Isaiah Taylor, CEO, Valar Atomics speaks onstage during the Reindustrialize Conference 2025 on July 16, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan. Tasos Katopodis | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Advanced nuclear reactor developer Valar Atomics raised $130 million in its latest funding round with backing from Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey and Palantir Chief Technology Officer
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Amazon’s Best Books of the Year In a year without a novel like James owning headlines and bestseller
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Image Credit: Getty Images The 2025 government shutdown gradually spread panic across the United States as it dragged on for more than 40 days. From October 1 through mid-November, certain services were impacted while Republican and Democratic lawmakers struggled to compromise on a funding bill. Now that flights have been reduced ahead of the holiday season,
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I’m a shameless Alien franchise devotee, yet this connection just chest-bursted out of nowhere, and I’m sort of speechless. Lily James has a family tie to Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic, and it reframes one of the eeriest touches from one of the best horror films of all time. Not a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo, but a voice
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The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust said it does not fundraise and is funded by its “responsibly invested endowment” in response to claims that it was using taxpayer money and donations to fund a new role. The grantmaker has begun advertising for a head of reparations role who would design and lead a programme “responding to
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Logo of Swiss shoemaker On is displayed in a shop in Zurich, Switzerland, Aug. 28, 2025. Denis Balibouse | Reuters On raised its full-year guidance for the third quarter in a row on Wednesday after the Swiss sportswear company posted another three months of double-digit growth, bucking a slowdown in the sneaker market.  The company,
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The story of Sally McKenney’s remarkable rise in the world of baking is the epitome homegrown success in the digital age. From sharing a recipe online in 2011 to developing her blog, Sally’s Baking Addiction, and writing three cookbooks, McKenney quickly grew her digital presence into a successful baking empire. Her popularity stems from her
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For the first time, Adele has been cast in a feature film. According to reports from Deadline and Variety, the British singer will star alongside in Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Colin Firth, and others in director Tom Ford’s Cry to Heaven. The movie is mooted to come out in late autumn 2026. Cry to Heaven
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After eight years away from acting, Meghan Markle is making her Hollywood comeback with a small role in Close Personal Friends, an Amazon MGM comedy about two couples—one famous, one civilian—costarring Lily Collins and Brie Larson. According to reports, the Duchess of Sussex will play herself in the film, which also stars Jack Quaid and
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The documentary Being Eddie isn’t a totally exhaustive portrait of Eddie Murphy, but for the generations who have been entertained by him since he exploded into stardom, it offers a lot of fascinating insight into who he is as a person. Says Murphy, at one point, “My biggest blessing is not my comedic talent —
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Nike continues to prove that performance and innovation go hand-in-hand. For 2025, the brand’s training division has refined its most trusted silhouettes — optimizing stability, energy return, and all-surface traction. Whether you’re chasing personal records or building consistency, there’s a Nike built for your workout. We’ve tested the range and narrowed it down to the
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