With her arms crossed and poised for action, “Wonder Woman” television actress Lynda Carter was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday as her most famous superhero character enjoys a big-screen revival. Carter, 66, was introduced by longtime friend and CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves …
your ad hereCool Jazz: Bowhead Whales Improvise When Singing, Study Says
Some whales are taking jazz riffs to new depths. For the first time, scientists have eavesdropped year-round on the songs of bowhead whales, the little-heard whales that r oam the Arctic under the ice. They found that bowheads — the bigger, more blubbery cousins of the better known humpbacks — …
your ad hereZuckerberg: Facebook Deleted Posts Linked to Russian ‘Troll Factory’
Facebook, expanding its response to people using the platform improperly, said Tuesday that it had deleted hundreds of Russian accounts and pages associated with a “troll factory” indicted by U.S. prosecutors for fake activist and political posts in the 2016 U.S. election campaign. Facebook said many of the deleted articles and pages came from Russia-based Federal …
your ad hereUS Unveils Tariffs on $50 Billion Worth of Chinese Imports
The Trump administration on Tuesday raised the stakes in a growing trade showdown with China, announcing 25 percent tariffs on some 1,300 industrial technology, transport and medical products to try to force changes in Beijing’s intellectual property practices. The U.S. Trade Representative’s office unveiled a list of mainly non-consumer products …
your ad hereUS States Vow to Defend Auto Fuel Efficiency Standards
Nearly a dozen U.S. states and Washington, D.C., on Tuesday promised to defend federal automobile efficiency standards against a rollback proposed this week by Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency. “All Americans … deserve to enjoy fuel-efficient, low-emission cars and light trucks that save money on gas, improve our health and support …
your ad hereIMF: As Myanmar Economy Rebounds, Sanctions Risk Gives Some Investors Pause
The government of Aung San Suu Kyi is opening the economy and growth is rebounding in Myanmar, though the possibility of broader Western sanctions over the Rohingya refugee crisis is nevertheless giving some foreign investors pause, according to a senior IMF official. Shanaka Jay Peiris, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) …
your ad hereExperts: In Self-Driving Cars, Human Drivers and Standards Come Up Short
Autonomous cars should be required to meet standards on their ability to detect potential hazards, and better ways are needed to keep their human drivers ready to assume control, U.S. auto safety and technology experts said after fatal crashes involving Uber Technologies and Tesla vehicles. Automakers and tech companies rely …
your ad hereHunger on Campus: Researchers Say a Quarter of US College Students Went Hungry
About a quarter of students at 66 tertiary institutions in the United States said they had gone hungry in the previous month, researchers said Tuesday. Experts said the findings, which are from the largest survey to measure hunger on campuses, confirmed concerns over poverty’s prevalence at universities and colleges. Jed …
your ad here‘Chappaquiddick’ Puts Focus on Aftermath of Kennedy Car Accident
Jason Clarke plunged into frigid waters, repeatedly, for his role as the late Sen. Ted Kennedy in “Chappaquiddick.” The Australian actor said his research about the accident that thwarted Kennedy’s presidential chances included jumping into Poucha Pond, the same waters the Massachusetts Democrat’s car crashed into in July 1969, killing …
your ad hereNew Gene Editing Tool May Yield Bigger Harvests
Bread and chocolate are staples of the American diet. And a scientific team in California is working hard to make sure the plants they’re made from are as robust as possible. They’re using a recently discovered bacterial gene-editing tool called CRISPR to create more pest-resistant crops. CRISPR is a feature …
your ad hereArgentina: De Vido Charged in Corruption Linked to Odebrecht
An Argentine judge on Tuesday charged a former planning minister in a case involving Odebrecht, the Brazilian construction company at the center of a widespread Latin American corruption scandal. Argentina’s official Judicial Information Center said Tuesday that Julio De Vido and other former officials were charged with carrying out incompatible …
your ad hereUS Museum Stalls Hiroshima Exhibit Over Nuke Weapon Ban Push
A museum in Los Alamos, New Mexico — a once-secret New Mexico city that developed the atomic bomb which helped end World War II — has put an exhibit from Japan on hold because of its theme of abolishing nuclear weapons. The Los Alamos Historical Museum confirmed Monday that it …
your ad hereIOC: Seven Cities Confirm Interest in 2026 Winter Olympics
