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All states, territories agree to $7.4B Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
(The Hill) — The attorneys general of all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and four territories have agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and the members of the Sackler family who own the company. The settlement seeks to resolve thousands of lawsuits over the opioid crisis. The family members would…
Read MoreWhat Not to Miss at the 13th Berlin Biennale
Titled “passing the fugitive on,” the 13th Berlin Biennale features 170 works by more than sixty artists. © Raisa Galofre The 13th Berlin Biennale, which runs through mid-September, may not be the most expansive or intricately structured edition to date. With a relatively concise list of artists only revealed on opening day, it unfolds as…
Read MoreMoon farming may be possible thanks to Texas scientist
Detail of chickpea root nodules on Monday, Feb 10, 2025, in College Station, Texas. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife) AUSTIN (KXAN) — One of the biggest problems with deep space exploration is food: You either have to bring it with you or grow it. Research out of Texas A&M may make space farming a little easier.…
Read MoreHow Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck Kept a Close Relationship After Divorce
Affleck, meanwhile, has been singing Garner’s praises in the parenting arena from the beginning. “Jen is a superhero mom,” the Oscar winner gushed to E! News in 2016. “She is an amazing mother.” And when it came to the kids, “We try our best, we put them first and that’s what we do.” He paid…
Read MoreIoan Gruffudd Expecting Baby No. 3, First With Wife Bianca Wallace
Ioan Gruffudd and Bianca Wallace have some fantastic news. Just months after tying the knot, the couple announced that they’re expecting their first baby together. In a black-and-white photo posted to Instagram June 15, Ioan—who shares daughters Ella, 14, and Elsie, 10, with ex-wife Alice Evans—bends down to kiss Bianca’s burgeoning baby bump. The joint Instagram post was…
Read MoreThe Hidden History of Sun Valley, the Mountain Retreat of Moguls and Icons
Sun Valley was founded in the 1930s as America’s first destination ski resort. Photo: Cooper Morton/Courtesy Sun Valley Resort For nearly 90 years, some of the world’s most prominent figures in business and media have made the trek to Sun Valley, an idyllic ski resort nestled in the hills of Idaho. Best known as the…
Read MoreScreening at Tribeca: Jim Sheridan and David Merriman’s ‘Re-Creation’
Colm Meaney as Ian Bailey. Rich Gilligan, courtesy Tribeca Film Festival When introducing Re-Creation at New York’s Tribeca Festival, directors Jim Sheridan and David Merriman mentioned a revelatory tidbit off-hand. When they set out to make the movie—which imagines a fictitious trial for a real-life murder—they weren’t quite sure what they were making. That’s probably…
Read MoreWhatsApp to start showing ads to users in some parts of the messaging app
LONDON (AP) — WhatsApp said Monday that users will start seeing ads in some parts of the app, as owner Meta Platforms moves to cultivate a new revenue stream by tapping the billions of people that use the messaging service. Advertisements will be shown only in the app’s Updates tab, which is used by as…
Read MoreAntonia Showering’s Vibrant Paintings Map Universal Emotional Terrain
Antonia Showering, Secret Language, 2024-25. Courtesy of the artist and Timothy Taylor A distinct shift in bodily and spatial awareness often emerges after a woman becomes a mother. As both a painter and a new mother, British artist Antonia Showering seems to have fully channeled this heightened sensorial and emotional consciousness into her latest body…
Read MoreSean “Diddy” Combs Trial: Live Updates Week 6: Juror Removed, Summary Witness to Testify
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Ex Says She Fainted After Reading Cassie Ventura’s Lawsuit Jane said during her testimony that parts of Ventura’s November 2023 lawsuit—which was ultimately settled—mirrored her own experience with Combs. “I almost fainted, in fact, I think I did,” she told jurors as she cried. “There was three specific pages that was just…
Read MoreAustin student activist group to protest at federal building used by ICE
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A week after a protest at the J.J. Pickle Federal Building in Austin, another activist group has organized a Monday night “noise demonstration” there, according to a press release. ‘No Kings’ protests held across Central Texas The Austin Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) said in its release that its intent is…
Read MoreMichael B. Jordan Is Dressing Like a Saint—and a Sinner
Michael B. Jordan didn’t grow into style. He trained for it. Before the awards show spotlights and Loewe press tour looks, he was modeling for Toys “R” Us and filming prestige TV from the sidelines. Think: The Wire’s doomed Wallace, Friday Night Lights’ QB1, and Parenthood’s emotional core. But it wasn’t until Creed (2015)—after a…
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