Fitbit stock spikes 30% on report that Google wants to buy it
Fitbit, which has been struggling to compete with Apple, may soon join forces with one of Apple’s chief rivals. Alphabet, the parent company of…
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How a former history teacher led a far-right surge in eastern Germany
Just two weeks shy of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, an election in the east German state of Thuringia has highlighted the deep…
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2 more quakes strike off Oregon coast
BROOKINGS, Ore. (AP) — Two earthquakes hit within 45 minutes of each other off the coast of the Oregon-California border. KOIN reports the first of…
Continue ReadingGeena Davis just got an honorary Oscar for her work fighting gender inequality
Actor Geena Davis knows gender inequality can’t be fixed overnight — except on screen. Davis was celebrated Sunday with an honorary Oscar for…
Continue ReadingRescuers race to save toddler trapped in 88-foot well since Friday
Indian officials are racing against time to rescue a toddler who has been trapped in an 88-foot-deep well since Friday. Sujith Wilson, who is…
Continue ReadingJohn Kelly just said something very, very damning about Donald Trump
On Saturday, former White House chief of staff John Kelly told a conservative audience about this piece of advice he gave President Donald Trump…
Continue ReadingPartygoers thought they’d built a clever gender reveal device. It turned out to be a deadly pipe bomb
Family members had hoped to build a contraption for a fun gender reveal party in Iowa, but they instead built an explosive device that killed a…
Continue ReadingWorld’s first guitar-shaped hotel opened with a smash
A $1.5 billion guitar-shaped Hard Rock property in Hollywood, Florida, opened to much fanfare last week. Celebrities galore — Johnny Depp,…
Continue ReadingA woman died from an explosion at a gender reveal party
A woman has died after an explosion at a gender reveal party in Iowa, authorities say. The 56-year-old woman, unnamed by authorities, was pronounced…
Continue ReadingWant free barbecue for life? Help catch the burglars who stole from this restaurant
The burglars who broke into an Indiana barbecue restaurant better hope that their friends, loved ones and anyone they might have told about the crime…
Continue ReadingThe latest victims of overtourism? Huskies
The nights are drawing in and temperatures are dropping in the Northern Hemisphere. And in Finnish Lapland, that means one thing: tourists are on the…
Continue ReadingBiden calls Trump an ‘idiot’ for dismissing Russian election interference
Former Vice President Joe Biden called President Donald Trump an “idiot” for saying Russian interference in US elections is a hoax, the…
Continue ReadingDetectives found year-old remains in a Southern California area burned by the Tick Fire
As public works crews cleaned up a rural Southern California area after the Tick Fire, they noticed something strange sticking out from the ashes. It…
Continue ReadingFacebook launches new tool to help you get health tests and screenings
Facebook has launched a new feature to help track what preventive health screenings might be recommended for you based on your age and sex. The tool,…
Continue ReadingSoccer club donates 3,000 food parcels to the homeless after match washed out
The idea of social justice is deeply rooted in the English county of Nottinghamshire. After all, the city of Nottingham and the surrounding Sherwood…
Continue ReadingWhite House: John Kelly ‘was totally unequipped to handle the genius of our great President’
President Donald Trump is disputing that former White House chief of staff John Kelly warned the President before he left the White House last year…
Continue ReadingFormer deputy national security adviser declines to show for impeachment inquiry deposition Monday
President Donald Trump’s former deputy national security adviser Charles Kupperman defied a congressional subpoena Monday, failing to appear…
Continue ReadingAmazon’s position as cloud leader and Bezos’ title as richest man could be threatened by Microsoft’s JEDI contract
Amazon is considering its options for how to move forward following the decision to award a massive government contract to its competitor, Microsoft,…
Continue ReadingWhy booing Donald Trump doesn’t mean what you think it means
On Sunday night, President Donald Trump went to the World Series in Washington. And got booed. Loudly. And even was subject to a “lock him…
Continue ReadingSpotify bet on podcasts. It’s working
Spotify recently redesigned its app to focus on podcasts. That’s paying off big time. The number of people listening to podcasts on the…
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