Author: Staff

Few fictional characters have captured and endured for so long in the public’s imagination as Sherlock Holmes, the brilliant English detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Presumed to have died in the 1893 story “The Final Problem,” Holmes would live on and appear in subsequent stories until retiring to literary obscurity as a beekeeper. The fictional Holmes resided at 221B Baker Street, London, where he solved complex cases with the assistance of his loyal friend, Dr. John Watson. His arch-nemesis was Professor Moriarty, a criminal mastermind. Holmes was featured in four novels and fifty-six short stories, and became...

Images of the moment have already been splashed across the world’s front pages and papered many corners of the internet, former President Donald Trump with his ear bleeding and his right hand clenched in a fist above the Secret Service agents surrounding him after he was shot. And now they are available on T-shirts for as little as $4 on China’s e-commerce platforms. Over the weekend, Chinese retailers leaped into action on Taobao and JD.com, the country’s two biggest e-commerce platforms, to profit from the images after an assassination attempt on Trump at a rally on July 13. “Make...

Downtown Milwaukee turned red for the week of July 15 as thousands of Republican National Convention delegates and other party stalwarts gathered in Wisconsin’s largest Democratic stronghold to formally rally behind convicted felon Donald Trump as their candidate for president in the pivotal swing state. Outside the security zone where the convention took place, residents grumbled, ignored, or shrugged their way through the event that served to galvanize the GOP and give Trump momentum. Milwaukee’s Democratic mayor, Cavalier Johnson, wasted no time in deeming the convention a success even though he will now turn his focus toward making sure...