Joyce Mitchell, the prison tailoring shop instructor charged with helping two killers flee from an upstate New York prison, is expected to appear in court today as the search for the convicts enters its 10th day. … [Read more...]
Meet the Hillary Clinton ‘Super Volunteers’
They're the "HRC Super Volunteers" -- a group of near obsessive Hillary Clinton supporters who travel, on their own dime, to volunteer at the Democratic presidential candidate's campaign events. … [Read more...]
China Ends Recovery Efforts on Ship That Capsized on Yangtze
BEIJING - China has concluded rescue and recovery efforts surrounding a cruise ship that capsized this month on the Yangtze River and has revised its count of the number of people who were on board and the number of survivors, according to official news media. … [Read more...]
How The Flash Effects Team Used Comics to Bring Gorilla Grodd to Life
One of the best things about The Flash’s first season was that it took on the challenge of Gorilla Grodd, a giant, talking, psychic gorilla. That would be a challenge on a movie budget, with a movie’s post-production time. The Flash did it for TV. … [Read more...]
Sinosphere Blog: Q. and A.: Holden Chow on China, Elections and Hong Kong’s Attitude
Hong Kong’s legislature is set to vote this week on a proposal to allow all eligible voters in the former British colony the chance to vote in the 2017 election for the city’s top leader, the chief executive. Supporters and opponents say the measure, which will require the support of two-thirds of the 70 delegates, is likely to be voted down. … [Read more...]
First Draft: Today in Politics: Jeb Bush Is Set to Make Official What Was Widely Known
Good Monday morning from Washington, where, yet again, there is work to be done and drama to watch over the trade bill. But after this week, nearly every hopeful will be formally accounted for on the campaign trail, as Hillary Rodham Clinton held her official kickoff rally on Saturday and Jeb Bush tells us he is, indeed, running for president. … [Read more...]
Game of Thrones Finale Recap: A Bloody End to a Bloody Season
In the end we learned that we had the answer all along, and it’s one of the crueler ironies “Game of Thrones” has offered up over its five seasons: Jon Snow understood better than anyone the magnitude of what humanity is up against, but when it counted most he really did know nothing. … [Read more...]
One Neighboring Galaxy Is a Bright Smear Across Space
The sphere surrounding the Milky Way is called the Local Volume, and it is 35 million lightyears in diameter. In the Local Volume is PGC 18431, a galaxy the Hubble caught as part of a mission to figure out how galaxies cluster and move. … [Read more...]