The late president, a strong supporter of civil rights for African-Americans, was sympathetic to marginalized groups in general, say his daughters. It’s impossible to say how the late president Lyndon B. Johnson would feel about marriage equality — but his daughters suspect he would be for it, they told Katie Couric in a recent interview for Yahoo! News. Read More »
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced the “Pay to Quit” program to the company’s shareholders on Thursday. Bezos said the new programs offers Amazon’s employees up to $5,000 to quit their jobs, with the goal being to make sure their employees really want to be there. “The goal is to encourage folks to take a moment and think about what they ... Read More »
“New Day” co-anchor Kate Bolduan and her husband private equity investor Michael Gershenson are expecting their first child. “You all, without probably knowing it, have put up with some pretty gnarly morning sickness,” Bolduan said. “You’ll have to deal with another baby,” John Berman said, pointing at Chris Cuomo. “I know, I’ve already got one,” Bolduan laughed while leaning on ... Read More »
Jennie Garth allegedly claims a popular Hollywood nightclub wouldn’t let her in because she was with three black men. Read More »
The famous “Fleur de Lys” mansion in Los Angeles is now up for rent for $40,000 a month. The lease offer comes just days after it sold for an astounding $102 million, making it the most expensive sale in L.A. county’s history. Read More »
For the first time, researchers have successfully implanted laboratory-grown vaginas in human patients—potentially helping women avoid drawbacks from other regenerative procedures, scientists announced in a paper published today. A research team at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine, led by Dr. Anthony Atala, said in Lancet that four recipients of lab-grown reproductive organs underwent surgery between June ... Read More »
The huge and long-lasting Foster Farms chicken Salmonella outbreak has now sickened at least 524 people in 25 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Using the multiplier of 30.3, that means that at least 15,877 people nationwide have been sickened by the poultry produced by Foster Farms. Read More »
A wayward squirrel caused about $300,000 in damage to a community center that was set to open in June in Fort Wayne, Ind. Parks Department officials say the squirrel got into the electrical equipment of the building in McMillen Park last week, causing a power surge that damaged the heating and air conditioning systems and some parts of the boiler ... Read More »
Happiness is elusive for some people. You may wonder how you can tell if you are truly happy. It is normally characterized in cartoons with birds chirping happily around your head and bands boasting upbeat tunes with general grandeur. But measuring happiness is sometimes harder in real life, where we don’t have the luxury of the theme song “Come On ... Read More »
A couple who had been engaged for just a few months was among those killed in the fiery crash of a bus filled with prospective college students headed to Humboldt State University. Michael Myvett had just proposed to his fiancée in Paris, France, in December, Myvett’s employer said. Read More »
Tsunami warnings issued after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck near the Solomon Islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean Saturday have now been cancelled. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued tsunami warnings for the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu on Saturday.The warnings were cancelled soon after, however, with the PTWC saying that a tsunami was generated. Read More »
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