The “Greatest Show on Earth” — the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus — closed for good Sunday night in New York, ending a 146-year run. I was lucky enough to see one of its last performances, in April.
Alongside the grief was an undeniable sense of community spirit, as well as a defiant belief that the Manchester would endure.
To take the pressure off broadcasting yourself to the world, Facebook will let you live stream alongside friends.
Facebook's iPhone app will now let any live video broadcaster invite a viewer to join the stream, the social network announced on Tuesday. The feature was previously limited to verified Facebook pages and profiles.
Two-way video turns Facebook's live experience into a mix of Apple's FaceTime and Houseparty, a popular app among teens that lets multiple people video chat at the same time. Читать дальше...
Trove
Uber transformed the taxi industry by making it easy to hail a ride with the touch of a button.
Now, an early Uber employee wants to apply the same idea of making it more convenient and affordable to a market that is typically neither: self-storage.
On Tuesday, Michael Pao is launching Trove along with his cofounder Jon Perlow, a former high-ranking Facebook engineer.
Trove wants to redefine what "convenience" means when it comes to self-storage, Pao told Business... Читать дальше...
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In Japan, it was once considered taboo for a woman to speak with a man before he went on a hunt. But a rising number of female hunters are taking up arms, at their government's behest.
Over the last decade, Japanese farmers have lost up to $170 million annually because of a booming deer and boar population, among other animals that nosh on vegetable crops. The Ministry of Agriculture enlists hunters to help control the pest problem and protect the farms.
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"It's hard to know what the reasoning would be," says Alice Rivlin, who was also founding director of the CBO.
NEW YORK (AP) — Dina Merrill, the rebellious heiress who defied her super-rich parents to become a movie star, often portraying stylish wives or "the other woman," has died at age 93.
CASPER, Wyo. — The shot put is rarely the center of attention at the Wyoming State Track and Field Championships. The mere logistics of the event require it to be held outside the track at Harry Geldien Stadium, away from the majority of fans, who have better views of the runner and jumpers. But just
The Golden State Warriors have punched their ticket to the 2017 NBA Finals, sweeping all three of their Western Conference playoff series. As the team awaits their opponent, it appears that they are hoping for a third straight meeting with LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
BY COL. WES MARTIN -- It's time for President Trump to mandate that the State Department designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization, and to treat it accordingly.
There are about to be more bodies available for those all-important fourth preseason games. According to Albert Breer of TheMMQB.com, owners have just voted to abolish the roster cuts to 75. Those cuts, a step between the 90-man offseason roster and the 53-man regular season roster, came between the third and fourth exhibition games. And…
Athletes from around the world took to social media to pay respect to the 22 victims and their families from Monday's Manchester Arena bombing.
The US intelligence community not begun an assessment to look into what information President Donald Trump may have been shared with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov or Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during their meeting at the White House, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.
The US intelligence community not begun an assessment to look into what information President Donald Trump may have been shared with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov or Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during their meeting at the White House, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.
Indonesia says several Vietnamese fishing vessels escaped its waters following a show of force by Vietnam's coast guard in the South China Sea.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Now that Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has been confirmed as the next U.S. ambassador to China, a quick transition is expected for Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds to step into the top post.
Muslim authorities in the Indonesia province of Aceh inflicted an 83-caning punishment on two men, age 20 and 23, for the crime of being gay.
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Your brain may be the biggest obstacle to weight loss while dieting, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Cambridge.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Redevelopment of another old motel along historic Route 66 will begin soon.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Redevelopment of another old motel along historic Route 66 will begin soon.
SEOUL, May 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean formed a policy consultative body to actively deal with the global WannaCry ransomware attacks that have affected the country along with the rest of the world, the government said Tuesday. The body is made up
The thinly-veiled accusations in the US that Russia supplied arms to Taliban militants were not based on any physical evidence of weapons or money transfers, a senior US military official told lawmakers.
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Wonder Woman” director Patty Jenkins used three famous movies as her inspiration for the upcoming female superhero film: “Superman,” “Casablanca” and “Indiana Jones. [...] Read: 'Wonder Woman' Tops 'Spider-Man,' 'Pirates of the Caribbean' as Most Anticipated Summer Movie in Fandango Survey “I wanted a great love story where both characters have integrity and it might be set in the complexity of war, but it turns into a grand love story,” she said.
Gusto
Driving across the US to meet with everyday Americans is becoming a popular pastime — or marketing stunt — for tech executives living in the Silicon Valley bubble.
Joshua Reeves, the cofounder and CEO of the human-resources software startup Gusto, joined the likes of Mark Zuckerberg and top investor Sam Altman when he visited 11 cities in 10 states, meeting Gusto customers and learning about their businesses, goals, and values.
We talked to Reeves about what he learned from his whirlwind tour. Читать дальше...
