FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who came to the United States from an orphanage in war-torn Sierra Leone and performed on some of the world's biggest stages, has died, her family…
“All my life, I wanted to be pretty.” Joey King’s Tally Youngblood recites those words in Uglies, Netflix’s new dystopian teen drama. In a futuristic world, 16-year-olds undergo a cosmetic operation to become “Pretties,” a…
Leading technology stocks led an eye-popping rebound rally over the past five days, driving a key exchange-traded fund to one of its best weeks in years. The Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) surged 8.2%…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- On the streets of Iranian cities, it's becoming more common to see a woman passing by without a mandatory headscarf, or hijab, as the second anniversary of the death of…
MISSOULA, Mont. — In a subdivision near the northern edge of town, a number of condos and duplexes have popped up in the past three years.It's part of a larger effort, including new zoning laws,…
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Capcom’s Ace Attorney Investigations Collection, the spinoffs to the popular if wildly legally inaccurate Ace Attorney series, are finally out. The two-game collection includes a long-awaited gift for Ace Attorney diehards: the official Western release…
SteelSeries If you're trying to be as immersed as possible in the best PS5 games, you will be doing yourself a disservice by playing with anything but the best headset. You might not think it,…
The Harris campaign is launching its largest effort yet to reach Latino voters, with new spending on Spanish-language radio and an organizing push around boxing matches and baseball games as National Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off…
Recent comments from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang seemed to revive investment in the turbulent AI sector this week, while leading portfolio managers to recenter attention on the winning trades. "We're now in this computer revolution,"…
KYIV, Ukraine -- U.S. historian and author Timothy Snyder on Saturday led a charity run in Kyiv to raise awareness of the conditions under which Ukrainian prisoners of war are held in Russia as the…
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Pennsylvania's Supreme Court on Friday sided with lower court decisions to block two third-party presidential candidates from the battleground state's ballot in November's election.The decisions hand a win apiece to each major…
The two most exciting PC components to upgrade are the graphics card and the processor. We haven’t seen next-gen graphics cards yet, and we’re unlikely to see them this year, but both Intel and AMD…
Pfizer's experimental drug for a common, life-threatening condition that causes cancer patients to lose their appetite and weight showed positive results in a midstage trial, the drugmaker said Saturday. Patients with the condition, called cancer cachexia,…
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine made a new call Saturday on the West to allow it to strike deeper into Russia after a meeting between U.S. and British leaders a day earlier produced no visible shift…
WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney is a career Republican still vilified by Democrats for his bullish defense of the Iraq War as vice president. But his partisan loyalties were cast aside in extraordinary…
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Kudos to Plaud for one thing: in a year otherwise marred by high-profile failures and oh so much AI vaporware, it made an AI gadget that does exactly what it claims to do and does…
Oscar Wong | Moment | Getty ImagesCompany: International Money Express (IMXI)Business: International Money Express is an omnichannel money remittance services company. IMXI offers money transfer services digitally through a network of agent retailers in the…
Last week, I was in Berlin with the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold at the very start of my review period, and I wanted to write something about the camera ahead of it. I decided to…
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell arrives to testify before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Hearings to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July…
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JD Vance’s appearance at the All-In Summit was easily the most comfortable I’ve seen him, but then he was with the people he understands best: other VCs.The All-In podcast appearance was what business leaders refer…
BUCHAREST, Romania -- Five people in eastern Romania have been found dead after torrential rainstorms left scores of people stranded in flooded areas, emergency authorities said Saturday.Rescue services scrambled to save 95 people in the…
In a press conference from his Los Angeles-area golf club, former President Donald Trump revisited several topics from Tuesday night's debate, repeating several false and misleading claims on issues including crime, the economy and immigration.Here's…
Netflix Netflix always has a steady stream of new TV shows being released. While the fall season is historically a time when new shows debut on linear networks, streaming services follow this trend, too, with…
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. State Department announced new sanctions on Russian state media Friday, accusing a Kremlin news outlet of working hand-in-hand with the Russian military and running fundraising campaigns to pay for sniper rifles,…
PARIS -- Gisèle Pélicot, the woman who was allegedly drugged by her now ex-husband over the course of a decade so that she could be raped by dozens of men while unconscious, is becoming a…
WINDER, Ga. -- A Georgia county's emergency call center was overwhelmed by calls on Sept. 4 about a school shooting at Apalachee High School, records released Friday by Barrow County show.Local news organizations report many…
