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Cat mistakenly left on plane, makes three trips between New Zealand and Australia in 24 hours

Wellington, New ZealandAP —  A Maine coon cat named Mittens became an accidental jetsetter this month when her cage was overlooked in a plane cargo hold and she made three trips in 24 hours between New Zealand and Australia. Mittens, 8, was booked for…

Notre Dame’s Kate Koval is a rising star in college basketball and a daughter of war-torn Ukraine

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Through warmups and the game, the cell phone sat on the team’s bench. In the small gym in Brookville, N.Y., Long Island, no opponent could match Kate Koval that February night. Her coach yelled to her,…

Missing hiker thanks rescuers after surviving 13 days on two granola bars in Australian national park

Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — A 23-year-old hiker who survived 13 days lost in the Australian wilderness after randomly finding two granola bars has thanked his rescuers for enduring “tough conditions” to find him. Hadi Nazari was rescued on Wednesday, almost two weeks…

Alina Perez’s ” Family Romance” @ Yossi Milo Gallery, NYC

Yossi Milo is pleased to announce Family Romance, Alina Perez’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. Family Romance opens to the public on Thursday, January 16, with an artist’s reception from 6-8 PM, and will be on view through Saturday, March 8, 2025. Alina Perez’s…

Absolute Flash’s Look in DC’s New Run

Meet Absolute Flash The Absolute Universe may not have a lot of hope in it, but it’s about to have one of the best-looking Flash variants that has ever existed. Absolute Flash is still a bit away from its official debut, but a glimpse into…

Clothes for Savvy, Elegant Adults? What an Idea.

So begins the year of fashion change. First out of the gate: Lanvin, where Peter Copping, who took the creative reins in September, wasn’t just tasked with giving an old name a reboot because, you know, consumers were bored and…

Bronze Age Footprints Preserved During Vesuvius Eruption Are Found in Italy

A number of Bronze Age discoveries were made during upgrades to a methane pipeline in the Italian province of Salerno, the Italian news agency ANSA reports. Bronze Age footprints, both from animals and from humans, were initially identified as work…

Pineapple on pizza for $120 at restaurant

There are few moments as controversial in food history as the decision by a Canadian chef in the 1960s to put tinned pineapple on top of a ham pizza. When Sam Panapoulos created what he and his brother-slash-partner-in-crime dubbed Hawaiian pizza, it…

Absolute Superman Rewrites the Origin Story

The following contains major spoilers for Absolute Superman #3, on sale now from DC Comics. DC’s Absolute Universe has completely rewritten the Man of Steel’s origin story. Absolute Superman #3 brings readers back six years to a time when Kal-El was young and…

Nina Molloy: These Griefs, These Gardens

There’s a small party in a two-story house furnished with midcentury teak, warmly lit, located on the outskirts of a city with a tropical climate. The guests are foreign dignitaries, optometrists, and architects with their own firms—and because it is…

Review: Malpaso Returns, With Boundless Energy but Little Risk

This is the 10th season that Malpaso Dance Company, the Cuban contemporary dance troupe based in Havana and founded in 2012, has come to the Joyce Theater. Malpaso is an associate company of Joyce Theater Productions, and the longevity of…

Elon Musk and His Allies Storm Into Washington and Race to Reshape It

Storming Into Washinton On Friday afternoon, the world’s richest person showed up at what sounds like one of the world’s most boring agencies to demand a list. Elon Musk had arrived at the Office of Personnel Management, a mundane-sounding agency…

Jensen Ackles’s Batman is The Frontrunner for DCU Batman

The DC Universe finds its Batman for The Brave and The Bold in Jensen Ackles through new DC art. While it may not have a release date yet slotted in the DCU’s Chapter 1: “Gods and Monsters” schedule, fans are actively looking to find out…

WNBA star Angel Reese lands Vogue cover

WNBA Athlete and Vogue Model WNBA player Angel Reese has landed a Vogue cover, posing for a story about how the worlds of fashion and sport have collided. With interviews from Reese, tennis player Frances Tiafoe and Olympic sprinter Gabby…

Unique wild ice skating experiences around the world

Temperatures drop As temperatures drop and waterways freeze over, outdoor adventure enthusiasts can lace up their skates in search of perfect ice skating spots. Finding the best place for wild or Nordic skating, which involves skating outdoors on naturally formed…

Are Americans Doing Fitness Wrong?

For many people in the United States, staying in shape means getting in your car and driving to the gym. Movement is something on a to-do list, siloed off from the rest of daily life. That mentality is quintessentially American,…

DeepSeek Panic Live Updates: Nvidia Stock Pulls Back Again

The release of a less capital-intensive artificial intelligence model from China’s DeepSeek sent a chill through the U.S. stock market Monday with major stock updates, initiating a massive selloff led by Nvidia, which roared back Tuesday, recovering almost half of…

A Look at “Landscapes” @ V1 Gallery, Copenhagen

V1 Gallery Landscapes is a group exhibition featuring 27 artists whose work deals with ecology and a spirituality grounded in landscape. It seeks to be an incomplete examination of landscapes through a contemporary lens, taking place between V1 Gallery and Eighteen, covering…

Cool-Kid Restaurateur Andrew Tarlow Goes Grown-Up at Borgo

Finding A Location When the Brooklyn restaurateur Andrew Tarlow was scouting sites for his new restaurant, he wasn’t focused on location. What he was looking for was good ghosts. The space he eventually chose for Borgo, on East 27th Street…

A brief history of the Times Square New Year’s Eve ball drop

Since crowds first began gathering in Times Square to commemorate New Year’s Eve over a century ago, it has been a ritual to flock to midtown’s brightly lit chaos to ring in new beginnings. At 11:59 p.m. a dazzling ball…