Sanders jabs at Clinton's foreign policy credentials following speech

Bernie Sanders took a swipe at Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy credentials on Thursday in the wake of the Democratic presidential fro...

Paris floods: Seine at 30-year high as galleries close

The River Seine in Paris is at its highest level for more than 30 years, with floods forcing closed parts of the metro systems and major landmarks. ...

Catholic archdiocese defends nuns accused of defacing Sex party poster

The Catholic archdiocese of Melbourne has defended the Missionaries of Charity after a photograph emerged purporting to show two nuns from t...

Bosnia police arrest five, seize arms intended for Islamists in Sweden

Police in Bosnia have arrested five people suspected of trafficking arms to Islamists in Sweden and seized large amounts of weapons and military equip...

Clinton attacks Trump's foreign policy as a threat to U.S. safety

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton lambasted Donald Trump's foreign policy platform as "dangerously incoherent" in a...

Muhammad Ali on life support as family is warned 'the end is near'

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali is in intensive care embroiled in his most courageous bout - for his life. The children of the sporting icon have r...

Hillary Clinton Posted Names of Hidden Intelligence Officials On Her Email

Federal records reveal that Clinton swapped these highly classified names on an email account that was vulnerable to attack and was breached...

MSNBC Now Openly Bragging About Abandoning its Liberal Brand In New Ad

Although this has been a shift that has been a long time coming, MSNBC has now launched an ad campaign seeking to build on its Trump-fueled success wi...

Tinder's CEO says the company is working to make the dating service better for transgender user

Tinder CEO Sean Rad said Thursday he is working to make the dating service more useful to those whose gender is more complex than just male or female....

Judge orders Obama administration to release new Clinton emails

A federal judge has ordered the Obama administration to release new emails connected to Hillary Clinton before Democratic National Conventio...

Wal-Mart testing Uber, Lyft for online grocery delivery

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says it will be testing its grocery delivery service with ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft in the next two weeks in Denver an...

IOC Names 10 Athletes to Refugee Team for Rio Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) named today 10 refugee athletes who will compete as a team at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this summe...

U.N. adds Saudi coalition to blacklist for killing children in Yemen

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon slammed the Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting in Yemen for killing and maiming children by adding it to...

How video 'pranksters' are cashing in on the abuse and harassment of women

hen 22-year-old student and writer Paulina Drėgvaitė headed to Trafalgar Square last week, she was simply planning to meet a friend in central Londo...

Nigerian troops ‘rescue 157 captives as 77 Boko Haram members surrender’

Nigerian troops deployed in Borno State have rescued several abducted persons, arrested suspected Boko Haram terrorists, and recovered weapons and equ...

Paris shuts Louvre museum to protect priceless artworks as flood waters rise

Officials have closed Paris's Louvre museum so its priceless artworks can be moved to safety amid the threat of flooding ...

Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Day-Lewis Eye Reunion on 1950s Fashion Drama

Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Thomas Anderson may be assembling a big screen reunion, this time in the world of fashion. Although n...

Up to 100 people will get $2,000 per month for a year as guinea pigs for when robots take our jobs

Universal basic income—the proposal that everyone be paid a flat wage by the government, regardless of their economic status—is getting&nb...

Could the Way Americans Wipe Their Asses Be Ready for a Change?

At the turn of the 20th century, the way America pooped went through a revolution when the at-home flushing toilet became a standard part of peop...

Blue Angels pilot killed in Tennessee crash

The pilot of a Blue Angels jet was killed Thursday during practice for a weekend air show, hours after a Thunderbirds F-16 crashed following a flyover...

Olympic athletes will sport Visa's new payment ring in Rio

For those making their way to this year's Olympic games in Rio this August,Visa will be the only card accepted at official venues -...

UCLA Gunman Identified As Indian-American Techie Mainak Sarkar

The gunman who killed a UCLA professor has been identified as his former doctoral student Indian-American Mainak Sarkar, who had accused him of steali...

Children jog among graves at Verdun: Was it 'indecent'?

Sunday’s commemorations to mark the centenary of the Battle of Verdun have sparked anger among right and far right politicians in France as well...

Cooling technologies set to become red hot sector

But if we obtain that cooling from electricity generated by fossil fuels, it makes warming worse. So, the world needs new clean, cool technologies....

