Topline “A Minecraft Movie” has led this year’s domestic box office to a total of $4.1 billion in U.S. ticket sales for the first six months of 2025, a marked improvement from last year—though the biggest global film success was the Chinese blockbuster “Ne Zha 2,” which earned a staggering $1.9 billion on its own. […]

This Independence Day, many American college leaders are worried about losing some essential parts of their enterprise: institutional autonomy and academic freedom. Earlier this week, the Trump administration threatened to pull federal student aid from Harvard, accusing the school of failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students during Gaza-related protests. Harvard was already grappling with […]