It was 1948 when the first vinyl record with a speed of 33 ⅓ rpm was made. Since then, countless vinyl have been recorded, ...

Martin Shkreli didn’t invent high drug prices — but he became the face of them. After raising the cost of a lifesaving medication by more than 5,000%, he became a symbol of modern corporate greed. He ...

A CEO and former surgeon who pocketed $250 million as the health system he led went bankrupt and a Medicare Advantage insurance company accused of fraud for making its patients seem sicker topped the ...

Fresh entries into the tradition include releases by Luke Bryan, Tyra Banks and Old Crow Medicine Show. By Jon Caramanica Jon Pareles and Lindsay Zoladz Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You ...

Suzanna Shkreli is a former Deputy Legal Counsel for Governor Whitmer and recently resigned as Michigan Lottery Commissioner. Your browser does not support the audio ...

The last 12 months have screamed by like a speeding comet, but not before delivering a staggering payload of genuinely great rock'n'roll. From old-stagers to returning cult heroes to prog titans and ...

This year in country music was all about artists discovering ways to innovate old forms and traditions. In some cases, like Eric Church’s Evangeline vs. the Machine and Carter Faith’s stunning debut ...

In 2025, bands had a lot to say about the state of the world, from La Dispute’s No One Was Driving the Car, which surveyed late-stage capitalism, and End It, who examined class structure through ...

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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took the top spot in this year's Shkreli Awards from the Lown Institute. Kennedy's act beat out pharma-owned institutional review boards (IRBs), problematic $29,500 ...

Rosalía made an album invoking the saints, Lily Allen took us on a tragicomic trip through her domestic hell, Lady Gaga found the sweet spot between artpop and arena-ready funk, and Bad Bunny was just ...

Recently, in casual conversations, I’ve been asked for my opinion about the October report that “No Rap Songs Are in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the First Time Since 1990” more so than my ...