Translating the action RPG experience from PC to mobile with Nonstop Knight

Nonstop Knight releases - free to download - for iOS and Android phones and tablets today. Antti Salomaa of Kopla Games, the game&...

Kit Harington Faces Backlash for Saying Men Face Sexism Too

When you think of sexism in Hollywood, the objectification of men isn’t exactly the firstthing that comes to mind. However, according to ac...

Paul Ryan says he will vote for Donald Trump

The speaker of the House of Representatives says he will vote for Donald Trump. Rep. Paul Ryan made that statement in a column submitted ...

Lavrov: World War II put an end to Kuril Islands transfer story

According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, World War II put an end to the story of the Kuril Islands’ transfer from one state to ...

Dem Race Tightens in California as Clinton Barely Leads Sanders 49% to 47%: Poll

Hillary Clinton is clinging to a narrow two-point lead over Bernie Sanders in California ahead of the state's June 7 primary, according to results...

TeamViewer denies hack after PCs hijacked, PayPal accounts drained

Updated TeamViewer users say their computers were hijacked and bank accounts emptied all while the software company's systems mysteriously fe...

Asus launches record breaking ROG Rampage V Edition 10 motherboard

Asus is celebrating the 10th year of its Republic of Gamers (ROG) division with a new flagship motherboard based on Intel's X99 chipset. It's ...

LawBreakers closed alpha testing will begin later this month

Closed alpha testing for LawBreakers, the verticality-lovin', f-bomb-droppin' team-based FPS being developed by Cliff Bleszinski's Bo...

Rainbow Six Siege Starter Edition is now available for $15

If you think Rainbow Six Siege looks cool—and if you don't, Shaun's excellent “Why I Love” column on the sweet str...

Developer Rejects Player Requesting Steam Key For Supporting LGBT Rights

Operation Caucasus developer Dream Games has given out tons of early access keys for their shooter. But when this player asked for one, sporting ...

Notorious Isis executioner dubbed 'The Bulldozer' captured by Syrian Army

The obese Daesh (Isis) terrorist, whose true identity is not known, has been seen in previous videos decapitating Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers. He earne...

New Sir Winston Churchill £5 note design is unveiled

The note will feature the image of Sir Winston Churchill and will be made of plastic rather than cotton paper. The Bank says the thin and flexible ...

My Scientology Movie: Louis Theroux hints at release date for feature-length documentary

Despite receiving its debut at last year's London Film Festival,Louis Theroux's hotly anticipated big-screen documentary My Scientol...

Professor killed in UCLA murder-suicide was brilliant, kind and caring, colleagues say

UCLA students went to school Wednesday expecting to take on routine end-of-school-year tasks: final exams and presentations. But those concerns w...

Musk: We intend to launch people to Mars in 2024

SpaceX and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk will send a mission to Mars without people on it — on the Flying Dragon version 2 rock...

State offers laptops as trade-in for school iPads

After hearing students and teachers overwhelmingly say iPad computers are used to play games in class, while laptops are better for schoolwork, Auburn...

King Tut's dagger blade made from meteorite, study confirms

A famous dagger found in the wrapping of Egyptian King Tutankhamun's mummy was made with iron from a meteorite, a study confirms. An ...

Nissan LEAF sales are in free-fall and Tesla Model 3 could have something to do with it

Nissan was the first to introduce an upgraded battery pack to one of the mainstream electric cars, the LEAF’s new 30 kWh pack, and was only rece...

Clinton IT aide to plead Fifth in email case

The man believed to have set up and maintained Hillary Clinton’s private email server will assert his Fifth Amendment rights against self-i...

Teen hacks into North Korean Facebook using the password 'Password'

IT’S the story that sounds like a Seth Rogen movie sequel — a British teenager has hacked into North Korea’s version of Facebook usi...

Fort McMurray fire: First residents return home

Thousands of evacuees who fled a huge wildfire the in Canadian oil city of Fort McMurray a month ago are beginning to return home. Officials expect...

U.N. Says ISIS May Be Using Human Shields in Fallujah as Aid Groups Warn of 'Catastrophe'

ISIS is reportedly using civilian "human shields" in Fallujah as U.S.-backed Iraqi forces push into the militant-held city, the U.N. warned ...

Trans woman died of gunshot wounds after doctors couldn’t decide if she should be allowed in women

A transgender woman has died in Pakistan while operating theatre staff allegedly tried to decide whether she should be in a woman’s ward, and as...