Apple showed off the next major iteration of iOS 18 during its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in June. This is the next big update to iOS, and it’s packing quite a punch in terms of…
FRANKFURT, Germany -- Germany's first hobby horsing championship will gallop through Frankfurt this weekend, with hundreds of young riders competing in time jumping, style jumping and dressage on their wooden stick horses.Roughly 300 riders —…
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- It happens in milliseconds, ideally, as you browse the web. Networks of computers and software analyze who you are, what you are looking at and buy and sell the advertisements you see…
If you love sharing photo prints or building physical photo albums, you might want to upgrade to a photo printer. When manufacturers optimize printers for pictures, the results often exceed the image quality of the…
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip -- Israeli airstrikes hit central and southern Gaza overnight into Saturday, killing at least 14 people as the friends and family members of a Turkish-American activist killed by an Israeli solider…
From the looks of it, the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert hasn’t done too much with the $24 million it received in federal pandemic aid.The site where it plans to spend most of the money for…
Investors are ignoring two major risks to the market, according to Vahan Janjigian, chief investment officer at Greenwich Wealth Management. The first is the U.S. national debt, he told CNBC's " Street Signs Asia "…
Warner Bros. If you grew up in the 1980s or ’90s, it’s pretty likely you’ve already seen Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, the sequel to the beloved 1988 comedy starring Michael Keaton, or have plans to see it…
In one of the deadliest cult-related massacres ever, the remains of more than 430 victims have been recovered since police raided Good News International Church in a forest some 70 kilometers (40 miles) inland from…
JEFFERSON, Ga. -- Funeral services for a teenage boy remembered for his endearing smile and a math teacher known for her dedication to students were scheduled for Saturday, 10 days after both were killed by…
Best Buy has some fantastic iPad deals going on this weekend only, with big discounts on highly popular iPad Pros. If you want a new iPad that works well as a laptop replacement alongside its…
Pope Francis attends the Chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, March 28, 2024. Guglielmo Mangiapane | ReutersPope Francis on Friday criticized both former U.S. President Donald Trump over his plan to deport millions…
MALINDI, Kenya -- Shukran Karisa Mangi always showed up drunk at work, where he dug up the bodies of doomsday cult members buried in shallow graves. But the alcohol couldn’t numb his shock the morning…
NEW YORK -- The cuddles. The loyalty. The worshipful eyes. There's a lot of joy in having a dog, not the least of which is heading out for a brisk walk. And therein lies a…
Klipsch has partnered with Ojas, a boutique New York City brand founded by Devon Turnbull, a former streetwear designer who has carved out a reputation for his uncompromising approach to audio systems. The collaboration’s first…
BOZEMAN, Mont. -- Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester has made protecting reproductive freedom for women central to his campaign to remain the sole remaining Democrat to hold statewide elective office in Big Sky Country. He…
Billionaire Jared Isaacman made history in space — again.On Thursday, Isaacman spent 10 minutes floating in the vacuum of space outside of a SpaceX capsule. Isaacman, the billionaire CEO and founder of payment processing company…
CHALCO, Mexico -- As 56-year-old Juana Salazar Segundo walked through her home in Chalco, a low-income suburb southeast of Mexico City, she recalled how black, reeking water had reached up to her belly button after…
PHOENIX -- Arizona’s Civil War-era ban on nearly all abortions officially is being repealed Saturday.The western swing state has been whipsawed over recent months, starting with the Arizona Supreme Court deciding in April to let…
If you’re in the process of building a new PC, buying one of many desktop computer deals, or are just looking for a new monitor, you’ll be happy to know that there are a lot…
LONDON -- Prince Harry was always something different.From the moment he first appeared in public, snuggled in Princess Diana’s arms outside the London hospital where he was born in 1984, Harry was the ginger-haired scamp…
HONOLULU -- The wind pushed flames from house to house as a group of neighbors tried to escape their blazing subdivision, abandoning their cars in a blocked road and running to an industrial outbuilding for…
Bhavik Vashi, 32, made over $2 million after selling his equity in software startup Anaplan.Bhavik Vashi, 32, is living the dream of many Silicon Valley tech workers. He joined a promising startup, did his time…
Sam Hill / Digital Trends Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out…
ATLANTA -- A special prosecutor has decided not to pursue charges against Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones over efforts to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 presidential election loss in the state.Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the…
Donald Trump and his running mate on Friday continued to disparage Haitian migrants in an Ohio community, further fueling false claims the Republicans have promoted even as the city saw bomb threats and school evacuations…
There’s been a lot of talk about AI PCs this year. But so far, it’s been a lot of hype — and not much else. I’ve just returned from a trip to Berlin to see…
Pictured here is a shopping mall in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 9, 2024.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesBEIJING — China's retail sales, industrial production and urban investment in August all grew slower than expected, according to National Bureau…
