Facebook’s U.S. user count declines as it prioritizes well-being Facebook is putting its short-term money where its mouth is, reducing the presence of viral videos in an effort to boost well-being of users of its site. In Facebook’s Q4 2017 earnings report today CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that “Already last […]
Winners, losers of the Alex Smith trade: Kirk Cousins benefits Kirk Cousins stood in line at the Mall of America’s Shake Shack on Wednesday afternoon, cap pulled low over his head with fans all around him, surely fully aware that he will soon be able to afford 100,000 Shackburgers, with […]
Ex-NBA player Rasual Butler, 38, killed in car crash Ex-NBA player Rasual Butler, 38, killed in car crash:- Former NBA player Rasual Butler died early Wednesday morning in a single-car crash in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office confirmed. Butler was 38. According to TMZ Sports, who first […]
C.J. McCollum scores 50 points in three quarters as Blazers drub Bulls CJ McCollum scored a franchise-record 28 points in the first quarter and finished with a career-high 50 through three periods before heading to the bench, and the Portland Trail Blazers took advantage of the short-handed Chicago Bulls for […]
Signs of progress in Trump’s North Korea pressure campaign Even as fears of open conflict have increased in recent months, the Trump administration has in fact made strides in its strategy against North Korea. The North Korean economy is contracting, trade volume with China is plummeting and economic ties with […]
North Korea threats spur U.S. search for new radiation therapies The escalating threat of a potential nuclear war between North Korea and the United States has led the Department of Defense to join hands with a clutch of companies in developing more effective medical treatments for acute radiation syndrome. The […]
Polish lawmakers back draft Holocaust law, U.S. voices concern The proposal has triggered a diplomatic spat between Israel and Warsaw’s conservative government since its initial approval in the lower house of parliament last week, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu comparing it to an effort to change history. The U.S. […]
Tariq Ramadan: French police question scholar over rape claims Prominent Muslim academic Tariq Ramadan is being questioned by French police investigating allegations of rape and sexual assault against him. He was taken into custody in Paris over claims made by two women last year. Mr Ramadan, 55, denies wrongdoing and […]
Eleven die in fire at a welfare home in Japan Eleven people have been killed after a fire at a Japanese residential facility for people in financial difficulty. TV footage on the country’s public broadcaster NHK showed the house engulfed in flames late on Wednesday night. Of the 16 people […]
FBI has ‘grave concerns’ about controversial Republican memo The FBI has publicly challenged a push by Republican lawmakers to release a controversial memo which purports to show anti-Trump bias at the agency. “We have grave concerns about the material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo’s accuracy,” the FBI […]
