Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — U.S. officials issued a somber warning Tuesday that the coming holiday season could mean “opportunities for violent extremists” to strike, especially as terror groups are squeezed abroad. “Though we know of no Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Wall Street rallied Tuesday on soaring oil prices. The Dow gained 54.37 (+0.29 percent) to finish at 18,923.06. The Nasdaq jumped 57.23 (+1.10 percent) to close at 5,275.62, while the S&P 500 finished at 2,180.39, up 16.19 (+0.75 Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Twitter announced Tuesday that it is taking steps to try to combat abuse on the social network, outlining improvements to the way that users can control visible content and report abuse to the network, as well as how Twitter enforces Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Gas prices are heading down since the presidential election last week. In the past week, the price of regular unleaded gas has dropped about five cents to $2.18 a gallon, according the latest figures out from the U.S. Energy Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — If you were looking for a date Monday night, you might have been out of luck: Tinder users in the U.S., U.K., and other parts of Europe were reporting widespread outages of the dating app. It took hours before the service got back and Read More
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly said she did not come forward sooner with allegations of sexual harassment against former Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes because it would have been a “suicide mission” for her career and she thought Ailes Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Google and Facebook are taking steps to ban sites that publish false or misleading information. Amid criticism that fake news stories appearing online could have influenced the recent presidential election, Google released a statement Read More
ABC News(NEW YORK) — On Tuesday, Delta Airlines will become the first major airline to allow fliers to track their checked bags with a smartphone app. The airline hopes the new system will ease the stress of flying with checked baggage for its passengers — and Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Wall Street closed mixed as investors began to question the uncertainty around President-Elect Donald Trump’s policies after a post-election rally. The Dow gained 21.03 (+0.11 percent) to finish at 18,868.69. The Nasdaq fell 18.72 Read More
Courtesy Connecticut Lottery(MONROE, Conn.) — A statistics lecturer who bucked his undergraduate math professor’s advice to never play the lottery ended up winning a $100,000 jackpot. Nicholas Kapoor, 26, of Monroe, Connecticut, won the $100,000 jackpot after Read More
