China hikes tariffs on $60B in U.S. imports, accuses Trump of ‘trade bullyism’
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China hikes tariffs on $60B in U.S. imports, accuses Trump of ‘trade bullyism’
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All Of Stan Twitter’s Favorite Moments Are Now Memojis
Not even a full week after the release of Apple’s iOS 12, the smartest amongst us have found an...
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All Your Faves Are Becoming BROCKHAMPTON Stans After Hearing ‘Iridescence’
On the release day of Iridescence, BROCKHAMPTON isn’t just getting high-profile endorsements; they’re turning some of music’s biggest stars into...
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Dinah Jane’s Debut Solo Single Has Not One, But Two Fifth Harmony Shout-Outs
Bless Dinah Jane for keeping the spirit of summer alive with her debut solo single. The former Fifth Harmony...
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Dinah Jane’s References To Fifth Harmony Hits On “Bottled Up” Have Me Crying
All the Fifth Harmony girls have come out of the gate swinging with their solo debuts, but none as...
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Nick Cannon To Kanye West: Come On Wild ‘N Out
Nick Cannon is responding to Kanye West’s choice words — with a special Wild ‘N Out invitation. “I guess...
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All The Ways Bristol Palin Has Addressed Her Life As A Teen Mom (So Far)
Bristol Palin has “sat there and cried” while watching the stories of her fellow Teen Mom OG castmates. And...
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Queen Naija And Keir Gilchrist Got Pretty Darn Personal On ‘TRL’
What’s right at the top of TRL host Sway Calloway’s résumé? It’s gotta be all the juicy personal details he gets...
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Can Snooki And JWOWW’s Frayed Friendship Recover From Their Family Vacation?
Snooki and JWOWW have made it through endless milestones together: marriage, motherhood and a few volatile fights with Mike,...
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Liam Payne Chases After A ‘Savage’ Heartbreaker In ‘First Time’ Video
Hard as it may be to imagine someone friend-zoning Liam Payne, that’s exactly what happens in the singer’s new...
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Cardi B Is The ‘Queen Of Talkin’ Shit’ In Pardison Fontaine’s New Video
We haven’t heard Cardi B on wax since her feature on Lil Yachty’s “Who Want the Smoke” in July,...
Hong Kong outlaws pro-independence political party
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE HONG KONG — Authorities in Hong Kong on Monday took an unprecedented step against separatist voices by banning a political party that advocates independence for the southern Chinese territory...
New law would give feds the right to shoot down private drones in U.S.
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE WASHINGTON — The federal government may soon have the authority to shoot down private commercial drones flying inside the U.S. The 1,200-page FAA Reauthorization Bill posted by the House...
How period tracking apps helped me regain control after going off the pill
I am most tired on during my period on Thursdays. It’s random fact, but one that I never confidently knew about myself until recently. When I was a teenager, my periods were agonizing; they were painful, unpredictable, difficult to track, and basically debilitating. The intense cramps and dizziness caused...
Celebrated artist Richard Serra has been making Goatses his entire career
The above photo is of Backdoor Pipeline, an installation piece by the famous artist Richard Serra. Like most of Serra’s work, the picture doesn’t really do it justice. It’s enormous, designed to be walked through, and the sheer weight of the bent steel is tangible when you’re in the...
Films like The House With a Clock In Its Walls are poisonous to kids’ cinema
Film is an expressive medium — at least as flexible as books are, in terms of the potential for variety and nuance. So how to explain the way cinema processes so many diverse, nuanced books into generic, nearly identical hunks of cookie-cutter product? And the problem seems particularly pronounced...
Deezer researchers developed an AI system that detects a song’s musical mood
Researchers at Deezer have developed an AI system capable of associating certain songs with moods and intensities, as spotted by VentureBeat. The work is described in a newly published paper on Arxiv.org titled “Music Mood Detection Based on Audio Lyrics With Deep Neural Nets.“ To determine a song’s musical...
Porsche says that it will no longer make diesel vehicles
Porsche says that it’s getting out of the diesel business — for good. In a release this morning, it explains that amidst falling demand for diesel vehicles, and a growing interest in hybrids, it “has decided to no longer offer diesel propulsion in future.” Porsche CEO Oliver Blume notes...
The secret life of teen scooter outlaws
Angelica watched nervously as the police officer questioned the boy. It was a humid Wednesday in Los Angeles, and even though she didn’t know the boy, she overheard that he was also 17 and had been stopped for riding an electric scooter helmetless and underage — exactly what she...
