A new study co-authored by UChicago scientists explains how sexual cooperation and bonding evolves among animals with long-lasting pair-bonds, like the Zebra Finch. New research from the University of Chicago and University of North Carolina shows how species of birds form long-term bonds to raise their young more efficiently. The males of species that form…
Novel financial models may be needed to suport a “big push” for lunar industrialization. (credit: Alliance for Space Development) by Vidvuds BeldavsMonday, October 14, 2019 Lunar development has been paced to the hard budgetary constraints placed on NASA, ESA, and other space agencies that are subject to political approval. If funding could be made…
The LSU coaches speared their running back with padded sticks in Monday’s practice, trying to dislodge the football from his tightened arms as he squatted through an obstacle of dummies.Minutes later, another Tigers back grasped a football that was fixed to the end of a rope. A coach yanked the football free, then chided the…
MADRID — Spain’s Supreme Court sentenced nine Catalan separatist leaders Monday to prison terms of between nine and 13 years on charges of sedition, a ruling that triggered immediate protests and a police response.A 2017 referendum on Catalan independence, which Madrid deemed illegal, and the subsequent trial of those behind it have split Spanish society…
Of all the bizarre, confusing and, frankly, ridiculous things LeBron James had to say Monday about the ongoing controversy between the NBA and China, here was the most troubling.In criticizing Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, James decided to mimic the many wrong-headed critics who rip the league’s biggest star when he weighs in on various political and social issues.He…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The males of species that form long-lasting pair-bonds, like many birds, often continue to make elaborate displays of plumage, colors and dances after they mate with a female. While their time and energy might be better spent taking care of their offspring, these displays also encourage the female to invest more…
Cardinals left fielder Marcell Ozuna slides but is unable to catch a third-inning fly ball that helped the Washington Nationals score a run on their way to an 8-1 win in the National League Championship Series on Monday. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Cardinals left fielder Marcell Ozuna slides but is unable to catch a…
FBI officials were “rattled” and “blindsided” by President Donald Trump’s calls for Ukraine to manufacture dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden and his son ahead of the 2020 election.”You walk down the halls, and there was this sense of dread, and everyone’s kind of thinking, did the president really do this?” one FBI special…
A loyal supporter of Donald Trump has been removed from a closed-door impeachment hearing after House officials ruled he had no right to be there. Matt Gaetz, a Republican congressman from Florida, had attempted to crash a meeting put together by the House intelligence, foreign affairs and oversight committees — the official congressional panels spearheading an…
After months of staying silent amid an avalanche of attacks by President Trump and his team, Hunter Biden, son of the former vice president, is set to make his first public comments in an interview Tuesday morning just about 12 hours before his father takes the debate stage Tuesday night. For the majority of the Democrats…
WASHINGTON (AP) — If Roland Henry had died in a different part of the country, his organs might have been recovered. And lives could have been saved.But the local organ collection agency said no. It gave no reason, no explanation to his family, though the Connecticut man appeared to be a well-qualified donor despite advancing…
On politicsThere are bound to be some fireworks at the CNN/New York Times debate. Here’s what we’ll be watching Tuesday night.ImageCreditCreditTim LahanOct. 14, 2019Updated 7:19 p.m. ETSign up here to get On Politics in your inbox.Tonight, I’m writing to you from Columbus, Ohio, where The New York Times has descended in force for the biggest…
Rumors of a new entry-level iPhone have picked up steam lately, thanks in large part to reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The new low-cost iPhone will reportedly target people still using older devices like the iPhone 6 that can’t run iOS 13. Read on as we round up what we know so far about the…
A police convoy was passing through a small town in western Mexico on Monday morning when bullets began to fly. It was an ambush by one of Mexico’s most violent criminal groups.In a matter of minutes, 14 police officers were killed and several of their vehicles set on fire. Handwritten messages left at the scene…
