Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyLast Wednesday, dozens of students skipped class to gather outside a Payson, Utah, middle school for hours and chant, “We the people, not the animals!”—a protest launched over the dramatic accusation that their classmates were running wild as “furries” and attacking other students without consequence.Much of the hysteria, however, has been blown out of proportion.Footage from the scene showed them hoisting signs declaring, “Compelled speech is not free speech,” “We won’t be compelled,” and “We just want to learn.” A fourth sign read, “You can’t ignore us,” with a drawing of an animal print covered with a prohibition sign.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesThe first stages of the trial of the People of New York State vs. Donald J. Trump have been illuminating in a variety of ways. They have made it absolutely clear that this trial is not the legal non-event Republicans and drinkers of conventional wisdom-flavored Kool Aid said it was.It is not a case about “paperwork” or “bookkeeping.” It is not a bland little nothingburger of arcane, hard-to-prove white-collar crime. It is not just the “hush money” or the “porn star” sideshow. It is a case about an alleged attempt by a man running for this country’s highest office to systematically defraud voters and use illegal means to gain an advantage in an election. What is more, it is a case about doing so in an election cycle in which he won the electoral vote by fewer than 80,000 votes. His margin was razor-thin. The lies his friends at the National Enquirer told that were spread by others in the MAGA propaganda machine could well have tipped the balance of the election in his favor.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/ABCThe Grey’s Anatomy fandom has never lacked for controversial characters. In fact, Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital seems to hire specifically for that quality. That said, I must ask: Have we ever seen a character redemption arc as pronounced as Amelia Shepherd’s (Caterina Scorsone)? Once perhaps the worst character wandering this hospital’s hallowed, absolutely uninsurable halls, she’s spent 13 seasons and counting becoming one of its most compelling.ABC’s chief medical drama is all about stirring up our emotions and, sometimes, our angry keyboards. From the ever-complicated Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), to the lovable but rarely logical Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl), to the well-meaning but absolutely toxic lover Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd), Amelia’s peers have all had their less-than-stellar moments. For a while, however, everyone in the fandom seemed to hate her with a burning passion.Maybe it was her ongoing competition with Derek that put people off, or maybe it was her short temper, but the hatred has been intense. Those who’ve been hanging out with Amelia since her time on the Grey’s spin-off Private Practice might have a deeper appreciation for her absurdly traumatic backstory. (For those who need a refresher: She watched her dad get murdered when she was just 5 years old; as an adult, she woke up one morning to find her fiancé dead from an overdose beside her; and she carried her son to term knowing he would not survive, just so that his death could become meaningful through organ donation.) Read more at The Daily Beast.

Courtesy of Sony Pictures ClassicsEveryone remembers their first brush with death. Whether you’re 5 or fortunate enough to be 75, coming face-to-face with your own mortality for the first time is an experience that remains permanently seared into your mind; you can remember where you were, what you were thinking, and, probably, being engulfed in a new kind of sadness that you don’t quite understand.That’s certainly the case for Malik (Blake James Cameron) and Eric (Gian Knight Ramirez), the two children at the heart of We Grown Now, a fresh, empathetic new indie that lands in theaters April 26 after receiving a warm critical reception at last fall’s Toronto International Film Festival.In the fall of 1992, Malik and Eric spend their days enjoying their lives and close-knit friendship as residents in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green public housing complex. But the terrible thing about idyllic childhood joy is that there’s a countdown clock on how long it lasts. Innocence slips away faster than we can anticipate, so when a horrific tragedy rocks Cabrini-Green, Eric and Malik find their friendship challenged and the simplicity of their daily lives forever altered.Read more at The Daily Beast.

The 41-year-old was reportedly found in his hotel room at the citizenM Miami Worldcenter hotel on Feb. 7.

Thousands of pounds of ready-to-eat sliced prosciutto ham shipped to eight states are being recalled by their U.S. distributor.

The aid workers were killed April 1 when a succession of Israeli armed drones ripped through vehicles in their convoy as they left one of World Central Kitchen's warehouses on a food delivery mission.

"Every time Baxter gets his toys taken from him he chatters his mouth," his owner Aliah told Newsweek.

Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde said Republicans are "making a mistake" by not discussing the issue of healthcare in the United States.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed is pushing to advance economic and cultural ties with China and bring pandas to the city's zoo, which is receiving some backlash.

Latino voters are "geographically concentrated" in key states, meaning they will play a "decisive role" in the 2024 presidential election, according to an expert.

The devastating rains also killed farm animals and destroyed thousands of acres of crops, while major highways were closed and rail services suspended.

The secret to Wordle's success is its five letter and six guesses format, which offers just the right level of challenge, according to creator, Josh Wardle.

Stewart Butterfield co-founded messaging app Slack in 2013 but left the company after Salesforce acquired the platform for $28 billion in 2021.

Paul Jeremiah Grice, 31, was charged in Texas County with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping and conspiracy to commit murder.

The new alliance structure Washington is pursuing in Asia won’t guarantee peace and stability — and may raise the risk of stumbling into a conflict.

Pope Francis says “negotiated peace is better than a war without end”; A tour of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City

Shafik has navigated world conflicts at global financial institutions, but it remains to be seen if she can handle the thorny protests sweeping her campus.

John Dickerson reports on U.S. foreign aid finally getting the seal of approval, a new set of rules for airlines, and the logic behind teacher layoffs despite shortages.

