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A Brown University student walks past a church on the Providence, RI, campus, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/ Mark Stockwell)2025-12-18T20:07:34Z PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Authorities are investigating a connection between the shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor, according to three people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity.Two of the people said Thursday that investigators had identified a person of interest in the shootings and were actively seeking that individual.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. APs earlier story follows below.PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Its been nearly a week since someone killed two students and wounded nine others inside a Brown University classroom before fleeing, yet investigators on Thursday appeared to still not know the attackers name.There have been other high-profile attacks in which it took days or longer to make an arrest or find those responsible, including in the brazen New York City sidewalk killing of UnitedHealthcares CEO last year, which took five days. But frustration is mounting in Providence that the person behind Saturdays attack, which killed two students and wounded nine others, managed to get away and that a clear image of their face has yet to emerge.Theres no discouragement among people who understand that not every case can be solved quickly, the state attorney general, Peter Neronha, said at a news conference Wednesday. How is the investigation going?Authorities have scoured the area for evidence and pleaded with the public to check any phone or security footage they might have from the week before the attack, believing the shooter might have cased the scene ahead of time. But they have given no sense that theyre close to catching the shooter.Investigators have released several videos from the hours and minutes before and after the shooting that show a person who, according to police, matches witnesses description of the shooter. In the clips, the person is standing, walking and even running along streets just off campus, but always with a mask on or their head turned. Although Brown officials say there are 1,200 cameras on campus, the attack happened in an older part of the engineering building that has few, if any cameras. And investigators believe the shooter entered and left through a door that faces a residential street bordering campus, which might explain why the cameras Brown does have didnt capture footage of the person.Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said Wednesday that the city is doing everything possible to keep residents safe. However, he acknowledged that it is a scary time in the city and that families likely were having tough conversations about whether to stay in town over the holidays.We are doing everything we can to reassure folks, to provide comfort, and that is the best answer I can give to that difficult question, Smiley said when asked if the city was safe.Although its not unheard of for someone to disappear after carrying out such a high-profile shooting, it is rare. What can be learned from past investigations?In such targeted and highly public attacks, the shooters typically kill themselves or are killed or arrested by police, said Katherine Schweit, a retired FBI agent and expert on mass shootings. When they do get away, searches can take time.The best they can do is what they do now, which is continue to press together all of the facts they have as fast as they can, Schweit said. And, really, the best hope for solutions is going to come from the public.In the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, it took investigators four days to catch up to the two brothers who carried it out. In a 2023 case, Army reservist Robert Card was found dead of an apparent suicide two days after he killed 18 people and wounded 13 others in Lewiston, Maine.The man accused of killing conservative political figure Charlie Kirk in September turned himself in about a day and a half after the attack on Utah Valley Universitys campus. And Luigi Mangione, who has pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan last year, was arrested five days later at a McDonalds in Pennsylvania. Felipe Rodriguez, a retired New York police detective sergeant and adjunct professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said its clear that shooters are learning from others who were caught.Most of the time an active shooter is going to go in, and hes going to try to commit what we call maximum carnage, maximum damage, Rodriguez said. And at this point, theyre actually trying to get away. And theyre actually evading police with an effective methodology, which I havent seen before.Investigators have described the person they are seeking as about 5 feet, 8 inches (173 centimeters) tall and stocky. The attackers motives remain a mystery, but authorities said Wednesday that none of the evidence suggests a specific person was being targeted. Meanwhile, Boston-area police are investigating the shooting death of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor earlier this week. Nuno F.G. Loureiro was attacked at his home Monday, and no one has been arrested or named as a suspect. The FBI said it had no reason to think his killing was linked to the Brown attack.___Associated Press reporters Mark Scolforo in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Hallie Golden in Seattle, contributed.

