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Society / StudentNation / October 7, 2026 For the first time in more than 50 years, Yale students gathered around an iconic sculpture to protest their university and their government. Ad Policy A crowd gathered around a twelve-foot cardboard version of Claes Oldenburg’s lipstick sculpture to protest their university and government.(Zachary Clifton) StudentNation is a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism and is made possible through generous funding from the Puffin Foundation. StudentNation focuses on first-person accounts from student activists, organizers, and journalists and has helped launch the careers of contributors to The New York Times, Vox, Business…

Kashus Culpepper brought his Act I: Summer Nights cut “Til The Sun Goes Down” to UPROXX’s FYI Studios for a live performance in partnership with Honda Stage, and if you haven’t seen it yet, remedy that. Immediately. Not only does Culpepper’s voice sound top-notch, but the body-reactive visuals, which dip into psychedelic territory, also give the song a cinematic edge. The performance left us wanting to know more about Culpepper — his art, his passions, what drives him — so we caught up with him as he was gearing up to take the stage. In this exclusive BTS footage, Culpepper…

Four League Division Series elimination games are on the schedule in the 2026 MLB playoffs on Wednesday. The Guardians, Braves, Yankees and Padres needed wins to extend their seasons, while the White Sox, Dodgers, Rays and Brewers entered one victory away from reaching the LCS round. In the National League, the Dodgers became the first team to advance to the Championship Series by eliminating the Braves with a Game 4 win behind a strong pitching performance from Tyler Glasnow. This marks their third straight appearance in the NLCS. The White Sox, meanwhile, suffered their first loss in the 2026 postseason at…

Hello, this is Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of «Inside India» — your one-stop destination for stories and developments from the world’s fastest-growing large economy.India is one of the largest producers of farm products and ranks among the world’s top exporters of rice and sugar. Its farms help to feed almost 1.5 billion people, keep supply-side inflation under check, and sustain 46.1% of India’s workforce, driving consumer spending. But this crucial sector now faces the heat from the so-called super El Niño. This week I dig deeper to understand what this global weather event…

Hurricane, tropical storm and storm surge watches have been issued for parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Isaias was «quickly intensifying» and was expected to approach that area Friday after becoming a hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center.Currently swirling in the Gulf, Isaias would be the Atlantic Basin’s first hurricane of the season and is its ninth named storm. El Niño continues to bring a more active season in the Pacific. The storm formed with less than two months remaining in the 2026 hurricane season, which ends Nov. 30. Maps show possible pathTropical Storm Isaias, which grew…

Donald Trump’s war on Iran has upended his second term, devastating the U.S. economy and sending his approval numbers spiraling down the drain. Now, facing midterm elections in which his party might get taken to the cleaners, the White House is reportedly planning a last-minute gambit to drum up support: more war with Iran. According to a report in The Atlantic, the Trump administration is considering a new strike on Iran before the midterm elections, after a period of relative peace over the past several weeks. The report, citing two administration officials, claims that the White House asked U.S. Central…

Flu season is beginning, and it’s a time that can be stressful for busy parents and families.Influenza, more commonly known as the flu, can be more serious than the common cold and other illnesses, especially for kids with chronic conditions and those under 5 years old, the Centers for Disease and Prevention notes.To help parents prepare, ABC News spoke with Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, the chief executive officer of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, to get expert tips for parents to get ahead of the flu season.Stock photo of a child receiving a shot.STOCK PHOTO/Getty ImagesWhat are the flu vaccine…

Marvel Studios may be facing a tight turnaround to complete Avengers: Secret Wars ahead of its scheduled December 2027 release. Anthony Mackie, who plays Sam Wilson/Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, recently revealed that he expects to return to work on Secret Wars after completing his upcoming Broadway run in Macbeth. Mackie is set to star in the Broadway production beginning in 2027, with the run expected to keep him occupied through July. Speaking about what comes next, Mackie confirmed that Avengers work will be waiting for him once the production concludes. “So once I finish on Broadway, I’ll…

Take Ozempic. For the average patient in the U.S. paying out of pocket, the blockbuster diabetes drug can cost $349 to more than $1,000 a month. It’s $349 through TrumpRx. Yet in several other wealthy countries, the next-highest price is $190 a month, according to KFF, a nonpartisan research group. Enbrel is an even starker example. A monthly supply of the rheumatoid arthritis drug costs $3,354 through TrumpRx, more than five times the $641 average in the other countries where researchers found prices.Some drugs, however, come out well ahead. Rydapt, a drug used to treat certain blood cancers, costs $2,909…

Terence Crawford has been linked to a comeback in recent weeks, but now a reigning world champion has added further fuel to the fire by vowing to ‘beat that old man’, if Crawford agrees to a ring return. Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are scheduled to collide in the standout spectacle of the 2026 boxing calendar this December, but there are still some concerns as to whether the pair will meet, due to contractual issues and the potential involvement of Zuffa Boxing CEO Dana White. Should the fight collapse, Turki Alalshikh has been reported to be lining up a showdown…