Twinkies are sold! J.M. Smucker scoops up Hostess Brands for $5.6 billion
For Hostess, the deal with the peanut-butter-and-jelly conglomerate is a sweet win after not one, but two bankruptcies.
Arts
Encore: Strikes kick Hollywood side hustles into high gear
As the Hollywood strike stretches on, we check in with strikers about what they're doing to make ends meet.
'Star Trek' stars join the picket lines in Hollywood
Stars of Star Trek and its many spinoffs gathered outside Paramount Pictures during the labor dispute.
'Wait Wait' for September 9, 2023: With Not My Job guest Martinus Evans
Martinus Evans is a fitness influencer and the founder of the radically inclusive Slow AF Run Club. He may be proudly slow, but can he answer our questions about something fast AF, the Concorde jet?
Puzzlers gather 'round the digital water cooler to talk daily games
With smaller, fragmented audiences, water-cooler TV moments now are few and far between. But you can scratch that itch on social media, posting about your daily puzzle habit.
Arab American stories interconnect in the new collection, 'Dearborn'
Author Ghassan Zeineddine's new collection of short stories, Dearborn, takes a tenderhearted look at interconnected characters in the largest Arab American community in the country
Why one man has spent much of life trying to climb a near-impossible summit
Well known by rock climbers, Devil's Thumb stands about 9,000 feet high over the Gulf of Alaska. One man has spent much of his life trying to reach its summit.
How climate change is threatening a fishing community in coastal India
For Mumbai's Koli people, the full moon marks the traditional end of the monsoon rains and a chance to return to the sea. Climate change is threatening their way of life.
'The Fraud' asks questions as it unearths stories that need to be told
Zadie Smith's latest novel revisiting a piece of history is packed with great writing and shining passages that go from humorous to deeply philosophical. But it is also very long.
Celebrity couples keep breaking up. Why do we care so much?
Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner are the latest high-profile pair to announce their split in what some have deemed "the year of the celebrity breakup." Experts explain why people get so invested from afar.