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For filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, the idea for his new film “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” came not from a screenwriter or producer but from one of his jailers in the prison where he’d been sentenced for his criticism ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Earlier this year, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson cut roughly $1 billion from the state budget, including millions for Kansas City-area highway work, health care and civic groups, frustrating local leaders ...Read more

ATLANTA — Donald Trump’s dramatic gains with Latino voters, particularly among Latino men, have emerged as a huge talking point since his election win earlier this month.

But the surge in Latino support for Trump didn...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Erik Menendez could be headed to Las Vegas.

Menendez and his brother, Lyle, are serving sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 1989 murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty ...Read more

Miley Cyrus says working with ex-husband Liam Hemsworth made it feel natural to work with her new boyfriend Maxx Morando.

The 'Flowers' hitmaker has opened up about how her relationship with her former spouse Liam ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Cyndi Lauper is just eight concerts away from concluding the U.S. leg of her “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour.” But this 71-year-old Grammy, Tony and Emmy Award-winning vocal star is clearly not ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland counties are sharply divided over whether to assist President-elect Donald Trump with what he says will be the largest deportation program in American history.

A Baltimore Sun survey found widely ...Read more

Every day, the world over, we feel these things because we’re human: Longing. Peace, where we can find it. Belonging. Loneliness, sometimes. Unsteadiness in an ever-expiring present tense. If we’re city dwellers in a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A reputed member of the Mexican Mafia was wounded in a shooting Saturday that left a second man dead in Los Angeles County, authorities said.

At 11 p.m., Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies responded to ...Read more

More than a decade ago, I spent a week working in Gatineau, a city on the southern edge of Québec, with the Cree Board of Health and Social Services. I was helping train researchers to interview Iiyiyiu elders about ...Read more

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Crossing the Divide

I developed the idea for this course in 2016 during an Amtrak ...Read more

Now that the elections are over, you might be left feeling exhausted, despondent and disillusioned – whether your preferred candidate won or not. You are not alone.

Survey after survey has found that Americans...Read more

A brain region affected very early in Alzheimer’s disease may explain why some aging people are at greater risk of financial exploitation. That is the key finding of our new study, published in the journal Cerebral ...Read more

History is full of examples of governments using forced segregation against ethnic minorities.

From settler colonialists coercing Indigenous peoples into reservations, Nazis forcing Jews into ghettos or the ...Read more

Shortly after the 2024 election was called in Donald Trump’s favor, he declared that voters had given him “an unprecedented and powerful mandate.”

As the popular vote margin shrinks, however, this claim ...Read more

Daisy Ridley has no recollection of coming to the aid of a van driver when their vehicle "flipped" in front of her.

The 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' actress admitted she "panics" in times of crisis but can also be quite...Read more

Cher feared she would die from a hangover.

The 78-year-old singer has never "drank much" but one evening in her 20s, she overindulged and felt so ill the next day, she went to see her doctor to find out if the aftermath ...Read more

Austin Butler is due to star in the upcoming sci-fi movie 'The Barrier'.

The 33-year-old actor has signed on to lead 'All Quiet on the Western Front' director Edward Berger's film, which is reportedly due to focus on time...Read more

'Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble' is due to begin shooting within months.

The upcoming horror crossover - which is a sequel to 'Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey II' - will feature twisted versions of childhood characters, ...Read more

Cher has announced she is going to switch from music to movies again.

The 78-year-old singer made the move into films in the 1980s with performances in films such as 'Silkwood', 'Mask' and 'Moonstruck' - the last of which...Read more