This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Luciana Pereyra, a 25-year-old Peruvian national who moved to the US at 17 on a tennis scholarship, lost her H-1B-sponsored job in 2025, and had to return to Peru. It has been edited for length and clarity. I was born and raised in Lima, Peru, and
Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial has ended in a mistrial after jurors were unable to unanimously decide on a verdict. The US mother was on trial for strangling her three children. In a number of other western countries, there’s a specific law on the books to deal with mothers who kill their young children. It’s a
The pros said “let the bond market speak.” But investors don’t like what it’s saying on Tuesday. After an unusual intervention by the Treasury Department in August did little to tamp down bond-market jitters, US Treasury yields are spiking again, but the latest sell-off isn’t confined to the US. A host of macroeconomic fears is
The granddaughter of Holocaust survivor and international best-selling author Eddie Jaku says he would be the “most haunted man on earth” if he were alive to have seen the rise in antisemitism over the past three years, believing it would’ve reminded him of his life in Nazi Germany before he fled for Australia. Eddie Jaku
Iconic country musician Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80, her family announced on her social media. “Sadness lies with us, not with Dolly,” Parton’s nephew Brian Seaver said in a video announcement. In a seven-decade career, Parton won 10 Grammy awards, sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and wrote in excess
Despite being unable to read sheet music, Parton played several instruments including the banjo, harp, piano and saxophone. She had her first number one hit – and first Grammy nomination – with the song Joshua in 1971 and finally left The Porter Wagoner Show in 1974 to concentrate on her solo career. To say goodbye