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Professional athletes are known for splurging on the finer things in life, especially when they get their first big paycheck. Former NBA player Shaquille O’Neal admitted that after signing his first professional contract, he went on an expensive shopping spree and blew through $1 million in an hour. Philadelphia 76ers […]

President Donald Trump on Sunday lashed out at musician Jay-Z on Sunday, demanding recognition for the improved job market for African Americans in response to the hip-hop mogul criticizing Trump’s vulgar outburst against African and Haitian immigrants. On Saturday, Jay-Z appeared on CNN’s “The Van Jones Show,” where he called […]

Roger Fenton | Hulton Archive | Getty Images A stereoscopic card depicting a still life with fruit and flowers, circa 1865. “Through the ages we’ve watched it develop. Disney filmed in 360-video very early. It takes you on a tour across America, which is amazing to view.” Lucas Studios points […]

With the new tax law, there’s one retirement tool that’s never looked better: The Roth IRA. While Roths are not new, they are worth a second look following passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act — especially for those in the gig economy, without an employer-sponsored 401(k) plan. These […]

MELBOURNE — Defending champion Roger Federer stole another piece of tennis history at the Australian Open on Sunday night when he became the first man to win 20 Grand Slam titles. The second-seeded Federer’s 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 win over sixth-seeded Marin Cilic allows Federer to join Margaret […]

Skywatchers will get a rare triple treat Jan. 31: a supermoon, a blue moon and a total lunar eclipse. How rare is the event? Even without the supermoon, it’s the first blue moon total lunar eclipse in the U.S. since March 1866, less than a year after the Civil War […]

Diebold Nixdorf and NCR Corp., two of the world’s largest ATM makers, have warned that cyber criminals are targeting U.S. cash machines with tools that force them to spit out cash in hacking schemes known as “jackpotting.” The two ATM makers did not identify any victims or say how much […]

Ingvar Kamprad, the IKEA founder who turned a small-scale mail order business into a global furniture empire, has died at 91, the company said Sunday. IKEA Sverige, the chain’s Swedish unit, said on Twitter that Kamprad died Saturday at his home in Smaland, Sweden. “He will be much missed and […]

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Saturday that he has fired his chief of staff after getting reports of “improper conduct” with subordinate staffers. “By early this afternoon, I had sufficient evidence to conclude that while employed by this office, my Chief of Staff had violated office policies regarding proper relations […]

Hundreds of supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny began a nationwide day of protest against the authorities on Sunday, calling on voters to boycott what they said was a rigged presidential election on March 18. Beneath bright blue skies, hundreds of young people gathered in the main square of […]