Twitter suspends @DarthPutinKGB account mocking Vladimir Putin

A popular Twitter account impersonating Russian President Vladimir Putin has been suspended, the latest in a series of accounts spoofing Russia a...

Pokémon Fans In Hong Kong Protest Pikachu’s New Name Change

For the first time in its 20-year history, Pokémon is releasing in China with Sun & Moon for 3DS. While fans ...

PlayStation E3 Experience 2016 Announced For June 13

Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that the PlayStation E3 Experience is coming back this year on June 13, 2016 and will be shown acro...

Final Fantasy XIV “Revenge of the Horde” Trailer Highlights Everything To Expect In Patch 3.3

Square Enix has shared the official trailer for Final Fantasy XIV‘s patch 3.3, Revenge of the Horde. To get a look at all the new content h...

Attempted North Korea missile launch fails: South Korea

North Korea attempted to fire a missile from its east coast on Tuesday but the launch appears to have failed, South Korean officials said, in what wou...

Harambe gorilla killing: Zoo defends shooting

Thane Maynard of Cincinnati Zoo said he would make the same call today as the gorilla was agitated and was hurting the four-year-old. The killing o...

A Worrisome Pileup of $100 Million Homes

One of the latest symbols of the overinflated luxury housing market is a pink mansion perched above the Mediterranean on the French Riviera. The 13...

Intel's first 10-core desktop CPU will cost $1,723

Now that the megahertz race has slowed down in the desktop processor world, the new race is all about cores. To that end, Intel just announced its fir...

Here's Why PayPal Is About to Suspend Operations in Turkey

PayPal  PYPL -0.79%  will suspend its Turkish operations within the next week after the country’s financial regulators ...

Dalai Lama says 'too many' refugees in Europe

The Dalai Lama said in an interview published Thursday that Europe has accepted “too many” refugees, and that they should eventually retur...

Japanese Robot Farm Company Going Big And Looking At New Vegetables

Companies like Spread are giving Japan’s agriculture industry a serious upgrade for the 21st century. Spread shot to fame for its high...

In dramatic statement, European leaders call for ‘immediate’ open access to all scientific paper

In what European science chief Carlos Moedas calls a "life-changing" move, E.U. member states today agreed on an ambitious new open-acc...

State Dept. watchdog: Clinton violated email rules

A State Department watchdog concluded that Hillary Clinton failed to comply with the agency’s policies on records while using a person...

Payday franchise rights back to Overkill, microtransactions removed, more

Payday 2 seems to be back on track, thanks to developer Overkil getting back the rights to the series. Payday 2 developer Overkill, a Starbreeze st...

Fewer than 500 of 163,000 asylum seekers found jobs

Using figures from Sweden's employment agency Arbetsförmedlingen and migration authorities Migrationsverket, SVT reported on Tuesda...

A Long-Lost Manuscript Contains a Searing Eyewitness Account of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

The ten-page manuscript is typewritten, on yellowed legal paper, and folded in thirds. But the words, an eyewitness account of the May 31, 1921, racia...

Liam Fee: Mother and partner guilty of murdering two-year-old boy

Mother Rachel Fee and her partner Nyomi have been found guilty of murdering Rachel's two-year-old son Liam in Fife. The couple were convicted o...

Sweden struggles with first gender balance shift in 267 years

Famous for its efforts to put women on an equal footing with men, Sweden is experiencing a gender balance shift that has caught the country by surpris...

Number of UK 'Neets' increases for second consecutive quarter

The number of young people in Britain not in education, employment or training increased for a second consecutive quarter between January and March, t...

Argentina's last military dictator jailed for role in international death squad

Argentina’s last military dictator, 88-year-old former general Reynaldo Bignone, was today sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in Opera...

Gigabyte's Aero 14 is an ultrabook for gamers

There's no hard and fast rule that says gaming laptops have to be thick and heavy. Lest there be any doubt, meet Gigabyte's new Aero 14, a 14-...

Trump ‘University:’ Judge Orders Release Of Internal Documents To Know More About Trump’s Fail

A U.S. federal judge overseeing a lawsuit filed against Donald Trump ordered the release of internal documents of Trump University, a defunc...

Hackers Stole 65 Million Passwords From Tumblr, New Analysis Reveals

On May 12, Tumblr revealed that it had just found out about a 2013 data breach affecting “a set” of users’ email addresses...