The Tigers, with the best scoring offense in the game, leapfrogged Ohio State and Clemson to No. 2 in the country after an impressive dismantling of Florida.ImageL.S.U. quarterback Joe Burrow is a Heisman Trophy contender, leading the best scoring offense in the country.CreditCreditDerick E. Hingle/USA Today Sports, via ReutersOct. 14, 2019Updated 4:37 p.m. ETBATON ROUGE,…
Bombshell lives up to its title, and then some, and the explosive story of the scandal in which a group of women brought down Fox News founder and ruler Roger Ailes entered the Oscar race in a big way Sunday. Stars Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie, director Jay Roach and screenwriter Charles Randolph appeared…
Protest leaders in Haiti called the people to the streets Monday for a sixth week of demonstrations demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse. Tens of thousands marched to affluent neighborhoods over the weekend, spilling oil and burning tires while riot police blocked roads.Near-daily protests in Port-au-Prince, other cities and the countryside have shut down…
Texas officer who killed black woman in her home resigns A white police officer who shot and killed a 28-year-old black woman in her Texas home as she played video games with her nephew resigned Monday amid calls from the woman’s family for him to be fired and criminally charged. The Fort Worth Police Department…
CLOSE Trump and impeachment: Can President Trump block witnesses and subpoenas, and what can Congress do about it? Lawyer and author David Stewart explains. Hannah Gaber, USA TODAYWASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s decision to pull U.S. troops from Syria, clearing the way for Turkey’s assault on Kurdish allies who helped in the fight against the Islamic State,…
It’s a busy, hearing-packed week for the US House of Representatives as members come back from a two-week recess to continue their impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Members of the House Intelligence Committee never really left Capitol Hill during recess. Lawmakers in that committee — along with members of the two other committees investigating…
October 14, 2019 1:28PM PT On how ‘Succession’ won my heart with Shakespearean flair and morally bankrupt slime puppies. It was only as the credits rolled on the Season 2 finale of “Succession” that I realized I was standing. At some point during the exhilarating final scene, I’d apparently leapt to my feet, radiating with…
Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in Riyadh on Monday for his first state visit to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in more than a decade, emphasizing not only coordination between three of the biggest oil producers in the world but also Moscow’s growing influence in the Middle East.The timing may be especially fortuitous…
The police officer who fatally shot a Fort Worth, Texas, woman in her home while answering a call for a welfare check abruptly resigned on Monday just before he was about to be fired for allegedly violating multiple department policies, the police chief said. Interested in Texas Police Shooting? Add Texas Police Shooting as an…
Harley-Davidson suspends LiveWire production over a charging glitch 19m ago View Uber lays off employees from Eats, self-driving cars and other teams 37m ago View Nubia’s $529 dual-screen phone is now available in the US 53m ago View The Samsung Galaxy Fold, again: Hard to love, even harder to hate 1h ago View As much…
After more than six years, El Camino finally brought us back to the night that Walter White died. Series spinoff and prequel Better Call Saul has turned out to be a great accompaniment to Breaking Bad, but ever since the show’s finale, fans have craved a look at the world in the wake of the…
The Trump Ukraine scandal — about to enter its fourth week — saw a number of outstanding if relatively minor questions answered over the weekend, all while President Trump worked to further define his strategy to counter Democrats’ impeachment inquiry against him. The central question around Trump’s interactions with Ukraine is not whether he pushed…
Sam Darnold and Adam Gase Ralph Vacchiano | Facebook | Twitter | Archive The Jets suddenly have a little life with the return of Sam Darnold and a big win over the Cowboys. They are feeling confident, the way they did way back in Week 1. But it is all too little, too late? Not…
SPOILER WARNING: This article contains major plot details about the Season 2 finale of HBO’s Succession. Similar to how Michael Corleone declared “It was you, Fredo” in Godfather II, when it came to last night’s “blood sacrifice” in the season 2 finale of HBO’s Succession, “This Is Not For Tears”, it was always papa bear, Roy family patriarch, and…
A top ally of President TrumpDonald John TrumpWHCA calls on Trump to denounce video depicting him shooting media outlets Video of fake Trump shooting members of media shown at his Miami resort: report Trump hits Fox News’s Chris Wallace over Ukraine coverage MORE said he was asked to leave the deposition of a former Trump…
