A weather forecasting system that can provide hourly updates for any location on the planet has been announced by technology giant IBM. Currently in many African, Asian and South American countries, weather reports may be available only ever...
The National Park Service plans to use money collected from entrance and usage fees in previous years to help pay for trash cleanup, restroom maintenance and increase law enforcement in the parks. Even though the Interior Department is ...
Emma Stone Apologizes (Again) for ‘Aloha’ at Golden Globes...
Apple has rattled investors with news that its sales have been slowing, blaming economic weakness in China. In a surprise disclosure, the iPhone maker said it anticipated revenue of about $84bn (£67bn) for the three months to 29 Decemb...
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If you've had enough of matching your scarf to your jumper, or accessorising every outfit with a pair of thermal tights, then never fear - help is on its way. Thanks to the way the fashion industry works, with designers showing collections m...
Coastal residents near Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano have been warned to keep away from beaches amid fears it could trigger a new tsunami. On Saturday, giant waves crashed into coastal towns on the islands of Sumatra and Java, killing at...
There's only one rule laid down to journalists at the press launch of Mary Poppins Returns. "Don't ask any of the cast to spell Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." This point is made by the film's publicists twice over as we arri...
Verb: Scrooge (as in, ‘to Scrooge’): The act of breaking up with your partner to avoid spending money on their Christmas presents. So here we are, the dystopian, Black Mirror version of...
One Queens resident who is raising the bar for holiday decorations...
Emily Blunt is up for two prizes at next month's Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, the nominations for which have just been announced. The British star is up for the guild's best film actress prize for Mary Poppins Returns, which is having i...
President George H.W. Bush laid to rest next to wife, daughter...
New cancer treatment credited for saving the life of 9-year-old boy...
Romaine lettuce contaminated with E. coli is making people sick again, and now, the Food and Drug Administration has a better idea of where it’s coming from: investigators working over Thanksgiving traced the tainted lett...
It's almost turkey day, which means eating, drinking, napping -- more eating -- feeling thankfulland, of course, always having room for dessert. We askedPinterestfor the most popular pie recipes and I decided to make three ...
It's Monday, it's a new week, and while we won't pretend to know everything that's going to happen over the next seven days, we have some sense of what's coming up. Here's your briefing on some of the most important and interesting stories h...
The number of people missing in northern California's devastating wildfire has leapt to more than 600, and seven more bodies have been found, according to local authorities. The missing persons' list has doubled since earlier on Thursday. T...
Amazon to split new headquarters between 2 cities...
It was a wedding under the Texas sky that one guest described as a \\\\"fairy tale,\\\\" but a young couple's married life together ended in tragedy when a helicopter whisking them away from their reception crashed into a hillside, killing them and...
US retailer Sears, a brand that once dominated shopping malls in the country, has filed for bankruptcy. Sears Holdings - which also owns Kmart - filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday. The company has suffered, along with many other t...