Berkeley grad's chicken ‘rescue' trial begins in Sonoma County with question of intent vs. crime

Zoe Rosenberg, a 23-year-old recent UC Berkeley grad, faces up to 5½ years in prison for taking four chickens valued at ...

Live updates: AG Pam Bondi faces Senate grilling, Trump meets Canada's Mark Carney

We’d like to hear from you about how you’re experiencing the government shutdown, whether you’re a federal employee who can’t work right now or someone who is feeling the effects of shuttered services ...

Why are Talenti’s gelato jars so hard to open?

Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly said that Josh Hochschuler had been living with gelato makers in Argentina; he had been apprenticing with them. It also incorrectly said that ...
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5 Story Openings That Kill Your Screenplay

Your opening scene carries a massive weight. What's going on in your story? Why is it unique? What can we expect?

Why the next Game of Thrones show won't have a dazzling opening credits sequence

Set about 90 years before the events of Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms serves as a prequel to the series, ...

US Attorney General Pam Bondi questioned on Epstein files in tense hearing

Trump's pick to lead the justice department is also being questioned about pressure to investigate the president's ...
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This 1837 Harvard Speech by Ralph Waldo Emerson Inspired a Generation of American Writers to Declare Their Independence From ‘the Courtly Muses of Europe’

On Thursday, August 31, 1837, shortly after noon, 215 members of Harvard University’s prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Society ...