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EDM duo The Chainsmokers will make their first appearance as musical guest on Saturday Night Live this weekend, one day after releasing their debut...

The musician-writer on patriotism, curiosity, and reading Ann Coulter books.

Of the 112 Supreme Court justices in American history, four have been women. Statistically speaking, they get interrupted. A lot. By men. 

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On Oct. 3, 1930, Columbus Marion Joiner, an exploratory oil driller or “wildcatter,” discovered what would turn out to be one of the largest oil fields in the United States.

The East Texas Oil Field, stretching some 45 miles long and five miles across, quickly attracted thousands of drillers and sprouted forests of oil derricks.

The town of Kilgore had more than a thousand wells drilled into its downtown area alone, and struggled to accommodate the... Читать дальше...

A Connecticut woman's life was saved after her Fitbit detected an alarming rise in her heart rate. She immediately went to the hospital where doctors told her she had a deadly blood clot in her lungs

This is not the first reported time that the device has aided doctors. In 2016, doctors were able to determine how to treat a man based off the data from the app. Read more...

The Qube tent has redesigned the traditional camping shelter to pop up quickly and connect via tunnels to multiple other tents. Read more...

"It feels like I'm on a space ship piloted by the Darth Vader of fitness."

The gig: Annie Ives, 68, is the chief executive of Combined L.A./Westside Multiple Listing Service, better known as the MLS/CLAW. With 50 employees, the Beverly Hills company is a customized real estate technology provider that enables its 17,000 members to share information on listed properties....

Last month, renowned graffiti artist André Saraiva, who moonlights as a hotelier-restaurateur-nightlife impresario, was sipping iced tea while reading Yuval Noah Harari’s book “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” at the Chateau Marmont’s terrace restaurant as we met to discuss his L.A. connections,...

For dinner, I’m prepping some Balkan-style small plates. Not even sure what “Balkan-style” means, but I ran across the term in one of my wife’s cooking magazines, while searching for new ways to burn a decent steak.

American Airlines’ basic economy fares — those no-frill tickets that offer no upgrades, no cancellations and an extra charge for large carry-on bags — are helping to boost fares for main cabin seats and driving prices higher on competing low-cost carriers.

Designers are in a hippity hoppity mood and this spring rabbit motifs are popping up on everything from light fixtures and alarm clocks, to desk chairs, door knockers, juice glasses and beyond. In fact, the idea seems to be multiplying like, well, you know …

It did not begin well for Alicia Rivera, who carried a stack of fliers as she made her way around the parking lot of a Wilmington shopping center.

Friends have launched an appeal for help after a man aged 25 was hit by a car outside a nightclub featured in the TV show The Only Way Is Essex.

When Nebraska City is mentioned, one of the first names to come to mind is J. Sterling Morton as does Russell, Majors & Waddell, an overland freighting firm which headquartered there and owned the short-lived Pony Express.

April 9 1962 -- South Korea establishes diplomatic relations with Israel. 1965 -- South Korea signs a trade agreement with West Germany. 1975 -- Eight South Korean university students convicted of trying to overthrow the gover

Netatmo

Monitoring your home is both a comforting and frightening proposition. 

On one hand, it's nice to know the most possible information about your home, and feel secure even when you're not there. 

On the other hand, the idea that something in your house is watching you is a little creepy.

I saw both sides of the coin while testing out two Netatmo devices: Welcome, a camera with facial recognition capabilities, and Healthy Home Coach, a smart climate monitor. 

Here's what it was like. Читать дальше...

Estately identifies the most and least affordable locations where the tech company has offices.

The Brumbies rarely looked troubled as they romped to their 10th consecutive Australian derby win on Saturday night.

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SEOUL, April 8 (Reuters) - North Korea said on Saturday U.S. missile strikes against a Syrian airfield on Friday were "an unforgivable act of aggression" that showed its decision to develop nuclear weapons was "the right choice a million times over."

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Twenty states already offer cheaper in-state college tuition to students who are in the United States illegally. Legislation making its way through the Tennessee Legislature would make that state the 21st. ...

A federal judge has approved an agreement negotiated under the Obama administration to adjust the troubled Baltimore police force.

Obamacare plans in nearly three dozen states may turn a small profit in 2018, the New York Times reports.