Director Rob Reiner promotes his latest film "The Story of Us," a romantic comedy about marriage on the rocks in San Francisco, Oct. 1, 1999, in San Francisco. (Fred Larson/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)2025-12-18T20:11:23Z JERUSALEM (AP) In a video message recorded weeks before he was killed, Hollywood icon Rob Reiner urged Holocaust survivors participating in a Hanukkah ceremony on Thursday to be resilient during difficult times.Reiner and his wife, Michele, were found stabbed to death Sunday at their home in Los Angeles, law enforcement officials said. Their 32-year-old son, Nick Reiner, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and is being held without bail.Reiner, who was Jewish, recorded the message for the Hanukkah event in the beginning of October. He noted that his wifes extended family was killed at Auschwitz during the Holocaust, giving the ceremony special meaning for him.Were living in a time where whats happening in our country is scary and reminiscent of what weve seen happen in the past, and we just hope that we can all survive this and that we can hold on to our democracy, Reiner, who was an outspoken advocate for liberal causes, said in his message. The video was broadcast as part of a virtual candle lighting ceremony honoring Holocaust survivors internationally on the fifth night of Hanukkah. The event is an initiative of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, an organization that advocates for Holocaust survivors. Around 100 Holocaust survivors gathered at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon for a candle-lighting ceremony. In Hebrew, Hanukkah means dedication, and the holiday marks the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem in the second century B.C., after a small group of Jewish fighters liberated it from occupying foreign forces.Jews celebrate the eight-day holiday, which this year began on Sunday, by lighting a nightly candle in honor of the tiny supply of ritually pure oil that they found in the Temple that lasted for eight nights, instead of just one.Many Jewish communities are reeling from the attack on a Hanukkah event in Sydney, Australia, where 15 people were killed. Even in these difficult days, when antisemitism is rising and Jewish communities around the world are under attack this very week on the first night of Hanukkah in Sydney, Australia we draw strength and inspiration from you, the survivors, from your personal and collective resilience, Greg Schneider, the executive vice president of the Claims Conference, told the group of survivors in Jerusalem.In addition to Reiner, Barbra Streisand, Billy Crystal, Jason Alexander, Julianna Margulies, Debra Messing, Adam Arkin and Jamie Lee Curtis were among those who made prerecorded videos for the event. Journalists Wolf Blitzer and Dana Bash also recorded messages.If ever we needed to be resilient, its now, Reiner said in his message. Lets be resilient.Reiner was a vocal critic of U.S. President Donald Trump, calling him in a 2017 interview with Variety mentally unfit to be president and the single-most unqualified human being to ever assume the presidency of the United States. In a shocking post after Reiners death, Trump suggested that Rob Reiners outspoken opposition was partially responsible for his murder. MELANIE LIDMAN Lidman is an Associated Press reporter based in Tel Aviv, Israel. RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

Wiz Khalifa, a cast member in "Spinning Gold," arrives at the premiere of the film, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)2025-12-18T18:56:18Z BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) American rapper Wiz Khalifa was sentenced by a court in Romania on Thursday to nine months in jail for drug possession, more than a year after he took part in a music festival in the Eastern European country.Khalifa was stopped by Romanian police in July 2024 after allegedly smoking cannabis on stage at the Beach, Please! Festival in Costinesti, a coastal resort in Constanta County. Prosecutors said the rapper, whose real name is Cameron Jibril Thomaz, was found in possession of more than 18 grams of cannabis, and that he consumed some on stage.The Constanta Court of Appeal handed down the sentence after Khalifa was convicted of possession of dangerous drugs, without right, for personal consumption, according to Romanias national news agency, Agerpres. The decision is final.The decision came after a lower court in Constanta County in April issued Khalifa a criminal fine of 3,600 lei ($830) for illegal possession of dangerous drugs, but prosecutors appealed the courts decision and sought a higher sentence. Romania has some of the harsher drugs laws in Europe. Possession of cannabis for personal use is criminalized and can result in a prison sentence of between three months and two years, or a fine.It isnt clear whether Romanian authorities will seek to file an extradition request, since Khalifa is a U.S. citizen and doesnt reside in Romania.The 38-year-old Pittsburgh rapper rose to prominence with his breakout mixtape Kush + Orange Juice. On stage in Romania last summer, the popular rapper smoked a large, hand-rolled cigarette while singing his hit Young, Wild & Free.

