Prediction Markets? An 83% Chance That Oscars Pundits Hate Them.
Online wagering is all the rage. But the crowdsourced data generally doesn’t interest experts who have built a brand predicting Academy Awards races.Read More
The Man Behind the Oscars ‘Glambot’ on the Red Carpet
Cole Walliser grabs celebrities for red-carpet close-ups. In recent years, he has become known in his own right, for better or for worse.Read More
Synagogue Attack Tests Bonds of Michigan Community
For more than a century, Jewish, Arab and Muslim people have lived in and around Detroit, coexisting mostly peacefully.Read More
How Jeff Bezos Upended The Washington Post
The billionaire newspaper owner, dissatisfied by years of losses, wants the newsroom to double productivity with half its budget.Read More
Explosion at Jewish School in Amsterdam Is 2nd Antisemitic Attack in 2 Days, Officials Say
No one was hurt in the explosion at a Jewish school in Amsterdam, or in an earlier one at a Rotterdam synagogue.Read More
Before Deadly Old Dominion Shooting, Parallel Lives of 2 Soldiers Diverged
Lt. Col. Brandon Shah flew hundreds of combat missions as a war-zone helicopter pilot before being shot and killed in his Old Dominion University classroom by a radicalized military veteran.Read More
‘Sleeper Cells’ and Lone Attackers: Security Experts Brace for More Violence at Home
Several attacks, including one on a synagogue in Michigan and a shooting at a university in Virginia, may be linked to the fighting in the Middle East.Read More
How Trump Officials Embraced an Animal Rights Campaign
The Trump administration is curbing animal experiments in response to shifts in public opinion, technological advances, years of animal rights advocacy and the work of a conservative activist.Read More
Judge Rules Lawmaker Must Be Allowed to Join Kennedy Center Board Meeting
A judge ordered that Representative Joyce Beatty, a Democrat, be given access to planning documents and have the chance to oppose changes to the center at a board meeting next week.Read More
Lobbyist Arrested in Extortion Attempt of Client Who Received a Trump Pardon
Josh Nass, a lawyer and lobbyist, had recently represented Joseph Schwartz, a former nursing home executive pardoned by the president late last year.Read More