One video shows multiple Black women screaming and pounding on a door with the caption "store under attack." Another captures distraught Walmart employeesof color being loaded into an ICE van.
The public will be able to copy and reproduce thousands of copyrighted works from 1930 in the new year, including flirtatious flapper Betty Boop,nine additional Mickey Mouse cartoons and novels from Agatha Christie and William Faulkner.
Why it matters: Copyright violations can run up a hefty price tag — but when works enter the public domain, creatives can legally reimagine American classics.
The U.S. is undergoing its fastest religious shift in modern history, marked by a rapid increase in the religiously unaffiliated and numerous church closures nationwide.
Why it matters: The great unchurching of America comes as identity and reality are increasingly shaped by non-institutional spiritual sources — YouTube mystics, TikTok tarot, digital skeptics, folk saints and AI-generated prayer bots.
The U.S. military "launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS" in Nigeria's northwest on Christmas Day following the targeting of Christians in the West African country, President Trump announced Thursday.
The big picture: U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) said on X it "conducted strikes against ISIS terrorists in Nigeria" in Sokoto State on Thursday at the direction of the president and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, "and in coordination with Nigerian authorities."
