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By Britta DeVore | Published 1 minute ago We’re so incredibly used to having every piece of media at our fingertips, with streamers like Netflix offering copious amounts of TV shows and movies for the price of a subscription. Still, some titles haven’t made it to streaming platforms. In an era where fewer than fifty percent of households have access to a DVD or Blu-Ray player, that means they can’t be watched. And if a movie can’t be watched, it will be forgotten. That’s exactly what’s happening to City of Ember, the 2008 steampunk fantasy movie. Despite a star-studded cast…

(This piece was originally published at Phenomenal World, in cooperation with the New York Policy Project.)  With the failure of Eric Adams’s last-ditch effort to stack the Rent Guidelines Board (RGB), Mayor Zohran Mamdani is now in a position to fulfill his promise to freeze the rent. The nine-member RGB sets maximum rent increases for New York’s million-plus rent-regulated apartments, determining rents for over half of the city’s renters. The RGB is tasked with balancing the interests of tenants and building owners, considering a wide range of factors including the cost of operating rent-regulated buildings, the cost of living for…

April 8, 2026 Why didn’t Orbán’s government, once a critic of what it called a “bad privatization,” save jobs? Ad Policy Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán appears during a rally ahead of the general election in Budapest, Hungary, on March 15, 2026.(Akos Stiller / Bloomberg via Getty Images) “Icannot imagine a society without people with grease on their hands.” Hungarian premier Viktor Orbán has long called creating a “work-based society” the key to his country’s future. It’s underpinned his distinctive brand of right-wing politics, and inspired the “pro-worker” conservatism touted by figures like Tucker Carlson. Endorsing Orbán ahead of Sunday’s…

A group of new accounts on the prediction market, Polymarket, made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the United States and Iran would reach a ceasefire on April 7, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits for the new customers.These bets were made even though, in the hours before a two-week ceasefire was announced yesterday, US President Donald Trump’s rhetoric had escalated sharply and there were few signals that a ceasefire deal was imminent. Early in the day, Trump had issued a warning on social media that “a whole civilisation will die tonight” if Iran did not meet…

Apr 8, 2026; Arlington, Texas, USA; Texas Rangers pitcher Cole Winn (60) and catcher Danny Jansen (9) react after defeating the Seattle Mariners at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images A three-run inning was all the Rangers needed to defeat the Mariners 3-0 on Wednesday afternoon in Arlington, Texas, giving Texas a three-game series sweep over slumping Seattle. A bases-loaded throwing error by Mariners first baseman Connor Joe allowed two runs to score, and Texas added another in the bottom of the fifth against Seattle starter Bryan Woo (0-1). The Rangers got five scoreless innings from starter…

The suspect in a massive blaze at an Ontario warehouse posted videos that appeared to show him lighting the fire and griping about being paid low wages, according to video reviewed by The Times.Crews responded to the 1.2-million-square-foot Kimberly-Clark paper products facility early Tuesday morning and were quickly forced out due to “extremely rapid fire growth,” according to the Ontario Fire Department.The fire caused the building’s roof to collapse and escalated to a six-alarm blaze, requiring the response of around 175 firefighters and evacuation of about 20 employees.Ontario Police Cpl. Emily Williams told KTLA that police were investigating the video.…

Ecuador has recalled its ambassador from Colombia over remarks related to a high-profile criminal case that has stirred tensions across Latin America.The case in question is that of former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, a left-wing figure currently serving a lengthy prison sentence for corruption.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThis week marks the two-year anniversary of a controversial police raid that saw Ecuadorian authorities storm the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest Glas, who had sought asylum in the diplomatic facility.But the right-wing government of Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, which authorised the raid, has denounced criticisms of the…

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Heavy rains in the Dominican Republic caused power outages on Wednesday and forced officials to suspend classes at some public and private schools.The government also ordered nonessential employees to work remotely as authorities warned of flooding and possible landslides, with more than a dozen provinces under alert, including the capital, Santo Domingo.Listín Diario, a local newspaper, reported that more than 20 communities were cut off in the province of San José de Ocoa, located just northwest of Santo Domingo, after a river overflowed its banks.Crews also evacuated nearly a dozen older people to safety and…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference following the Federal Open Markets Committee meeting at the Federal Reserve on March 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesFederal Reserve officials at their March meeting still expected to lower interest rates this year, even with a high level of uncertainty from the Iran war and tariffs, according to minutes released Wednesday.Most of the participants said the war could result in the need for easier monetary policy if rising gas prices hit the labor market and consumer wallets.Policymakers said they would need to remain “nimble” as they…

An Ohio man is the first person to be convicted under the Trump Administration’s Take It Down Act, a federal law that criminalizes posting nonconsensual explicit imagery, including AI-made deepfakes, the Department of Justice announced in a Tuesday press release.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.The man, 37-year-old James Strahler II, used AI to create nonconsensual images and videos of both adult and minor victims, the department said in the press release. He was arrested in June of 2025 and, on Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to cyberstalking, producing obscene visuals of child…