Posts by Sophie Clearwater
Bottega’s Classic Bags Are Still Everywhere: Our Fave Lookalikes
How did the woven bag trend start? We have Bottega Veneta‘s intrecciato leather to thank for making this style of bags go mainstream. Around since the 1960s, this distinctive leatherwork creates a unique pattern with nappa leather that is instantly recognizable to it girls and fashion lovers alike. We’ve seen a major resurgence in the…
Read MoreInside Aaron Rodgers’ Years-Long Family Feud: Breaking Down the Xs and Os
“They Go on a Bulls–t Show” In 2016, Jordan appeared on The Bachelorette—and, incidentally, he’s been married to rose-bearer JoJo Fletcher since 2022. When he brought JoJo home to meet his folks and eldest brother Luke Rodgers, there were two empty chairs at the dinner table—purportedly for Aaron and then-girlfriend Olivia—and all of a sudden millions…
Read MoreThousands of Non-Citizens Registered to Vote in New Jersey Due to Software Issue
But in a review of the materials released by the Administration, The Associated Press found that they did not substantiate Trump’s claims of widespread voter fraud, or that China or other countries manipulated U.S. elections. Ahead of Trump’s speech, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said that it had found thousands of non-citizens on the…
Read MoreHow Europe’s Extreme Heat Waves Have Impacted the Tour de France
If organizers do not have the flexibility to move start times or cancel stages in extreme heat, Cvijanovic says every potentially risky stage should be scheduled early in the morning, adding there are vast, publicly-available climatological datasets that could be used for this purpose. But beyond stage start times, a warming world is making the…
Read MoreSee Jessica Chastain’s Bone-Chilling Role as a Clone in Terrifying Other Mommy Trailer
A mother’s love can bring great comfort—or absolute terror. At least, that’s what Jessica Chastain is demonstrating in the latest trailer for Other Mommy, which dropped on July 21. In the doppelganger horror, a young girl named Bela (Arabella Olivia Clark) is haunted by Other Mommy, a paranormal clone of her mom Ursula (Chastain). And…
Read MoreBlade CEO Rob Wiesenthal: The Hamptons Helicopter Ride Is Going Electric
Flights to the Hamptons draw steady demand and high fares, yet operators face a difficult path to profitability as constraints limit growth. Gary Hershorn/Getty Images Flying between Manhattan and the Hamptons has long symbolized wealth. But economically, it’s a difficult business. Despite high fares (seats range from $795 to $1,795) and steady demand, with roughly…
Read MoreVandell Is on a Roll as Ode to the Bowl Opens Tales of the Cocktail
The annual Ode to the Bowl party opens the Tales of the Cocktail week. Ode to the Bowl The Tales of the Cocktail conference, which started on Sunday and concludes on Friday in New Orleans, is the bender of benders. It’s the biggest annual gathering for the bar industry. The world’s most prominent bartenders and…
Read MoreHow Summer Camps Are Adapting to Climate Change
For Johnson, part of that has involved coordinating with local officials on evacuation areas, and having a structural engineer ensure that buildings are storm ready. “It’s a lot of planning to prepare for the worst and hoping that you never have to use it,” he says. But on the day-to-day, activity periods are now shorter,…
Read MoreToxic Gases Keep Rescue Teams From Saving 13 Workers Trapped by Tunnel Explosion in India
On the scene, local reporters interviewed NDRF Deputy Commandant Vivek Kumar, who said that the incident occurred 1.5 kilometers, or almost 1 mile, into the tunnel. “Carbon monoxide has been detected inside, and visibility is extremely poor. Our team has been carrying out search-and-rescue operations since 5 p.m. yesterday,” Kumar said Tuesday. But officials at…
Read MoreMarc Anthony Welcomes Baby No. 8, His 2nd With Wife Nadia Ferreira
The silent-film pioneer and iconic “Little Tramp” shared sons Charles Spencer Chaplin III (May 5, 1925) and Sydney Earl Chaplin (March 30, 1926) with second wife Lita Grey and then had eight children with fourth wife Oona O’Neill, who was 18 when she married the 54-year-old in 1943 (much to her playwright father Eugene O’Neill‘s consternation). The…
Read MoreDaphne Koller on Why Insitro Skipped Biotech’s Shortcut
Insitro founder and CEO Daphne Koller. Getty Images Daphne Koller does not like the phrase “move fast and break things.” She says so almost immediately, and she says it the way people say things they’ve been asked before and have long since stopped softening. “Living in a sector where the products that we produce are…
Read MoreA Massive Flow of Rock and Mud Tumbled Down Mount Rainier Centuries Ago. Scientists Pinpointed Its Date to Better Understand the Volcano’s Complex Threats
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In a recent study, researchers dated a historic lahar called the Electron Mudflow to the summer of 1507, establishing a way to determine when past geologic events around the Puget Sound occurred Megan Gannon | Archaeology Correspondent July 21, 2026 12:48 p.m. Mount Rainier, an active volcano about 60 miles away from Seattle, has sent…
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