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Federal appellate judge Neil Gorsuch is President Trump’s pick to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. What do we know about his judicial opinions and philosophy? Ilya Shapiro comments.

Immigrants founded half of the billion dollar startups in the US. Now many worry that Trump's current travel ban and any future restrictions to work visas could hamper growth in Silicon Valley.

Allegory of volcanism as bringer of fortune (fertile soils) and destruction, by artist Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard (1780-1850) after a draft by French naturalist Joseph Nicolas Nicollet (1786-1843).

In June 1783 a volcano in Iceland erupted. Volcanoes are nothing unusual in Iceland, but this eruption, later referred as Laki,  was different. For eight months volcanic ash and gases poisoned the atmosphere over Europe changing the climate for years to come. In Europe the exceptionally hot summer... Читать дальше...

Up Close and Personal with Two Division World Champion Tasif Khan. Interview by Gianluca Di Caro Photo courtesy of Team Tasif Khan   For this edition of ‘Up Close and Personal’, the featured boxer is two division World Champion Tasif Khan, who is set to face Ghana’s Ekow Wilson in a non-championship ten round contest […]

With the 59th annual Grammy Awards set to air on CBS on Sunday, Feb. 12, we’re looking back at some of the nominated artists who’ve performed for Yahoo Music. Today, we go back to the day that rising L.A. neo-blues band the Record Company came to our studio. They’re up this year for Best Contemporary Blues Album, for Give It Back to You.

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Realizing that millions more people are scratching their heads, wondering what to read and where to spend their subscription dollars, here are my top 10 large journalistic brands where I believe you can most often find real, reported facts.

A secret society meeting is streamed, in this Super Bowl ad for Avocados From Mexico.

Victor Davis Hanson joins the City Journal podcast to talk with Aaron Renn about the 2016 election, the divide between rural and urban America, and how a life-long New Yorker came to lead a movement of "deplorables" all the way to the White House.

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From where does the U.S. receive refugees and why does that matter? And why be optimistic about prospects for immigration reform? Tim Kane of the Hoover Institution comments.

Our one-stop guide to all things gaslighting

Want to plan a romantic February 14 date for the one you love? These apps and services can help

Visited by A-list stars from all over the world, this pretty 18th-century lodge sits in 5,000 acres in a picturesque valley 30 miles from Dublin....

Congratulations to all our swimmers who took part in the BSBASA County Championships 2017 during January, a fantastic effort by all.

Can you imagine £1 trillion in cash?

IF THERE was a consensus view at the start of the year, it was that the dollar would rise. Fund managers surveyed by Bank of America Merrill Lynch were overweight the currency (even though they worried that it was a crowded trade). The stars seemed aligned in the greenback's favour.

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You know the term—GOAT—short for greatest of all-time. And today we’re going to give you five reasons why Roger Federer is the clear and indisputable GOAT of men’s tennis.

Martin Gibala is the scientist we most have to thank for the popularity of very brief, very hard exercise.

In this week's news, we look back on a historic Australian Open in which Serena Williams defeated Venus Williams to win her Open Era record 23rd Grand Slam championship, including her seventh Australian Open crown.

Experts are divided on the long-term impacts, but some scientists are already being affected