It’s the rare fruit that can bring a rollicking party to a record-scratching stop. When Tyler Gray brings a passel of Mountain Rose apples to a fête, he simply hands one off to an unsuspecting fruit lover and declares, “There&...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg answered more than a dozen questions in his first public town hall, including why Facebook Messenger became a separate app to download and whether he ever changes his shirts. For the last several years, Zucker...
Sandy Anderson votes next to the claw machine at Oakton Ice Arena on Nove. 4, 2014 in Park Ridge, Ill. People vote at the polling place in Krishna Temple on Nov. 4, 2014, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Voters fill out their ballots at a...
This year's elections are expected to be the costliest midterm elections ever due in large part to the massive increase in unfettered spending, much of it called \\"dark money,\\" made possible by a 2010 Supreme Court ruling. The bottom li...
Canadian police officials released surveillance footage and a description today that gives a moment-by-moment breakdown of the Wednesday attack near and inside Parliament. Hero of Canada's Parliament Shooting Greeted With Standing Ovation Here ...
Greta Levy was lying on a polished hallway floor in the ornate Canadian Parliament building when she saw a man approaching with a gun. Moments later gunfire erupted. By the time Levy, the press secretary for Canada's New Democratic Party, was on th...
How the Centers for Disease Control has been forced to adapt its response after multiple apparent protocol breakdowns in Dallas....
McDonald’s announced today it’s taking a dramatic step to bring more transparency to how its food is made by launching a new campaign to highlight customer concerns. “We’re starting on a journey called ‘Our Food. Your ...
The spirits of Alibaba's biggest shareholders were soaring today along with the Chinese company's stock in the biggest IPO ever. Alibaba's stock, traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker \\"BABA,\\" was priced at $68 a share las...
More than 300,000 people turned out today for the People's Climate March in New York City, making it the largest recorded demonstration calling for a response to climate change. The marchers just hope someone was paying attention. "It was a re...
AlthoughBluetooth headsetshave come a long way in the style stakes, you can still look and feel a bit like a dork getting about town with one permanently affixed to your ear. Also, since they are usually designed to mold to the sh...
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Clockwise from top left: Robin Williams had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s before his death; Stephen Hawking has been living with ALS for 50 years; Lou Gehrig brought ALS, now also know as Lou Gehrig’s disease, to the public’s att...
The World Cup is a week old and you still have questions about what's going on. You're not alone. For many American sports fans -- some who are new to the game following the U.S.'s epic 2-1 win over Ghana on Monday night -- the game of socc...
A wireless charging spot is seen here at a Starbucks store. Soon, coffee drinkers won't be the only ones able to get a recharge at Starbucks. The coffeehouse chain has announced a national rollout of in-store wireless charging spots for smartphone...
A Brazil soccer fan covered in flowers and his nation's flag cheers inside the FIFA Fan fest area before the start of the World Cup soccer game between Brazil and Croatia on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 12, 2014. Brazil's M...
Jennifer Lawrence has been topping a lot of lists lately, and now she's been named Entertainer of th... ...
Arctic brand Golden apple slices (bottom) compared to conventional apple slices. Vermont is poised to become the first state to require labels on genetically modified food, but will these \\"frankenfruits\\" actually hurt the peo...
Gustave Eiffel was an unromantic man who designed the most romantic structure in Paris. A skater soars across the pavement of the Trocadero in Paris, June 1985. When you read biographies of Alexandre Gustave Eiffel and his fa...
The calendar says spring is just a few days away, but the thermometer -- at least in many parts of the country -- says something much different. If you just can't take it anymore, it's time to plan a beach vacation. Sure, you could just pick...