NEW YORK (AP) So is red meat good or bad for you? If the answer were only that simple. A team of international researchers recently rattled the nutrition world by saying there isn’t enough evidence to tell people to cut back on red or processed meat, seemingly contradicting advice from prominent health experts and groups…
(CNN)The third branch of government last week offered an assertive restraint on the power of President Donald Trump. And there’s likely to be more bad news for Trump from the federal courts system as the US House’s impeachment inquiry progresses.Seven separate federal courts dealt major blows to Trump, on everything from his immigration policy to…
Last night, I spent six hours staring at a black hole. The anomaly appeared on multiple screens surrounding me: it was on a TV playing a Twitch stream, on my Switch as I logged into Fortnite, and in countless images and GIFs that popped up in my Twitter feed as I tracked theories about just…
CLOSEPrince William and Duchess Kate of Cambridge arrive at Pakistani Air Force Base Nur Khan on Oct. 14, 2019 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, to start a five-day visit. (Photo: Samir Hussein/ WireImage)Prince William and Duchess Kate of Cambridge arrived in Pakistan late Monday for a five-day official visit described as their “most complex” ever due to major…
The fourth Democratic presidential debate — which will actually have more candidates onstage than September’s — will be on Tuesday, October 15, at 8 pm ET at Otterbein University, outside of Columbus, Ohio, and broadcast by CNN. The New York Times will also be hosting the debate. The debate will be a big moment for…
The beauty contest is coming. In last week’s Monday After, I wrote about how the surprise of the 2019 season isn’t that there are challengers to Alabama and Clemson for the 2019 national title, but that there are so many of them. Two of them took a hit this weekend. While Florida’s 42-28 loss to…
You always love the ones you hurt. History will tell whether Succession is a genuinely great, canon-worthy HBO show or merely the most compelling flaming-Maybach-wreck-in-progress on TV right now. But there are a few things we can more or less agree on. Jesse Armstrong’s lifestyles-of-the-rich-and-toxic drama started slow in Season One and eventually built to…
Imagine being in labor for hours, enduring contractions that make you feel as if your insides are tightening, twisting and ripping apart. Your ordeal is almost over, but now, more than ever, you need comfort and encouragement from your health-care team. Now imagine that just when you need unconditional support, you get slapped or pinched.…
The Queen did not wear her Imperial Crown during the State of Opening of Parliament today in a break with tradition on a day that presents a glorious display of British pomp and circumstance.The monarch wore her full dress and regalia, including cloak – making it the first time she has worn the full outfit but…
Flu shot season is upon us. Three years ago, STAT laid out some of the questions surrounding flu vaccination in an article you can find here. Lots of flu vaccine studies have been published in the interval — clearing up some of the questions we raised, adding to the confusion with others. Given that a…
Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy and Brian Cox as Logan Roy in the season finale of HBO’s Succession. Graeme Hunter/HBO hide caption toggle caption Graeme Hunter/HBO Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy and Brian Cox as Logan Roy in the season finale of HBO’s Succession. Graeme Hunter/HBO It is hopefully clear that a review and discussion…
Which college football programs have earned the right to be in the conversation for greatest of all-time? Using every final AP Top 25 Poll since 1935, College Football News has developed a formula to accurately rank the nation’s top programs. From CFN: “Taking all the AP final rankings, CFN devised a scoring system giving every…
Embattled NBC News President Noah Oppenheim called Ronan Farrow’s book, “Catch and Kill,” an “effort to defame” the Peacock Network that is “clearly motivated not by a pursuit of truth, but an axe to grind” in a memo sent to employees Monday morning.The lengthy memo obtained by Fox News rejects Farrow’s reporting that suggests NBC wasn’t truthful regarding…
BEIJING — One word has been suspiciously absent from China’s media coverage of the trade talks with the United States over the past few days: deal. There has been a “result,” there has been “progress,” but there has been no “deal.”Beijing’s version of recent events stands in sharp contrast to the way President Trump has…
The first time around, it was done in a couple takes. For the new Netflix movie, it was way more physically draining. [Editor’s note: The following interview contains spoilers for “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.”] Jesse Pinkman’s goodbye at the close of “Breaking Bad” was one that took a surprisingly short amount of time…
