(San Francisco Gate) – The Hatfields and McCoys of smartphone ride services are at it again. The bitter rivalry between San Francisco’s Lyft and Uber is spilling...
(CNet) – This was not the usual Samsung smartphone launch. The Galaxy Alpha, one of two high-end smartphones that Samsung has been teasing this summer, made a quiet...
(IT Pro Portal) – Mobile startup OnePlus has been causing quite a stir in tech circles over the past few months, but the company’s latest activities...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The clock is ticking for hundreds of thousands of people who have unresolved issues affecting their coverage under the...
(Pew Research) – For the first time in decades, the non-marital birth rate in the U.S. has been declining, according to a new report from the National Center...
(Irish Times) – A simple aspirin pill can help reduce death rates from cancer by preventing the spread of the disease, new Irish research suggests. Women...
Older patients were 28% more likely than younger ones to be hospitalized for treatment of complications following a surveillance colonoscopy, study data shows. (Health Leaders)...
(Forbes) – Many people have called mobile game Candy Crush a fad. Now there’s evidence that the fad is waning. King Digital, the maker of Candy...
By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG, AP Business Writer A growing movement to find work for autistic people is helping some start their own businesses. Work requiring an...
(Daily Mail) – These eerie pictures shows some of the nearly 40,000 abandoned or empty buildings in Detroit, as they wait to be either demolished or...
GREG KELLER, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Calling the situation in Iraqi Kurdistan “catastrophic,” France said Wednesday it would start supplying arms to the Kurdish forces...
JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The U.N. Security Council could impose sanctions on leaders in South Sudan if gross violations of human rights...
CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Hecklers on Tuesday accused South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa of being a murderer for the police killings of...
GERALD IMRAY, AP Sports Writer CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — It started when the small Indian Ocean island of Seychelles refused entry to Sierra Leone’s...
TIM REYNOLDS, AP Sports Writer DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — For Brady Quinn, this was a long time coming. On the eve of the 2007 NFL draft,...
LOS ANGELES (New York Times) — Peering through his camera at Robin Williams in 2012, the cinematographer John Bailey thought he glimpsed something not previously...
PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — Although police have now revealed how Robin Williams committed suicide, the Oscar-winning actor’s fans, friends and even...
(E! Online) – Robin Williams‘ grieving daughter Zelda Williams is taking a timeout from Twitter and Instagram. Though the 25-year-old actress has received thousands of messages of support,...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama says that while the shooting death of a Missouri teenager has prompted “strong...
NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — After distancing herself from some of President Barack Obama’s foreign policy, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton...
DAVID A. LIEB, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Michael Brown Sr. stood alone in the center of the narrow street where the blood of his...
MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple primarily relies on white and Asian men for its top-paying technology jobs, feeding the perception that...
(CNN Money) – When you swipe your credit card at a local business, Amazon wants its cut. And its new product aims directly at Square,...
KAREEM COPELAND, Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston has the opportunity to accomplish what only one other player has achieved —...
(The Daily Beast) – If you’re a person of color hoping to get hired by a political campaign, here’s the ugly truth: You’ll probably get paid...
