Zimbabwe wasn’t on Google Street View until this man volunteered to map it himself
After he was unable to find his hometown on Google Street View, Tawanda Kanhema decided to take matters into his own hands.
After he was unable to find his hometown on Google Street View, Tawanda Kanhema decided to take matters into his own hands.
Athleta debuted its first major campaign with Simone Biles on Wednesday, and it's centered around those nearest and dearest to her. The retailer's latest "The Power of We" launch, shot in Biles' hometown of Spring, Texas, captures portraits of the gymnast alongside her mother, sister, teammates and coaches. It also serves and is symbolic of Athleta's "Power of She" mission to ignite a community of active, healthy and confident women and girls who empower each other to reach their limitless potential.
Many cosmetic products sold in the U.S. and Canada contain potentially toxic chemicals known as PFAS, according to a new study. PFAS are manmade compounds that are often added to cosmetics such as waterproof mascara or long-wearing lipstick that are designed to stay put. Out of 231 products screened, foundations (63%), eye products (58%), lip products (55%) and mascaras (47%) were among those containing fluorine, an indicator the product has PFAS.
The Justice Department on Wednesday moved to drop its civil lawsuit targeting former national security adviser John Bolton over the publication of his 2020 memoir "The Room Where It Happened," halting an effort brought during the Trump administration that had sought to seize all proceeds Bolton received from the book. "We are very pleased that the Department of Justice has dismissed with prejudice its civil lawsuit against Ambassador Bolton and has terminated grand jury proceedings," Charles Cooper, an attorney for Bolton, said in a statement.
After tight smiles and a firm handshake that made for an image both men wanted the world to see, followed by a chaotic photo op and about three-and-a-half hours of tense talks, U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin emerged to spin their summit at dueling news conferences Wednesday. Both men called their meeting positive, but while Biden said he raised serious concerns and warned of consequences, he did not claim he got Putin to commit to changing his behavior and the Russian leader accepted no responsibility for cyberattacks on the U.S. or for anything else. Biden had called for the meeting with Putin two months ago, alarmed about Russian aggression toward Ukraine.
Following their "very robust conversation" with Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic state legislators from Texas conceded that while the Biden administration wants to see federal voting reform legislation make it to the president's desk, the hurdle to passage is the U.S. Senate -- but they aren't giving up on conversations with those lawmakers. "We know it's a priority for the administration but quite frankly it lies in the Senate," state Sen. Carol Alvarado, the chair of the Texas Senate Democratic Caucus, said after the meeting at the White House Wednesday. Harris met with more than a dozen Democratic lawmakers from Texas, applauding them as "courageous leaders" for staging a walkout in the final hours of the state's regular legislative session last month.
The U.S. Marshals Service, one of the nation’s oldest law enforcement agencies, lacks the resources needed to ensure the safety and security of federal judges and other people it's meant to protect, the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General found. “The USMS does not have adequate proactive threat detection capabilities to monitor the current threat landscape, including in online and social media settings,” the inspector general report, released on Wednesday, said. “Resource limitations and competing agency budget and staffing priorities have impeded the USMS's ability to provide the level of protective services that it has determined is required given the increasing number of threats directed at the judiciary.”
Ree Drummond is opening up about how she lost 43 pounds this year. Drummond also noted that being "skinny" has never been her "primary goal." The "Pioneer Woman" star listed things she did not do to lose weight: the Keto diet, intermittent fasting, buying specialty diet foods, using a trainer and joining a weight loss program.
One year after the murder of George Floyd spotlighted issues of systemic racism in the U.S., a new study found corporate America has made great leaps to increase diversity in boardrooms. Of the 456 new independent directors added to the boardrooms of companies listed on the S&P 500 this past year, nearly three-quarters (72%) were either women or people of color, according to an analysis released Wednesday by Spencer Stuart, an executive recruiting and leadership consulting firm that has been collecting data on board diversity for over 30 years. Broken down further, a record 47% of new independent directors were Black, Asian or Latinx -- compared to 22% the prior year and 14% a decade ago, the study found.
General Motors has announced it will increase its investment into electric and autonomous vehicles to $35 billion through 2025. "We are investing aggressively in a comprehensive and highly-integrated plan to make sure that GM leads in all aspects of the transformation to a more sustainable future," Mary Barra, GM chair and CEO, said in a press release. Before the pandemic, GM announced an initial $20 billion investment in electric and autonomous vehicles.
