Posts by Amelia Frost
He’s the N.F.L. Player. She Gets the Autograph Requests.
As he waited for a call from his agent in September, Isaac Rochell, a professional football player looking for a team, watched the National Football League’s opening weekend games on television with his infant daughter. His wife needed a baby sitter. Allison Kucharczyk, Rochell’s wife and an online influencer with more than three million TikTok…
Read MoreJeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Rocket Launch Could Give SpaceX Some Competition
Jan. 11: This article was updated to reflect a one-day postponement of the test launch. The foundational building block for Jeff Bezos’ space dreams is finally ready to launch. A New Glenn rocket — built by Blue Origin, the rocket company that Mr. Bezos started nearly a quarter century ago — is sitting on a…
Read MoreBlind Former Child Actor Dies in LA Wildfires After Mother Tried to Save Him: ‘Mom, Leave Me’
A former child actor and inspirational speaker died in the California wildfires when his home in Malibu was overtaken by flames, his mother said, recalling his last heartbreaking words: “Mom, leave me.” The mother of Rory Callum Sykes, Shelley Sykes, announced the death of her 32-year-old son, who starred in the British TV show “Kiddy…
Read MoreScott Bessent, Trump’s Billionaire Treasury Pick, Will Shed Assets to Avoid Conflicts
Scott Bessent, the billionaire hedge fund manager whom President-elect Donald J. Trump picked to be his Treasury secretary, plans to divest from dozens of funds, trusts and investments in preparation to become the nation’s top economic policymaker. Those plans were released on Saturday along with the publication of an ethics agreement and financial disclosures that…
Read More4 Takeaways From the Arguments Before the Supreme Court in the TikTok Case
The Supreme Court on Friday grappled over a law that could determine the fate of TikTok, an enormously popular social media platform that has about 170 million users. Congress enacted the law out of concern that the app, whose owner is based in China, is susceptible to the influence of the Chinese government and posed…
Read MoreJames Arthur Ray, 67, Self-Help Guide Whose Retreat Became Deadly, Dies
James Arthur Ray, an Oprah-endorsed motivational speaker who spent two years in prison after the 2009 deaths of three people in a sweat lodge, the culmination of a three-day spiritual program he ran in the Arizona desert, died on Jan. 3 in Henderson, Nev. He was 67. His brother, Jon Ray, announced the death on…
Read MoreIn Los Angeles, Hotels Become a Refuge for Fire Evacuees
Follow continuing coverage of the wildfires in Southern California. The lobby of Shutters on the Beach, the luxury oceanfront hotel in Santa Monica that is usually abuzz with tourists and entertainment professionals, had by Thursday transformed into a refuge for Los Angeles residents displaced by the raging wildfires that have ripped through thousands of acres…
Read MoreTrump and Republicans Cannot Stop Electric Vehicles, Experts Say
To a large extent, the electric vehicle market in the United States runs on Democratic policies. There are federal tax credits for car buyers. Subsidies for battery manufacturing. Cheap loans to build electric car factories. Grants for chargers. Regulations that push automakers to sell more vehicles with no tailpipe emissions. All of that support —…
Read MoreClose Call At O’Hare: American Airlines Wing Clips United Plane’s Tail
Hundreds of passengers faced delays Wednesday after an American Airline’s plane clipped a stationary United Airlines plane on the taxiway at O’Hare Airport in Chicago. ABC7 Chicago revealed that the American Airline’s flight 1979’s wing clipped the tail of a United Airlines flight 219 bound for Honolulu while the latter was stationary on the taxiway.…
Read MoreUS Emissions Stagnate In 2024, Challenging Climate Goals: Study
US greenhouse gas emissions barely decreased in 2024, leaving the world’s largest economy off track to achieve its climate goals, according to an analysis released Thursday, as the incoming Trump administration looks set to double down on fossil fuels. The preliminary estimate by the Rhodium Group, an independent research organization, found a net fall of…
Read MoreWhite House Ignites Firestorm With Rules Governing A.I.’s Global Spread
The next big fight over offshoring is playing out in Washington, and this time it involves artificial intelligence. The Biden administration, in its final weeks in office, is rushing to issue new regulations to try to ensure that the United States and its close allies have control over how artificial intelligence develops in the years…
Read MoreTikTok Case Before Supreme Court Pits National Security Against Free Speech
When the Supreme Court hears arguments on Friday over whether protecting national security requires TikTok to be sold or closed, the justices will be working in the shadow of three First Amendment precedents, all influenced by the climate of their times and by how much the justices trusted the government. During the Cold War and…
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