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Living Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are freed as part of Gaza ceasefire
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — All 20 living hostages held by Hamas and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel walked free Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that decimated the Gaza Strip and killed tens of thousands of Palestinians. The Israeli military said Monday it was escorting into…
Read MoreOff-Grid, Asleep or Unreachable: When Nobel Prize Winners Miss the Call of a Lifetime
Nobel Committee Secretary General Thomas Perlmann addresses journalists in front of a screen displaying the portraits of (L-R) Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi during a press conference on Oct. 6, 2025. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images As the 2025 Nobel Prize announcements rolled out last week, one of this year’s new laureates…
Read MoreOne Fine Show: ‘This is What You Get’ at the Ashmolean Museum
Stanley Donwood (b. 1968) and Thom Yorke (b. 1968), Pacific Coast, 2003. Acrylic on canvas, 150 x 150 cm. Collection of Stanley Donwood. Photo: Ellie Atkins © Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke With a few glaring exceptions, Radiohead is known to have good taste when it comes to the people with whom its members choose…
Read MoreInside the Art Schools Building Courses Around A.I.’s Creative Potential
Agnieszka Pilat’s Heterobota in the 2023 NGV Triennial. Photo: Sean Fennessy While no one can predict what the art of the future will look like, it seems increasingly clear that at least some of it will be created with the help of artificial intelligence. A growing number of visual arts programs at independent art colleges…
Read MoreBridgerton’s Season 4 Release Date and New Trailer Are the Talk of the Ton
It’s time to prepare for the most anticipated masquerade ball of the season. Netflix confirmed that the fourth season of Bridgerton will be hitting the streaming service in two parts in 2026, with the first half premiering on Jan. 29 and the second half arriving on Feb. 26. In addition to the exciting premiere news,…
Read MoreTrump is in Israel to tout a ceasefire he believes could foster lasting Middle East peace
JERUSALEM (AP) — President Donald Trump was in Israel on Monday to celebrate the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas before continuing on to Egypt for a key summit that he hopes will solidify an end to the war and pave the way for a more durable peace in the Middle East.…
Read MoreHow Sister Wives’ Kody Brown Plans to Repair His Relationship With His Adult Children
Kody Brown Has This Concern About His Sex Life With Wife Robyn Brown To hear Kody’s fourth and sole remaining wife Robyn Brown tell it, she always wanted the family, not just the man. “I had marriage proposals,” she revealed on the Sept. 28 episode. Not necessarily an on-bended-knee situation, she noted, just “different men…
Read MoreGilmore Girls’ Scott Patterson Reveals the One Scene That Makes Him Cringe
Gilmore Girls’ Lauren Graham Reunites With Scott Patterson on Red Carpet for First Time in 9 Years Scott Patterson’s next mission, should he choose to accept it? Keeping a straight face. Though the Gilmore Girls star feels nothing but admiration for the show’s “iconoclastic sort of irreverence,” there was one joke the actor who brought Luke…
Read MoreRico Dowdle torches former team, leads Panthers to 30-27 win over Cowboys
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Rico Dowdle warned his former Dallas Cowboys teammates last week they’d better get ready and buckle up. “They wasn’t buckled up,” Dowdle said. Dallas Cowboys wide receiver George Pickens (3) leaps over Carolina Panthers safety Nick Scott (21) after catching a pass in the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday,…
Read MoreTexas volleyball stays unbeaten with road win over Alabama
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The No. 2 Texas volleyball team remained undefeated after dispatching Alabama in four sets Sunday in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Set scores were 20-25, 25-16, 25-23, 25-18. MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kxan.com/newsletters After…
Read MoreLaguna Beach’s Lauren Conrad and Kristin Cavallari Reunite After Years-Long Feud Rumors
Laguna Beach Announces Cast Reunion Featuring Stars Lauren Conrad, Kristin Cavallari and More Lauren Conrad and Kristin Cavallari are coming clean. The Laguna Beach: The Real O.C. alums are putting feud rumors to bed, reuniting in a rare photo almost 20 years after their rivalry began on screens. And they know how significant the moment…
Read MoreTexas is back in the AP Top 25 after win in Red River Rivalry
AUSTIN (KXAN) — It didn’t take long for Texas to find its way back into the rankings. After their 23-6 win over Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry on Saturday, the Longhorns re-entered the Associated Press Top 25 poll at No. 21. The win over the Sooners, who fell from No. 6 to No. 14…
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