FILE.- Jelly Roll arrives at the 60th annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Frisco, Texas, on May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)2025-12-18T20:06:55Z NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessees governor pardoned country star Jelly Roll on Thursday for his criminal past in the state, acknowledging the Nashville natives long road back from drugs and prison through soul-searching, songwriting and advocacy for second chances.The rapper-turned-singer whose legal name is Jason Deford has spoken for years about his redemption arc before diverse audiences, from people serving time in correctional centers to concert crowds and even in testimony before Congress. Republican Gov. Bill Lee issued his pardon after friends and civic leaders of the Grammy-nominated musician joined in an outpouring of support. Jelly Rolls convictions include robbery and drug felonies. He has said a pardon would make it easier for him to travel internationally for concert tours and to perform Christian missionary work without requiring burdensome paperwork. He was one of 33 people to receive pardons Thursday from Lee, who for years has issued clemency decisions around the Christmas season. Lee said Jelly Rolls application underwent the same monthslong thorough review as other applicants. The state parole board gave a nonbinding, unanimous recommendation for Jelly Rolls pardon in April. His story is remarkable, and its a redemptive, powerful story, which is what you look for and what you hope for, Lee told reporters, adding he hopes to meet Jelly Roll for the first time soon. Unlike recent high-profile federal pardons, which let people off the hook for prison, a pardon in Tennessee serves as a statement of forgiveness for someone who has already completed a prison sentence and been released. Pardons offer a path to get certain civil rights restored, such as the right to vote, although there are some limitations under state law, and the governor can specify the terms.Jelly Roll broke into country music with the 2023 album Whitsitt Chapel and crossover songs like Need a Favor. He has won multiple CMT Awards, a CMA Award and also picked up seven career Grammy nominations, three of them recently. Much of his work has become associated with overcoming adversity, like the song Winning Streak that tells the story of someones first day sober. Or the direct-and-to-the-point, I Am Not Okay.When I first started doing this, I was just telling my story of my broken self, he told The Associated Press in a recent interview. By the time I got through it, I realized that my story was the story of many. So now Im not telling my story anymore. Im getting to pull it right from the crevices of the people whose storys never been told.In making his case to the parole board, Jelly Roll said he first fell in love with songwriting while in custody, stating it began as a therapeutic passion project that would end up changing my life in ways that I never dreamed imaginable.Beyond his sold-out shows, hes brought his witness to the U.S. Senate, where he testified about the dangers of fentanyl, describing his drug-dealing younger self as the uneducated man in the kitchen playing chemist with drugs I knew absolutely nothing about. I was a part of the problem, he told lawmakers at the time. I am here now standing as a man that wants to be a part of the solution.Jelly Rolls most serious convictions include a robbery at age 17 and drug charges at 23. In the first case, a female acquaintance helped Jelly Roll and two armed accomplices steal $350 from people in a home in 2002. Because the victims knew the female acquaintance, she and Jelly Roll were arrested right away. Jelly Roll was unarmed, and was sentenced to one year in prison plus probation. In another run-in 2008, police found marijuana and crack cocaine in his car, leading to eight years of court-ordered supervision. Friends and civic leaders backed the pardon application, citing Jelly Rolls transformation.Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall, who runs Nashvilles jail, wrote that Jelly Roll had an awakening in one of the jails he managed. Live Nation Entertainment CEO and President Michael Rapino cited Jelly Rolls donations from his performances to charities for at-risk youth. The parole board began considering Jelly Rolls pardon application in October 2024, which marks the states five-year timeline for eligibility after his sentence expired. Prominent Nashville attorney David Raybin represents Jelly Roll in the pardon case.Lees office said no one was pardoned Thursday who had a homicide or a sex-related conviction, or for any crime committed as an adult against a minor.

Thursday afternoon House Democrats publicly released a new trove of photographs theyve obtained from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein via Dropbox. They left the comments on so anyone who is signed into Dropbox and browsing the material can leave behind their thoughts.Given that the investigation into Epstein is one of the most closely followed cases in the world and a subject of endless conspiracy theories, and that the committee released the trove of photographs with no context, its not surprising that people immediately began commenting on the photographs.Really punchable face, BedeScarletwhose avatar is Cloud from Final Fantasy VIIsaid above a picture of New York Times columnist David Brooks. Brooks, who wrote a column about his boredom with the Epstein case in November, attended a dinner with Epstein in 2011 and appears in two photographs in this new document dump.Noam Chomsky, Alya Colours (a frequent Epstein dropbox commenter) said below a photograph of the linguist talking to Epstein on a plane. Below this there is a little prompt from Dropbox asking me to join the conversation next to a smiley face.In another picture, director Woody Allen is bundled up to his eyes in a heavy coat while Epstein side hugs him. Yep, Id know that face anywhere, Susan Brown commented.Among the pictures is a closeup of a prescription bottle labeled Phenazopyridine. This is a medication used to treat pain from urinary tract infections, Rebecca Stinton added, helpfully, in the comments.The fuck were they doing all that math for? BedeScarlet said next to a picture of Epstein in front of a whiteboard covered in equations.Shit probably tastes like ass, he added to a picture of Epstein cooking something in a kitchen.There are darker and weird photographs in this collection of images that, as of this writing, do not yet have comments. Theres a pair of box springs in an unfinished room lit by the sun. There is a map of Little St James indicating where Epstein wants various buildings constructed. Bill Gates is shown in two photos standing next to women with their faces blocked out.And then there are the Lolita pictures. A womans foot sits in the foreground, a worn annotated copy of Vladimir Nabokov novel Lolita in the background. She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet teen in one sock, is written on the foot, a quote from the novel.These photos are followed by a series of pictures of passports with the information redacted. Some are from Ukraine. Theres one from South Africa and another from the Czech Republic.The House Democrats allowing the public to comment on these photos is funny and its unclear if intentional or a mistake. Its also a continuation of the just-get-out-there approach when they have published other material, with it sometimes being in unsorted caches that readers then have to dig through. The only grand revelation in the new material is that Brooks was present at a dinner with Epstein in 2011.As a journalist, David Brooks regularly attends events to speak with noted and important business leaders to inform his columns, which is exactly what happened at this 2011 event. Mr. Brooks had no contact with him before or after this single attendance at a widely-attended dinner, a Times spokesperson told Semafors Max Tani.House Oversight Democrats did not immediately return 404 Medias request for comment.

