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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

In its annual report on scams, Australia’s national consumer watchdog has revealed that cryptocurrency-related fraud has cost Australians over AUD $2.1 million in losses last year. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has published its annual ‘targeting scams’ report on Monday, revealing accumulated total losses of some AUD $340 million to scammers from 200,000 scam reports […]

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 […]

Originally posted on Open Media Reposted with Permission. Blockchain, blockchain, blockchain…the word is almost inescapable in today’s media frenzied world. The technology has the capability to bring enormous changes to the way global business is conducted, but how will it affect outdoor advertising? DOOH and location-based advertising The out of home industry is experiencing somewhat […]

Moon Alert We have the “all clear” today to shop and do business until 11 PM EDT (8 PM PDT). The Moon is in Leo. Aries (March 21-April 19) The next four weeks are busy! Plan on short trips, increased reading, writing and studying, mucho conversations with everyone, busy errands and new projects! The pace […]