Posts by Sophie Clearwater
The Smart Traveler’s Guide to Where to Stay, Eat and Explore in Seoul
In 1953, Seoul was a city of broken bridges and roofless blocks, with more than a million residents driven from their homes. Seventy-three years later, it exports songs that fill stadiums and dramas watched far beyond Korea. Its beauty industry has stocked American bathroom shelves with small glass bottles labeled in Hangul. Seoul became the…
Read MoreThe Best Deal at Madewell’s Labor Day Sale? $100 Leather Purses
The best Labor Day sales have already begun, and Madewell’s is one you’ll want to shop ASAP. Right now, you can get up to 50% off with code LONGWEEKEND, including some of the brand’s most popular leather bags. The deal that immediately caught our attention: Madewell’s Signature Woven Shoulder Bag is just $100. Considering the…
Read MoreWashington teacher sentenced for sex with 13-year-old and filming it — as lawyer offers mind-boggling excuse
A substitute teacher was sentenced to 15 years in prison for repeatedly having sex with a 13-year-old boy and filming the encounters — as the pervert’s lawyer offered a mind-boggling excuse for the abuse, according to federal prosecutors. Andrea Lee Campos-Hernandez, a 26-year-old teacher from Warden, Wash., pleaded guilty to filming the sexual encounters and…
Read MoreGet Tangled Up in Zendaya and Tom Holland’s Sweetest Pics
“Our business can present very stressful situations,” Holland recently detailed to Esquire, “and it’s really nice to have a bedrock of a relationship that will stand the test of time.” Not only does it make their performances that much better—”The truth is that she raises the game,” he told E! News in July. “She’s the type…
Read MoreDuane ‘Keffe D’ Davis Found Guilty of Tupac Shakur’s Murder
Shakur’s murder in September 1996 at the age of 25 had left so many questions unanswered and has been the subject of conspiracies for years. But the investigation into his death was revived after Davis published his memoir, Compton Street Legend, in 2019. In the memoir and during promotions, he outlined the role of the…
Read MoreHow Trump cut antifa’s global leftist lifeline — and struck a blow for democracy
Left-wing terrorism is a serious problem in the United States, though for political reasons it doesn’t receive anything like the attention right-wing violence gets. For example, when most people think of violence connected to abortion, they imagine attacks on abortion clinics — yet lately pro-abortion extremists have been firebombing crisis pregnancy centers across the country.…
Read MoreIndia’s Modi tells Russia’s Putin that the war in Ukraine must end for humanity’s sake
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday that the war in Ukraine needed to end for humanity’s sake and that New Delhi would support every peace effort to stop the fighting. Modi, who made his comments at the start of talks with Putin in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, called Putin…
Read MoreJENNIE’s Adidas Ballet Sneakers Are Finally Here: Why Superstar SQ Ballet Shoes Will Sell Out Fast
“With this collaboration, I wanted to reinterpret the classic identity of adidasOriginals through my own perspective and energy. My goal was to bring together the softness and restraint found in ballet, as well as the strength behind it, with the feeling of an endless and unknown space,” JENNIE said in a statement. “I focused on…
Read MoreTravis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s dog makes fashion debut alongside tight end in Tommy Hilfiger campaign
Travis Kelce — and his dog — star in a new ad campaign for Tommy Hilfiger. Tommy Hilfiger is for the dogs. Travis Kelce stars in a new ad campaign for the American fashion brand — and so does his pooch. The white Samoyed appears in a pic with the Kansas City Chiefs tight end,…
Read MoreBernie Sanders claims some Democrats may want their own Senate nominee to lose
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., accused a small group of Democratic leaders and donors Monday of being willing to see Michigan Democratic US Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed lose, telling “Politico Playbook” that progressives threaten wealthy interests and the party’s approach to Israel as El-Sayed faces mounting scrutiny over his ties to far-left streamer Hasan Piker. Sanders said the…
Read MoreCNN’s Blitzer makes mea culpa over false remark about Trump’s order on mail-in voting
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer issued a mea culpa Monday after he falsely suggested US troops abroad would be impacted by the Trump administration’s crackdown on mail-in voting. On Friday’s installment of “The Situation Room,” Blitzer sat down with Democratic Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger to discuss the lawsuit the commonwealth filed alongside other blue states to block…
Read MoreGeorgia mom missing after Nepal-Tibet floods last texted family how ‘grateful’ she was before disaster struck
A Georgia mother who was about to return to the US from a bucket-list spiritual pilgrimage vanished after deadly floods ripped through the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday, according to her family. Mary Sorenson, 60, who lives just north of Atlanta, traveled to the region for a spiritual pilgrimage to Mount Kailash to practice yoga, pray,…
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