The holiday season is a time for magic, wonder, and joy. And perhaps no film this year delivers on those feels better than Bryan Fullers debut feature film, Dust Bunny, a brilliant and lush kaleidoscope of color, bizarrely wonderful characters, and one giant killer bunny. Its films like this for which the theatrical experience was created.To paraphrase a famed meme, Dust Bunny is absolute cinema.Fullers television career has spanned genres. He was the mastermind behind beloved shows like Dead Like Me, Pushing Daisies, Heroes, and Hannibal, and has finally made the leap to the silver screen with a genre-blending R-rated fantasy-horror-fairytale about a girl who hires a hitman to kill the monster under her bed, whos eaten her parents. The hitman in question reunites Fuller with his Hannibal star, Mads Mikkelsen, and he rounds out the cast with newcomer Sophie Sloan as his would-be client, Aurora, and a stable of beloved icons and character actors, including Sigourney Weaver (Alien), David Dastmalchian (The Suicide Squad), Rebecca Ferguson (The Acolyte), and Sheila Atim (The Woman King).The concept blends both a childs worldview and adult themes, and that juxtaposition is part of what makes the film so special and so easily enjoyed across generations. Pair that with Fullers visual artistry, gobsmacking sets, and inventive action setpieces, and you have the makings of something we havent seen on screen in decades: a horror-fantasy film for children and adults alike, harkening back to their heyday in the 1980s when the likes of Gremlins, Return to Oz, and Ghostbusters thrived.Its Amlie meets The Professional, with a bit of Poltergeist thrown into the mix. The nostalgia is massive, agrees Dastmalchian, who stars as a rival (and scene-stealing) hitman in the film. It reminds you...of being transported to the worlds of the Lucases and the Spielbergs. But [its also] his own thing. You can't really quantify Bryan Fuller. You can't put him in a box, you can't say, oh, he's the next this, or he's the heir apparent to that, because he's carved his own place, and he's done it diligently, consistently over many years, and now bringing it to the movies, he tells PRIDE.I would love for Dust Bunny to be a lot of young people's first horror movie, Fuller tells PRIDE. We set out to make a children's movie. We wanted it to be a children's movie. We got an R rating, so you probably shouldn't let me choose what your kids watch, because I'll be more tolerant than the MPAA, he jokes. But there's something about those movies growing up, whether it's Gremlins or The Goonies...that had kids at the forefront of these adventures as protagonists and heroes in their own story, in a way that allows us to armor ourselves against the real world.The film came from a very personal place for Fuller, who channeled his own challenges growing up into the character of Aurora, who may be unintentionally complicit in the fate that has befallen her parentsand with good reason. I hope that people who might have had a tricky experience growing up will see themselves in Aurora in a way that they may not be able to articulate, Fuller explains. Instead, she turns to help from a stranger who goes on to become her found family; again, something that Fuller pulled from his own lived experience.I don't know anybody who has a Norman Rockwell kind of life with their family, [it] seems totally alien to me, he says. There's something about, particularly as a queer man, growing up when you're not accepted by your family...and society backs that up with their treatment of just anybody who is outside of the norm. Fuller hopes that this film, like the ones he grew up with, might prove to be comforting. So much of my love of horror, science fiction, and fantasy growing up wasnt shared by anybody in my family. Nobody loved movies the way I loved movies, and we don't often talk enough about the medicinal qualities of what movies give to us as audience members, to make us feel seen. Even though its kind of a one-way street, its a symbiotic relationship that we share with the story that exists just as much in our hearts as it does on screen.What screen, then, should you experience Dust Bunny on? I write this in the strongest of terms: the biggest one possible. The visual flair is an absolute feast for the eyes, but it isnt style over substance; the film invites you to fall into its unique rabbit hole and discover a whole new worldone you won't want to leave.Dastmalchian couldnt agree more. I really want to encourage people, if you're somebody who loves to go to the movies, and you've maybe forgotten why you love going to the movies, and you've kind of stopped going out to the cinema, take a chance with this film. Get your tub of popcorn, get your soda, get your candy, sit there in that holy place we call the theater, and let Bryan Fuller show you what we love about going to the movies.Dust Bunny is in theaters now. Watch the trailer below.

