What kale was to superfood junkies, coconut oil has become to beauty buffs. You can’t enter a store without bumping into balms, oils and creamsfeaturing the ingredient, and smelling that beachy scent. And, there are so many uses for it. First, the basics: Coconut oil is extracted from raw coconuts or dried coconut kernels. It’s been found to be […]

Washington –President Donald Trump has wrenched the United States back to the brink of a constitutional showdown after a weekend of rage culminated in his demand for an investigation into claims that the Obama administration inserted a spy in his 2016 campaign. Trump’s power play injected fresh intensity into his escalating political offensive against the Justice […]

MOBILE, Alabama — In this 300-year-old Gulf Coast city, home is where the heart (of history) is. Visitors to Mobile’s pretty, oak-shaded streets can see the best of the city’s past at five different historic house museums. Four are classic antebellum structures. The other is a 1930s riverfront beauty that’s surrounded by a huge public […]

LOS ANGELES: Another weekend, another $100-million-plus superhero opening: This time it was 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool 2, with an estimated $125-million take in North American theatres and a huge debut overseas, box office tracker Exhibitor Relations said Sunday. The Marvel Comics film netted $176 million abroad, the biggest foreign debut ever for an R-rated title, according […]

Tesla’s electric car for the masses is looking more and more like a luxury vehicle. The Tesla Model 3, long billed as a mass-market compact sedan, technically carries a starting price of $35,000, though you can’t get it that cheap right now. You can, however, soon get a $78,000 Model 3. Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed specifications for […]

An asteroid that flouts the norms of the solar system might not be from around here. The renegade asteroid travels around the sun in reverse — in the opposite direction of the planets and most other asteroids (SN: 5/13/17, p. 5). Now two scientists suggest that’s because the space rock originated from outside the solar system, according to […]

Financial institutions, credit agencies, major corporations and small businesses are all in the news on a regular basis for security breaches (exemplified by this list of the top 17 security breaches from CSO that show the breadth of the issue). Because of these breaches, the average consumer needs to take measures to protect his or her individual […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. and Canadian state securities regulators announced Monday they have launched dozens of investigations into cryptocurrency scams. The North American Securities Administrators Association announced the wide-ranging series of probes on Monday, dubbed “Operation Crypto-Sweep.” The investigations, some of which have already concluded, are aimed at unregistered securities offerings and initial coin offerings that […]

The evolution of CoinDesk’s annual Consensus conference mirrors the changing makeup of the cryptocurrency and blockchain community. The inaugural 2015 event’s 500 attendees were dominated by true believers in bitcoin, along with its subversive goal of replacing fiat currency and traditional banking  – though, with Citibank as a sponsor and many bankers present, the conference […]

The Syrian military has declared that it has taken full control of all areas around the capital, Damascus, for the first time in six years. “Damascus and its surroundings… are completely secure,” spokesman Gen Ali Mayhoub said on state television. The announcement came after troops cleared Islamic State (IS) militants from the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee […]