Three men feast on free lunch in this drawing by Charles Dana Gibson. Public DomainNear the end of the 19th century, New Yorkers out for a drink partook in one of the more unusual rituals…
Fake wellness blogger Belle Gibson fined over cancer…
Updated September 28, 2017 15:38:00 Fake wellness blogger Belle Gibson has been ordered to pay a fine of $410,000 after being found guilty of misleading and deceptive conduct earlier this year. The Federal Court in…
Jeffrey Epstein, accused sex trafficker, dies by suicide:…
Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced millionaire who was facing federal sex trafficking charges, died by suicide early Saturday, law enforcement sources and the Bureau of Prisons confirmed to ABC News. Interested in Jeffrey Epstein case? Add…
Seeing How Computers “Think” Helps Humans Stump Machines…
University of Maryland researchers created 1,213 questions in collaboration with computers to identify flaws in machine-learning language models The holy grail of artificial intelligence is a machine that truly understands human language and interprets meaning…
Neil Armstrong Couldnt Afford Life Insurance, So He…
A postal cover marked after Apollo 11 returnedStamp AuctionAfter all the danger, glory, and fame it's easy to forget that at the end of the day astronauts are federal employees subject to the same General…
Busy Bees Take a Break During Total Solar…
On August 21, 2017, people across North America from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic seaboard paused their normal routines to experience a total solar eclipse. And so did the bees. A bee’s day starts…
Aide: Sen. Mitch McConnell Trips, Breaks Shoulder in…
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is recuperating at home in Kentucky after suffering a shoulder fracture in a fall Sunday, a spokesman said. McConnell tripped Sunday morning on his outdoor patio, but has been…
Kentucky Democrats: Just Say Nyet To Moscow Mitch
Democrats in Mitch McConnell's home state are hawking T-shirts with a barbed message — "Just say Nyet to Moscow Mitch" — as they try to capitalize on a bitter dispute involving the Republican senator over…
Australian tourists urged not to ride elephants in…
Horrifying photos have emerged of injured 'entertainment' elephants as Australian tourists travelling to Thailand are being begged not to ride the animals. The images were shared on Twitter are believed to be taken in Phuket,…