Representative Steve King (R-Iowa) wanted supporters to fund his memes—but he may end up paying for them instead. On Monday, King and his campaign for reelection to the House of Representatives received a cease-and-desist letter from the attorneys of Laney Griner, the mother of 2011’s most ubiquitous meme, Success Kid: a baseball-shirted cherub clasping a…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic Party will officially nominate a 2020 presidential candidate at its convention in July, a process that begins on Monday with the Iowa caucuses and ends with the Puerto Rico primary in June. FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidates (L-R) billionaire activist Tom Steyer, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), former Vice…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionA timelapse of the fires threatening Canberra A bushfire near the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) continues to rage, although the damage is not as serious as previously feared.Residents in some areas around the capital, Canberra, had been warned that it was "too late to leave" and they…
Pedal to the metal — Film brings back fan-favorite character Han Lue (Sung Kang), who is not dead after all. Jennifer Ouellette - Feb 1, 2020 2:56 am UTC Vin Diesel returns as Dominic Toretto in Fast & Furious 9, directed by Justin Lin.Universal Pictures has dropped the first full trailer for Fast and Furious…
Passengers wearing masks, amid the new coronavirus outbreak, are checked by Iraqi Health Ministry employees upon their arrival at Basra airport, in Basra, Iraq February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Essam al-SudaniERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Erbil International Airport in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq denied entry to three Chinese citizens over fears about the coronavirus outbreak in…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe BBC's online health editor on what we know about the virus The US has declared a public health emergency over the spread of the coronavirus and said it would deny entry to any foreign nationals who have visited China in the past two weeks.US citizens returning…
Bezos Bucks — Investors went gaga over the report, raising Amazon's stock market value by 11%. Samuel Axon - Jan 31, 2020 1:02 am UTC Enlarge / Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc.Amazon delivered its final quarterly earnings report for the 2019 fiscal year today, and investor response to a largely…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A onetime aspiring actress who prosecutors say maintained a relationship with Harvey Weinstein after he raped her because she felt “trapped” is expected to testify against the former Hollywood producer at his Manhattan criminal trial on Friday. Film producer Harvey Weinstein and his legal team leave the New York Criminal Court…
Image copyright Courtesy Ricardo Batista Image caption Eva Batista was diagnosed with a rare muscle-wasting disease Eva was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy, a motor neuron disease, just a few weeks after her birth in August. Her parents plan to enter her in a controversial "drug lottery" in the hopes of getting access for a…
Micro$oft — The tech giant reported impressive revenue in everything but gaming. Samuel Axon - Jan 30, 2020 1:28 am UTC Enlarge / Xbox Series X, due in late 2020. It's tall. And it has a modified controller compared to the Xbox One pad.Today, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spoke with investors on the company's quarterly…
