"Lowland Kids," a RYOT documentary by Sandra Winther, depicts the immense effects climate change is having on the Southern region of the United States. The director shares how she found this story and what drew her to the Brunet family.
NATO has for the first time singled out China as one of its strategic priorities for the next decade, warning about its growing military ambitions, confrontational rhetoric toward Taiwan and other neighbors, and increasingly close ties to Russia. While Russia’s war against Ukraine has dominated discussions at the NATO summit, China earned a place Wednesday among the Western alliance’s most worrying security concerns. “China is substantially building up its military forces, including nuclear weapons, bullying its neighbors, threatening Taiwan ... monitoring and controlling its own citizens through advanced technology, and spreading Russian lies and disinformation,” Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said after presenting NATO’s ten-year Strategic Concept.
As NATO formally invited Sweden and Finland to its alliance, President Joe Biden said the U.S. would boost its military presence in eastern Europe.
Xinhua News AgencyJust when the world needs her most, Julia Roberts is making her triumphant return to the genre she basically reinvented in the 90s—the romantic comedy. In a genius stroke of casting, she will reunite with her Ocean’s 11 co-star George Clooney for Ticket to Paradise, out this October.Ticket to Paradise hinges on the enemies-to-lovers rom-com trope. The first trailer is essentially two-and-a-half straight minutes of Roberts and Clooney exchanging hate-fueled, sexually-charged ban
The Food and Drug Administration issued a new alert this week, warning parents not to use baby neck floats on their children, particularly those with special needs, as part of a water therapy program because doing so could be fatal or lead to serious injury. "Neck floats are inflatable plastic rings that can be worn around a baby's neck and allow babies to float freely in water," the FDA explained in a safety communication released Tuesday, adding that they are sometimes marketed for premature babies and babies as young as 2 weeks old, and as water-therapy products. The FDA also said the "safety and effectiveness of neck floats to build strength, to promote motor development or as a physical therapy tool, have not been established."
‘We imagined this thing being a fairytale, and it was,’ he said in a recent interview.
California lawmakers on Wednesday will vote on a plan to spend $308 billion in taxpayer money over the next year as the coffers of the world's fifth largest economy continue to swell during the pandemic. The centerpiece of the operating budget crafted by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders is $17 billion in new spending aimed at providing relief for the soaring inflation that has increased prices for most things, notably gasoline. About 23 million people will get cash payments of between $200 and $1,050 to help pay for gas, which averaged more than $6.30 per gallon in California on Tuesday.
Cameron Diaz is coming out of acting retirement
Justice Stephen Breyer announced in a letter to President Joe Biden his retirement from the high court is effective tomorrow.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged Wednesday that “there is no guarantee” that the Fed can achieve that outcome — often referred to as a soft landing.
The outlook for Bed Bath & Beyond remains very cloudy, says one Wall Street analyst.
INTERVIEW: Released from the clutches of a major label, Raye is now making music on her own terms. <strong>Annabel Nugent</strong> meets the London singer for an emotional discussion about artistic autonomy, learning to forgive and finally releasing her debut album
‘I don’t have rights, but I do have a Cheez-It Tostada’
US stocks fell Wednesday morning, extending Tuesday's losses as investors remained focused on mounting signs of a slowdown in US economic growth.
Mississippi health officer caught in the middle of landmark case
Abercrombie & Fitch, known for its topless male marketing, exclusive preppy fashion and dimly-lit stores, is facing obscurity as it attempts to revamp the brand.
Once prominent and soon-to-be disbarred South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh has been indicted again, this time prosecutors saying his crimes extended to an eight-year money laundering and painkiller ring with a friend and former client charged with trying to help him commit suicide. Murdaugh wrote 437 checks worth $2.4 million that Curtis “Eddie” Smith cashed over eight years, keeping some of the money for himself and giving the rest for wide-ranging illegal activities, according to indictments handed up last week and unsealed Tuesday. It's the 16th indictment against Murdaugh on charges ranging from lying to police and trying to arrange his own death to stealing money from clients to arranging a $4.3 million in wrongful death settlements for a housekeeper who died in a fall at his home, then not giving her family a dime.
Health officials are recommending that anyone who may have been exposed to monkeypox should be vaccinated as the virus spreads throughout the country.
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack wants former White House counsel Pat Cipollone and others to testify in probe.
Fossils of early human ancestors found in a South African cave system may be 1 million years older than first thought, according to a study published Monday..
Google is making it easier for new Android users to transfer their data from an old iPhone.