Sexual identity and desire are shedding rigid labels faster than ever, according to Feeld Raw 2025, the dating apps annual snapshot of how people explored intimacy over the past year. The report points to a cultural moment where curiosity isnt whispered about, its logged, shared, and increasingly embraced.Among the most striking findings: heteroflexible is now the fastest-growing sexuality on Feeld, rising 193% year over year. At the same time, interest in pegging among cis men jumped 200%, reflecting a broader shift toward pleasure-forward conversations that challenge traditional ideas of masculinity and sexual norms.Rather than isolated trends, Feelds data suggests these shifts are part of a wider rethinking of how people define themselves and connect with others.Sexual Identity Is Getting Looser By DesignThe report shows that users are moving fluidly between identity labels, especially between straight and heteroflexible. Millennials currently lead this movement, though Gen Z is closing the gap at a rapid pace.New York City recorded a 161% rise in bisexual identification, reinforcing a growing rejection of singular labels in favor of descriptions that evolve with experience.Dr. Luke Brunning, a lecturer in applied ethics at the University of Leeds, says the numbers reflect something deeply human.Sexuality isnt static, Brunning said. It would be far stranger if people never questioned attraction or curiosity across their lives.Pleasure Goes PublicInterest in sexual exploration is no longer confined to the margins. Feeld reports that toys ranked among the platforms top three fastest-growing desires overall, climbing 400%. Peggings sharp rise among cis men stood out as a signal that pleasure is being reframed as mutual, rather than gendered.Brunning notes that this shift reflects a growing understanding of intimacy as collaborative rather than performative.Toys are increasingly seen as tools for connection, he said, not as competition.What the World Is Into, City by CityFeelds global data adds geographic flavor to the findings, revealing patterns that are playful but telling:So Paulo leads four Brazilian cities topping the vanilla listBerlin ranks highest for heteroflexible users and open relationshipsMiami claims the pegging crownBoston tops edgingSan Francisco leads role playMumbai earns the title of cuddling capitalPortland and Seattle dominate sub/dom identity explorationGen Z Brings the SweatWhile intimacy evolves, Gen Z is pairing connection with movement. Sports-related interests accounted for eight of the cohorts ten fastest-growing categories, including tennis, basketball, soccer, and fitness, with growth ranging from 300% to 600%.The data suggests younger users are blending physical activity with social bonding, reframing dating as something that happens on courts and in gyms as often as on screens.A Year That Redefined ConnectionDina Mohammad-Laity, Feelds vice president of data, says the platforms insights reflect a year shaped by visibility and curiosity.From pop culture moments to viral conversations, people felt permission to explore, she said. Were seeing connection become more honest, more playful, and less confined by old rules.As Feeld Raw 2025 makes clear, curiosity isnt a phase. Its becoming the baseline.Source

Kevin Spacey is set to return to television for the first time since his 2017 dismissal from Netflixs House of Cards, marking a notable and controversial, chapter in the actors ongoing attempt to rebuild his career. Spacey will star in Minimarket, a low-budget Italian comedy series produced for Italys public broadcaster RAI.The 10-episode series is scheduled to debut Dec. 26 on RAIs RaiPlay streaming platform. It represents Spaceys first small-screen role in nearly a decade and his most prominent television project since allegations of sexual misconduct led to his abrupt exit from House of Cards.In Minimarket, the two-time Academy Award winner plays a fictionalized version of himself. According to the shows synopsis, Spacey appears as the imaginary mentor and artistic conscience of Manlio Vigan, a young man working at a Rome convenience store who dreams of becoming a television star. The aspiring performer is played by Italian actor Filippo Lagan.Promotional footage shows Spacey and Lagan singing Randy Newmans Youve Got a Friend in Me and Frank Sinatras Ive Got You Under My Skin, underscoring the shows self-aware, comedic tone. The relationship between the two characters is described as being driven by bickering, misunderstandings and playful teasing, contrasting the experience of a global movie star with the recklessness of someone who fails to realize he is being guided by an Oscar winner.Spaceys return to television comes amid continued legal and personal challenges. In 2023, he was acquitted in a U.K. criminal trial involving sexual assault charges brought by four men. However, he is still facing three additional sexual assault claims in a London civil court, which are expected to be heard next year. According to BBC News, Spacey has formally denied two of the civil claims and has yet to file a defense in the third.In recent interviews, Spacey has spoken candidly about the toll the allegations and subsequent career fallout have taken on his life. Last month, he told The Telegraph that he is effectively homeless, moving between hotels and short-term rentals as he follows work opportunities abroad. He described the financial strain of the past seven years as astronomical, saying his expenses have far outweighed his income.Italy has played a key role in Spaceys gradual reentry into acting. In 2021, he appeared in Franco Neros independent drama The Man Who Drew God, marking his first acting role after years away from the screen. He later portrayed a character known as The Devil in Italian director Massimo Paoluccis psychological thriller The Contract.More recently, Spacey returned briefly to U.S. theaters with the indie thriller Peter Five Eight, which largely flew under the radar. He has also appeared in the unreleased British action-thriller The Awakening and directed the supernatural action film Holiguards, which he promoted earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival.RAI has not publicly addressed the controversy surrounding Spaceys casting, but Minimarket positions itself as a light, self-referential comedy rather than a prestige drama. Whether audiences will embrace Spaceys television comeback remains uncertain, particularly as legal proceedings continue. Source

