This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. There are so many excellent queer books out this year, and that’s a comfort in these trying times. Today, I’ve rounded up ten to have on your radar, but that just scratches the surface. There’s queer and trans
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Almonty’s tungsten mine in Sangdong, South Korea, in March 2026. Almonty BEIJING — The Iran war is squeezing a global commodities market already pressured by China’s export controls and stockpiling efforts. Prices of three niche elements — tungsten, sulfur and helium — have climbed sharply in recent weeks. While none of the commodities are traded
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Even four decades after its debut in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball remains one of the most influential anime and manga franchises of all time. The series has popularized countless Shonen tropes and continues to inspire several creators to this day. Since Toriyama’s death in 2024, the Dragon Ball Super manga has been on an indefinite
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Steven Spielberg arrives on the red carpet of the 98th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 15, 2026. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S. Preview: Steven Spielberg is developing a Western. He made the announcement at a film festival. His latest, ‘Disclosure Day,’ arrives on June 12. In
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She’s truly an angel on earth. In February, it was announced that East Tennessee Children’s Hospital in Knoxville would officially be renamed Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital in honor of the country music legend and her history of giving back to the Tennessee community. Thanks to her long history of support for various children’s hospitals over
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Fighting as Israel invades southern Lebanon killed U.N. peacekeepers and Israeli soldiers, officials said Tuesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian officials issued contradictory statements about negotiations to end their war. Israel is trying to push Hezbollah militants, who have fired rockets and drones across the border, out of southern Lebanon in a campaign
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The estimated 9 million people who showed up to protest against Donald Trump last weekend were not outliers. Those protesters represent the views of close to 70% of the country according to a new University of Massachusetts Amherst Poll. PoliticusUSA is 100% independent. We are not beholden to any political party, special interest, or billionaire.
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As work, school and community meetings increasingly move online, a streaming platform is reposting thousands of webinars for public viewing — sometimes without participants’ knowledge. The website, called WebinarTV, hosts more than 200,000 recorded webinars, according to its own data. NBC Los Angeles’ investigation found videos originating from across Southern California, including meetings tied to
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The National Association of Black Bookstores (NAB2), founded on Juneteenth, 2025, has announced the first National Black Bookstore Day to be celebrated on April 7. National Black Bookstore Day is intended to “recognize, elevate, and drive support to Black-owned bookstores across the United States.” NAB2 founder Kevin Johnson, who owns Underground Books in Sacramento, CA,
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A previously unknown vulnerability in OpenAI ChatGPT allowed sensitive conversation data to be exfiltrated without user knowledge or consent, according to new findings from Check Point. “A single malicious prompt could turn an otherwise ordinary conversation into a covert exfiltration channel, leaking user messages, uploaded files, and other sensitive content,” the cybersecurity company said in
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