Lights Are Brighter Than Ever. Is That Bad for Your Eyes?

A few years back, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez started noticing the extreme brightness of car headlights in rural Washington, where she lives—and felt bombarded. “You come around a curve and get these headlights smack in your face,” she says. “They make you lose reaction time. It’s a real safety risk.” As a U.S. Representative, she’s working … Read more

Emotional Christine Sinclair says inaugural NSL season ‘beginning of bigger and brighter things’

A new chapter starts this week for women’s soccer in Canada, as the first-ever pro league, the Northern Super League (NSL) kicks off on home soil. On Wednesday night, nearly 15,000 fans will gather to watch Vancouver Rise FC and Calgary Wild FC battle it out in the season opener at B.C. Place Stadium at … Read more

Comedy star Keyla Monterroso Mejia is only shining brighter

When I call up actor Keyla Monterroso Mejia, she appears promptly on my screen, flanked by a mass of cardboard boxes. The 26-year-old rising star, who made splashy appearances in such recently released films as “One of Them Days” and “You’re Cordially Invited,” has yet to unpack her belongings in her new Inland Empire home. … Read more