Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

'The Martian' author Andy Weir leaves the Solar System behind as Ryan Gosling blasts off on a mission to save the world. "Project Hail Mary" is the next major Hollywood blockbuster to be adapted from ...

Three of the four California counties empowered to inspect federal immigration detention facilities have not done so, and the fourth has conducted only basic reviews of food this year, records ...

Starting Dec. 1, Singapore Permanent Residents (PRs) who are outside of Singapore without a valid Re-Entry Permit (REP) will have 180 days to apply for one before losing their PR status. A valid REP ...

A group of faculty members at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University has launched a “Save the SMFA” campaign, which lists a variety of grievances and demands regarding changes at ...

Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon is adding guardrails to the city's proposed deal to sell 12.7 acres of Chilhowee Park to the Emerald Youth Foundation following weeks of sustained opposition to the ...

Season 28 of 'The Voice' premieres on Monday, Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC Art Streiber/NBC The Voice is switching things up! On season 28 of the NBC singing competition show, which premieres on ...

The FBI warned today that cybercriminals are impersonating its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) website in what the law enforcement agency described as "possible malicious activity." Although it ...

Wednesday night’s Game 2 at Barclays Center might have been the Liberty‘s final home game of 2025. And if it was, the 86-60 loss to the Phoenix Mercury was an awful showing that’ll leave a bad taste ...

PETAL, Miss. (WDAM) - More than two years have passed since leaders established the Central Business District in Downtown Petal. Since then, Ward 3 Alderman Blake Nobles said some people have shown ...