The Internet Association, a trade group representing companies such as Google parent Alphabet Inc and Facebook Inc, said on Friday it intends to join an expected lawsuit against a decision to roll back net neutrality rules. Several states including New York, and public interest advocacy groups have said they intend …
your ad hereTop 5 Songs for Week Ending Jan 6
We’re celebrating the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending January 6, 2018. Number 5: G-Eazy, A$AP Rocky & Cardi B “No Limit” The new year gets off to a flying start in fifth place, where G-Eazy, A$AP Rocky, and Cardi …
your ad hereObama to Make First Talk Show Appearance Since Leaving Office
Former U.S. President Barack Obama is set to make his first talk show appearance on Jan. 12, on the first episode of a new show featuring longtime late-night host David Letterman. This will be Obama’s first on-camera talk show interview since he left the presidency Jan. 20, 2017. He has …
your ad hereWHO: Yemen Children Dying from Rapid Spread of Diphtheria
The World Health Organization warns that children in Yemen are dying as diphtheria, a preventable disease, spreads rapidly throughout the country. Forty-six of the more than 470 people with clinically diagnosed diphtheria in Yemen — or nearly 10 percent — have died in less than four months, according to WHO. …
your ad hereWomen in Black Put Gender Inequality in Golden Globes Spotlight
The Golden Globes have always been the less serious stop in route to the Academy Awards — the boozy, bubbly awards show put on by a little-known group with sometimes confounding taste. But this year, a funny thing has happened: The Golden Globes mean something. The 75th Golden Globes, to …
your ad hereIndian Innovators Offer Nose Filters to Counter Heavy Air Pollution
People walking outdoors with masks are an increasingly common sight in the capital of India, where the toxic air, which ranks among the world’s dirtiest, has rung alarm bells. Now a team of innovators from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, is offering another solution: a tiny respiratory …
your ad hereHeaded to Mountains? Measure Some Snow for Science
America’s space agency wants you to head for the mountains with a smartphone and a measuring stick. NASA’s earth science arm is funding research that recruits citizen scientists on skis, snowshoes and snowmobiles to measure the depth of snow in backcountry locations in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. …
your ad hereBrits Call for ‘Latte Levy’ to Reduce Cup Waste
Britain should charge a 25-pence ($0.34) levy on disposable coffee cups to cut down waste and use the money to improve recycling facilities, a committee of lawmakers said Friday. Chains Pret A Manger, Costa Coffee, Caffe Nero and Greggs alongside U.S. firm Starbucks are among the biggest coffee-sellers in Britain, …
your ad hereKinshasa National Museum Grows to Tell the Story of a Nation
A true treasure overlooks the city of Kinshasa on top of Ngaliema Hill. An exhibition room of a few dozen square meters is too small to contain the 45,000 pieces that have been collected from across the Democratic Republic of Congo. But this is the temporary solution to keep some …
your ad hereTech Startups Hope to Impress at CES
The Consumer Electronics show opens this weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. There are a host of new tech startups descending on the city, hoping to become the next big thing. VOA’s Kevin Enochs reports. …
your ad hereEast of the Rockies, North America Shivers
A life threatening cold front swept across North America, bringing piles of snow and icy conditions. The National Weather Service issued wind chill advisories and freeze warnings covering a vast area from South Texas to Canada and from Montana through New England. VOA’s Carol Pearson reports doctors are issuing warnings …
your ad hereNo Australia Open for Defending Champion Serena Williams
Defending champion Serena Williams has withdrawn from the Australian Open, saying she is not ready to return to tournament tennis. The season’s first major starts Jan. 15 at Melbourne Park and seven-time Australian Open champion Williams will be missing it for the first time since 2011. Williams was pregnant with …
your ad hereApple to Issue Fix for iPhones, Macs at Risk From Chip Flaw
Apple Inc. will release a patch for the Safari web browser on its iPhones, iPads and Macs within days, it said Thursday, after major chipmakers disclosed flaws that leave nearly every modern computing device vulnerable to hackers. On Wednesday, Alphabet Inc.’s Google and other security researchers disclosed two major chip flaws, one called Meltdown affecting only …
your ad hereStarfish Eating Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Alarm Scientists
A major outbreak of coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish has been found munching Australia’s world heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef, scientists said Friday, prompting the government to begin culling the spiky marine animals. The predator starfish feeds on corals by spreading its stomach over them and using digestive enzymes to liquefy tissue, and …
your ad hereWho Is Michael Wolff?