On a mostly sunny July afternoon in 2014, Chris Scott jumped out of a plane. For Scott, a thrill-seeking instructor at Skydive Long Island in New York, this wasn’t unusual. It wasn’t out of the norm for jumping partner Gary Messina, either. Known to friends as “Gary Go Hard,” the New York City corrections officer…
There are two undefeated teams left standing through six weeks of the 2019 NFL season. The Patriots and 49ers remain at the top of the league’s pecking order, matched only by the inspired ineptitude of the Bengals and Dolphins on the other side of the spectrum. Cincinnati and Miami, both winless, continued their glass elevator…
Russian President Vladimir “Putin likely can’t believe his luck” at US President Donald Trump’s withdrawal of US troops from the Kurdish region on the border of Syria and Turkey, a Western military official from the anti-ISIS coalition told Insider.Syrian troops entering Kurdish-held Rojava represents a massive victory for not only Syrian President Bashar Assad but…
(This post contains spoilers for El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, which Netflix released last week.) Since El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie was announced, one question has been at the forefront of every Breaking Bad fan’s imagination: Would Bryan Cranston reprise his role as Walter White? Walt dies at the end of Breaking Bad,…
Johnson & Johnson, facing lawsuits from more than 100,000 plaintiffs over its product safety and marketing tactics, has taken the aggressive strategy of battling many of the cases in court. And it is losing. A lot. Juries and judges have ordered the health-products giant to pay billions of dollars in several recent trials over claims…
Hours after reaching an agreement with Kurdish forces, the Syrian Army entered a key town near the Turkish border — a significant shift in the power dynamic. Right NowThe European Union member states unanimously agreed to a ban on arms sales to Turkey.Syrian Army joins Kurds in a major power shift.ImageSyrian troops entered Tel Tamer…
Brother Number Three The hunt for Asia’s El Chapo The Asia-Pacific region is awash in crystal meth. A multinational task force is on the trail of a China-born Canadian national who, police tell Reuters, is the suspected kingpin of a vast drug network that is raking in up to $17 billion a year. He is…
Congress is back — meaning Senate Republicans are going to have to start answering pointed questions about where they stand on impeachment. While it’s pretty unlikely enough Republican senators will actually vote to convict President Donald Trump if articles of impeachment are brought against him, members who represent swing states, such as Susan Collins, might…
When the Senate comes back into session this week, senators on both sides of the aisle facing reelection for 2020 will be watched closely for how they respond to President Trump’s attempts to coax foreign leaders to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden and what they decide to do should Mr. Trump be impeached by the…
People look on at a celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day in 2016 at Seattle’s City Hall. Seattle began observing Indigenous Peoples’ Day two years earlier to promote the well-being and growth of Seattle’s Indigenous community. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption toggle caption Elaine Thompson/AP People look on at a celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day in 2016…
By The Associated PressThe Latest on the NFL’s Week 6 (all times EDT): ___ 7:25 p.m. The NFL is down to just a pair of winless teams with the New York Jets and Washington Redskins finally getting their first victories of the season. Washington won the battle of winless teams by edging Miami 17-16 with…
ISTANBUL — Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad took up positions Monday in several key towns across northeastern Syria, state media and a war monitoring group reported, following a last-minute agreement with local Kurdish fighters to ward off a Turkish assault.Syrian troops deployed to Ain Issa and Tabqa — on the outskirts of Raqqa…
Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports (Darnold), Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports (Watson), Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports (Shanahan)49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan had been in this position against the Rams before. A few early bad signs and mistakes on Sunday in the Coliseum caused the Niners to fall behind against Sean McVay’s team. San Francisco appeared to be on the…
Bernie Sanders’s return to the campaign trail will come with a renewed message about the need to reform corporate America — and it will be backed by a comprehensive proposal to significantly transfer power to workers in the American economy. Ahead of the fourth Democratic presidential debate, which will be Sanders’s first campaign appearance since…
