Posts by Sophie Clearwater
A Cannes Bakery Is Making the Case for Sourdough on the French Riviera
Fournil Ephémère Cannes. Fournil Ephémère Cannes Last summer, my boyfriend made the kind of mistake that French locals avoid at all costs: he forgot to buy bread before the city shut down on Sunday afternoon. In the south of France, most shops are closed on Sundays and Mondays, so missing the window means going without…
Read MoreMary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Built The Row Into a $1 Billion Label by Keeping It Private. Their Spotify Playlists Are the Rare Window In.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. AFP via Getty Images As Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s The Row takes on its first Paris Fashion Week as a member of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode (FHCM), the label arrives with some of the most powerful backers in luxury. In 2024, Chanel owners Alain and…
Read MoreWhat to Know About the Pentagon Breach Affecting Millions
It remains unclear what particular files were accessed and who was behind the incident. TIME has requested comment from the Pentagon. The length of the breach and the amount of personal information exposed present a security risk for many personnel linked with the department, and some experts say it makes other security compromises, like phishing…
Read MoreU.S. and China to Cut Tariffs on $60 Billion of Goods
Deborah Elms, Head of Trade Policy at the Singapore-based Hinrich Foundation, tells TIME that the cuts “are a mostly symbolic way of indicating that tariffs can be cut without tackling the major challenges.” But, she adds, it’s still a positive: “At a minimum, it provides a mechanism for future conversations about trade and tariffs which…
Read MoreNFL power rankings for Week 4: Pair of teams going in the most unexpected of directions
To quote the great Bill Parcells: You are what your record says you are. And so, the Raiders are an undefeated contender in the powerhouse AFC West, and the Texans are a winless pretender. Who would’ve thought that would be the case when the season started? Three weeks is enough to stop acting like the…
Read MoreAfter 23 Years of Oversight, Oakland’s Police Reform Offers New Hope
After implementing new policies and trainings, stops of Black civilians in Oakland dropped by 43%—without any uptick in crime. In one pre-post study of a training designed to improve relations with the public, our footage analysis revealed a marked decrease in officer language that tended to trigger escalation, and a marked increase in language that…
Read MoreFlying Doesn’t Have to Be This Miserable
But in 1978, in the name of reducing the government’s hand in the airline industry, Congress passed the Airline Deregulation Act, with the goal of injecting more competition into the air travel business. The theory sounded great: deregulate the airline industry, and the free market will make everything better. There will be dozens, perhaps even…
Read MoreAnthropic’s IPO prospectus shows sweeping AI vision and surging costs
Anthropic is making a massive bet that AI will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters. But the cost to get there will be staggering. Anthropic reported a net loss of $42 billion in 2025, and plans to spend $518 billion on…
Read MoreJournalist to be crowned next king of Ugandan monarchy after death of ‘boy king’
A journalist was on Tuesday set to be crowned as the king of a traditional monarchy that lost its onetime “boy king” last month, triggering widespread grief and a succession dispute in Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom. The journalist is a prince who had long been employed as a broadcaster and editor with Uganda Broadcasting Corp. He picked the…
Read MoreUtah man, 71, released from death row after DNA evidence excludes him in 1985 killing
A 71-year-old man who was convicted of killing a police chief’s aunt and spent decades on death row was released Monday after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence doesn’t link him to the crime. A Utah judge ordered Douglas Stewart Carter let out on bail late Monday over objections from the victim’s family. Carter is required to wear a…
Read MoreParents of teen killed by illegal immigrant question Rep. Mike Lawler, Dem opponent Cait Conley on sanctuary law support during fiery debate
The grieving parents of a teenage girl killed by an illegal migrant put New York’s sanctuary law on blast during a fiery congressional debate Monday night between Republican Rep. Mike Lawler and Democratic opponent Cait Conley for the House seat representing the lower Hudson Valley. Tom and Jessica Gorman were among residents in the 17th…
Read MoreNets carrying ‘delusional confidence’ they can defy odds with lofty win goal
Oddmakers project the Nets will win fewer than 25 games. The delusionally confident Nets think they can win twice that many. They’ve set it as a goal, talking about it privately and now publicly. “That’s the goal from Day 1. We said our goal is to get 50 wins,” Terance Mann said Monday when asked…
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