CNN

Kennedy Center board votes to rename it ‘Trump Kennedy Center’

The board of trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted Thursday to rename the facility after both the former president and President Donald Trump. “The Kennedy Center Board ...
The New York Times

As Trump Puts His Brand on Washington, the Kennedy Center Gets a New Name

The board for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced that it would now be named the Trump-Kennedy Center, although a formal change may have to be approved by Congress. By Shawn ...
D Magazine

Convention Center math is very difficult.

The Dallas Morning News‘ Everton Bailey asked some very good questions about the business Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center may be losing because some convention and event planners remain ...
The Daily Californian

FEMA grant postponed for Youth Services Center, city reallocates Measure T1 funding

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, indefinitely postponed a $836,000 grant meant to help fund the seismic retrofitting of the Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Services Center. The ...
Human Rights Watch

COP30 Measures of Climate Adaptation Progress Should Center Rights

As coastal communities around the world are already facing the sobering consequences of sea level rise, government negotiators at the just-completed United Nations climate summit, known as COP30, ...
CNN

Data centers are spiking electricity costs in Maryland. It’s the ‘tip of the iceberg,’ one expert warns

Nike Carstarphen’s electricity bill is rising, even when she’s using less power. The Baltimore resident’s electricity rate jumped 20% from August to September, even though she had cut her usage 40%, ...
Forbes

From Cost Center To Growth Engine: How To Measure ROI In Your Partner Network

Ask most executives how much money they make from their partner network, and you’ll get a confident answer. Ask how much money they lose from it, and the room usually goes quiet. That silence is ...
Pew Research Center

Who’s had plastic surgery or taken other measures to look younger?

This Pew Research Center report looks at how Americans are thinking about aging and how things are going for adults ages 65 and older. Why did we do this? Pew Research Center does research to help the ...
Wired

The AI Data Center Boom Is Warping the US Economy

The amount of capital pouring into AI data center projects is staggering. Last week, Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon reported their 2025 capital expenditures would total roughly $370 billion, ...
Pew Research Center

Counting Race: How the Census Measures Identity and What Americans Think About It

From the very first census in 1790, the United States has measured race – but rarely in the same way or without controversy. Categories such as “free white males,” “free white females,” “all other ...
The New York Times

There Are 6 Ballot Measures in New York City. Here’s an Overview.

Voters will have a chance to weigh in on ballot questions concerning the housing crisis and when local elections should be held. By Camille Baker and Mihir Zaveri This election cycle in New York City ...
Scientific American

Math Puzzle: Measure the Moon

In H. G. Wells’s novel The First Men in the Moon, our natural satellite is found to be inhabited by intelligent insect creatures who live in caverns below the surface. These creatures, let us assume, ...