LawBreakers videos sing the virtues of verticality

Verticality is all the rage in first-person shooters, as it bloody well should be. Overwatch, Titanfall, the last handful of Call of Duty games... the...

Paul McCartney: 'Wings were terrible'

Paul McCartney has admitted that Wings was not "a good group". The band, which the former Beatle set up with his late wife Linda, had a stri...

Zika crisis: WHO rejects 'move Rio Olympics' call

It said this would "not significantly alter" the spread of the virus, which is linked to serious birth defects. In an open letter to the ...

Johnny Depp's wife Amber Heard accuses him of assault

A US judge has ordered actor Johnny Depp to stay away from his estranged wife, actress Amber Heard, after she alleged he assaulted her. Ms Heard sa...

Coburg rally: Police out in force as anti-Islam, anti-racist groups face off

VIOLENT protesters who clashed at today’s Coburg rally have been branded cowards as police revealed knives were among weapons seized. Five me...

SAUDI ARABIA: MAN SHOOTS DOCTOR FOR ASSISTING WIFE’S LABOR

Saudi authorities have arrested a man for shooting a male doctor who had helped his wife’s delivery, after arguing that a female doctor should h...

Baker allowed to pay child support in pizza

A court in Italy has ruled that child support can be paid in the form of pizza after a divorced baker supplied his ex-wife with €400 ($664) worth...

China says Nanjing more worthy of remembrance than Hiroshima

China said on Friday (May 27) that Japan's World War II violence is more worthy of remembrance than the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, ahead of a hi...

Major Cell Phone Radiation Study Reignites Cancer Questions

Federal scientists released partial findings Friday from a $25-million animal study that tested the possibility of links between cancer and chronic ex...

Texas Congressman Says US Should Not Make Gay Space Colonies

Every once in a while, the US House of Representatives allows lawmakers to make “general speeches” on the floor so that they can put remar...

North Korea: Kim Jong-un's aunt 'lives American Dream'

An aunt of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been running a dry-cleaning business in the US after defecting with her family in 1998, the Washing...

Dropbox gets all up in your kernel with Project Infinite. Cue uproar

Dropbox is on the defensive after revealing its file-sharing service will in future tap into the very heart of your computer’s operating system....

As many as 240,000 women have tried DIY abortions because of strict Texas laws

Between 100,000 and 240,000 women of reproductive age in Texas have attempted self-induced abortions as access to abortion clinics throughout the stat...

Dr Heimlich saves choking woman with manoeuvre he invented

The 96-year-old American inventor of the Heimlich manoeuvre has used the technique himself to save a choking woman at his retirement home. Dr Henry...

Pilot of vintage World War II plane killed after crashing in Hudson River

The pilot of a World War II plane was killed after his aircraft crashed into the Hudson River Friday, officials and witnesses said. The single-seat...

MySpace Data Breach Exposes Passwords for 427 Million Users

LeakedSource, a company that maintains a searchable database of credentials leaked in data breaches, has revealed today it added over 427 million user...

1,500 scientists lift the lid on reproducibility

More than 70% of researchers have tried and failed to reproduce another scientist's experiments, and more than half have failed to reproduce their...

Singapore-Australian defence deal puts military might on show in Queensland exercise

For those in the immediate neighbourhood it's a roar overhead, the planes already out of sight. Australia is set to host thousands of troops fr...

Obama administration announces final overtime rule, boosting pay for millions

re than 4 million Americans could get pay hikes under new federal regulations that will double the salary level under which workers must be paid ...

Chimps filmed grieving for dead friend

A unique, remarkable and intimate film may change the way we think about animals, and their ability to feel grief. The newly-published film capture...

Archaeologist: Boston shipwreck is rare, remarkable find

A sunken, burned ship from the 1800s uncovered during a construction project in Boston's Seaport District is a rare and remarkable find, the city&...

How Pokémon GO Will Work

Since revealing Pokémon GO last year, Nintendo and developer Niantic have been pretty quiet about how exactly it will work. We knew t...

Wealthy sex assault survivor pledges to defeat GOP lawmaker who won’t let victims sue their abuser

ealthy New York businessman has made it his personal mission to defeat state lawmakers who won’t pass a bill to allow child sex abuse survivors ...

Okinawa base imposes curfew on US troops after woman's death

The US military base on Japan's island of Okinawa has imposed a midnight curfew and a ban on alcohol after the arrest of an ex-Marine suspected of...