Michael Wolff, an American author, essayist and journalist, has written Fire and Fury, a book that portrays a chaotic initial year for the presidency of Donald Trump. What’s his background? Michael Wolff Age: 64 Early life: Wolff was born in New Jersey to a father who worked in advertising and a mother …
your ad hereInvestors Skittish, but Marijuana Growers, Sellers to Stay the Course
Marijuana-related stocks plummeted, cannabis boosters worried about the industry’s future and defiant growers and sellers vowed to keep operating after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions signaled a tougher approach Thursday to federal pot enforcement. The plunging stock prices reversed a weekslong rally driven by optimism for legal recreational sales that …
your ad hereIntel Shares Fall as Investors Worry About Costs of Chip Flaw
Intel Corp shares fell nearly 2 percent Thursday as investors worried about the potential financial liability and reputational hit from recently disclosed security flaws in its widely used microprocessors. The largest chipmaker had confirmed Wednesday that flaws reported by researchers could allow hackers to steal sensitive information from computers, phones …
your ad hereVitamin C Might Shorten Tuberculosis Treatment Time, Study Indicates
A new study has found that anti-tuberculosis drugs killed more bacteria in laboratory mice given a vitamin C supplement than those given drugs alone. If the findings hold up in human studies, the authors say, the result could be that there’s a cheap, safe way to reduce the months-long treatment …
your ad hereWall Street’s Love of Tax Cuts Drives Dow to 25,000 Mark
Wall Street sure loves the tax bill, even if polls show most Americans don’t. The Dow Jones industrial average surged past 25,000 Thursday, a strong signal of investor enthusiasm for President Donald Trump’s $1.5 trillion tax cut. The milestone comes less than a year after the Dow topped 20,000. “We …
your ad hereInterior Department Wants to Open 90 Percent of US Continental Shelf to Drilling
The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced plans to open up 90 percent of America’s coastal waters to oil drilling, including off California and Florida, two areas where activists have worked for years to protect marine ecosystems from oil spills. The proposed five-year plan released Thursday is much more …
your ad hereTrump Disavows Granting Access to Author, Tries to Block Publication of Insider Book
U.S. President Donald Trump has disavowed granting White House access to Michael Wolff, author of a book to be published Friday, that portrays a chaotic initial year for the president. In a tweet late Thursday, the president also gave Steve Bannon, who ran Trump’s presidential campaign in its final quarter, …
your ad hereNew York’s Met Museum Will Start Charging Mandatory $25 Fee
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is partially abandoning its “pay-what-you-wish” admissions policy that has made it an egalitarian destination for generations of art lovers. Starting March 1, the museum will charge a mandatory $25 entrance fee to most adult visitors who don’t live in New York state. Museum President …
your ad hereChildish Gambino, Lady Gaga to Perform at Grammy Awards
Childish Gambino, Lady Gaga, Little Big Town and Pink will perform at the 60th Grammy Awards, which will also feature Broadway musical tributes by Patti LuPone and Ben Platt in honor of the show’s return to New York City. The Recording Academy announced Thursday the first round of performers for …
your ad hereCBS News Fires Political Director for ‘Inappropriate’ Acts
CBS News has fired its political director, Steve Chaggaris, for “inappropriate behavior.” CBS News says in an emailed statement that “accounts” of his behavior were brought to their attention in the last two weeks and were “immediately investigated.” He was fired Wednesday for “violating company policy.” The company did not …
your ad hereYouTube Star Logan Paul Steps Away From Posting After Outcry
YouTube star Logan Paul has stepped away from posting videos following an outcry when he uploaded images of what appeared to be the body of someone who killed themselves in a Japanese forest. Paul took to Twitter on Wednesday to say he was suspending his video blog “for now” and …
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