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Suddenly there was more sobering news. Leonard Nimoy, “Star Trek’s” beloved Mr. Spock, had died. The only blue and gold that matter today. #TheDress pic.twitter.com/ggA0WUJfXG His co-stars, fellow celebrities and…
How much is a life worth? A decade of war in Afghanistan has left a legacy of death and destruction for the Afghan people, often at the hands of U.S….
Uzan, 37, was providing security for a bat mitzvah party taking place behind a Copenhagen synagogue when the gunman struck. Large numbers attended Uzan’s funeral, held at the Mosaiske Vestre…
JERUSALEM — Israel’s state-owned electric company will stop disrupting power supplies to Palestinian districts in the West Bank after reaching an agreement with the Israeli government meant to help offset…
Earl Lloyd, who became the first black player to appear in an N.B.A. game when he took the court for the Washington Capitols in October 1950, three and a half…
On a recent wintry afternoon, Mark T. Bertolini, the 58-year-old chief executive of Aetna, the health insurer, was sitting in his Hartford office wearing a dark suit and a crisp,…
LONDON — After disclosures that the man who posed in videos of the murder of Western hostages was known to British intelligence, Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday defended the…
Backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, Kurdish fighters fought their way Friday into a northeastern Syrian town that was a key stronghold of Islamic State militants, only days after the group…
Life before Snapchat and Candy Crush was clearly really boring. As this collection of vintage photos spanning from the 1800s to the 1970s shows, there was just nothing to do…
“House of Cards” is back! After months of anticipation, everyone’s favorite power-hungry, fourth-wall-breaking politician has returned to Netflix for a third season. Here are some “House of Cards” charts to…
“We now go live to llamas enthralling a nation.” If you’re anything like us, you probably couldn’t remove your face from the screen when two llamas evaded authority figures in…
President Barack Obama mourned the death of actor Leonard Nimoy on Friday, praising the “Star Trek” icon for his commitment to the arts and sciences as well as his performance…
This week, Pakistani media revealed that a woman believed to be her and two men said to be her sons allegedly obtained national identity cards using forged documents. – Pressure…
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, who is considering another presidential run, called for putting 10,000 U.S. troops on the ground to fight the growth of the extremist group that calls…
The Guardian’s bombshell about a secretive “black site” holding facility in Chicago where suspects are allegedly shackled, beaten and held for long periods of time without access to their lawyers,…
Think you’re saving time and looking pretty smart dashing off endless emails to your boss? Do yourself a big favor, stop typing and talk to her instead. – Taking his…
Ivan Maisel, a senior writer for ESPN.com, is clinging to the hope that his missing 21-year-old son Max will be found safe. “We’re scared and we’re heartbroken,” Maisel said at…
There’s a simple reason why the dress debate and the rampaging llamas in Arizona have taken over our news feeds, our conversations and our lives this weekand it has more…
News broke Friday that Vince Young, the 31-year-old former NFL wunderkind who retired in June after he couldn’t find work as a NFL quarterback, will participate in the league’s first…
But two floors below the Conservative Political Action Conference’s cavernous ballroom, there’s an entirely different show. An eclectic — and sometimes bewildering — mix of more than 120 vendors are…
“Hey, who’s paying for this?” asked Conan O’Brien as he entered an Italian restaurant in Midtown Manhattan, where about a dozen journalists were sitting in front of appetizers, waiting for…
If you’ve ever put together an Ikea bed (or, say, attempted to build a piece of furniture yourself) then you know full well that furniture assembly and construction is one…
What started out as a school project about teen dating violence quickly turned into something much larger for six Texas students. The girls, who are in sixth, seventh and eighth…
Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Al Sharpton were hit last week with a $20 billion lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against black-owned media companies. While Sharpton and Comcast have spoken out…
If the debate around “The Dress” has taught us anything, it’s that the way we see color can be starkly different. For the record, I’m #TeamBlueAndBlack. That perception is being…
Here are some of the key moments from the past week of his murder trial: Victim’s sister can talk about the texts Judge Susan Garsh on Monday reversed her initial…
Bruce Lee’s life will make it to the big screen, according to an announcement made by his daughter, Shannon Lee, on Friday. His family will be fully involved in the…
NEW YORK — Amanda Cohen is attempting a radical experiment for Manhattan restaurants: no tipping. And so far, the chef of revered vegetarian eatery Dirt Candy said, she hasn’t received…
A tricky scene that takes place in a bathroom didn’t scare Julianne Moore away from accepting a leading role in “Maps To The Stars,” but the same can’t be said…
Greece’s new radical left government has no intention of seeking another bailout deal from international creditors and will spend coming months trying to ease the terms of its current commitments,…