The real story behind ‘The Current War,’ about Edison, Tesla and Westinghouse
Yes, children really were hired to collect stray dogs for electrocution experiments to help determine which electric system would power the modern…
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Jimmy Carter hospitalized after fall at Georgia home
Former President Jimmy Carter has been admitted to the hospital after falling in his home in Plains, Georgia, Monday night. Carter was admitted to…
Continue ReadingGale-force winds and up to 20-foot waves are likely on Lake Michigan
The second intense storm in a week is whipping up gale-force winds and waves as high as 20 feet across an already-high Lake Michigan. This latest…
Continue ReadingFacebook’s antitrust headache gets worse: 47 attorneys general now investigating
Facebook’s antitrust headache is only getting worse. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Tuesday that 47 state attorneys…
Continue ReadingThe complete and utter weirdness of Hillary Clinton’s attack on Tulsi Gabbard
It’s hard for anything to come truly out of left field in a political world in which Donald Trump is the President of the United States. And…
Continue ReadingObamacare premiums are dropping 4% for 2020 plans
The Affordable Care Act is looking stronger for 2020 — and the Trump administration is claiming credit for it, even as officials try to upend…
Continue ReadingTrump calls impeachment inquiry a ‘lynching’
President Donald Trump on Tuesday called House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry a “lynching,” employing a term associated with the…
Continue ReadingUnder Armour founder Kevin Plank is stepping down as CEO
Under Armour is making changes at the top as it continues to struggle against its rivals. CEO and founder Kevin Plank is stepping back from the…
Continue ReadingPolice chief calls alleged racial abuse at high school football game ‘egregious’
Two 17-year-old boys are accused of directing the n-word at a group of younger African-American girls — one of whom was also urinated on…
Continue ReadingThe Eagles announce 2 concerts at Pepsi Center in 2020
The classic rock band that helped define an era has announced two concerts at Denver’s Pepsi Center in March 2020. Don Henley, Joe Walsh,…
Continue ReadingKim Kardashian West got a special birthday gift from Kanye
What do you get for the reality star and entrepreneur who has everything? If you are Kanye West you donate $1 million to your wife’s favorite…
Continue Reading‘Like the tart, I never change’: The secret behind Macao’s most famous dessert
You can smell it before you see it. The sweet smell of sugar, egg and custard, baking til it’s cooked just right. Flaky pastry on the outside,…
Continue ReadingFamily survives EF-2 tornado by hunkering down inside closet
Click here for updates on this story KATHLEEN, FL (WFTS) — By the time one family in Kathleen realized they were in a…
Continue ReadingHow mother of 2-year-old got drivers on her street to slow down
Click here for updates on this story PARK HILLS, KY (WCPO) — A mother of three fearing the speeding traffic on her…
Continue ReadingUConn students demand change in wake of racial slur arrests
Click here for updates on this story STORRS, CT (WFSB) — Two University of Connecticut students face race-related…
Continue ReadingMacy’s and Bloomingdale’s will stop selling fur in 2021
Fur is on its way out at Macy’s Inc. The retail giant announced Tuesday that it would stop selling mink, fox, sable and other real fur products…
Continue ReadingHow to understand Trump’s perverted version of history
President Donald Trump’s taste for history is moving in new and awkwardly divergent directions as he faces the twin challenges of an…
Continue ReadingJohn Clarke, ‘Days of Our Lives’ star, dead at 88
Veteran “Days of Our Lives” star John “Jack” Clarke has died, a representative for his daughter told CNN. He was 88. Clarke…
Continue ReadingBritish police will travel to US to quiz diplomat’s wife involved in fatal crash
British police will travel to the US to interview Anne Sacoolas, the woman who was involved in the crash that killed teenager Harry Dunn, it was…
Continue ReadingJanitor hid in custodial closet as EF-2 tornado hit, destroyed middle school
Click here for updates on this story POLK COUNTY, FL (WFTS) — A school janitor hid inside a custodial closet as an EF-2…
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