SpaceX successfully lands a Falcon 9 rocket at sea for the third time

SpaceX just successfully landed the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. It was the third time in a row the compa...

Netherlands gives green light for growing human embryos

The Dutch government has announced it wants to allow growing human embryos “under strict and limited conditions” for scientific research, ...

China is encouraging its citizens to eat less meat — and that could be a big win for the climate

An updated set of dietary guidelines just released by the Chinese government could be a boon not only for public health, say some environmen...

Gay sex causes earthquakes and 'disgusts' Allah, says Muslim cleric in Ghana

A Muslim cleric in Ghana has said sex between gay couples "disgusts Allah" and is responsible for earthquakes. Mallam Abas...

China to replace treacherous 2,625-foot ladder to school with stairs

A series of dramatic photos showing kids putting their lives on the line by climbing a 2,625-foot bamboo ladder to and from school forced embarassed o...

Pakistan bans airing of 'undesired' contraceptive advertisements

Pakistan has banned advertisements for contraceptive products on television and radio over concern that they expose inquisitive children to the subjec...

Construction of world's largest dam in DR Congo could begin within months

The largest dam in the world is set to begin construction within months and could be generating electricity in under five years. But 35,000 people may...

Italy unearths huge Roman barracks during Rome metro dig

Excavation work for a new metro line in Rome has unearthed a huge Roman barracks from the 2nd Century AD when Emperor Hadrian was in power. The fin...

Senator calls for investigation of Purdue Pharma following Times story on OxyContin

.S. senator on Friday called for federal investigations of OxyContin’s manufacturer in response to a Los Angeles Times report that found the bes...

Donald Trump under oath: Trump University's promises crumble

The ads for his university were classic Donald Trump -- Trump stares into the camera and proclaims: "We're going to have professors and ad...

Homeless Pianist Now Has Recording Album

From being homeless and sleeping on the streets to becoming a music sensation, Donald Gould’s life has taken a complete turnaround. It began ...

U.S., South Korea, Japan plan anti-missile drill

The United States, South Korea and Japan are to begin a joint drill in June to prepare for potential missile threats from North Korea. The tri...

U.S. plans new wave of immigrant deportation raids

U.S. immigration officials are planning a month-long series of raids in May and June to deport hundreds of Central American mothers and children found...

Ivy League economist ethnically profiled, interrogated for doing math on American Airlines flight

On Thursday evening, a 40-year-old man — with dark, curly hair, olive skin and an exotic foreign accent — boarded a plane. It was a region...

Alabama Chief Justice Suspended Over Gay Marriage Stance

Roy Moore, chief justice of the Alabama state Supreme Court, was suspended for his efforts to block same-sex marriage, counter to a U.S. Supreme Court...

Iowa Supreme Court rules on life sentences for juveniles

The Iowa Supreme Court is banning life prison sentences without the possibility of parole for juveniles convicted of first-degree murder. The cou...

Chicago cop charged with recorded beating of patient in handcuffs

eteran Chicago police officer sought retribution on a patient at a South Side hospital a short time after he was surprised and punched in th...

Pfizer acts to stop its drugs being used in lethal injections

It has emerged that the largest US pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, recently took steps to prevent its drugs being used in lethal injections. "...

90 arrests, 257 charges laid in Toronto marijuana dispensary raids

Toronto police say 90 people were arrested and 257 charges laid after authorities conducted raids targeting 43 marijuana dispensaries across the ...

U.S. election: Manufacturing the masks

There's no masking the facts. One Chinese factory is expecting Donald Trump to beat his likely U.S. presidential rival Hilary Clinton in the popul...

Dutch, Australian Climbers Die After Reaching Everest Summit

A Dutch man and an Australian woman died of apparent altitude sickness while descending from the summit of Mount Everest in the first deaths this year...

State Department email audit faults Hillary Clinton

 Hillary Clinton and her team ignored clear guidance from the State Department that her email setup broke federal standards and could leave sensi...

HIV DNA successfully excised from animals

sing gene editing technology, researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University have, for the first time, successfully excised a s...

RoboCop is real – and could be patrolling a mall near you

At the Stanford shopping center in Palo Alto, California, there is a new sheriff in town – and it’s an egg-shaped robot. Outside T...

Woman arrested for domestic violence while wearing ‘Stop Domestic Violence’ T-shirt

A Maine woman was arrested on domestic violence charges — while wearing a “Stop Domestic Violence” T-shirt, according to police. ...