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The Trump administration announced Thursday a further crackdown on gender-affirming care for trans youth, which would make it almost impossible for hospitals to provide the care to those patients. It also issued a warning for makers of breast binders. The Department of Health and Human Services announced two proposed measures, including:Barring any hospital from providing gender-affirming health care to trans youth from participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Such care would include puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgical operations (which are exceptionally rare for trans youth under 18). Prohibiting Medicaid funds from covering gender-affirming care for trans youth under the age of 18 and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funds from covering such care for trans minors under the age of 19.The public will have 60 days to comment on these proposed rules starting tomorrow. If the rules are finalized, hospitals that did not comply with the orders would effectively be forced to shut down. Also, the FDA will send warning letters to several manufacturers and retailers who make and sell breast binders. The agency said that marketing breast binders violates federal law.The Human Rights Campaign's president Kelley Robinson condemned the proposals. The Trump administration is relentless in denying health care to this country, and especially the transgender community. Families deserve the freedom to go to the doctor and get the care that they need and to have agency over the health and well-being of their children, Robinson in a press release. But these proposed actions would put Donald Trump and RFK Jr. in those doctors offices, ripping health care decisions from the hands of families and putting it in the grips of the anti-LGBTQ+ fringe. Make no mistake: these rules aim to completely cut off medically necessary care from children no matter where in this country they live. Its the Trump Administration dictating who gets their prescription filled and who has their next appointment canceled altogether."Robinson also noted that the announcements were not law. "Let's be clear, these rules are proposals, not binding law. Community members, healthcare providers, administrators, and our allies should be vocal in pushing back by sharing the ways these proposals would be devastating to their families and the healthcare community at large, she said.This is a developing story. Check back here for updates.

Netflix's Boots was officially canceled this week, crushing every hope and dream that the cast, crew, and fans of the series had been holding onto. In fact, producer Brent Miller revealed that the overall Boots season 2 storyline had already been outlined and planned for."I do feel so grateful that we were able to make the show," Miller told Variety after acknowledging his disappointment that the series was canceled. "I couldn't be more proud of the show we made."Yet, Miller doubled down on theories that Boots creator/showrunner Andy Parker "had always intended to take the boys to war in a season 2" shutting down theories on social media that the series had no story to explore beyond season 1. Can Boots season 2 get picked up by another streaming service or network? Max Parker as Sgt. Sullivan on Boots.NetflixYes, in theory, particularly given that the Boots TV show wasn't confined to just being a Netflix original. Sony Pictures Television and a few other production companies were attached to Boots, so it is assumed that season 2 could be taken elsewhere.The transferring of original content to a new streamer or network include 2017's One Day at a Time, which was canceled by Netflix after three seasons and revived for a fourth season on Pop. Notably, One Day at a Time also had Norman Lear attached as a producer, and was also a production by Sony Pictures Television, if that sounds familiar in any way. Another noteworthy example is Uncoupled, starring Neil Patrick Harris, which was canceled by Netflix and picked up for a second season by Showtime (despite being subsequently canceled by Showtime during lockdown). Jack Cameron Kay as Joshua Jones on Boots.Netflix While noting that the late Norman Lear a producer on Netflix's Boots would've felt both "disappointment" (for Boots being canceled) and "gratitude" (for Boots to have been made at all), Miller shared an interesting tidbit about Boots season 2 potentially getting picked up by another streaming service or network.Miller explained (via Variety), "Although he [Miller] was aware that cancelations happen all of the time for various business decisions, he would empower myself, our fellow EPs and Sony to do everything humanly possible for our actors, writers and producers to try and find ourselves a new home."Fans could get involved, too, according to Miller. Lear "would have encouraged the fans to make their voices be heard in the loudest ways possible to ensure a season 2 wherever, whenever," the producer remarked. Why was Boots canceled by Netflix? Miles Heizer as Cameron Cope on Boots.Netflix There isn't an official answer to address why Boots was canceled by Netflix. However, given that the Pentagon called Boots "woke garbage," some fans have theorized that the TV series was canceled by Netflix to please the Trump administration.For context, Netflix recently announced that it will purchase Warner Bros Discovery a giant merger that will need approval from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ).Actor Nicholas Logan, who played Howitt on Boots, also shared a video commenting that the cancelation of Boots "smells like A Donald Trump butt queef." Nicholas Logan as Sgt. Howitt on Boots.NetflixCertain fans and critics took to social media to argue that Boots season 1 had already told a pretty complete story based on Greg Cope White's memoir The Pink Marine. As mentioned previously, producers have already shut down the idea that there was nowhere for Boots season 2 to go.It's also worth noting that the first season of Netflix's Orange Is the New Black told the full story of Piper Kerman's memoir Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison a TV series that went on for seven seasons.Boots is streaming on Netflix.