Vivica A. Fox talks #MeToo: ‘I can’t say I haven’t been hit on, I just tried to make better choices’
Vivica A. Fox is grateful she didn’t have to endure sexual harassment just to make it in Hollywood. The...
Vivica A. Fox talks #MeToo: ‘I can’t say I haven’t been hit on, I just tried to make better choices’
Vivica A. Fox is grateful she didn’t have to endure sexual harassment just to make it in Hollywood. The...
All Of Stan Twitter’s Favorite Moments Are Now Memojis
Not even a full week after the release of Apple’s iOS 12, the smartest amongst us have found an amazing purpose for Memojis, the 3-D, custom emojis available on iPhone X and later. Just like with Apple’s Animoji feature, users can make their Memojis move with every slight twitch of the...
All Your Faves Are Becoming BROCKHAMPTON Stans After Hearing ‘Iridescence’
On the release day of Iridescence, BROCKHAMPTON isn’t just getting high-profile endorsements; they’re turning some of music’s biggest stars into stans just like the rest of us! Iridescence, the boy band’s first major label release, is part one of their The Best Years of Our Lives trilogy. The album’s cover art is...
Coca-Cola’s interest in CBD a sign of high hopes
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE For Coca-Cola, the world’s largest soda company, to consider developing a cannabis-infused beverage shows how much excitement there is over the potential health benefits of cannabidiol, or CBD. However,...
Why New York State is making teachers and kids talk about mental health
It’s NOT about teaching psych 101. Students will learn skills they can use. The law gives the latitude to individual districts, schools and classrooms to decide, as long as they meet some broad parameters, how to design curricula and lesson plans that cover mental health (as is the case...
Suspiria Is A Stunning, Horrifying Nightmare, And That’s A Great Thing
2 minutes ago Hollywood has been planning a remake of Suspiria for more than a decade, and during that...
Why The Walking Dead’s Rick And Michonne Will Be Closer Than Ever In Season 9
1 hour ago Death isn’t a foreign concept to The Walking Dead‘s character ensemble, for obvious reasons, but Season...
Green Bay Packers’ Clay Matthews blasts NFL after controversial penalty: ‘I think they’re getting soft’
Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews (52) hits Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith (11) during the second half of...
Matt Patricia beats mentor Bill Belichick to give Lions first win
Johnson had 101 yards rushing on 16 carries, becoming the first player to reach the mark for the Lions...
49ers lose Garoppolo to possible ACL injury
FILE: Kansas City Chiefs defensive back Steven Nelson (20) closes in to tackle San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo...
As aid checks go out, farmers worry bailout won’t be enough
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE WASHINGTON — Farmers across the United States will soon begin receiving government checks as part of a billion-dollar bailout to buoy growers experiencing financial strain from President Donald Trump’s...
Police use DNA to arrest ‘NorCal Rapist’ suspect in crimes that spanned 15 years
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE An arraignment is scheduled Monday for a married 58-year-old university employee believed to be the so-called “NorCal Rapist,” suspected in the sexual assaults of at least 10 women in...
#WhyIDidntReport inspires survivors of sexual abuse in defiance of Trump
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE Thousands of survivors came forward on social media Friday with their own accounts of why they didn’t report being sexually assaulted, creating a show of defiance against President Donald...
Immigration crackdown lets domestic abusers go free, experts warn
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE This story was produced in conjunction with The Marshall Project. CHARLOTTE — One morning last January, Maria made a call that would change her life. Maria, a 39-year-old mother...
DHS secretary says FEMA chief won’t lose job
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE WASHINGTON — The head of the federal disaster response agency used government vehicles without proper authorization, but will not lose his job over it, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen...
Mississippi teen still missing 25 years after vanishing from restaurant parking lot
Seventeen-year-old Angela Freeman was very close with her family, her mother Debra told Dateline. Debra Freeman was young when she had Angela, just 17 herself. Angela’s father was not involved in their lives, but Debra told Dateline she and Angela were a happy mother-daughter duo in their home in...
#WhyIDidntReport inspires survivors in defiance of Trump
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE Thousands of survivors came forward on social media Friday with their own accounts of why they didn’t report being sexually assaulted, creating a show of defiance against President Donald...
Guatemalan man sentenced to 16 years in crash that killed Colts player, Uber driver
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE INDIANAPOLIS — A man from Guatemala living illegally in the U.S. was sentenced Friday to the maximum of 16 years in prison for a drunken-driving crash that killed Indianapolis...
Man who posed as housewife pleads guilty to posting secretly recorded sex videos
A South Florida man charged with secretly recording sexual encounters with dozens of men and posting the videos to pornographic websites pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court. Bryan Deneumostier pleaded guilty to secretly filming himself having sex with other men and then posting those videos to porn sites.Miami-Dade Police...
