LONDON — Prince Harry’s fiancee is set to join Britain’s royal family for Christmas. Kensington Palace says Meghan Markle will join Queen Elizabeth II and other senior royals at Sandringham, a sprawling estate in Norfolk, 110 miles north of London. The royals usually exchange gifts on Christmas Eve and attend […]
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How Putin made himself a Middle East power broker
MOSCOW — When Russia launched a military campaign in Syria two years ago, President Vladimir Putin sought to save his ally from imminent collapse and break Russia’s international isolation over a crisis in Ukraine. He achieved that and more, emerging as a key stakeholder in the Middle East who has […]
Test flight puts Jeff Bezos company closer to offering space tourism
Blue Origin, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, launched a reusable New Shepard sub-orbital rocket from the company’s west Texas launch site Tuesday, boosting an unpiloted crew capsule out of the dense lower atmosphere for a brief foray into space before a parachuted descent to Earth. The booster, meanwhile, plunged […]
How Doug Jones beat Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate race
By Fred Backus and Jennifer De Pinto In Alabama, Democrat Doug Jones eked out a narrow win against Republican Roy Moore, marking the first time a Democrat won a Senate seat in the largely Republican state in 25 years. Moore, who faced a series of allegations of sexual misconduct, nonetheless […]
Rescue crew helps entangled whale in Southern California
A gray whale off of the Newport Harbor in Southern California was found entangled in a pink small-mesh gillnet of unknown origin, according to a statement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Responders from the Orange County Large Whale Entanglement Response Team and the Pacific Marine Mammal Center […]
Facebook responds viral criticism by saying “we have grown”
Several former Facebook executives have criticized the giant they helped create. Now Facebook is responding to one of them, saying the company has changed since the executive worked there. Chamath Palihapitiya, a former Facebook vice president and current CEO of venture capital firm Social Capital, told a Stanford Graduate School […]
Facebook responds to viral criticism by saying “we have grown”
Several former Facebook executives have criticized the giant they helped create. Now Facebook is responding to one of them, saying the company has changed since the executive worked there. Chamath Palihapitiya, a former Facebook vice president and current CEO of venture capital firm Social Capital, told a Stanford Graduate School […]
Wife of man killed in Arizona police shooting speaks out
A graphic video of a controversial police shooting in 2016 was released last week. The officer was fired for violating police procedures but acquitted of charges that he murdered 26-year-old Daniel Shaver. On Tuesday, Shaver’s widow spoke out in her first interview since the verdict. “I’ve been fighting for two […]
High-tech healers give kids a helping hand
ROCKFORD, Mich. — Christmas came early for Harmony Taylor, who got what she wanted most: the hand she’d been missing since birth. The 3D replacement is the gift of another 8-year-old, who is also missing his hand. “How did it feel when you gave it to her?” CBS News asked. […]
3 reasons to doubt bitcoin’s spectacular rise
Bitcoin’s euphoric rise has spread, something like cancer, into other “alt coins,” pushing up the value of ethereum and litecoin, among other cryptocurrencies. Ask the regular Joe diving into cryptocurrencies via credit cards the difference between regular bitcoin and various bitcoin “forks” like bitcoin cash, bitcoin gold and bitcoin diamonds. […]