One name kept coming up over and over during yesterday’s (Sept. 27) polarizing Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: Mark Judge.
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, a clinical psychology professor who has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in 1982, testify today before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The news that Google plans to develop a censored search engine for China has drawn the ire of human rights activists, digital rights organizations, and even its own employees. And so far, the details that have trickled out about the project only seem to reinforce concerns that Google is willing to put aside one of its most valued ideals—free speech—in order to appease the Chinese government.
About 1,200 nautical miles east of Hawaii lies a patch of ocean that researchers had thought to be a desert of sorts. But for reasons unknown to them, each winter, great white sharks would leave the food-abundant waters along the US and Mexican west coast for a sojourn in the middle of nowhere.
When one of K-pop’s biggest stars marries a relative commoner, withdraws from the limelight, and escapes Seoul to a wooded compound with a pack of stray dogs, the outside world is naturally curious.
Theranos, the beleaguered blood-testing company that’s become a cautionary tale for blind Silicon Valley exuberance, is dissolving.
Days ahead of the start of the US football season, Nike has taken a stance in an issue dividing the National Football League and America.
A Myanmar judge sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison today (Sep. 3) in another blow to the country’s faltering democratization. With the verdict now out, some are hoping Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi will use her powers to grant amnesty to the reporters.
Hong Kong is opening its doors to blockchain professionals.
North Korea hates them. China and Russia wanted them gone. And now Donald Trump says he doesn’t see any reason to continue the US’s joint military exercises with South Korea.
Kevin Kwan, whose book Crazy Rich Asians is now a Hollywood blockbuster, is wanted in Singapore for failing to register for the city-state’s national service and fulfill his two-year military service.
Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippine president whose brutal war on drugs has killed thousands, has signaled he’s willing to step down. But the scenario for his resignation, like so much of his presidency, could prove to be highly controversial.
Y Combinator, the famed startup accelerator that’s incubated tech darlings like Airbnb, Dropbox, and Stripe, is expanding to China.
Christine Hallquist made US history today (Aug. 14) after winning the Democratic primary for governor in Vermont, becoming the first transgender gubernatorial candidate to be nominated by a major party.
Many Reddit users in China who tried to access the social network this weekend were slightly annoyed to find the company’s site and app weren’t working. But in China, it’s second nature for internet users to turn on their VPNs, and in almost no time at all, they were surfing the “front page of the internet” again.
Shortly after his historic meeting with Kim Jong Un last month, Donald Trump proudly declared on Twitter: “There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea.”
If you are outside the US, it doesn’t mean you have miss out on the NBA finals. This year’s title contest pits the favored Golden State Warriors against the Cleveland Cavaliers, led by LeBron James, who will be making an astounding eighth-straight finals appearance.
Stacey Abrams made American history on Tuesday (May 22) when she won the Democratic primary for governor in Georgia, making her the first black female gubernatorial candidate nominated by a major party.
Ahead of Pennsylvania’s primary elections today (May 15), some residents are getting publicly shamed with their voting records in an apparent attempt to boost turnout.
New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman resigned Monday (May 8) evening, hours after the New Yorker published a report detailing abuse allegations against him by four women.
Now that the trailer for Crazy Rich Asians has finally dropped, it seems to all but confirm that the movie won’t be as diverse as many Asians had hoped.
Southwest Airlines on Tuesday (April 17) experienced the first accident-related fatality on a US passenger airline since 2009 after an engine failure. Now the Associated Press and Reuters report that Southwest had previously opposed a recommendation by its engine manufacturer to inspect fan blades within 12 months, arguing that it needed more time for the inspections.
If you’re one of the many Americans who waited until the last minute to file your taxes, you just got very lucky.
Update at April 17 at 3:27pm ET: National Transportation Safety Board chairman Robert Sumwalt said in a press conference one person who was onboard had died.
