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  • Summer is hot in Rio, but this is hotter than normal. Mercury could top 107 degrees. And the record heat is triggering alerts and safety warnings.
  • Rep. Adam Smith, the top Democrat serving on the House Armed Services Committee, says Trump administration officials offered "vague talk" in briefing about the long-term strategy for Venezuela.
  • Maybe you had a BlackBerry, the now-defunct line of mobile products known for popularizing the cell phone keyboard. A new narrative, simply titled “BlackBerry,” digs into the rise and precipitous fall of the tech company, and Nathan Weinbender says it’s worth putting down your phone to watch
  • In director Nicole Holofcener’s “You Hurt My Feelings,” a woman played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus gets an accidental piece of feedback she never wanted to hear. Nathan Weinbender says it’s a funny, incisive film about criticism, honesty and trust.
  • Martin McDonagh has made some very good movies, like “In Bruges,” and some wildly uneven movies, like “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” Nathan Weinbender says McDonagh’s latest, “The Banshees of Inisherin” is his best film, and a small masterpiece of tragicomedy.
  • In “Problemista,” his first film as writer-director, comedian Julio Torres skewers the American dream in a story of a young immigrant’s quest for a work visa. Nathan Weinbender says this quirky comedy is an earnest, if imperfect, first look at a new filmmaker’s singular vision.
  • Critics everywhere are sharing their lists of the best films of 2024, and Nathan Weinbender has compiled his 10 favorite movies of the last 12 months.
  • Blue Moon is Richard Linklater’s second feature this year, a portrait of the troubled lyricist Lorenz Hart. Nathan Weinbender says it’s not a great Linklater film, but it does have a great Ethan Hawke performance in it.
  • The last time the U.S. ranked No. 1 in a key economic index was 2008. Key issues cited in the 2016 report: America's problems with its infrastructure, health and primary education systems.
  • Michaela Kelso twice lost to Republican Jenny Graham in the 6th District. Now she's targeting the open seat that Mike Volz is vacating.
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