News
-
What it takes to film 60 Minutes on Mount Everest
In December 2024, 60 Minutes producer Jacqueline Williams had read an article about Nima Rinji Sherpa, a 19-year-old mountaineer from a family of Sherpas, Nepalese mountain guides who have lived and worked on Mount Everest for generations. The mountain climber had recently become the youngest person to summit the world’s 14 highest mountains. “I thought… ‘This kid is pretty interesting.’…
Read More » -
10 Most Grounded Science Fiction Movies, Ranked
Most sci-fi aims to be striking and flashy, dealing in juicy concepts and big special effects. Grounded science fiction, by contrast, is more character-focused, with smaller stakes, more subtle speculative concepts, and usually a more metaphorical or allegorical approach. These movies typically take one speculative idea and anchor it firmly in human emotions. With this in mind, this list ranks…
Read More » -
Six common medications you should NEVER mix with alcohol: Doctors reveal how that ‘pre-emptive’ painkiller could destroy your liver… and the most deadly combination of all
As the holiday season gets underway, Americans are beginning to note recipes for festive cocktails and choose the best wines for the dinner table. But experts are raising the alarm about potentially deadly interactions between alcohol and certain medications. Alcohol is a depressant, meaning it slows down the functioning of the central nervous system, impacting brain activity, reaction time, speech…
Read More » -
Congress Left Without a Health Care Deal. What Comes Next?
Congress has left for the year without reaching a health care deal, leaving Affordable Care Act subsidies that have helped lower insurance prices for roughly 22 million Americans to expire on Dec. 31 without taking action to address the surge in costs that is expected to follow. As the end of the subsidies looms, families and individual Americans are bracing…
Read More » -
Leading GOP senator: Hamas must be given deadline to disarm or face renewed war
Hamas must given a deadline for relinquishing its weapons, after which Israel will have a green light to return to combat operations across the Gaza Strip, US Senator Lindsey Graham told The Times of Israel on Sunday. “Put them on the clock,” said the South Carolina Republican, speaking from a Tel Aviv hotel. “If they don’t disarm in a credible…
Read More » -
Cheaper alternatives to pricy ACA health plans come with trade-offs : Shots
Pages from the U.S. Affordable Care Act health insurance website healthcare.gov are seen on a computer screen in New York, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File) Patrick Sison/AP hide caption toggle caption Patrick Sison/AP For the millions of Americans who buy Affordable Care Act insurance, there’s still time left to enroll for 2026. But premium increases and the expiration…
Read More » -
15 Best Movies Like KPop Demon Hunters
Static Media There’s not much of a monoculture anymore. With a plethora of entertainment options at people’s disposal, it’s hard to come across something that seemingly everyone has seen or at the very least heard of. But in 2025, one movie was able to break through the noise and become ubiquitous to…
Read More » -
Delhi HC to hear ED’s plea in National Herald case against Sonia, Rahul
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court is slated to hear on Monday a criminal revision petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging a trial court order that refused to take cognisance of its money laundering complaint against Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and others in the alleged National Herald case.…
Read More » -
She thought finding a stolen Amelia Earhart statue would come with a hefty reward. It only damaged her reputation
It seemed like the solution to Elaine Traverse’s financial problems, and a dog desperately needing a potty break led her to it. “I saw this trail, so I went up there and parked, and he took off running,” Traverse said. Traverse, who is disabled and can’t walk long distances, says she called her adult son to come and see what…
Read More » -
Shivakumar meets Siddaramaiah’s ‘loyal’ Rajanna
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday called on Congress MLA K N Rajanna at his residence here. The meeting assumes significance as Rajanna is considered loyal to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Madhugiri MLA Rajanna was cooperation minister in the Siddaramaiah government. He was sacked from the Cabinet after the Congress high command instructed CM Siddaramaiah to remove…
Read More »