On a miserably rainy day in New York City, the W Hotel in Union Square was the perfect reprieve from the dreariness and gray skies. In here, one of the ballrooms was transformed into a winter wonderland just in time for the Christmas season. Once you step off the elevators onto the second floor, your eyes are treated to a visual feast: immaculately dressed Christmas trees with presents stuffed beneath them, and gigantic candy-red ornaments at least five feet tall around the room. When I walked in, Antoni Porowski one of the stars of Netflix's Queer Eye and author of the New York Times-bestselling cookbooks Antoni in the Kitchen and Let's Do Dinner was seated on one of the luxurious couches, next to one of the many festive decorations.Porowski is here to offer holiday gifting and hosting advice because over the last few years, he's become the go-to expert for throwing a lavish get-together or finding the right gift for that special someone in your life. Audiences have become accustomed to his fine-tuned taste on Queer Eye, which just announced that its 10th season would be its last, where he has served as the food and wine expert. Now, he's partnered with the company Snapdragon, the chip that powers many tech devices including the ASUS Zenbook A14 (one of Oprah's Favorite Things), Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen), Ray-Ban Meta Glasses, and Oakley Meta Vanguard Glasses to talk about how to prepare for the holidays. See on Instagram Out: How did you fall in love with cooking and hosting?Antoni Porowski: For me, it all boils down to human connection and figuring out I'm a people person through and through. I like my time on my own, but I definitely steer more towards connecting with others. I lived in a pretty chaotic household, where communication wasn't necessarily one of our forts. Parents were doing the best they could with the tools they were given by the generation before; a tale as old as time, but food was always what brought us together. My mother prepared everything for us when we were growing up.When I moved out and went to college, whether it was study groups or dates, making food for someone was the easiest way to connect and show my love, and it continues to be. Tell me about an event or dinner that you hosted that you felt you learned a significant lesson from.Literally this past weekend, I had a friendsgiving there were eight of us guys, some of us in relationships, so some of their significant others were with their families, so it was very much a friendsgiving sort of vibe. We were all together, and typically, I let someone else fully take over, or I take care of every single element. And I thought to myself, 'Why do we need to be an extremist in the kitchen?' So I decided to start asking for help. I made the gravy a day ahead and put it in the thermos, which is a massive game-changer because I only had to put it in a pot. It was already reduced, and then I added the pan juices and a tiny bit of flour beforehand, so it was all like semi-homemade, Sandra Lee style, minus the angel food cake.Friends of mine started asking what they could bring, and I told them, 'No, I got it covered,' but my friends insisted on bringing something and wanted to help. They were like, 'Stop being annoying.' So I had my friend Enrique grate the gruyere on the small holes of the box grater for the honey nut squash gratin. I taught my friend Tucker how to remove the little leaves from the thyme, going against how it's grown, because that's the easiest way, and you never have the stem in your food. Not only did that make my life so much easier, but I was also less stressed trying to calculate all of these different dishes being made at the exact same time. But when we sat down to eat, everyone was bragging about what they made and teaching the other person. Let people be part of the process because it makes your life easier, and it also educates them with their own takeaway.What are your plans this year, and how do you plan to make them special?I'm going to spend half of it in Traverse City, Michigan, which is my new favorite place in the U.S., because they have beautiful, clear, blue glacier lakes that are so bright, apparently because they're old glacier water. But it's a gorgeous area where my partner's family is from, and then we're gonna go over to Montreal, which I typically do in the middle of the woods. There's barely any cell reception at my step-mom's log cabin country house with the fireplace and that whole situation. But [another way to make the holiday season special] is making sure that I get gifts for my family well ahead of time.Why did you decide to partner with Snapdragon this holiday season?I use tech just as much as the next person, if not more, but I am the least tech-savvy person in the world. So when [Snapdragon] reached out, I was like 'Why?' but they sent me a list of all the different products that they're in, and some of them I've been using for years, and then others I had no idea that they were basically behind the machine. Bose headphones. My dad's a massive Bose fan. Since we were kids, we always had the dream machine that was like a big gift when I graduated from college, because I still got to play my CDs in it. The headphones are something I've been using tried, tested, and true. I can go on an eight-hour flight, and they're not going to hurt my ears because they're so nice and cushy, they're so soft. I saw Black Coffee