Broken things are not necessarily neutralized, rendered passive, and easily discarded. Many become more dangerous than before – lethal, even. Logan Roy (Brian Cox) learns this about his son Kendall (Jeremy Strong) the hard way in the Season 2 finale of “Succession,” symbolically titled “This Is Not For Tears. ” The title comes from a…
Fortnite, after being hit by an asteroid, has disappeared and been replaced by a huge black hole. The game is completely unplayable at the moment, with players unable to start a game and instead simply having to view that black hole as it swirls around. The events mark the end of Fortnite’s Season 10, and…
The Upshot|Five Reasons the Diet Soda Myth Won’t Diethe New health CareRepeated studies on a health bogeyman help explain wider problems with food research. Oct. 14, 2019, 5:00 a.m. ETImageCreditWilfredo Lee/Associated PressThere’s a decent chance you’ll be reading about diet soda studies until the day you die. (The odds are exceedingly good it won’t be…
WASHINGTON — No one understands the political perils of impeaching a president quite like Rep. Adam Schiff.In 2000, he won a House seat centered in the north Los Angeles suburbs of Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena by defeating Republican incumbent James Rogan, a colorful and camera-loving former prosecutor who had become nationally prominent as a House…
How the best and buzziest show on television is avoiding the Game of Thrones trap. A relaxing Roy family vacation. Graeme Hunter/HBO The NBA Should Leave China How to Solve the Baseball Playoffs’ Biggest Momentum Killer Meet Marie Wilmerding, the Vanderbilt Heiress Who Was Involuntarily Institutionalized After Drinking and Smoking Her Way Across Europe David…
CLOSE Check out some early NFL headlines. USA TODAYLOS ANGELES — It’s not a crisis just yet.But keep that panic button within arm’s reach.Sean McVay will wake up Monday morning with the type of problem he has yet to face as Los Angeles Rams head coach.After being physically dominated by undefeated San Francisco on Sunday afternoon…
At least 35 people are dead, including a 77-year-old woman who fell from a helicopter, and 17 are missing after the powerful Typhoon Hagibis continued its path of destruction of Japan.More than 100,000 rescuers – including 31,000 troops – clawed through debris overnight until Monday morning to reach people trapped after torrential rain caused landslides…
Anne Sacoolas fled Britain after she was suspected of being involved in a road crash that killed Harry Dunn, a British teenager. ImageRadd Seiger, center, spokesman for Harry Dunn’s family, flanked by Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn, the teenager’s parents, in London on Wednesday.CreditCreditPeter Summers/Getty ImagesLONDON — The diplomatic immunity of Anne Sacoolas, the American…
GAZIANTEP, Turkey—After five days of fighting, Turkish forces and their Syrian National Army (SNA) allies took over the strategic border crossing of Tal Abyad from the largely-Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Sunday afternoon, marking the first significant battlefield victory of the campaign. Following the city’s fall, Turkish and SNA forces made a beeline 45…
Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption Michel Barnier is leading the negotiations for the EU in Brussels UK and EU negotiating teams will meet later as efforts to reach a deal before a crunch summit this week continue. After talks in Brussels this weekend, EU ambassadors were told the UK would make concessions to its…
The family of Harry Dunn flew to the US yesterday for a potential showdown with the diplomat’s wife accused of killing the teenager in a car crash.Harry’s parents Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn hailed a ‘breakthrough’ after learning US citizen Anne Sacoolas no longer has diplomatic immunity from potential prosecution over the case. But the family…
In its second season, Succession, America’s favorite show about the haunting legacy of physical and psychological abuse and/or rich white folks trying to win a kiss from daddy — has seemingly gone from a show that a bunch of TV critics couldn’t shut up about to a show that seemingly everybody* can’t shut up about.…
The Kansas City Chiefs’ loss to Indianapolis was a “Medicine Game,” an opportunity for a Super Bowl contender to feel some discomfort, take its remedies for its three major illnesses and keep it moving.Now, in the aftermath of a 31-24 loss to the Houston Texans in which two of their ailments were either cured (Tyreek Hill returned and balled out) or…
ABU DHABI—Abandoned by the Americans, their former allies, Syria’s Kurds reportedly are allowing troops from the Assad regime to enter territory they had under their control. The Kurds also are putting out feelers to Russia for support against an onslaught by Turkish troops and Turkish-supported militias.A return of Bashar al-Assad’s forces to northeastern Syria for…
