To honor the work of Steven Spielberg, Stacker ranked each of his films by calculating a Stacker score for each, aggregating and weighting ratings between IMDb and Metacritic to create a score out of 100.
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To determine which countries have taken in the most people fleeing Ukraine since fighting broke out on Feb. 24, Stacker compiled refugee data (last updated April 4) from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
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Wyndly compiled research from academic journals, governmental departments, and nonprofit organizations to identify six ways climate change is impacting allergy season.
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BERLIN (AP) — German investigators have shut down a Russian-language darknet marketplace that they say specialized in drug dealing. They seized bitcoin worth 23 million euros ($25.3 million). Prosecutors in Frankfurt on Tuesday described the “Hydra Market” platform as the world’s biggest darknet marketplace. They said they seized its server infrastructure in Germany. The shutdown
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Stacker examined how the world changed during Queen Elizabeth’s 70 year reign.
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Bruce Springsteen’s music has captured the hearts of a worldwide audience with its authenticity and relatability. Ahead of the Boss’ 72nd birthday Sept. 23, Stacker looks at 26 Springsteen songs on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart history.
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Stacker compiled a list of 20 members of the royal family and their respective positions in the line of succession, using information from the official website of the British royal family and various media sources.
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olivertapia (CNN) — Estados Unidos probó con éxito un misil hipersónico a mediados de marzo, pero lo mantuvo en secreto durante dos semanas para evitar una escalada de tensiones en las relaciones con Rusia antes de la visita del presidente Joe Biden a Europa, según un alto funcionario de defensa familiarizado con el asunto. El
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By Rhea Mogul and Sophia Saifi, CNN Pakistan is in political turmoil as the South Asian country awaits a key court ruling that will decide whether embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan’s plan for an early election can go ahead. Khan called the election in a dramatic attempt to cling to power after the deputy speaker
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By DOUG PADILLA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — As Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Julio Urias awaits to hear if he will be the team’s No. 2 starter this season, an even greater honor awaits down the road. Urias is in line to take over as the Dodgers’ top left-handed starter at some point in
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks have followed Wall Street lower after a Federal Reserve official’s comments fueled expectations of more aggressive interest U.S. rate hikes and the White House announced more sanctions on Russia. Market benchmarks in Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney retreated. Wall Street’s S&P 500 index
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer Not since 1998 have the Cleveland Cavaliers made the playoffs without LeBron James. This season, they’re at least assured of a spot in the play-in tournament after an impressive turnaround. The 10 teams in the Eastern Conference that will advance beyond the 82-game regular season are already set. The
Continue Reading By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau’s power game hasn’t done him much good at Augusta National. Now, injuries have cut him down to size. Hip and hand ailments have limited DeChambeau in recent months, making him a bit of an afterthought heading into the Masters. His doctors even urged
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By Eric Levenson, CNN Kansas beat North Carolina 72-69 in the NCAA men’s basketball title game in New Orleans on Monday, the program’s 4th national championship and the second for longtime coach Bill Self. But this was far from a surefire win for the No. 1 seed against the No. 8 seed. Kansas jumped out
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Great Kansas Comeback is about more than just one scintillating, stifling 20-minute stretch of Jayhawks basketball. The championship KU captured Monday night had roots back in 2020, when the Jayhawks were a team that looked headed for the program’s fourth national title. Instead, it
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN Español) — Bajo una fuerte custodia de agentes de la Policía de Ecuador y en un avión militar, cinco cabecillas de bandas delictivas fueron trasladados desde Cuenca a Guayaquil tras el sangriento motín carcelario en la cárcel de Turi que dejó 20 reclusos muertos. El Ministerio de Gobierno confirmó la noche de este
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — A city official says the COVID-19 outbreak in China’s largest metropolis of Shanghai remains “extremely grim” amid an ongoing lockdown confining 26 million people to their homes. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from around the country to aid the city, including 2,000 from the military, and is mass testing
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olivertapia (CNN Español) — Este martes, durante la reunión entre el presidente Pedro Castillo y la mesa directiva en el Congreso de Perú, el mandatario anunció que deja sin efecto el decreto de inmovilización, sin embargo, no especificó si levantaría el Estado de Emergencia. “Debo anunciar que a partir del momento vamos a dejar sin
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo Saskatchewan, Canadá (CNN) — El cielo nocturno ha sido una fuente de información y maravillas desde los albores de la humanidad, y se ve casi igual ahora que entonces. Pero el cielo nocturno, tal como lo conocemos, está a punto de cambiar drásticamente debido a la proliferación de satélites a solo unos cientos
Continue Reading By Steve Almasy, Dakin Andone and Stella Chan, CNN Police have arrested a third suspect in connection to a mass shooting in downtown Sacramento, California, this weekend that left six people dead and a chaotic crime scene littered with more than 100 shell casings. The suspect was taken into custody for “being a prohibited person
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Living conditions for many in Sudan have rapidly deteriorated since an October military coup sent the country’s already battered economy into free fall. Other factors are also causing prices to skyrocket, including the war in Ukraine and dry spells that have hurt crops. The U.N. has warned
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna and Kelly McCleary, CNN Strong storms sweeping through the South have left at least two people dead as the severe weather dropped trees and spawned dozens of tornadoes from Mississippi to South Carolina. In Georgia, there were reports of two tornadoes and one person killed Tuesday as the storms blew through. Bryan
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Johnny Gaudreau had two goals and an assist, and the Calgary Flames extended their lead in the Pacific Division with a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings. Elias Lindholm also scored for the Flames, who have 91 points and a five-point advantage over the
Continue Reading By RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Two Harvard University freshmen have launched a website designed to connect people fleeing Ukraine to those in safer countries willing to take them in. The platform, UkraineTakeShelter.com, is generating offers of help and housing worldwide. Eighteen-year-old Marco Burstein of Los Angeles and 19-year-old Avi Schiffmann of
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Stacker investigated how many Confederate memorials are in Texas using data from the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Justice Amy Coney Barrett reflected on her own confirmation process Monday night hours after the Senate Judiciary Committee had voted along party lines, 11-11, on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. “It just happened very quickly,” Barrett told an audience in California, reminiscing about
Continue Reading By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the U.N. Security Council that the Russian military must be brought to justice immediately for war crimes. The Ukrainian leader made his plea via video Tuesday as grisly evidence continued to emerge of civilian massacres carried
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bill Self won his elusive second national title with a masterful second-half coaching job and a spicy dash of Remy Martin. Kansas tightened up defensively to rev up its transition game and Martin provided the spark in a dazzling second half in the Jayhawks’ 72-69
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bill Self went from the Hall of Fame coach who too often failed on the big stage to the brilliant mastermind of the biggest second-half comeback in NCAA title game history. The Jayhawks were blitzed by plucky North Carolina for most of the first 20
Continue Reading By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — David McCormack’s late inside baskets to help Kansas surge past North Carolina in the NCAA championship game followed a Final Four trend. The way teams played in the post had a major influence on all three games. The 6-foot-10 McCormack scored the final four points
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