The Ending of Killers of the Flower Moon Is Astonishing
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Killers of the Flower Moon. In film criticism as it stands today, unless you’re writing for a specific, rarefied audience, discussing a film’s ending…
Israel Says Two Americans Held Hostage by Hamas, a Mother and Daughter, Have Been Released
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Hamas on Friday freed an American woman and her teenage daughter it had held hostage in Gaza, Israel said, the first such release from among…
‘Our Death Is Pending.’ Stories of Loss and Grief From Gaza
The Gaza Strip has endured seemingly endless tragedy. As Israel wages its war to root out Hamas in the aftermath of the latter’s Oct. 7 massacre, which killed 1,400 in…
Kenneth Chesebro, a Trump Ally, Pleads Guilty in Georgia
ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro pleaded guilty to a felony on Friday just as jury selection was getting underway in his trial on charges accusing him of participating in efforts to…
Watching the Tragedy in Gaza Unfold From Afar
As my 2½-year-old daughter colors Halloween pumpkins, my cousin’s son in Gaza draws a self-portrait underneath a sky of metal, his little stick figure body standing below a rain of…