Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) is cutting hundreds of jobs in its consumer business in Seattle, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday, as the company shifts resources into fast-growing areas like its work on voice assistant Alexa. The job cuts, rare for the world’s largest online retailer, are in the low hundreds, the person […]

The teen gunman accused of opening fire with a semi-automatic rifle at his former high school in Parkland, Florida, has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder, officials said Thursday. Authorities said the suspect, identified as 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, concealed himself in the crowd fleeing Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School following the massacre on Wednesday […]

It's the kind of living situation that allows for so much creativity in design. “There are multiple benefits to loft living. One of the primary assets is that the space is so flexible—it adapts to what is required by the owner and provides a very holistic, fluid way of life,” says Karen Howes, CEO of Taylor Howes …

Higher levels of lifestyle physical activity – such as house cleaning, walking a dog and gardening, as well as exercise – are associated with more gray matter in the brains of older adults, according to a study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center. The Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences will publish the study’s findings on Feb. […]

Several months of research, several hundreds of profile views, several dozens of resumes, 32 phone screens, 14 first interviews and three-second interviews all came down to two questions. Our real estate firm was two questions away from landing our top candidates. These were their questions, though …

Americans celebrate Valentine’s Day each year on February 14. Images of hearts are everywhere, as are red roses and boxes of chocolates to give to that special person. You could say that “love is in the air.” Many other countries celebrate Valentine’s Day, too, each in their own way. Here is a look at four […]

Air travel is rarely very romantic, but this Valentine's Day some airports and airlines are making a special effort to add a dash of love and a sprinkle of surprise to the journey. The uptick in couples applying for last-minute marriage licenses in Las Vegas around Valentine's Day usually overwhelms the …

Love is in the air — and on the internet! Celebrities took to Instagram to share some pink, red and heart-shaped cheer on this very happy Valentine’s Day. Whether they were acknowledging their own relationships or just sending their fans some love, there’s plenty of positivity to go around today. Alec Baldwin filmed an emotional video message for his […]

Depending on the state of your personal life, Valentine’s Day can either be a celebration, a source of anguish, or a total non-event. To cover all of those bases, Spotify has shared lists of its 10 most popular songs in four Valentine’s Day-themed categories — “love,” “sex,” “heartache,” and, for the rancorous, “anti-Valentine’s.” Spotify’s release […]

Who ever said your Valentine had to be a human? At San Francisco’s California Academy of Sciences, biologists are celebrating Valentine’s Day with African penguins, the Associated Press reports. A video shows them receiving big red felt hearts from their caretakers and wobbling around with them in their beaks. The California Academy of Sciences’ Vicki McCloskey told the […]