Pro-Palestinian protests are taking place at major US universities, prompting some officials to take extraordinary steps to confront the growing crisis. Follow for live news updates.

NetflixDepending on your personal interpretation, you may subscribe to the notion of ghosts as unquiet spirits, haunting the realm of the living until some injustice they suffered in life or at the moment of their death is corrected, amended, forgiven. Ghosts, then, are the perfect clients for a certain type of private investigator motivated to simply provide closure to lost souls. It’s a heady intellectual conceit, and it’s also the hook that provides the backbone to Dead Boy Detectives, Netflix’s mystery series based on Neil Gaiman’s comic-book characters. And make no mistake: While there’s plenty of talk about life, death, and the afterlife, the show is light on its feet, a teen adventure series whose unquiet spirits are nothing compared to the trials of growing up—even if you’re already dead.Prim and proper former English schoolboy Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and erstwhile streetwise punk Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri) are ghosts who have chosen to remain in the world of the living, solving ghost mysteries in order to send other spirits in need to whatever afterlife awaits them. The eight episodes of the first season take a throwback case-of-the-week approach, subtly building a season-long arc while its main characters are busy finding out how and why people died, whether that means breaking a curse, revealing some hidden treachery, or fighting a giant ectoplasmic toadstool. They’re joined in their quest by Crystal Palace (Kassius Nelson), a medium with a literally demonic ex-boyfriend, and Niko (Yuyu Kitamura), Crystal’s doe-eyed best friend with a sizable collection of anime boy posters on her walls.Being a Greg Berlanti production, it’s good, but you have to be on its wavelength. It’s a Sandman spinoff, but there’s less of The Sandman’s ethereal musings on the nature of life and death and dreams, and more of a teen-adventure-drama vibe, like a slightly more eldritch Scooby-Doo. It’s good in the way that Riverdale (another Berlanti production) was “good”: It’s absurd, it’s melodramatic, and everyone’s delivering their parcel of gobbledygook lines in extra-heightened cadences. It also looks a lot like those shows, especially Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, another Netflix comic adaptation with a similar dimly-lit, misty atmosphere that immediately advertises the presence of witches and spells and the undead. (It also means you won’t be able to see this one in the daytime, either.)Read more at The Daily Beast.

“Foreign aid” often never leaves the United States.

A group of former prosecutors and media pundits have been gathering in off-the-record Zoom calls to discuss former President Donald Trump.

Audi is close to formally announcing a three-year contract with Haas driver Nico Hülkenberg, according to Sky Sports Germany and Sport 1.

Total births in the U.S. last year fell 2% to 3.59 million, as birth rates in countries around the world have been declining.

Dear Abby weighs in on a mother who is going through the burden of seeing her son's girlfriend not being able to wear a graduation gown as they prepare to graduate high school together.

Stephan Sterns, 38, was charged with first-degree murder on Wednesday in connection with the February disappearance and death of his girlfriend's 13-year-old daughter.

Count Brian Cashman among the many around the Yankees impressed by Juan Soto. Cashman’s opinion, though, counts more than most.

Police moved in on both campuses after students began constructing camps in university grounds to protest against the ongoing Israeli operation in Gaza.

Tensions over economic ties are running high, threatening to disrupt a fragile cooperation between the U.S. and China.

Habba said she doubts the jury will "do the right thing."

Emerging cicadas are so loud in one South Carolina county that residents are calling the sheriff's office asking why they can hear a "noise in the air that sounds like a siren, or a whine, or a roar." CBS News' John Dickerson has details.

The Knicks have spotted the 76ers the first nine points and double-digit first-half leads in each of the first two games of their playoff series.

The reverend was in the middle of instructing the congregation about the proper procedure of offering communion when she lost her train of thought.

Some of her other visible tattoos depict Satanic imagery, including a goat with a pentagram on its forehead on her chest and a Leviathan Cross on the back of her hand.

Yankees' Clarke Schmidt cruised through the A’s lineup, flashing the growth that surfaced last year and early this season. Then the sixth inning came.

NYPD Assistant Chief James McCarthy and several officers were chased into a NYU building during an encounter with anti-Israel protesters after cuffing one of the demonstrators on Monday night, video shows

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has put on a friendly face during his visit to Shanghai, but the Washington-Beijing relationship remains broken.

There were more than 120 new arrests as universities moved to prevent pro-Palestinian encampments from taking hold as they have at Columbia University.

He lives alone with no home aid or extra help, cooks simple food for himself, walks up and down his three-level house and drives "pretty good" daily with no issues.

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Anze Kopitar scores 2:07 into the extra period of Game 2 as the Kings defeat Edmonton to even their first-round series.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has won over his teammates — and then some.

Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza.

Jack Roslovic sniped the puck short side, through a sliver of an opening to the back of the net to help lead the Rangers to a 4-3 win in Game 2.

A weekend in Nashville ended on a low note for a Georgia aviator whose plane was ravaged by a thief — even though he paid a company to watch over the aircraft. To make matters worse, pilot Raymond Daniel said that following the stressful ordeal that cost him $12,000 worth of equipment he wasn’t given...

The invite, seen by The Post, will take place at an undisclosed address in Irvington, the same village that Zeta-Jones and Douglas call home.

A cheerleader at a high school in Texas lost her valedictorian title, risking a potential scholarship, over a miscalculation with her grade point average (GPA). The post Texas High School Cheerleader Loses Valedictorian Status over GPA ‘Miscalculation’ appeared first on Breitbart.