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Social media influencer brothers arrested in Miami

Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, whose social media empire promoting wealth, male dominance and misogyny has made them among the world’s most polarizing internet personalities, were arrested Saturday in Miami as British authorities sought their extradition on rape and sex trafficking charges. The brothers were taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service on a sealed warrant, agency spokesperson Brady McCarron told The Associated Press, placing the United States at the center of an international legal saga that has stretched from Romania to Britain. Britain seeks ...

Three reasons to not visit Europe this year

For some reason, many Americans seem convinced they have to tour Europe this summer — despite the heat, oppressive crowds and high prices all descending on the continent. And if anyone needs a fourth reason, it’s to recognize the growing resentment among many Europeans as the tourist hordes turn their town centers into trinket malls, eroding their way of life and, in the process, stripping what made those places worth visiting in the first place. The mystery remains why so many Americans insist on their grand tour when they, too, are made miserable by the big three discomforts. ...

Lindsey Graham was your fellow citizen

This week, we mourned the loss of Lindsey Graham, who had represented his state of South Carolina in the House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 and in the Senate from 2003 until he unexpectedly passed away at the age of 71 after a “brief and sudden illness.” And by “we,” I obviously mean anyone with the smallest shred of dignity or honor or respect for their fellow American citizens. “Good riddance,” wrote Ana Kasparian, as did white supremacist and part-time hobbit Nick Fuentes. Not to be outdone, Cenk Uyghur responded by saying that Graham had “moved on to the ...

Tai chi practioners seek balance and well-being

BEIJING — One arm raised and the other lowered, hundreds of people move every morning like birds spreading their wings at the heart of Beijing’s Temple of Heaven. It’s a movement in tai chi, a physical and philosophical practice developed more than 300 years ago that continues to ...

Watch out Wall Street; Texas awaits

The New York Stock Exchange opened its doors over 230 years ago. It has been one of the iconic symbols of America’s economic might for more than two centuries. But for how much longer? Now the challenge for supremacy isn’t coming from London or Tokyo or Hong Kong or Beijing. It’s coming from Texas. The Wall Street Journal reported in recent days that the Texas Stock Exchange is now officially open for business, and trading is expected to start soon. Everything is big in Texas, as the saying goes, so New Yorkers should take this seriously. In some ways, the idea that Dallas ...

Driving home the whole cost of higher ed

A brand-new BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe is a sporty little entry into the world of luxury vehicles with a starting price of $42,000. That is less than the cost of one year at Penn State for a Pennsylvania resident. Sure, tuition is just $20,878 but with fees and dorms and the dining plan and all the other expenses the university will charge for a full-time undergraduate, a year at Penn State starts at $42,214 for a freshman. Depending on campus or program, it might go as high as $46,640. Lest any Panther alumni start feeling smug about that, the University of Pittsburgh isn’t better. ...