A narrow strip of scrubland and sand dunes on the Gaza side of the border with Egypt has emerged as a major obstacle in talks aimed at halting the Israel-Hamas war and freeing scores of…
BOULDER, Colo. -- A mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket told psychologists he heard “killing voices” right before opening fire, a psychologist testified Friday during the gunman's trial.Ahmad Al Aliwi…
Despite months of rumored development, OpenAI’s release of its Project Strawberry last week came as something of a surprise, with many analysts believing the model wouldn’t be ready for weeks at least, if not later…
Night view of the Lujiazui financial district in downtown Shanghai.Yongyuan Dai | E+ | Getty ImagesAmerican companies in China are experiencing historically low business confidence and poor profits amid U.S.-China tensions and a slowing Chinese…
RAFAH, Gaza Strip -- The Israeli military gave journalists a tour of the barren strip of land on Gaza’s southern border that has become a major obstacle in talks over a cease-fire — and to…
BILLINGS, Mont. -- The Biden administration on Friday asked an appeals court to revive a Trump-era rule that lifted remaining Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the U.S.If successful, the move would put…
WASHINGTON -- Vice President Kamala Harris, who presents herself as the candidate of change as she runs for president against Republican Donald Trump, said Friday that she's different from President Joe Biden because she offers…
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have spoken publicly for the first time since the Boeing Starliner departed from the International Space Station (ISS) without them. In a news conference from the ISS held…
MEXICO CITY -- Authorities in Mexico's resort-studded Los Cabos area warned tourists and residents alike to stay inside Friday as Tropical Storm Ileana began to pound the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula with…
Britain's competition watchdog on Friday said it found competition concerns with the proposed merger between Vodafone and the Three UK mobile network owned by CK Hutchison.The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the deal would…
Handheld PC gaming is hot right now. At least, it feels hot. Chasing the coattails of both the Steam Deck and the Nintendo Switch, devices like the Asus ROG Ally have quickly been given the…
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Friday asked the warring factions of the Sinaloa cartel to act "responsibly” so no one else gets killed, after a week of escalating violence nearly…
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Miami Beach residents and visitors can feel it coming in the air tonight — and the rest of the weekend — as “Miami Vice” cast and crew gather to celebrate the…
Looking for a new TV? Then there’s no doubt you’re considering and OLED TV. The class-leading television technology, which stands for Organic Light Emitting Diode, has captured the imaginations of home entertainment enthusiasts worldwide for…
Hedge fund billionaire John Paulson, who made a name for himself by betting against the housing market during the financial crisis and who is today a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump, said there could…
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBrazil's supreme court announced Friday that it ordered…
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The Android ecosystem is all about choice. While iPhone owners have a smaller pool of new devices to pick from when it’s time to upgrade, there’s a much wider range of choices on Android. You…
JUBA, South Sudan -- The government in South Sudan has postponed elections scheduled for December for two years citing the need to complete processes such as a census, the drafting of a permanent constitution and…
LOS ANGELES -- A jury on Friday convicted a Southern California couple of running a business that helped pregnant Chinese women travel to the United States without revealing their intentions to give birth to babies…
Samsung is one of the biggest tech companies in the world, so it’s probably no surprise that it makes monitors and that many of those monitors are considered some of the best monitors on the…
A man walking past a logo of fast fashion e-commerce company Shein outside its office in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province. Jade Gao | Afp | Getty ImagesThe bottom of the barrel prices that have…
KINSHASA, Congo -- A military court in Congo handed down death sentences Friday to 37 people, including three Americans, after convicting them on charges of participating in a coup attempt. The defendants, most of them…
RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina's first absentee ballots for the November election will now be distributed starting late next week, the State Board of Elections announced Friday, days after appeals court judges prevented original ballots…
Hulu subscribers can always count on the streaming service to have plenty of movies to choose from on any particular day of the week. But there’s no better time to catch a flick from your…
KINSHASA, Congo -- A military court in Congo, one of Africa’s largest countries, has convicted three Americans and dozens of others of taking part in a coup attempt and imposed “the harshest penalty, that of…
HONOLULU -- Investigators reviewing the emergency response to last year's devastating wildfire on Maui said in a report released Friday they found “no evidence” Hawaii officials made preparations for it, despite days of warnings that…
Union members react as Aerospace Machinists District 751 President Jon Holden (out of frame) announces that union members rejected a proposed Boeing contract and will go on strike, following voting results at their union hall…
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