As support grew last week for a ban on killer robots during the first formal United Nations talks about imposing limits on lethal autonomous weapons systems, artificial intelligence experts and advocacy groups released a viral video depicting what a future could look like with small and affordable drones that murder targets without any meaningful human […]

When the House impeachment inquiry began more than a month ago, much of the focus was on a complaint from a whistleblower that drew attention to a July 25 phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, during which Trump asked for investigations into potential political rivals. The whistleblower accused Trump of abusing […]

As a wave of demonstrations to protest the economic conditions in Iran sweeps the country, the global community is urging the Iranian government to respect human rights after two protesters were killed and authorities temporarily cut off access to two social media applications, while also demanding that world leaders not “exploit the current protests for […]

As the United Nations climate conference known as COP23 drew to a close on Friday, leaders from the global climate justice movement called for greater ambition to make the necessary transition away from fossil fuels. “Our job is to get out there and demand the fossil free world that science and justice demand.”—Jamie Henn, 350.orgThe […]

Commentators across the spectrum of acceptable establishment opinion are alarmed by the possibility of peace breaking out on the Korean peninsula. Some oppose the idea of talks between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on principle. Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin (3/9/18), for instance, suggested that Trump should not meet with […]

From the North Pole to Greenland to Antarctica, a series of recent scientific findings on ice loss has heightened alarm among experts, but a landmark study out Monday focuses on what the lead author called “the climate crisis you haven’t heard of”—the “shocking” amount of ice the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region is set to […]

Fans have been hoping to honor Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington since his sudden death last month, and now they will be able to do so at a public memorial to be held in Los Angeles in the near future, the band announced via Twitter on Tuesday. “Just wanted to say thank you to all our […]

If there’s one thing Game of Thrones has become famous for—in addition to incest and dragons—it’s spectacular death scenes. Throughout the series, hundreds of characters have been killed by dragons, Valyrian swords, intense battles, and even the odd beheading or two. Game of Thrones deaths are so synonymous with the series that whenever a few episodes pass […]

Grammy-nominated singer, Demi Lovato, will do the national anthem honors before the highly anticipated Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight on Saturday, Aug. 26, in Las Vegas. The 25-year-old pop star is a known MMA fan and once dated fighter Guilherme “Bomba” Vasconcelos. Lovato is a favorite of Major League Baseball, having previously belted out the national anthem before […]

Season 25 of Dancing with the Stars has officially met its third week and host Erin Andrews continues to bring the fabulous looks. For Monday’s episode of the ABC hit, she turned to Likely for an updated version of the classic LBD we all love. Why’d she choose it? Stylist Anita Patrickson gave us the […]