Consumer Reports names two sunscreens ‘Best Buys’
Consumer Reports tests sunscreens every year and they find that many products don’t deliver the sun protection (SPF) they promise. “They’re all not created equal,” said Trisha Calvo, deputy editor for health and food at Consumer Reports.
In Brief: George Clooney and Julia Roberts reunite for ‘Paradise’, and more
George Clooney and his pal — and Ocean’s Eleven co-star — Julia Roberts reunite in the trailer to the new romantic comedy Ticket to Paradise. The pair play a former couple who married impulsively, and then divorced bitterly, who travel to Bali to pre…
20-year-old mother gunned down on NYC street was apparently targeted: Sources
KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A 20-year-old woman was fatally shot in the head while pushing her 3-month-old baby in a stroller on New York City’s Upper East Side on Wednesday night, police sources said.
The killing appears to be tar…
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be sworn in as Supreme Court justice at noon
Kevin Lamarque-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — When Justice Stephen Breyer retires from the U.S. Supreme Court at noon on Thursday, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, his former law clerk, will mark a milestone in American representation when she is sworn i…
Making history, Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as Supreme Court justice
Kevin Lamarque-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Ketanji Brown Jackson marked a milestone in American representation on Thursday when she was sworn in as the first Black woman in history to sit on the nation’s highest court — officially taking on the t…
Republicans must choose Trump or the Constitution, Liz Cheney warns, describing ‘threat’ like no other
Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — There was only one path forward for her fellow conservatives, Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney said in a speech on Wednesday night: either follow the Constitution or former President Donald T…
Are record corporate profits driving inflation? Here’s what experts think
Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — While sky-high inflation has crunched budgets for essentials like gas and groceries, many large corporations have reported record profits, eliciting anger from some everyday people and public offici…
Verdict in France’s ‘trial of the century’: Between relief and the years ahead
BENOIT PEYRUCQ/AFP via Getty Images(PARIS) — Wednesday marked the epilogue of a nearly 10-month-long and emotional trial for the Paris terror attacks of Nov. 13, 2015, with Salah Abdeslam — the only person directly involved in the planning who’s stil…
What you need to know about medication abortion after the overturning of Roe v. Wade
ELISA WELLS/PLAN C/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade, many pregnant people living in states where abortion is now illegal are expected to turn to medication abortion, also known as the abortion…
Why it may be hard to isolate Russia, experts say
Henry Nicholls – Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — In response to the invasion of Ukraine, the West has imposed unprecedented sanctions on Russia, nearly crippling its economy and isolating it from all but a few allies.
President Joe Biden and other gove…