The resilience of some of Earth’s timeless towering treasures, the ancient sequoia trees, is being tested by the very thing they rely on to survive: fire. “Up until just a few years ago, it was just virtually unheard of that fire could actually kill these incredible trees,” said Clayton Jordan, the superintendent of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park. Sequoia Trees only grow along the western slopes of California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Royal Caribbean has postponed a sailing in July "out of an abundance of caution" after eight crew members tested positive for COVID-19. The cruise line said that during routine testing eight workers on the Odyssey of the Seas received a positive test result. The workers had been vaccinated against the virus on June 4 but will not be considered fully vaccinated until June 18, Royal Caribbean said.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey issued an executive order on Tuesday that prohibits public universities and community colleges from requiring students to get COVID-19 vaccines or show proof of vaccination to attend class. "The vaccine works, and we encourage Arizonans to take it," Ducey said in a statement. Although the executive order means universities in Arizona can't require students to wear masks or participate in mandatory COVID-19 testing, Ducey included an exemption for students working in health care settings, such as hospitals, nursing homes, group homes and medical facilities.
Meghan Trainor's 4-month-old son, Riley, is already talking -- sort of. In a video clip posted to Instagram Monday in honor of the "All About That Bass" singer's husband Daryl Sabara's 29th birthday, the proud parents are seen repeating "I love you" to baby Riley. Riley, startled by their reaction, almost starts crying before the video ends.
Tim McGraw couldn't be prouder of his daughter Maggie, who recently got her master's degree from Stanford University. Taking to Instagram on Tuesday, the "Highway Don't Care" singer gave a shout-out to his daughter on her graduation day and shared photos of her posing in her academic regalia. "We are so incredibly proud of our Maggie May," gushed McGraw.
The heat wave pummeling the West won't be leaving this week and could make wildfires even more dangerous to residents. Dozens of record high temperatures were broken on Tuesday, including Denver at 101 degrees, Palm Springs at a scorching 120, and Palmdale, California, clocking in at 107. Salt Lake City tied its all-time record high temperature of 107 degrees.
Getting kids to eat a variety of foods is a struggle that even moms who are nutrition experts know well. "My first son fell off the growth chart starting when he was 6-months-old," Jennifer Anderson, a registered dietitian and mom of two, told "Good Morning America." "I was standing in the pediatricians office thinking but I'm a dietitian. The experience prompted Anderson to dive into research on kids and nutrition.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday faces perhaps the biggest moment of his presidency so far, with a highly choreographed summit in Geneva with Russian President Vladimir Putin. It's a golden and high-stakes opportunity for Biden to put his own mark on American leadership -- and part of a case Biden is eager to make. Putin doesn't want Biden to forget his predecessor, and doesn't want Trump to forget him, either -- even playing to the former president's ego in the run-up to the summit.
What better time to fire up the grill than for Father's Day? From vegetables and fresh fish to sweet seasonal stone fruits for dessert, check out these easy summer recipes that will get the whole family grilling and grinning. Executive Chef Chris Schaefer, a New Jersey native who grew up cooking with his family and now helms the kitchen at Geraldine’s at the Kimpton Hotel Van Zandt in Austin, Texas, shared this simple charred side that can be done in less than 10 minutes and adds a bright ingredient to the grill.
Ahead of President Joe Biden’s meeting Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, congressional Democrats said they are no longer seeking records of former President Donald Trump’s private meetings with the Russian leader, despite previous concerns Trump tried to conceal details of their conversations. "The Biden administration is looking forward, not back," said House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., whose panel once considered subpoenaing Trump’s interpreter to testify about his July 2018 meeting with Putin in Helsinki, Finland, where only an American interpreter was also present. From 2017 to 2019, amid former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election, Democrats raised questions about Trump’s conversations with Putin, especially after Trump said in Helsinki, standing next to Putin, that he believed his 2017 denial of election interference, over the findings of U.S. intelligence.
When Sarah Sharp was diagnosed in 2018 with a rare gynecological cancer and told unexpectedly that she may need an emergency hysterectomy, her twin sister, Cathey Stoner, was there for her. Just weeks earlier, Sharp, who like Stoner lives in the Nashville area, had been diagnosed with choriocarcinoma, a rare and fast-growing cancer that occurs in a woman's uterus. It was a shocking diagnosis, not only because doctors told her the cancer likely came from her first and only pregnancy, with her now 4-year-old daughter Charlotte, but also because the cancer was likely to rob her of any future pregnancies.