White man who harassed black Florida A&M students surrenders to police
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE A white man accused of pulling out a gun while he told a group of black Florida A&M University students that they weren’t allowed in an off-campus apartment building...
How do you market a country?
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Chile is home to much natural beauty. But how many people around the world are aware of this? There are nearly 200 countries in the world today, all competing for resources, trade and attention. So if you’re a nation in a remote corner...
Ex-UBS trader makes last-ditch legal bid to block deportation
Kweku Adoboli, the former UBS trader convicted of fraud, is making a last-ditch bid to block his deportation to Ghana, where he was born. He expected to be put on a charter flight late on Tuesday, his lawyer said. Adoboli’s legal team is seeking an injunction and a judicial...
Uber to block low-rating riders in Australia and New Zealand
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Uber asks passengers and drivers to review each trip to form a personal user rating Uber is to block customers in Australia and New Zealand from its ride service if they have a low passenger rating. Riders rated four-out-of-five stars or lower will...
How social-media platforms dispense justice
EVERY other Tuesday at Facebook, and every Friday at YouTube, executives convene to debate the latest problems with hate speech, misinformation and other disturbing content on their platforms, and decide what should be removed or left alone. In San Bruno, Susan Wojcicki, YouTube’s boss, personally oversees the exercise. In...
Turkey bans use of foreign currency in property market
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mr Erdogan has said that only exporters and importers should deal in foreign currency Turkey is banning the use of foreign currencies in the country’s property market as it looks to stem the dramatic fall of its own currency, the lira. President Recep...
A startup tries to revive train travel in America
RAILWAYS played an integral role in the development of modern America. The first coast-to-coast line, finished in 1869, allowed the West to be settled. But after the second world war people abandoned trains for cars. After several rail lines went bust, in 1971 Congress nationalised the remnants as Amtrak...
LOL! Proctor & Gamble wants to trademark WTF
Image copyright Getty Images Proctor & Gamble is reported to have applied to trademark acronyms that are common in text speak, including “WTF”. If successful, expressions including “LOL” (Laugh Out Loud) and “NBD” (No Big Deal) could be used to market and sell its products. The global household products...
Footasylum shares plunge on profit warning
Image copyright Footasylum Shares in Footasylum plunged on Monday after the “athleisure” retailer warned on profits following difficult trading in July and August. Despite reporting a 18.5% rise in sales to £98.6m for the six months to 25 August, Footasylum said sales since then had been “more challenging”. There...
In Nigeria this baby kit bag is saving mothers’ lives
Image caption Peju Jaiyeoba has distributed half a million maternity kits across Nigeria “Sometimes I just really hope that one day our work will no longer be needed.” says Adepeju Jaiyeoba, the Nigerian founder of the Brown Button Foundation. Seven years ago Adepeju, or Peju for short, ditched her...
Trump accuses China of ‘manipulating’ its currency
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Donald Trump sits for an interview with Reuters US President Donald Trump has accused China of manipulating its currency to combat US tariffs. The accusation, made in an interview with Reuters news agency, resembles claims Mr Trump made during his 2016 campaign but had...
Bitcoin buster? The search for a more stable cryptocurrency
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Bitcoin’s price has been extremely volatile over the last 12 months Cryptocurrencies – digital tokens known as cryptos for short – have investors in the grip of a gold rush fever, with billions being traded every day. Prices fluctuate wildly, making them high-risk...
Tencent’s kingdom is under assault from China’s regulators
LAST December, at a conference in the southern city of Guangzhou, Pony Ma joked that he felt a little nervous to be parted from his phone while on stage. He was responding to criticism about the addictive nature of smartphones, fuelled by what some in China call “electronic opium”:...
Wales completes £800m order for 148 new trains
Image copyright Stadler Image caption Stadler will make 35 regional trains and 36 three-car trams for the new Wales and Border franchise Wales has placed an £800m order for 148 “longer, quieter” trains, with air con, wi-fi, step-free access and power and USB sockets for each seat. KeolisAmey won...
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Image copyright Randgold Canada’s Barrick Gold is buying Randgold Resources, creating the world’s biggest gold miner with a value...
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionHomeowners say the four-weekly bin collection pilot has been “horrendous” Controversial...
Boxer Callum Hancock has waived his right to anonymity to speak out about being raped as a child by...
Image copyright Family handout Image caption Thomas Jones’ disappearance was said to be “extremely out of character” A second...
Watch: Serena Williams calls umpire ‘liar’ and ‘thief’ Serena Williams says she wants to move on from her controversial...
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