New Captain America Book Suggests He's a Member of Hydra

Two words no one ever expected Captain America to say? "Hail Hydra." The new "Captain America: Steve Rogers #1" comic book hits...

People of no religion outnumber Christians in England and Wales

The number of people who say they have no religion is rapidly escalating and significantly outweighs the Christian population in England and Wales, ac...

DHX MEDIA & DENTSU ENTERTAINMENT USA, INC. STRIKE GLOBAL DEAL ON NEW ANIMATED MEGA MAN™ SERIES

HALIFAX, NS & SANTA MONICA, CA – May 26, 2016 – DHX Media Ltd. (“DHX”) (NASDAQ: DHXM; TSX: DHX.A, DHX.B), the wo...

ISRO launches RLV-TD from Sriharikota, first step towards reusable space shuttle made in India

The Indian Space Research Organization on Monday joined the race to develop a space vehicle that can fly numerous times into space like aeroplanes by ...

ISS controllers defer BEAM module expansion

The International Space Station (ISS) was to gain a new module for the first time since March 2011 on Thursday, as the Bigelow Expandable Activity Mod...

Clean-Energy Jobs Surpass Oil Drilling for First Time in U.S.

The number of U.S. jobs in solar energy overtook those in oil and natural gas extraction for the first time last year, helping drive a global surge in...

Bernie Sanders Blasts Hillary Clinton's Refusal to Debate as 'Insulting' to Voters

Bernie Sanders blasted Hillary Clinton for her refusal to debate him two weeks before the California Democratic primary. "...

14 Russians guilty of doping at Beijing Olympics, suggests state media

Fourteen of the 31 athletes found to have doped at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing are Russian, according to the country’s state media. ...

The first Warcraft movie reviews are in

Warcraft, the film adaptation of Blizzard’s MMO behemoth, has been screened for critics, and reviews now are rolling in quicker than a murloc mo...

‘Mirror’s Edge’ Video Game To Be Adapted As TV Series By Endemol Shine Studios

Endemol Shine Studios, the scripted division of Endemol Shine North America, has acquired the action-adventure video game property Mirror’s...

Bill Cosby ordered to stand trial in sex assault case

A US judge has ordered actor and comedian Bill Cosby to stand trial on charges of sexual assault. Mr Cosby, 78, is accused of drugging and molestin...

UMass Becomes First Major Public University to Divest from Direct Fossil Fuel Holdings

The University of Massachusetts today became the first major public university to divest its endowment from direct holdings in fossil fuels. The decis...

Former Valve employee seeks $3.1M in transgender discrimination suit

A former translator for Valve Corporation is suing the game maker for more than $3 million, alleging that her supervisor at the company created a host...

“Forbidden attack” makes dozens of HTTPS Visa sites vulnerable to tampering

Dozens of HTTPS-protected websites belonging to financial services giant Visa are vulnerable to attacks that allow hackers to inject malicious code an...

Asian-American Actors Are Fighting for Visibility. They Will Not Be Ignored.

When Constance Wu landed the part of Jessica Huang, the Chinese-American matriarch on the ABC sitcom “Fresh Off the Boat,” she d...

Peter Thiel Is Said to Bankroll Hulk Hogan’s Suit Against Gawker

Hulk Hogan had a secret financial backer in his legal fight against Gawker Mediafor invasion of privacy. Peter Thiel, a billionaire entreprene...

Peanut curry death: Restaurant owner Mohammed Zaman jailed

A "reckless" restaurant owner has been jailed for six years for the manslaughter of a customer who had an allergic reaction to a curry. P...

Gord Downie, Tragically Hip singer, has terminal cancer

Gord Downie, the lead singer and lyricist of the iconic Canadian rock band the Tragically Hip, announced Tuesday he has terminal brain ...

New Guidelines Stress Pregnant Women's Right to Order Alcohol in New York City

Mixing pregnancy and booze is a controversial topic. Many doctors recommend that women steer clear of alcohol for the entire nine months of pregnan...

Shia Labeouf to Bum Rides Across Country for Art

Shia Labeouf is hitting the road for his latest artistic endeavor. The actor and his two collaborators, Nastja Säde R...

Paradox pulls "discriminatory" Stellaris mod that made all humans white

UPDATE 7.30pm: Paradox has clarified its reasoning for removing the 'European Phenotype and Names Only (White Humans)' mod, in a twe...

