‘Breaking’ the heat index: US heat waves to skyrocket as globe warms, study suggests

2017 in review: The ‘Wonder’-filled highs (and lows) of the year in movies

USA TODAY looks at the highs (‘Wonder Woman’) and lows (‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’) of the year’s movies.

Cheeky Dairy Air ice cream shop logo butts up against protest

A local business owner has blasted the store for sexualizing women and demanded that the logo be put out to pasture.

        

Evan Peters steps out of comfort zone for new film

In ‘The Pirates of Somalia,’ Evan Peters plays real-life Canadian journalist, Jay Bahadur, who decides to travel to Somalia and embed himself with a group of pirates in order to write a good story. (Dec. 7)