013 4:15 PM UTC
Business Music, Editor's Picks, VIDA, Wilco
The actress and "Dancing With the Stars" alumna looks Hollywood glam in her "Cool Cat" anti-gun ad VIDEO
Daniel D'Addario Friday, May 24, 2013 4:05 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, vivica a. fox
Gohmert went on to accuse a woman who had a medically necessary late-term abortion of "ripping apart" her fetus VIDEO
Katie Mcdonough Friday, May 24, 2013 4:00 PM UTC
Life Video, Abortion, abortion care
U.K. officials say the threat to a Pakistan International Airlines flight does not appear to be terror-related
Cassandra Vinograd and Danica Kirka, Associated Press Friday, May 24, 2013 3:52 PM UTC
News Associated Press, Pakistan
Although critics say reports of cyber attacks are overblown, energy providers tell a more harrowing story VIDEO
Tim Sampson, The Daily Dot Friday, May 24, 2013 3:39 PM UTC
Social Video, the daily dot, Internet
Initially, it wasn't clear if the Interstate 5 bridge north of Seattle gave way on its own
Manuel Valdes and Mike Baker, Associated Press Friday, May 24, 2013 3:15 PM UTC
News Associated Press, Seattle, Oregon
A new bill making its way through Congress permits the kind of derivatives trading that bankrupted our economy
Robert Reich, ROBERTREICH.org Friday, May 24, 2013 3:08 PM UTC
Business RobertReich.org, Democrats
A balloon tribute to the mayor of Flavortown and lover of wraparound shades
Katie Mcdonough Friday, May 24, 2013 3:07 PM UTC
Life Guy Fieri, Food Network
The pop singer loses her dress in a Central Park appearance that shows just how tough live TV is VIDEO
Daniel D'Addario Friday, May 24, 2013 2:52 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, mariah carey, ABC
The Scouts' half-advance -- allowing gay Scouts but not gay Scoutmasters -- sends a confusing message
Mary Elizabeth Williams Friday, May 24, 2013 2:14 PM UTC
Life LGBT, Boy Scouts
According to officials, serious cyberattacks have infiltrated and surveilled energy company networks
Natasha Lennard Friday, May 24, 2013 2:08 PM UTC
Technology Iran, Energy, hackers, Hacking
Photos and texts from the dead teens phone released by George Zimmerman's attorneys show defense strategy
Natasha Lennard Friday, May 24, 2013 1:41 PM UTC
News Trayvon Martin
After AG signed off on warrant granting DOJ access to reporter's email, the question now is: Will Obama let him go?
Alex Pareene Friday, May 24, 2013 1:30 PM UTC
Politics Opening Shot, Eric Holder
The hacker collective has taken up the case of an 18-year-old facing felony charges over a same-sex relationship
Katie Mcdonough Friday, May 24, 2013 1:04 PM UTC
Life kaitlyn hunt, Anonymous
"Does Someone Have to Go?" is a manipulative, mean "social experiment"
Willa Paskin Friday, May 24, 2013 1:01 PM UTC
Entertainment does someone have to go, TV
Sci-fi-lover Otis Wright quoted Spock in his ruling against a group of lawyers laying claim to a single porn video
Peter Frase, Jacobin Friday, May 24, 2013 12:42 PM UTC
Social Jacobin, Internet, porn
In his SOTU address, Obama noted infrastructure "badly in need of repair”
Natasha Lennard Friday, May 24, 2013 12:19 PM UTC
News i-5, Washington, bridge collapse
After 13 hours of deliberations over three days, the jury failed to agree to a sentence
Brian Skoloff, Associated Press Friday, May 24, 2013 12:00 PM UTC
Life Associated Press, Jodi Arias
As a liberal I was against drones reflexively. But the moral debate is more complicated than I'd realized
Kiel Brennan-Marquez Friday, May 24, 2013 11:45 AM UTC
Politics Drones, Targeted killing
The actress was charged with criminal possession of marijuana, tampering with evidence and reckless endangerment
Associated Press Friday, May 24, 2013 11:44 AM UTC
Entertainment Associated Press, Amanda Bynes
Authorities said it appeared nobody was killed in the bridge failure
Manuel Valdes and Mike Barker, Associated Press Friday, May 24, 2013 11:28 AM UTC
News Associated Press, Interstate 5
Cannes: Voyeurism's not the only reason to see the remarkable 21st-century love story "Blue Is the Warmest Color"
Andrew O'Hehir Friday, May 24, 2013 10:45 AM UTC
Entertainment Movies, Film Festivals, Cannes