Liliane Bettencourt, the L'Oreal cosmetics heiress and the world's richest woman, has died at her home in a chic Parisian suburb. She was 94. Bettencourt's daughter, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, said in a written statement Thursday that ...
A 94-year-old woman is the tenth person from a Florida nursing home to die as a result of a power outage caused by Hurricane Irma.
Ugh. Over the past year, America’s tech industry has been the subject of growing criticism about how it treats and retains female talent. But a new survey of 24,000 employees working in such companies suggests that things aren’t likely to improve anytime soon. In a poll carried out last year, workplace culture site Comparably asked...
This might be the perfect bagel for a boozy brunch.
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Charles Barkley is apparently not a fan of the new, lighter NBA schedule that reduces travel, back-to-back games, and four-games-in-five-nights stretches this season.
ISTANBUL (AP) — A small private jet with four people on board ran off a runway while landing at Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport on Thursday and caught fire, Turkish media reports said. All four survived the accident, Turkey's transportation ministry said. The plane had taken off from the airport for northern Cyprus but soon detected a technical malfunction and decided to abort the flight and go back, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. It went off the runway while landing. The jet's two pilots... Читать дальше...
The first computer programmer was a woman: Ada Lovelace. And while women only make up about 26% of the computing workforce, as of 2016, that number …
America’s Got Talent is big – so big, in fact, that they just scored their most watched episode in seven years. The ratings are in, and according to Nielsen data, the show’s season finale averaged a 2.9 rating among adults 18-49 and racked up a whopping 15.4 million total viewers, making it the top finale [...]
International Rescue Committee, Seattle's new senior program gives elderly refugees a social life after settling in the U.S.
The Rams head north to take on the 49ers in a game that may just surprise some people in the entertainment department.
SHANGHAI (AP) — A golden dragon was held aloft on poles by skaters. Kobe Bryant appeared on video. NHL mascots gave the crowd a primer on what this odd game is all about.
SHANGHAI (AP) — A golden dragon was held aloft on poles by skaters. Kobe Bryant appeared on video. NHL mascots gave the crowd a primer on what this odd game is all about.
SHANGHAI (AP) — A golden dragon was held aloft on poles by skaters. Kobe Bryant appeared on video. NHL mascots gave the crowd a primer on what this odd game is all about.
SHANGHAI (AP) — A golden dragon was held aloft on poles by skaters. Kobe Bryant appeared on video. NHL mascots gave the crowd a primer on what this odd game is all about.
The star of “Riverdale” escaped a late-night car crash last week without serious injury, Variety has confirmed. Production on the CW drama has continued uninterrupted. Sources tell Variety that K.J. Apa, who plays Archie Andrews on the Warner Bros. Television-produced series, was involved in a crash last week that caused severe damage to his vehicle,... Read more »
North Carolina Republican legislative leaders are urging a state commission not to grant Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's request to relocate three Confederate monuments from the old Capitol grounds. House Republican … Click to Continue »
Facebook says the company will provide the contents of 3,000 ads bought by a Russian agency to congressional investigators. The move Thursday comes as the company has faced growing pressure … Click to Continue »
August turned out to be a solid month for Chinese wireless carriers, with the three major players posting a cumulative 8.9 million new subscriber adds and about 23 million 4G additions/migrations.
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The Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat are the latest NBA teams to announce the addition of an ad patch to their jerseys for the upcoming season.
The Lakers have partnered with Wish, a San Francisco-based e-commerce company. According to Sports Business Daily, the deal is worth $12-14 million per year for the next three seasons. Japanese tech holding company Rakuten recently purchased ad space on the front of the Warriors' jerseys with a three-year, $60 million deal. Читать дальше...
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An American Eagle jet flying from Dallas-Fort Worth aborted its landing in Santa Fe, New Mexico, because of the airport's faulty wind-speed sensor, an airport official said. After the canceled Tuesday night landing, the flight returned to Texas, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported (http://bit.ly/2flRq09 ). The 38 passengers finally reached their New Mexico destination on a Wednesday morning flight. Airport Manager Cameron Humphres said the Tuesday flight had to abort because it's... Читать дальше...
NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators have cited failures by the pilots of a plane that overran a runway at LaGuardia Airport last year while carrying then-vice presidential candidate Mike Pence.
NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators have cited failures by the pilots of a plane that overran a runway at LaGuardia Airport last year while carrying then-vice presidential candidate Mike Pence.