Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, whose rakish personality and appetite for culinary curiosities entertained millions of viewers, was found dead of an apparent suicide early Friday morning. He was 61. CNN’s Brian Stelter announced on-air Friday that Bourdain hanged himself. “Anthony was found dead this morning in his hotel room in France. He had hanged himself […]

Too many blog commentaries and internet pieces sound the same, whether they talk about how to landscape your yard, lose weight, lease an apartment, conduct a successful job interview or design a website for your new business. Why? Well, too often they pretty much are the same. Many use the same rhetorical language, same marketing lingo, even the most […]

WASHINGTON  – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday Russia should also be attending a Group of Seven nations summit, a controversial idea that even Moscow seemed to reject, as he headed for a chilly reception at the meeting in Canada, where other G7 leaders are set to clash with him over trade. Russia was […]

French president warned G7 members to resist a potential US drift toward ‘crude hegemony’ following Trump’s tariffs on allies Emmanuel Macron has called on other members of the G7 to stand up to Donald Trump’s trade policies in the face of what he described as the threat of a new US “hegemony”. The French president was […]

Sony Xperia XZ3 specifications have emerged online months after the debut of the Xperia XZ2 at MWC 2018. The new smartphone is expected to get an official appearance at IFA 2018 in Berlin, Germany, in September. But ahead of its formal launch, the unannounced Xperia model has surfaced with a top-notch Snapdragon 845 SoC. The smartphone is also found to have an […]

The New York International Beer Competition gave the prestigious award to a store giving Trader Joe’s a run for its money. Ever since the German discount supermarket Lidl decided to expand into the United States, Americans have been flocking to its aisles looking for deals. Even though Lidl is known for being inexpensive, it actually stocks some of the best […]

What, like it’s hard? Reese Witherspoon took to Instagram on Thursday to confirm that she will be bending and snapping as everyone’s favorite Harvard Law graduate, Elle Woods, in Legally Blonde 3. “It’s true… #LegallyBlonde3,” she captioned a short clip of herself in a sparkly pink bikini, floating past the camera on a blue lounger. […]

A McDonald’s manager in Muskego, Wis., was caught on camera yelling expletives at a customer and his young son in the drive-thru on Sunday. Tom Olzewski and his 9-year-old son went to the fast food chain on Sunday afternoon to grab some hamburgers. However, the pair ended up sitting in the drive-thru for 12 minutes […]

WASHINGTON — From Duke Ellington to Shirley Horn, D.C. is steeped in jazz history. That history adds a new chapter as the 13th annual D.C. Jazz Festival returns from June 8-17. “Why don’t you come on out and discover an artist that you’ve never heard before?” D.C. Jazz Festival executive director Sunny Sumter told WTOP. “Discover the […]

Conservationists are stuck in a catch-22: In trying to save some species, the would-be protectors may be giving the animals an evolutionary disadvantage. A new study describes how efforts to protect the endangered northern quoll, a spotted, kitten-sized marsupial native to Australia, by placing a population on a threat-free island may have actually undermined a […]