Peter Lassally, the dean of late-night producers who worked with Johnny Carson on the “Tonight Show,” David Letterman on the “Late Show” and Craig Ferguson on “The Late Late Show,” has died. He was 93 years old. Lassally was long nicknamed the “host whisperer” for helping run some of the biggest late-night franchises of all
Taylor Farms is facing a rapidly advancing public health crisis, and communications veterans say its latest messages have muddied an already confusing situation. The major food supplier said Sunday that the FDA had withdrawn a positive test for cyclospora in its lettuce, calling it a false positive. The cyclospora parasite has sickened thousands of people
When de-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences revealed last year that it was attempting to “resurrect” the dire wolf from genetic material found in fossils, we argued that, despite the controversy surrounding the project, the company was building valuable technologies that justify its $10.2 billion valuation. Now, about 16 months later, the startup is in talks to
The US military says it has begun a new round of strikes against Iran to “further degrade” its ability to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The strikes, the 10th consecutive night of attacks, come after US President Donald Trump vowed to punish Iran for the deaths of US soldiers, saying it would pay
Elijahturner011 had a simple question: “Can someone please hand me a ticket?” “I’ve been trying to get a ticket forever. I’ve been scammed everywhere,” they wrote on July 20 in the Reddit post that followed. “I just want a ticket for 70mm…it hurts my heart that I can’t get a ticket for one day, and
In periods of uncertainty, it can be comforting to find common ground. For salad lovers, the current cyclospora outbreak has become an opportunity to throw shade at one of the least fresh leafy green options: iceberg lettuce. After the U.S. Food and Drug Administration linked the outbreak to iceberg lettuce, more details about the contaminated
