TRENTON, N.C. — When meteorologists downgraded Hurricane Florence from a powerful Category 4 storm to a Category 2 and then a Category 1, Wayne Mills figured he could stick it out. Now, he regrets it. The Neuse River, normally 150 feet away, lapped near his door in New Bern, North Carolina,Read More →
Scientists warn that soot from polluted air is reaching the placenta of pregnant women, possibly harming the health of unborn babies. Tiny carbon particles released by the burning of fossil fuels enter a woman’s bloodstream when she breathes polluted air, said a research team at Queen Mary University of LondonRead More →
Dick Tracey didn’t have to visit a tall building to get over his fear of heights. He put on a virtual reality headset. Through VR, he rode an elevator to a high-rise atrium that looked so real he fell to his knees. “I needed to search with my hand forRead More →
Facebook has sought access to personal financial data conveyed through its Messenger program between users of the social media platform and financial institutions, according to The Wall Street Journal. The report comes as Facebook continues to face scrutiny for its handling of consumer information after political consulting firm Cambridge AnalyticaRead More →
Actress Angela Kinsey, best known for playing Angela Martin on sitcom “The Office,” was not pleased with her nephew’s dating shenanigans after she discovered he was using a photo of her on his Tinder profile. So, she shamed him on Instagram. The Tinder profile of 25-year-old “James,” proudly claims toRead More →
A Utah girl’s sneaky shopping spree is gaining widespread attention online after her cousin shared the story on Twitter. Ria Diyaolu tweeted a photo her 6-year-old cousin, Kaitlin, standing on the sidewalk with several Amazon boxes that were just dropped off by a delivery man. Kaitlin looks very pleased withRead More →
Gail Wise, the 76-year-old owner of the first Ford Mustang, kept the car she purchased in her garage for 27 years. Now experts value of the sky blue convertible between $350,000 and $450,000, the Detroit Free Press reports. Wise was only 22 years old when she purchased the vehicle inRead More →
President Donald Trump has expanded a US sanctions list of Russians that interfered in the 2016 presidential election — one of his toughest moves yet against a country he says didn’t meddle at all. On Thursday afternoon, the State Department announced that the administration identified 33 individuals and entities —Read More →
In continuing “Does Big Brother have too much of our data?” news: John Hancock, a US life insurance company, announced on Wednesday that all policies will now give incentives for people to send the company fitness tracker and other wellness data. The company “will stop underwriting traditional life insurance andRead More →
Michael Cohen has been talking to special counsel Robert Mueller. The former Trump lawyer has sat for hours of interviews with the special counsel’s team in recent weeks to discuss President Trump’s ties to Russia, ABC News reported Thursday. (Vanity Fair first reported last week that Cohen had been talkingRead More →