perform with James Blake under the Kosciuszko Bridge over the summer, and my friend Leo was wearing the Oakley AI Meta glasses. She wore them during the concert and recorded the entire thing. Never had to look at her phone, not once during the show... Also, I want to gift one of my nephews who is going away to college next year one of these [Zenbook] laptops. Antoni Porowski with the ASUS Zenbook A14Courtesy of SnapdragonAny dos and don'ts when it comes to buying presents?I'm someone who's an anti-gatekeeper. Like if I have something that I try that I love, whether it's like a new salt that I'm obsessed with, or, like a really good olive oil or a pan, even, I want everyone to know about it. But what I'm learning later in life is that it's not always a good idea to assume everyone's going to like what you like; instead, it's an opportunity to figure out what their interests are. And social media is an excellent tool for finding out what their interests are and leaning into that. I think the don'ts are, don't make assumptions about what people need in their lives. I'm trying to be more mindful of, like, just because I travel with the Bose noise-canceling headphones, doesn't mean my friend, who travels like once a year, necessarily needs them too. You can pivot to something else that they might actually need. It's an opportunity to get to know the person more.Last question: Obviously, I have to ask about Queer Eye ending. What are you going to miss most about the show? We were reflecting on this at our wrap party, which was immensely emotional, and our showrunner, Jen Lane, gave a really beautiful speech. She's not much of a crier, but I know she's a bleeding heart. But watching the [production assistants] who are now producers 10 seasons in and and local people that we hire in every single city, this sort of like, living, breathing, chaotic family of like, loving and fighting and everything in between, all for the goal of like meeting these new people with where they're at and doing that time and again, I'm really gonna miss that.I'm so excited about the other projects I'm working on and the things I've done since, but that one was so personal. It was a pretty incredible thing to be part of the lives of people who have never really had an aspiration to be on TV, who met five complete strangers, and to then, by the end of the week, this really short amount of time, to be able to see the changes in themselves and how they treat their families and how they view LGBTQIA+ people.

There is a moment that exists just before privacy disappears, when desire lingers in the air and the body gives itself away. Photographer Ahmad Naser builds his work inside that charged space, capturing men as if the camera arrived uninvited. The result is a series of images that feel less staged than stumbled upon, offering a rare look at queer intimacy without performance or polish.Nasers photographs dont announce themselves as erotic declarations. Instead, they lean into suggestion. A hand pauses at a throat. Fabric slips away from skin. A mouth lingers near fingers marked by teeth. These images thrive on implication, allowing the viewer to fill in the rest. Nothing feels rushed, and nothing feels hidden.The framing is deliberate yet loose, as if the lens is following instinct rather than instruction. Bodies overlap, twist, and claim space in ways that feel lived in. Faces are often half-seen or turned away, pulling focus toward touch and posture rather than identity. Its intimacy without spectacle, rooted in the act of being present with another person.What sets Nasers work apart is how it treats kink as texture rather than headline. Harnesses, restraints, and toys appear naturally within the frame, never demanding attention but never disguised either. The images resist shock value, opting instead for familiarity. These are not fantasies built for distance. They are moments that feel close enough to interrupt./Theres a tenderness running through the tension. Even when power dynamics surface, the photographs maintain balance. Consent is implied through body language, relaxed hands, open stances, mutual engagement. The men in these images are not performing for the viewer. They are absorbed in each other, unaware of being observed.That sense of being caught is the through line of the series. The camera acts like a witness rather than a participant, documenting exchanges that feel personal rather than posed. It recalls the quiet thrill of being seen when you werent expecting it, a glance held too long, a kiss deepened without warning.In a visual culture that often flattens queer sex into extremes, Nasers work sits comfortably in the in-between. It doesnt sanitize desire, nor does it exaggerate it. The photos allow intimacy to exist as something ordinary, messy, and deeply human.For queer audiences, that approach matters. Representation is not just about visibility, but about accuracy. These images reflect how intimacy actually unfolds: slowly, unevenly, and with trust built in real time. Theres no narrative imposed, no lesson spelled out. The work simply lets desire breathe.As an collection, Nasers photography stands as a reminder that eroticism doesnt require excess. Sometimes it lives in a gesture, a shared pause, or the moment before clothing hits the floor. Being caught in the act, after all, is less about exposure and more about honesty.Source

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