Russian Warplane Flies in 'Unsafe' Manner Near U.S. Aircraft

A Russian Su-27 jet flew dangerously close to a U.S. Air Force RC-135 aircraft over the Baltic Sea on Friday, military officials said. The Russian ...

Belgium Issues Iodine Pills to All Citizens in Nuclear Emergency Plan

Belgium is to issue iodine tablets to its entire population as part of a revised nuclear emergency plan, a measure unveiled just months after it emerg...

Fable Developer Lionhead Officially Closes

Lionhead Studios, the team behind the Fable and Black & White series', has officially closed its doors. "We can co...

Freeform Greenlights Marvel Romance Superhero Series ‘Cloak and Dagger’

Freeform is venturing into the Marvel universe. The younger-skewing Disney-owned network has greenlit “Marvel’s&nbs...

Tesla sends out official Model 3 unveiling invites with “3” stylized as 3 horizontal lines

Around the same time Tesla allowed its employees to place an early reservation for the Model 3 last night, the automaker also sent out the o...

Poland slams door on refugees

The Brussels terror attacks prompted Poland to rethink its already unenthusiastic position on accepting asylum seekers and stop re...

Paul McCartney Joins Johnny Depp & Crew For ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales�

After wrapping Disney’s Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, directors Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg and producer Jerry B...

Organizers cancel Sunday's Brussels attacks 'March Against Fear'

The organisers of a "March Against Fear" planned for Sunday to mark the Brussels terror attacks said they had cancelled the event after the ...

Donald Trump Won't Rule Out Using Nukes Against ISIS

Donald Trump thinks that tactical nuclear weapons may be worth using in the war against the Islamic State. In an interview with Mark Halperin and J...

Massive new aircraft the Airlander 10 is unveiled

Enormous, unique and British-built, the Airlander 10 is on the verge of taking to the skies. The fully assembled aircraft was unveiled, floating in...

Poll: Trump, Clinton score historic unfavorable ratings

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton register net negative ratings in double digits, indicating the front-runners for each party's pres...

Something Is Going Seriously Wrong at Arizona Polls Today

Arizona’s primaries aren’t even done yet, and there’s already legal action being taken as a result of incompetence or possibly even ...

Sarah Palin to host reality show as TV judge

Sarah Palin is back in the reality show world -- and this time with a Judge Judy-type show. The former Alaska governor, who does not have a law deg...

Nixon official: real reason for the drug war was to criminalize black people and hippies

The war on drugs: Is it a genuine public health crusade or an attempt to carry out what author Michelle Alexander characterizes as "the...

Starbucks Will Donate All of Its Unsold Food to America's Needy

Starbucks  SBUX -0.93%  has a new plan to minimize food waste at its U.S. locations. The company says it’s teaming u...

NUS tells LGBT societies to abolish gay men’s reps because ‘they don’t face oppression’

he National Union of Students’ LGBT Campaign has passed a motion calling for the abolition of representatives for gay men – because they &...

Driverless trucks move all iron ore at Rio Tinto's Pilbara mines, in world first

The first two mines in the world to start moving all of their iron ore using fully remote-controlled trucks have just gone online in Western Australia...

Bully and Manhunt Get Surprise PS4 Releases

Bully and Manhunt, two Rockstar classics from the PlayStation 2-era, have been unexpectedly released on the PlayStation 4. Both ti...

How the demonization of emulation devalues gaming’s heritage

For years now, "emulation" has been a dirty word in the video game industry, regarded by many companies as nothing more than an illegal, pir...

$380 million ship may be named Boaty McBoatface thanks to an online poll

n a blow for democracy, the British public has decided the best name for a £200 million ($380 million) ship is 'Boaty McBoatface'. ...

FBI enlists Israeli firm to unlock encrypted iPhone

Israel’s Cellebrite, a provider of mobile forensic software, is helping the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation’s attempt to unlock an iP...

Anne Frank Dutch 'escape bunker' game under fire

A Dutch adventure company has come under fire for a tourist attraction challenging visitors to escape from a bunker that includes a secret annexe buil...

FBI says it might be able to break into seized iPhone, wants hearing canceled

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Monday that it might be able to break into the seized iPhone at the center of an encryption battle with Apple...

