Thousands of migrants in the caravan turned down Mexico’s offer to get benefits and apply for refugee status, keep marching to the US border

AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto offered shelter, medical attention, schooling, jobs to Central Americans traveling in a caravan through his country, calling it a first step toward permanent refugee status. Authorities said more than 1,700 had already applied for refugee status. But several thousand turned down Nieto’s offer, continuing their march to […]

Sony goes back on 11-year-old promise to keep Warhawk servers up

Enlarge / The tank is Sony. The explosion is Warhawk players’ hopes and dreams. (credit: Sony) If you read Ars Technica (or simply play online games regularly), you’re probably accustomed to game makers shutting down online gameplay servers at will, often with little-to-no notice. When it comes to the impending server shutdown for early PS3 […]

Trump says Khashoggi death ‘unacceptable’, but he ‘prefers’ to keep defense contracts with Saudis

Calling Saudi Arabia a crucial ally against Iran that purchases billions of dollars-worth of US weapons, Donald Trump lamented Khashoggi’s “unacceptable” death but praised Riyadh for making the first arrests in the ongoing probe. “It is a good first step. It is a big step,” Trump said, admitting, though, that “some questions” do remain and […]

Netflix Plans to Keep Making Marvel Shows for the Foreseeable Future

The Netflix Marvel TV shows aren’t going away any time soon. Despite the looming threat of the upcoming Disney streaming platform and Netflix’s surprising decision to cancel Iron Fist after the better-received second season, Netflix isn’t ringing the death knell for its acclaimed Marvel series. The Marvel universe stopped being #AllConnected a long time ago, but Netflix is […]

The Good Place Video: Janet Finds a New Way to Keep Tabs on the Humans

The Good Place‘s Michael and Janet are now back on Earth, and stripped of their supernatural powers. So how can they keep an eye on Eleanor and company? We get our answer in TVLine’s exclusive sneak peek at Thursday’s episode (NBC, 8:30/7:30c), which finds Michael and Janet hiding out in an abandoned department of Chidi’s […]

Michael Avenatti takes a victory lap after Wall Street Journal reports Trump directed an effort to keep Stormy Daniels silent earlier this year

Ethan Miller/Getty Images Michael Avenatti, the attorney for porn star Stormy Daniels, took a victory lap on Tuesday in response to a Wall Street Journal report saying Trump directed his former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen and his son Eric Trump to coordinate a legal effort to keep his client quiet. “Once again, we have been […]