Author: Mike Nova

For all its flaws, “Saturday Night Live” used to consistently launch its cast members onto movie marquees. But changes in the film business have made that an impossibility in recent years. Nobody is becoming a movie star these days, except for a small handful of people. Even so, not enough of the NBC late-night staple has felt original or especially funny these days to warrant that kind of …

Chlorine plays an essential part in daily life, from keeping pools clean to preserving food. Now, a team of chemists at Rice University has developed a more environmentally friendly way to integrate chlorine into chemical building blocks for medications, plastics, pesticides and other essential products while reducing costs. This research was published in Nature Synthesis on Jan. 2.

Donald Trump and prominent Republicans have been working to blame the New Orleans truck attack that killed 15 people on New Year’s Eve on the border.

Just before Trump takes office, China has developed means to fight back. The nation has prohibited the export of dual-use products to 28 US defense contractors and classified 10 of them as “unreliable entities.”

President Joe Biden granted Liz Cheney the Presidential Citizens medal, prompting backlash from some of Donald Trump’s top supporters.

The 20 awards recipients include Americans who fought for marriage equality, an Army nurse during the Vietnam War, and a war correspondent.

Time to trade FaceTime for face time.

The GOP House speaker indicated he is willing to make “process reforms” to appease his skeptics.

New Orleans City councilman Oliver Thomas reacts to reports that the FBI and police in New Orleans believe the suspect acted alone.

President cautions against ‘jumping to conclusions’ while president-elect labels country a ‘disaster’