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Review: 'Beau Is Afraid' is stuck in a one-note nightmare

Review: 'Beau Is Afraid' is stuck in a one-note nightmare

Beau may be afraid but Ari Aster certainly isn't. Of the many words used to describe the writer-director's previous two films — “Hereditary” and “Midsommar” — timidity was never of them.
BabyTeddy 7-in-1 Convertible Baby Crib poses injury, poisoning risk: Health Canada

BabyTeddy 7-in-1 Convertible Baby Crib poses injury, poisoning risk: Health Canada

Health Canada is warning consumers to stop using the BabyTeddy 7-in-1 Convertible Baby Crib Wooden Baby Cot because of injury and poisoning risks. The department says the slats of the crib can break, trapping or injuring a baby.
Longtime New Yorker cartoonist Edward Koren dies

Longtime New Yorker cartoonist Edward Koren dies

BROOKFIELD, Vt. (AP) — Edward Koren, a longtime cartoonist for The New Yorker magazine, known for his hairy, huminoid creatures, has died. He was 87. Koren died of lung cancer on Friday in Brookfield, Vermont, according to his wife, Curtis Koren.
House where King planned Alabama marches moving to Michigan

House where King planned Alabama marches moving to Michigan

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A lot was happening in March 1965 in the bungalow in Selma, Alabama, that then-4-year-old Jawana Jackson called home, and much of it involved her “Uncle Martin.
Raising the bar: Soap gets a refresh (no bottle needed)

Raising the bar: Soap gets a refresh (no bottle needed)

Wyllow Elizabeth started making bars of soap when she found that her skin was sensitive to many store-bought ones. She made soaps for her own use, and only ventured into her local farmers' markets, in Nova Scotia, Canada, to sell the extras.
Why are teen girls in crisis? It's not just social media

Why are teen girls in crisis? It's not just social media

Anxiety over academics. Post-lockdown malaise. Social media angst. Study after study says American youth are in crisis, facing unprecedented mental health challenges that are burdening teen girls in particular.
Review: Don Winslow writes mob war epic inspired by Homer

Review: Don Winslow writes mob war epic inspired by Homer

“City of Dreams,” by Don Winslow (William Morrow) “City of Dreams” is the middle book in a planned trilogy that began when a stunning woman emerged from the surf at a Rhode Island beach in last year’s “City on Fire” and sparked a war between the stat
Keukenhof, Halle: Flower power draws crowds to Low Countries

Keukenhof, Halle: Flower power draws crowds to Low Countries

HALLE, Belgium (AP) — Rain or shine, there is no way to keep budding flowers down.
Review: 'Games and Rituals' finds intrigue in the mundane

Review: 'Games and Rituals' finds intrigue in the mundane

“Games and Rituals” by Katherine Heiny (Knopf) A driving examiner falls for the new guy. A woman wonders what to do about her teenage son who may be experimenting with drugs.
Review: A whodunit that combines romance and serial killings

Review: A whodunit that combines romance and serial killings

“The Tip Line,” by Vanessa Cuti (Crooked Lane) Virginia Carey’s two best friends were married and pregnant, but at age 30, she was single, “drinking wine every night,” she says, “while I swiped my way through online dating sites.
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