Arts & Culture

Emily Raad, 28, from east London, reacts while playing chess at Knight Club, a diverse chess club growing to almost a thousand members within a year, based at Fleet Studios, in London, Britain, June 3, 2025. REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) — Combining dance music, some social media buzz and one of the wor…

THE United Filipino Organizations will hold the annual Pistang Pinoy festivities in celebration of the 127th Philippine Independence Day on June 8, Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., in the Marianas Business Plaza parking area in Susupe. Members of the CNMI community are invited to this event, which w…

(JKPL) — Joeten-Kiyu Public Library is excited to announce the launch of its 2025 Summer Reading Program and Summer Outreach Programs under this year’s vibrant theme: “Color Our World.” These programs are designed to inspire a lifelong love of reading while promoting creativity, communi…

(AP) — The history of Chinese immigrants in America has always been about much more than one particular ethnic group. As Michael Luo’s “Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America” demonstrates, understanding America’s efforts to keep Chinese laborers ou…

Jarvis Cocker, right, and Mark Webber, from left, and Candida Doyle of the band Pulp, perform at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on Sept. 18, 2024. AP NEW YORK (AP) — Pulp has returned with a new album, their first in 24 years. Who could’ve predicted that? Not even the band, it turns out. “I…

Sean Diddy Combs listens during opening statements on the first day of trial in Manhattan federal court, Monday, May 12, 2025, in New York. Elizabeth Williams via AP NEW YORK (AP) — A former personal assistant who accuses Sean “Diddy” Combs of rape testified Monday that she continued sending the hi…

This image shows a new planetarium show depicting a backwards S-shaped spiral in what’s known as the Oort Cloud far beyond Pluto. American Museum of Natural History via AP NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system’s many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show o…

Ncuti Gatwa poses on the red carpet during the Oscars arrivals at the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, March 10, 2024. REUTERS MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) — Ncuti Gatwa, the first Black actor to play the lead role in British sci-fi show “Doctor Who,” departed…

The character Stitch in a still from the film, “Lilo & Stitch.” Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture via AP (AP) — “Lilo & Stitch” and “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” dominated the box office charts again after fueling a record-breaking Memorial Day weekend. Theaters in the U.S. a…