If fast-food jingles were multiplication tables, perhaps we’d all be good at math. In the meantime, those ads sure are stuck in the brains of kids. The marketing of ultra-processed food, which accounts for more than 60 percent of calories for children, has coincided with a dramatic increase in childhood obesity across the United States….
John Mulaney says he grew up feeling that comedy was his destiny. The Emmy Award-winning standup comedian and former “Saturday Night Live” writer talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about how he deals with sobriety today (and about a 2020 intervention which he describes as “star-studded”), and how fatherhood – along with his wife, actress Olivia…
In 2022, at the age of 14, Dylan Mwaniki, of Kansas City, Missouri, was diagnosed with Stage 4 kidney cancer, and given just eight months to live. However, he is alive today, and a graduating senior, thanks to Dr. Mary Austin, who did more than just treat his cancer. Steve Hartman reports on a healing…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to decide soon whether he will step down from his position or face a leadership challenge from a political rival, Andy Burnham, who represents the country’s Labour Party. Starmer has publicly vowed to stay in the post, but pressure is building as more and more Labour Party colleagues…
Seahorses are unique ocean inhabitants with a head like a horse, a pouch like a kangaroo, a tail like a monkey, and the ability to camouflage themselves like a chameleon. They also exhibit an unconventional gender dynamic, in that the males do the work of carrying around fertilized eggs. Correspondent Conor Knighton goes in search…
“Sunday Morning” remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including famed TV sitcom director James Burrows, the co-creator of “Cheers.” Source link
A deeply divided electorate will choose Colombia’s next president in a runoff on Sunday that pits a progressive against a conservative outsider, with both candidates tapping into fears of a renewed internal conflict in the country as they represent “two very extreme sides,” one Colombian said. “Right now, what worries me is the polarization that…
Americans do want the Iran war to end — especially those hardest hit by gas prices — and many see hope for lower prices now. But an ending now also comes with views that the U.S. effort did not succeed in its strategic or economic interests and has not been worth the costs. Specifically, most…
France put emergency services and military forces on wildfire alert, restricted public alcohol consumption and canceled some outdoor sports events to cope with a heat wave scorching parts of Europe. About a third of France is under the heat red alert Sunday, when temperatures are expected to reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in some areas. The…
Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, started as a fun night in Los Angeles for architect Hilda Marcela Cabrales, 26, and her friend, 24-year-old model Christy Giles. The pair headed out to a nightclub in Hollywood and then to a warehouse party in East Los Angeles to see a DJ they both loved. Christy’s husband, Jan Cilliers,…
