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St. Louis emergency management chief on leave after failing to sound sirens for deadly tornado: report
The city of St Louis placed its emergency management chief on leave after the staffer failed to activate the tornado sirens before a deadly twister tore through the Midwestern...
‘Clay Has a Voice and It’s Screaming’: An Interview With Chris Gustin
Chris Gustin at work. Photo: Chris Gustin Ceramic art often feels utilitarian—more craftwork than artwork. That is, until it reaches a certain scale, at which point it becomes unmistakably...
Screening at Cannes: Denzel Washington and A$AP Rocky In Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’
Spike Lee, A$AP Rocky and Denzel Washington at the Highest 2 Lowest premiere during the 78th Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 19, 2025 in Cannes,...
Google Shows Just How Smart Agentic A.I. Has Become at I/O Developers Conference
Google CEO Sundar Pichai addresses the crowd during Google’s annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2025. CAMILLE COHEN/AFP via Getty Images At Google’s I/O...
Alicja Kwade Probes the Edges of Reality in Her Pace Debut
An installation view of “Alicja Kwade: Telos Tales” at Pace Gallery. Photography courtesy Pace Gallery Throughout her career, Alicja Kwade has braided together art, physics and mathematics to question...
Last Swipe: NYC’s Farecard Artists Face Extinction as the MTA Eliminates the Beloved MetroCard
Juan Carlos Pinto holds a MetroCard portrait of Nina Simone. Photo by Jamie Lubetkin The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s recent announcement that it will stop selling the iconic yellow MetroCards...
All the Best Red Carpet Fashion From the 2025 AmfAR Gala Cannes
The Cannes Film Festival is in full swing, as A-listers take over the French Riviera town to attend the countless movie premieres, afterparties and events over 12 days. And...
Elegance Met Urgency at This Year’s Gordon Parks Foundation Gala
Anna Wintour. Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Gordon Parks Foundation Earlier this week, the Gordon Parks Foundation Annual Gala returned to Cipriani 42nd Street to celebrate the indelible...
Fei-Fei Li Warns of A.I. Innovation Risks Amid US Research Funding Cuts
Fei-Fei Li speaks onstage during the 29th Annual Webby Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on May 12, 2025 in New York City. Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for The Webby Awards...
The Chinese Billionaire Behind 2025’s Largest IPO, Tesla Battery Maker CATL
Robin Zeng Yuqun speaks at the listing ceremony at Hong Kong stock exchange on May 20, 2025 in Hong Kong, China. Chen Yongnuo/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images Contemporary...
