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For Trump, the White House is a long-held ambition

For Trump, the White House is a long-held ambition

Real estate mogul has been flirting with the presidency since 1988, when he joked that Oprah Winfrey could be his running mate   WASHINGTON (AFP)… Read More ›

Nora Ephron’s feats and foibles examined in film by her son

Nora Ephron’s feats and foibles examined in film by her son

Influential late writer and director of iconic films such as ‘When Harry Met Sally’ steps in front of the camera in this subtle, loving documentary… Read More ›

Supreme Court Justice Zilbertal announces early retirement

Supreme Court Justice Zilbertal announces early retirement

Four of the high court’s 15 justices now set to retire in 2017, sparking a showdown over appointments   In a surprise announcement, Supreme Court… Read More ›

J.Crew is turning into a discount retailer

J.Crew is turning into a discount retailer

  J.Crew isn’t fully recovered from its troubled times just yet. Though its fourth quarter results weren’t nearly as dismal as itsprevious quarters, sales are… Read More ›

Apple engineers would rather quit than help the FBI

Apple engineers would rather quit than help the FBI

  Some Apple engineers say that they’d rather quit than help the government break security measures that Apple has placed on iPhones and iPads. Inside… Read More ›

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff to Georgia governor: If you don’t veto that bill, we will ‘reduce investments’ in the state

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff to Georgia governor: If you don’t veto that bill, we will ‘reduce investments’ in the state

  Late Wednesday night, the Georgia state legislature passed a contentious bill that critics say will let organizations discriminate against gay people. The next question… Read More ›

New York – Facing Criticism, NYC Mayor To Shutter Nonprofit Group

New York – Facing Criticism, NYC Mayor To Shutter Nonprofit Group

  New York – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday he has begun shutting down the nonprofit group that was advancing his… Read More ›

Pyongyang – South K: North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Into Sea

Pyongyang – South K: North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Into Sea

  Pyongyang – North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Friday off its east coast and it flew about 800 km (500 miles) into the… Read More ›

New York – Alexa Voice Software To Offer Fitbit Progress Updates

New York – Alexa Voice Software To Offer Fitbit Progress Updates

  New York – Alexa, what can you tell me about my health? Starting Thursday, Amazon’s voice assistant will tell you how well you slept… Read More ›

Air Force faces shortage of drone and jet pilots

Air Force faces shortage of drone and jet pilots

  Washington – A top Air Force general warned Wednesday that the U.S. faces a shortage of hundreds of fighter pilots and drone operators. In Capitol… Read More ›

Iran seen escaping UN sanctions over missiles due to ambiguous resolution

Iran seen escaping UN sanctions over missiles due to ambiguous resolution

“When you look at your hand, and you can’t even bluff… you fold,” said a US official.   UNITED NATIONS – Iran will likely escape new… Read More ›

Thank you, surge, may I have another?

Thank you, surge, may I have another?

  Late last night, around 10:30pm (“late” for parents), my brother (who is visiting from the NYC area) and I were standing in my kitchen… Read More ›

Bill Ackman is having the worst year in his fund’s history

Bill Ackman is having the worst year in his fund’s history

  Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman, founder of $12 billion Pershing Square Capital, is having the worst year in his fund’s history. Pershing Square Holdings, his fund’s… Read More ›

FedEx: Amazon would have to spend ‘tens of billions’ to compete with us

FedEx: Amazon would have to spend ‘tens of billions’ to compete with us

  FedEx is not concerned about recent reports of Amazon possibly building up an in-house shipping network, and downplayed it as mere “headline grabbing” stories. During its… Read More ›

Washington – Analysis: Obama Dares GOP To Let Clinton, Trump Pick Justice

Washington – Analysis: Obama Dares GOP To Let Clinton, Trump Pick Justice

  Washington – By nominating an uncontroversial 63-year-old judge, President Barack Obama handed Republicans an unwelcome election-year proposition: Give in or risk letting Hillary Clinton… Read More ›

New York – For New York Hospital’s Patients, Miniature Horses Are A Strong Rx

New York – For New York Hospital’s Patients, Miniature Horses Are A Strong Rx

  New York – Some of the most powerful medicine delivered to young patients at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York on Wednesday came in… Read More ›

North Korea sentences U.S. student to 15 years hard labor

North Korea sentences U.S. student to 15 years hard labor

North Korea has sentenced an American student to 15 years of hard labor after accusing him of removing a political banner from a hotel. The… Read More ›

Professor wins $700k for solving 300-year-old math equation

Professor wins $700k for solving 300-year-old math equation

  It was a problem that had baffled mathematicians for centuries — until British professor Andrew Wiles set his mind to it. “There are no… Read More ›

Donald Trump on brokered convention: ‘I think you’d have riots’

Donald Trump on brokered convention: ‘I think you’d have riots’

Washington – Donald Trump and Ted Cruz warned fellow Republicans Wednesday of dire consequences if the GOP establishment attempts to have a brokered convention this summer.… Read More ›

Will Kurdish moves on federalism scuttle Syria peace drive?

Will Kurdish moves on federalism scuttle Syria peace drive?

Peace talks in Geneva enter third day; new humanitarian aid reaches Aleppo province   Rmeilan- Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Syria are expected to declare a… Read More ›