Seven cities, or joint-bidding cities, have expressed interest in hosting the 2026 Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday. Canada’s Calgary, Austria’s Graz, Swedish capital Stockholm, Sion in Switzerland, Turkey’s Erzurum, Japan’s Sapporo and a joint bid from Italy’s Cortina d’Ampezzo, Milan and Turin are all in the …
your ad hereGay Dating App Grindr to Stop Sharing HIV Status
The gay dating app Grindr will stop sharing its users’ HIV status with analytics companies. Chief security officer Bryce Case told BuzzFeed News on Monday that the company had decided to stop the sharing of such information in order to allay people’s fears. Analytics firms Localytics and Apptimize were paid …
your ad hereEgypt’s Pioneer of Medical Thriller Genre, Creator of ‘Beyond Metaphysics,’ Dies at 55
Ahmed Khaled Tawfik, a prominent writer and professor of gastroenterology known for creating groundbreaking medical thrillers, compelling horror and science fiction like “Beyond Metaphysics,” and “Fantasia” was laid to rest in Egypt Tuesday. Tawfik died suddenly on Monday. He was 55. A cause of death has not been released. One …
your ad hereCosby Can Call Witness to Undermine Sex Assault Accuser, Judge Rules
Defence lawyers at Bill Cosby’s retrial on sexual assault charges can call a witness they say will undermine his accuser’s credibility, a Pennsylvania judge said on Tuesday, reversing his ruling that barred the same witness from the first trial of the comedian once known as “America’s Dad.” The ruling came …
your ad hereWall Street Higher As Tech, Consumer Discretionary Recover
Wall Street’s main indexes were higher on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising more than 100 points, helped by a recovery in the battered technology and consumer discretionary stocks. Amazon and Tesla, the top drags on Monday, rose, with the Dow and the S&P opening above their 200-day …
your ad hereNew Gene Editing Tools May Speed Creation of Bigger Harvests
Feeding the world depends on bountiful harvests, even in the face of changing pests and climate. Scientists are bringing a new tool to the effort, a bacterial gene editing system called CRISPR. The technique works like a molecular pair of scissors that targets a specific location in the DNA to …
your ad hereDeadspin Video Illustrates Sinclair Stations’ Messaging
A video with dozens of news anchors reading a script about “fake stories” put in stark visual terms what for weeks had largely been an academic debate about media consolidation and the Sinclair Broadcast Group’s efforts to promote a consistent message across its stations. The 98-second video, posted on Deadspin …
your ad hereUS-China Trade Frictions Dim Optimism for Negotiations
As trade frictions heat up between China and the United States, the two countries are talking tough and giving assurances at the same time that the situation will not spiral out of control. Despite assurances, analysts both in China and in the United States are divided over just how bad …
your ad hereFrench Rail Workers Launch Strike
French railway workers went on strike Tuesday in the first of a series of planned work stoppages in protest of the government’s plans to institute reforms to the system. Only a fraction of trains were running across the country, leaving platforms packed with people and roads clogged with commuters who …
your ad hereVillanova Takes Title, 79-62 Over Michigan Behind DiVincenzo
They chanted his name from the cheap seats: “Di-Vin-cen-zo, Di-Vin-cen-zo.” By the time Donte DiVincenzo was done doing his damage, Villanova had another title and college basketball had its newest star. The redhead kid with the nickname Big Ragu scored 31 points Monday to lift `Nova to another blowout tournament …
your ad hereAsian Markets Move Lower After US Stock Plunge
Stock markets in Asia fell Tuesday, but did not suffer losses as steep as those Monday in U.S. markets where continued fears about a U.S.-China trade war and a verbal attack on an online retailer by President Donald Trump sent stocks lower. Markets in Japan and Hong Kong fell by …
your ad hereUS vs. China: a ‘Slap-Fight,’ Not a Trade War — So Far
First, the United States imposed a tax on Chinese steel and aluminum. Then, China counterpunched Monday with tariffs on a host of U.S. products, including apples, pork and ginseng. On Wall Street, the stock market buckled on the prospect of an all-out trade war between the world’s two biggest economies. …
your ad hereLibrary Helps ‘Left-behind’ Nepali Women Gain Cash, Confidence
For farmers trying to figure out how to heal a sick cow or grow tomatoes commercially in this Himalayan community, help is at hand in the form of a crumbling, earthquake-scarred library. In a rural area where searching for information online or paying for expert advice is rarely an option, …
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