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Nike’s Air Force 1 Mid Is Getting a Winterized Upgrade With Waterproof Gore-Tex and Vibram
Last fall, Nike decked out its classic Air Force 1 Low sneaker with serious wet weather-ready upgrades including waterproof Gore-Tex membranes and grippy Vibram rubber outsoles. And this year,...
Tara Lipinski Brings Back Every Bow From Her ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ Premiere Look
Olympian Tara Lipinski arrived in a short black Vera Wang dress covered in ruffles, pleats and bows as she reunited with her “The Traitors” cast members including Lisa Rinna...
Michael Jordan’s Most Popular Air Jordan Is Getting a Brand-new Chicago Bulls-themed Release
In addition to the newly revealed Jackie Robinson-inspired Air Jordan 4, news of another upcoming version of Michael Jordan’s most popular retro sneaker has surfaced. This time, the new...
Maura Higgins Reunites With ‘The Traitors’ Cast in Feathered Genny Set
Reality television personality Maura Higgins reunited with “The Traitors” cast members past and present at the Television Academy’s 2026 Televerse Festival in Los Angeles on Aug. 14. Maura Higgins...
World
The Unlikely Reign of “Choosin’ Texas”
Ella Langley’s chart-topping lament is about what everyone wants to do in mid-August: give in and let go. Source link
The Lonely Men at the End of the World
In Patagonia, los puesteros look after other people’s livestock for not very much money, and sometimes go months without seeing anyone else. Source link
The Eye Disorder That Comes for Those in Middle Age
I was surprised to learn that, were it not for my myopia, I might have noticed the presbyopia sooner. “A low amount of myopia is actually very, very convenient,”...
Bernie Sanders Takes on Data Centers
Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Wherever You ListenSign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of The New Yorker in your inbox.The data centers that...
Business
PM’s I-Day speech: Reforms, Sapta Dhara, Gen Z focus chart India’s future
An outreach to the country’s youth, a reiteration of his commitment to reforms, and detailing the contours of the government’s ‘Sapta Dhara’ (seven-pronged strategy) to create jobs for...
The Presidential Soft-Launch Has Begun | National Review
AOC, Marco Rubio, and the increasingly influencer-like business of becoming a presidential candidate. Source link
Manual Driving 101: How (And When) To Use The Neutral Gear
The neutral (N) gear in a manual transmission vehicle is not exactly a gear like first (1), second (2), third (3), or reverse (R). Placing the shift lever in...
Nike’s Air Force 1 Mid Is Getting a Winterized Upgrade With Waterproof Gore-Tex and Vibram
Last fall, Nike decked out its classic Air Force 1 Low sneaker with serious wet weather-ready upgrades including waterproof Gore-Tex membranes and grippy Vibram rubber outsoles. And this year,...
News
The Republicans Are Going to Kill People—but Not Until After They Vote
One of Ronald Reagan’s most famous lines, referring to disarray in his White House, was, “Sometimes the right hand doesn’t know what the far-right hand is doing.” More appropriately...
Third Way Doesn’t Care About the Democratic Party
The opening salvo in this supposed “war” is also pretty sad: a wan op-ed by the organization’s top dogs, Jon Cowan and Matt Bennett, in the pages of The...
ICE Refused to Give Detainees Medical Treatment After Gas Leak
The high temperatures also raised tempers, with arguments and physical incidents increasing among the detainees in a facility that is understaffed, causing the publication’s source to fear for his...
ICE Agents Mock Army Wife They Tried to Deport
Other detainees were led off of the plane in Brazil, but Eliaser was allowed to stay on board to return to Louisiana. Agents then told her that thanks to...
Beauty
PM’s I-Day speech: Reforms, Sapta Dhara, Gen Z focus chart India’s future
An outreach to the country’s youth, a reiteration of his commitment to reforms, and detailing the contours of the government’s ‘Sapta Dhara’ (seven-pronged strategy) to create jobs for...
Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026 points table: Team rankings of all 4 groups
Women's Hockey World Cup points table3 min read Last Updated : Aug 16 2026 | 2:40 PM ISTFirst Published: Aug 16 2026 | 2:40 PM IST Source link
Apollo scores over Max with a strong revenue, margin outperformance in Q1
The country’s largest listed hospital chains by market capitalisation, Apollo Hospitals (Apollo) and Max Healthcare (Max), outperformed expectations for the June quarter. While Max Healthcare’s revenues rebounded after...
CAG audit finds E. coli in water, poor amenities at 458 railway stations
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) found that the Railway Ministry had framed several norms for passenger amenities at stations; however, zones failed to comply, leading...
Celebrity
Govt push, LIC mega deal push OFS fundraising to all-time high
Fundraising through offers for sale (OFS) on stock exchanges has hit a new high in 2026, driven largely by the mega Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) stake...
NTA releases provisional answer keys for 84 subjects of UGC-NET 2026
The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Sunday released the provisional answer keys for 84 subjects of the UGC-NET June 2026 examination.
In a post on X, the...
Odisha orders probe into power firm’s water discharge amid Keonjhar floods
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi (File Photo: PTI)1 min read Last Updated : Aug 15 2026 | 10:43 PM IST
The Odisha government on Saturday ordered a probe...
Hockey World Cup: Important to start with a good win, says Harmanpreet
India captain Harmanpreet Singh on Saturday expressed satisfaction on his side's 3-1 victory over Wales in the men's Hockey World Cup opener here, saying that it was important...
Culture
Investor Relations Data Draws $18M for AI Startup Quartr
Investor relations data just proved it can power a fast-growing business, as Quartr raised $18 million, or about 15.6 million euros, on August 11 to expand its data platform....
Insurtech Startups Rise as Axle Raises $17.5M Series A
Insurance data startup Axle has raised $17.5 million in Series A funding, the company said on August 11, in a round led by Base10 Partners. The financing lands as...
Short Form Video Wins as Founder Content Beats Ads
Short form video is quietly rewriting the rules of attention, and new social media research for August 2026 shows why. Low-production clips, single-take videos, employee posts, and plain founder...
Solopreneur Boom: 29.8M Solo Owners, $1.7T in Sales
The solopreneur economy just posted numbers that are hard to ignore, with new QuickBooks research counting 29.8 million solo business owners in the United States generating roughly $1.7 trillion...
Style
A Tasting Menu That Uses Every Last Scrap
The meal is listed as six courses (seven, if you spring for a Wagyu supplement, eighty dollars for two), but what you’re served is actually closer to a dozen,...
The Wealth and Glam of “The Hamptons” Looks Almost Quaint
The documentary consists of a collection of short vignettes, arranged according to summer’s chronological unfolding, and features a cast of recurring characters. There’s the longtime police lieutenant, and the...
What’s the Value of an Hour?
A further irony is that we live in an analytical, financialized age. All around us, systems calculate, markets churn, and clever people find ways to monetize seemingly everything, from...
The Importance of A.O.C’s Public Family Planning
This past Saturday, Ocasio-Cortez had posted several chatty videos explaining why she was pursuing egg-freezing, and why she wanted to do so publicly. Most of her reasons will be...
Fashion
Emerging-market currencies cap best streak since 2024
Published Sun, Aug 16, 2026 · 08:16 PMEMERGING-MARKET (EM) assets rose on Friday (Aug 14) as a shift in the US interest-rate outlook added to bullish sentiment around artificial...
Data centre S-Reits power ahead on AI and cloud growth
Industry analysts highlight a broadly positive sector outlook, driven by ongoing digitalisation[SINGAPORE] Data centre real estate investment trusts in Singapore (DC S-Reits) have demonstrated continued robust operating results in...
Nvidia has US$21 billion SpaceX stake, US$30 billion in Intel shares
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 03:52 PM[SAN FRANCISCO] Nvidia on Friday (Aug 14) disclosed a nearly US$21 billion stake in Elon Musk’s SpaceX and a US$30 billion one...
Hedge funds halved short bets on yen since joint intervention
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 03:23 PM[TOKYO] Hedge funds further dialled back on their wagers against the yen, signalling a reduction in negative sentiment surrounding the currency after...
