Yohei Fukai/Kyodo News via AP Japanese stocks plunged Tuesday and other Asian markets declined following heavy Wall Street losses triggered by President Donald Trump’s attack on the U.S. central bank. The Nikkei 225 fell by an unusually wide margin of 5.1 percent to 19,147.45 points. The Shanghai Composite Index lost 2.1 percent to 2,473.75. Benchmarks […]
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5 times sports took a strange turn in 2018
Sports may give people an opportunity to witness incredible athletic feats, but it's the truly bizarre moments that really capture people's attention. Some moments are so jarring that the final result of the game itself is lost in the moment, while others go beyond the field of play altogether. Here's a look back at five […]
Mindy Kaling took her ‘Wreath Witherspoon’ pun to the next level with more over-the-top celebrity Christmas decorations
Hulu Mindy Kaling revisited the holiday pun “Wreath Witherspoon,” a Christmas wreath with pictures of actress Reese Witherspoon, that first debuted on “The Mindy Project” in 2014. This year, Kaling took the pun to the next level by creating other holiday decorations playing off celebrity names. There’s “Matthew McConau-Tree,” “Margaret Cho Flake,” and “Chris Pine […]
NASA’s InSight lander just took its first selfie on Mars — take a look
NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s InSight lander has taken its first selfie on Mars. The selfie, released on Tuesday and shown above, is made up of 11 images that were stitched together. The resulting photo shows InSight’s solar panels and deck, along with the scientific instruments on top of the deck and the lander’s weather sensor. See the rest […]
John Kelly reportedly took notes on Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump and left them on his desk in full view
Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Outgoing White House chief of staff John Kelly has been reportedly furious with President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka Trump. Kelly reportedly took notes about their activities and requests, and kept them on his desk in full view of staffers, a senior White House official said in a New York […]
It took seven miles to pull over a Tesla with a seemingly asleep driver
The Tesla Model S. (credit: Wolfram Burner) The California Highway Patrol on Friday pulled over a Tesla Model S that was traveling down the road—but whose driver appeared to be asleep at the wheel. The vehicle was traveling southbound on Highway 101 in Palo Alto. Officers said that they were unable to get the man’s attention. […]
I Just Took My First-Ever Cruise on the World’s Largest Ship — Here’s What I Learned
I Just Took My First-Ever Cruise on the World’s Largest Ship — Here’s What I Learned Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in […]
The Morning After: We took push notifications to the limit
Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Welcome to your weekend! We’ve looked directly into the push notification abyss and come out the other side, while scientists made important decisions about the kilogram. Of course, we’re also tracking all kinds of Black Friday discounts and other highlight stories from this week like the Iron Man-ish adrenaline […]
The Black Texas Congresswoman Who Took On Nixon
It’s still considered one of the great American political speeches. “My faith in the Constitution is whole; it is complete; it is total,” Barbara Jordan thundered. “‘We, the people.’ I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.” Jordan, a Black congresswoman […]
Feds took woman’s iPhone at border, she sued, now they agree to delete data
Enlarge / An international air traveler is cleared by a US Customs and Border Protection Officer (L) and is approved to enter the United States inside the US Customs and Immigration area at Dulles International Airport (IAD) , December 21, 2011 in Sterling, Virgina, near Washington, DC. (credit: PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images) An American Muslim […]