NEW YORK (AP) — So is red meat good or bad for you? If the answer were only that simple.A team of international researchers recently rattled the nutrition world by saying there isn’t enough evidence to tell people to cut back on red or processed meat, seemingly contradicting advice from prominent health experts and groups…
Conventional wisdom through a quarter of the season dictated Patrick Mahomes was the only viable MVP candidate. Conventional wisdom in the NFL remains ignorant, because Week 6 served as a reminder of how many different quarterbacks were capable of inserting themselves into the conversation, including a pair of quarterbacks who picked up massive road wins…
The San Francisco 49ers are 5-0. Let that sink in. San Francisco defeated the two-time defending NFC West Champion Los Angeles Rams, 20-7, during the Week 6 divisional showdown. It wasn’t the prettiest, but both the offense and defense managed to get the job done. Here are the top takeaways from Sunday’s contest:1. On San…
The officials, granted anonymity to describe internal deliberations, described Trump as “doubling down” and “undeterred,” despite vociferous pushback from congressional Republicans who have been loath to challenge the president apart from a few issues, such as national security.Behind the scenes, Trump has tried to convince advisers and lawmakers that the United States is not to blame for…
California will become the first state in the nation to mandate later start times at most public schools under legislation signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom Sunday, a proposal designed to improve educational outcomes by giving students more sleep.The new law is not without controversy, though, opposed by some school officials and rejected twice…
The sheer number of massive data breaches and known security vulnerabilities online today should be enough to scare us into better data safety practices. Unfortunately, these issues seem to consistently elicit gasps and condemnations by talking heads and private users, but little else. It’s not about turning office and personal computers into Fort Knox, really,…
The surging number of lung illnesses and deaths associated with e-cigarettes — even as scientists scramble to find what is causing them — illustrate how much is unknown about the health risks of vaping. Health experts say what they do know is worrisome: Vaping can harm the brain development of young people, chemicals in some vape products…
A police officer fired the shot that killed Atatiana Jefferson from outside her bedroom window. A neighbor had reported two doors ajar.ImageFlowers and a stuffed animal lying on the ground outside of the home where Atatiana Jefferson was killed by a police officer in Fort Worth.CreditCreditLaura Buckman for The New York TimesOct. 13, 2019Updated 7:24…
Hunter Biden — the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, and the figure at the heart of President Donald Trump’s efforts to have Ukraine investigate the former vice president — will step down from the board of a Chinese private equity company he has invested in later this month, his lawyer announced in a…
Don’t pay $27,000 a year for cookie-cutter portfolio advice.GettyThink of all the lobbying and litigating over whether a stockbroker is a fiduciary. Think of the proclamations by “fee-only” financial planners that their compensation makes them act in your best interest. Consider the time spent by crusading journalists hunting down criminal planners (yikes! child molesters!) and…
NEW YORK (AP) — So is red meat good or bad for you? If the answer were only that simple.A team of international researchers recently rattled the nutrition world by saying there isn’t enough evidence to tell people to cut back on red or processed meat, seemingly contradicting advice from prominent health experts and groups…
WASHINGTON—The U.S. ambassador to the European Union plans to tell Congress that President Trump personally assured him that there was no quid pro quo relationship between a package of aid for Ukraine and Mr. Trump’s request that the Ukrainians open investigations, including into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, according to a person…
A firefighting helicopter works the Saddleridge Fire on October 12, 2019 in Sylmar, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)Jump to: Evacuations | Shelters | Road Closures | Power & Gas | Air Quality | Resources Firefighters contined working to contain the Saddleridge Fire as it burned into its fourth day in the hills between the San Fernando…
ImageA tourist bus in Hong Kong. Hoteliers, salesclerks, restaurateurs and tour guides have been racked with fears that the protests across the city are scaring away potential visitors.CreditCreditLam Yik Fei for The New York TimesOct. 13, 2019, 2:32 p.m. ETHONG KONG — It was the second day of Golden Week, usually one of Hong Kong’s…
