‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Director Defends Live-Action Remake Changes
Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek’s network of contributors The “How To Train Your Dragon” live-action remake is officially hitting theaters on June 13, 2025, and it is already looking like it will be a critical and financial success, especially after the success of fellow live-action remake “Lilo & Stitch.” But with any adaptation of […]
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Anthony DeSclafani Elects to Leave Yankees for Diamondbacks: Report
By J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los Angeles Angels (occasionally of Anaheim) from 2012-23 for the Southern California News Group. His first book, The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of […]
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Florida Sheriff’s Ominous Warning to Rioters: ‘Kill You Graveyard Dead’
By Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder […]
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California Democratic Senator Forcibly Removed from Kristi Noem’s LA Press Conference
By Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder […]
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American Sympathy for Israel Reaches ‘All-Time Low’ in New Poll
American sympathy for Israel reached an “all-time low” in the latest Quinnipiac University poll released this week. Newsweek reached out to Israel’s Foreign Affairs Ministry for comment via email. Why It Matters The U.S. has been a key ally to Israel for decades, but polls suggest an increasing number of Americans are questioning that relationship […]
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Map Shows Assisted Dying Laws Across US
New York has recently joined a number of other U.S. states that have made assisted dying legal. The state’s Senate approved a bill on Monday allowing constituents with terminal diagnoses to end their lives on their own terms, and the legislation is now headed to Governor Kathy Hochul for her to sign into law. There […]
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Trump Signing Bill To Block California’s EV Mandate: Live Updates
By Hannah Parry is a Newsweek Live Blog Editor based in New York. Her focus is reporting on U.S. politics and society. She has covered politics, tech and crime extensively.Hannah joined Newsweek in 2024 and previously worked as an assistant editor at The U.S. Sun and as a senior reporter and assistant news […]
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Map Shows High-Speed Rail Plan for Major Middle East Cities
Work on the Etihad Rail passenger service, which will connect all seven emirates through a 900-kilometer rail network, is advancing throughout the United Arab Emirates. The high-speed rail project, which aims to reach speeds of 217 miles per hour, has commenced construction on stations in Sakamkam, Fujairah, as well as bridge infrastructure across the route, […]
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Donald Trump Clarifies Rand Paul Invite to White House Party
By Shane Croucher is a Breaking News Editor based in London, UK. He has previously overseen the My Turn, Fact Check and News teams, and was a Senior Reporter before that, mostly covering U.S. news and politics. Shane joined Newsweek in February 2018 from IBT UK where he held various editorial roles covering different beats, […]
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Walmart’s Post About Grilling Flooded With Negative Comments
A recent Walmart social media post has been flooded with negative comments, following boycott calls from Trump supporters after Walmart heiress Christy Walton placed a full-page ad in The New York Times, urging Americans to engage in civic discourse. Newsweek has reached out to Walmart outside of regular working hours via an online contact form […]
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