In recent weeks, the outpouring of tributes to Jimmy Carter has reminded me of the special decades-long friendship the former president had with my husband, Muhammad Ali. Throughout their lives ...

Our columnist approves. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” Her On Poetry ...

By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary,” will be published this year. He teaches in the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Boston University, where he ...

And though Trump refrained from inviting a poet to speak at his first inauguration, in 2017, poets across America read protest poetry, organising evenings of resistance. Carol Ann Duffy ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Muhammad Ali and his wife, Lonnie appear at a premiere for “When We Were Kings” in Louisville, Ky., on ...

LOS ANGELES – UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad is targeting Shavkat Rakhmonov in the first half of the year. Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) was expected to face Rakhmonov (19-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) ...

UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad was taken aback by Kamaru Usman’s recent comments. While discussing the fallout from UFC 311 on his “Pound 4 Pound” podcast, former champ Usman (20-4 MMA, 15-3 ...

Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include two invigorating releases by Diane Seuss and a dark, posthumous collection by Tove Ditlevsen Alongside Terrance Hayes, Diane Seuss has a strong case to ...

Gone but not forgotten is Muhammad ‘The Greatest’ Ali who would have been celebrating his 83rd birthday today if still alive. Ali was more than the greatest heavyweight champion, winning the ...

Senior Hezbollah leader Sheikh Muhammad Ali Hamadi was fatally shot in the Bekaa Valley by unidentified gunmen. Lebanese authorities are investigating the attack, believed to be linked to a ...