NFL could put a regular-season game in China as early as 2018

The NFL's next target for global expansion: China. A source told NFL on FOX that the league is conducting a detailed analysis in preparation fo...

Two Chinese poachers jailed for 30 years for the slaughter of 226 elephants

Two Chinese poachers jailed for 30 years for the slaughter of 226 elephants   Two Chinese nationals were yesterday sentenced to 30 years in...

Chicken embryos grown with dinosaur-like lower legs

What would it be like to chomp down on a dinosaur drumstick? Well, for one thing, it wouldn't have that weird needle-like bone you find in chicken...

Fast-food CEO says he's investing in machines because the government is making it difficult to

The CEO of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's has visited the fully automated restaurant Eatsa — and it's given him some ideas on how...

Argentina sinks Chinese vessel, cites illegal fishing

Argentina's coast guard says it sank a Chinese fishing vessel that was fishing in a restricted area off the South American country's coast. ...

People on the autism spectrum live an average of 18 fewer years than everyone else, study finds

Researchers looking into mortality trends and autism have made a troubling discovery: People on the autism spectrum are dying young —&...

FBI investigating threatening letter sent to home of Eric Trump

Police and the FBI are investigating a threatening letter sent to the Manhattan apartment of Donald Trump's son Eric that contained a white powder...

AMD-powered Sulon Q is like wearing a VR-capable Windows PC on your head.

The growing virtual reality platform wars got a little more complex this morning. That's because graphics chip maker AMD has thrown in with Toront...

New iPad Pro announced: $599, 9.7-inch display, weighs less than one pound

Apple has just announced a new iPad Pro, a smaller version of its iPad Pro tablet released last year. The new iPad Pro has a 9.7-inch display and weig...

275 Million Android Phones Exposed to New Hack, Security Firm Says

If you use a phone with Android operating system, you should think twice before visiting any fishy-looking websites. Even if they promise just cute ki...

Marco Rubio Quits Politics: ‘Won’t Be Vice-President’ Won’t Seek Re-Election To Senate

  “I’m looking forward to being a private citizen,” Rubio said to CNN today, looking weary from a long and content...

Toonz Software Used by Studio Ghibli and ‘Futurama’ Being Made Free and Open Source

  With one announcement, the animation software game may have changed forever. Toonz, the software used by Studio Ghibli to produce films...

YouTube prankster jailed for staging a bomb threat hoax

A YouTube prankster has been jailed after he was convicted of terrifying people with bomb hoaxes and mock robberies. Camerman Danh Van Le, 31, was ...

Valve's first paid Dota 2 Custom Game dev apologises for stolen content

  Earlier this week, Valve announced the Custom Game Pass initiative for Dota 2 allowing players to pay for premium user-generated g...

Nike just unveiled the first real power-lacing sneaker, the HyperAdapt 1.0

It’s finally here. After teaming up with Michael J. Fox to tease us with self-lacing Nike Mags on Back To The Future day in ...

Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg to Return for Fifth 'Indiana Jones' Movie

Indiana Jones is swinging back into theaters. Steven Spielberg will direct Harrison Ford in the untitled fifth installment in the action-adventure ...

Former Obama Intel Chief: Hillary’s Email Handling Makes Her ‘Unworthy’ Of The Presidency

President Barack Obama’s former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) recently said Hillary Clinton should stop pursuing the White H...

Obama picks centrist high court nominee; Republicans unmoved

President Barack Obama selected Merrick Garland for the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, choosing a centrist judge meant to win over recalcitrant Sena...

How the 'New York Times' Sandbagged Bernie Sanders

The New York Times ran a piece about Bernie Sanders Monday, a sort of left-handed compliment of a legislative profile. It was called "B...

Oculus Rift’s 30 launch games revealed

Oculus Rift launches on March 28th, meaning within days we’ll be living in the bright utopian future that was promised way back in the original ...

Pokémon Company Graphic Designer Killed by Fallen Tree

A creative graphic designer working for The Pokémon Company died on Sunday when a massive tree crushed his vehicle during a violent windstorm. ...

Pornography declared 'public health crisis' in Utah; Elder Holland calls it an 'infec

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah lawmakers took a bold step in the final minutes of the 2016 Legislative Session. Late Friday night, the Utah House of Repr...

The Dark Tower Finds Its Female Lead, But Who Is This Character?

It feels like it has taken forever, but an adaptation of Stephen King’s fan-favorite The Dark Tower is finally gaining momentum. ...