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Tom (Jonathan Tucker) cultivates a sense of dependency in 17-year-old Lea (Lily McInerny) in <em>Palm Trees and Power Lines.</em>

An older man grooms a teenage girl in this disturbing but vital film

Palm Trees and Power Lines is a gripping cautionary tale about abuse and trafficking — but it is scrupulous in its refusal to sensationalize.

Betsy Cox with her husband, Steve, and their son, Blake.

On a day when everything felt like a struggle, kind words brightened this mom's mood

Betsy Cox was struggling to find a space heater for her son's room when a stranger approached her. The space heaters were sold out, but kind words from the man turned her bad mood around.

On a day when everything felt like a struggle, kind words brightened this mom's mood

Betsy Cox was struggling to find a space heater for her son's room when a stranger approached her. The space heaters were sold out, but kind words from the man turned her bad mood around.

In their work as Fever Ray, artist Karin Dreijer has used eerie, experimental pop music to excavate love's more complicated or marginalized incarnations.

Fever Ray's 'Radical Romantics' explores love in all of its freaky, complicated forms

The experimental pop artist's new album is interested in love not as a destination but as an ongoing process, in all of its bravado, vulnerability and experimentation.

In recent days, TikTok creators have been criticizing the app's new "Bold Glamour" filter for perpetuating unrealistic beauty standards.

Does the 'Bold Glamour' filter push unrealistic beauty standards? TikTokkers think so

The video-sharing app recently revealed a new beauty filter that harnesses the latest developments in artificial intelligence. It is so hyper-realistic that many TikTokkers are lashing out.

Substitute teacher Crystal Clyburn, 51, doesn't have health insurance. She got her blood pressure checked at a health fair in Sarasota, Fla.

High inflation and housing costs force Americans to delay needed health care

Close to 40% of surveyed Americans, a record high, put off medical care last year because of finances. Americans are delaying or skipping doctor's visits, dental and vision care, and medications.

Members of the white nationalist group National Socialist Florida use a laser projector to display white nationalist and anti-LGBTQ images on the side of the CSX building and other high-rise buildings in Jacksonville, Fla.

In Florida, far-right groups look to seize the moment

A far-right group in Jacksonville, Fla., has been regularly projecting hate symbols onto downtown buildings. Groups like this look to capitalize on what they see as a favorable political climate.

General Motors is offering buyouts in an effort to cut $2 billion in costs

The Detroit automaker says the buyouts will be offered to most U.S. salaried workers and some global executives.

Chinese President Xi Jinping takes his oath after he is unanimously elected as President during a session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, March 10, 2023.

China's Xi Jinping, as expected, gets 5 more years as state president

Xi Jinping's allies and loyalists are expected to be installed in other key posts in the coming days, completing a sweeping power grab in China.

Arema FC Organizing Committee chair Abdul Haris, left, the club's security chief Suko Sutrisno, center, walk to the courtroom to attend their sentencing hearing at a district court in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Thursday, March 9, 2023.

2 Indonesian soccer officials found guilty in one of the deadliest stadium stampedes

The match organizer and the security chief were handed down prison sentences Thursday in connection with a 2022 stampede that killed more than 130 people following a match in East Java.

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