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Despite heavy snow, power outages that forced the rescheduling of three premieres and a cyber attack on the box office, the Sundance Film Festival is rolling on in Park City, Utah this week. The festival launched a new category of films this year focused on the environment and featuring the debut of Al Gore’s “An […]

These adorable baby girls are Kalani and Jarani Dean. Despite their different appearances — Kalani has light skin and blue eyes, and Jarani has dark skin and brown eyes — they are actually twins. The girls’ parents are Whitney Meyer and Tomas Dean, from Quincy, Illinois. Meyer has been posting pictures of the unique pair […]

Arrogate has been racing for less than a year, but the American thoroughbred has already built a formidable reputation. After announcing his arrival in August by winning the 147-year-old Travers Stakes in a track-record time, the colt then pipped the much-loved California Chrome at the last in November’s epic Breeders’ Cup Classic. In London Tuesday, […]

President Donald Trump believes millions of votes were cast illegally in last year’s election, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said on Tuesday, but he wouldn’t provide any concrete evidence for the claim, which has long been debunked. “The President does believe that, I think he’s stated that before, and stated his concern of voter […]

Ajit Pai may not be a household name, but he could end up changing the Internet for American households. President Trump officially picked Pai on Monday to serve as the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, the agency that reviews media mergers and broadcast licenses. But it’s Pai’s opposition to existing net neutrality rules […]

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway says that recent threats have forced her to receive an extra layer of security, and she apparently blames the news media. “Because of what the press is doing now to me, I have Secret Service protection,” Conway told Fox News host Sean Hannity in an interview that aired Monday. “We […]

President Donald Trump believes millions of votes were cast illegally in last year’s election, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said on Tuesday. Spicer, however, would not provide any concrete evidence for the claim, which has long been debunked. “The President does believe that, I think he’s stated that before, and stated his concern of […]

The “King of Bankruptcy” just got a step closer to becoming America’s next commerce secretary. But Wilbur Ross first had to promise not to censor or intimidate climate scientists. A U.S. Senate committee unanimously voted in favor of Ross’s nomination on Tuesday, paving the way for a vote by the full Senate. Once confirmed, the […]

Senate Democrats are offering President Donald Trump a $1 trillion proposal to upgrade the nation’s aging infrastructure — but he’d have to split with Republicans to get it. In their first major bid to force Trump’s hand on a policy issue where the President’s populism is at odds with spendthrift congressional GOP leadership, top Democrats […]

Swedish police investigating allegations that a woman was gang raped live on Facebook have arrested three men. The alleged crime took place in an apartment in Uppsala, a city about 50 miles north of the capital, Stockholm. In a statement, the Uppsala County police said they were alerted at 8:24am Sunday. “This rape was broadcast […]

Newly confirmed Defense Secretary James Mattis sent a strong signal of support to NATO on Monday, reaching out to three critical alliance partners and saying the US had an “‘unshakeable commitment to NATO.” Mattis — whose embrace of NATO differs from comments made by President Donald Trump — made his first official calls to Secretary […]

Israel approved the construction of approximately 2,500 new housing units in West Bank settlements Tuesday, according to a statement from Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “We are building – and we will continue to build,” said Netanyahu in a tweet. Most of the housing units are in the main settlement blocs, […]

Entrepreneur Cindy Gallop is hellbent on bringing “sex tech” out of the fringes. You’re probably thinking: Does the world really need more connected vibrators or smart kegel trainers? But Gallop defines “sex tech” as any technology venture designed to innovate and enhance human sexuality. For her, that means getting people comfortable talking about sex … […]

Nominations for the 89th Academy Awards were announced Tuesday. The nominees include: Performance by an actor in a leading role Casey Affleck in “Manchester by the Sea” Andrew Garfield in “Hacksaw Ridge” Ryan Gosling in “La La Land” Viggo Mortensen in “Captain Fantastic” Denzel Washington in “Fences” Performance by an actor in a supporting role […]

President Trump has a beef with NATO. He’s called the alliance “obsolete” and accused other members of not spending their fair share. “We are spending a tremendous amount in NATO and other people proportionately less,” he said during the campaign. “No good.” When it comes to costs, Trump has a point. Only five of NATO’s […]

Car crashes into man’s living room and misses him by a couple of feet.

Kroger says it plans to hire 10,000 workers. The announcement Monday came a week after Walmart, the No. 1 grocer in the world, said it was adding 10,000 jobs in the United States. A spokesman for Kroger said the 10,000 jobs range from part-time clerks and cashiers to department heads and assistant store managers. The […]

The nominations for the 89th Academy Awards were announced Tuesday morning and as expected, “La La Land” danced away with a bunch. The romantic musical picked up 14 Oscar nominations, tying the record held by “All About Eve” and “Titanic.” The coming-of-age tale “Moonlight” and sci-fi thriller “Arrival” both received eight noms. “La La Land” […]

While President Donald Trump won praise as president-elect for his efforts to protect manufacturing workers against imports and off-shoring, and even though one of his first actions in office was to withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, he has thus far largely ignored the plight of America’s ranchers and farmers. In his first […]

Three days into office, President Donald Trump was sued for allegedly violating the Constitution he took an oath to defend, but questions remain whether those behind the lawsuit have any standing to pursue a case. The central legal argument lodged by the ethics accountability group on Monday was that the President has violated the foreign […]

US President Donald Trump dealt a death blow to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal being negotiated between 12 nations who represent more 40% of the global economy. The other 11 countries knew this was coming — Trump excoriated the TPP, among other trade deals, on the campaign trail, saying that the deal would send […]

The modern day otter might not be the most fearsome creature to stalk the earth, but the discovery of a species that lived 6.6 million years ago in southwestern China suggests its ancestor cut a much more intimidating figure. With “wolf-like” proportions, and weighing roughly 100 Ibs, the creature — whose skull was excavated in […]

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton was home Monday night after fainting during his State of the State address, his chief of staff said. EMTs performed a routine check on the governor at the Capitol and cleared him to leave, Chief of Staff Jaime Tincher said in a statement. The 69-year-old Democrat is home with his family […]

The United States is expected to move cautiously on President Donald Trump’s pledge to relocate its embassy in Israel. A senior administration official has said that moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv remains a priority for the president but cautioned that it would not happen quickly. CNN’s Oren Liebermann, who is based […]

The United States is expected to move cautiously on President Donald Trump’s pledge to relocate its embassy in Israel. A senior administration official has said that moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv remains a priority for the president but cautioned that it would not happen quickly. CNN’s Oren Liebermann, who is based […]