In another time the weekend would have been billed as the battle between the Joker and the Gemini Man. This is not that time. While nobody seriously gave the new Will Smith film a chance to dethrone the comic-book spinoff film, many assumed it could at least beat The Addams Family. It is a story about three stories…
Hunter Biden served, starting in 2014, as a paid board member for a Ukrainian gas company, Burisma Holdings, at a time when his father was shepherding U.S. policy in that country, including advocating for increased gas production. He left that position when his father announced his presidential candidacy earlier this year but has retained his…
If you’ve already looked at how and why to invest in robotics stocks, now might be a good time to turn your attention toward learning more about the biggest robotics stocks in the marketplace. Their size is a good indication that investors are interested in buying into what they have to offer. Let’s take a…
For some the race is over. For many others, there’s still a long way to go. Follow along with live updates from the Chicago Marathon — and watch our live stream below. Brigid Kosgei smashes world record Brigid Kosgei of Kenya crosses the finish line winning the Bank of America Chicago Marathon in world record…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hunter Biden, the son of former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, for the first time on Sunday defended his work in Ukraine and China, after sustained criticism from Republican President Donald Trump that has in turn embroiled the White House in an impeachment inquiry. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and…
Dorothy Twigg was living on her own, cooking and walking without help until a dizzy spell landed her in the emergency room. She spent three days confined to a hospital bed, allowed to get up only to use a bedside commode. Twigg, who was in her 80s, was livid about being stuck in a bed…
Apple Arcade makes gaming a family activity. Sarah Tew/CNET This story is part of CNET’s coverage of Apple Arcade, including exclusive first looks at some of the new games.In a time when we question how much screen time is too much for our kids, it’s given they know how to use a phone from an…
Roberto Delgado and his wife, Ninoschka Perez, were finishing their nightly rosary prayer Thursday when Perez screamed. Startled, Delgado looked out their second-story window and saw a patch of flame burning near the base of a tall electrical transmission tower on the steep hill behind their home on Saddle Ridge Road.The Sylmar couple rushed downstairs…
The anonymously sourced reports that former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s global fixer, is under criminal investigation by the very same Federal prosecutor’s office he once led represents a truly Shakespearean arc of irony. There’s much speculation as to how “America’s Mayor,” the widely admired civic leader who presided over New York City during 9/11,…
ImageElection banners in Warsaw on Saturday. Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the Law and Justice party, is the most powerful politician in Poland.CreditCreditKacper Pempel/ReutersOct. 13, 2019, 4:07 a.m. ETWARSAW — For three decades, Poland was held up as a paragon of how a country could peacefully transition from authoritarian rule to liberal democracy and as proof…
A black woman was fatally shot in her home Saturday after a Fort Worth, Texas police officer fired into a bedroom window while performing a welfare check at her residence, sparking outrage and calls for police accountability in a community whose trust in law enforcement had already been shaken by other police shootings and the…
(CNN)President Donald Trump is ordering most of the remaining US forces out of northern Syria, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday.”We have American forces likely caught between two opposing, advancing armies and it’s a very untenable situation. I spoke with the President last night, after discussions with the rest of the national security team, and…
CLOSE UAW strikers block salaried workers from entering plants during a national strike against General Motors after stalled contract negotiations. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free PressMore than 3,600 hourly workers at Mack Trucks Inc., in Florida, Maryland and Pennsylvania went out strike at six plants at 11:59 p.m. Saturday seeking “fair pay and benefits,” the UAW confirmed early…
Battleground Tracker: Warren extends lead in early states While a majority of Americans says the Trump administration should cooperate with the impeachment inquiry, most Republicans disagree and feel the administration should not, as the partisan divide has hardened on impeachment matters in the last two weeks. Republicans — most of whom were already opposed to…
