Brian Truitt, USA TODAY  Even with rampaging armored rhinos, spiritual dreamwalking and technology that wouldn’t be out of place in a Blade Runner film, Black Panther still manages to bring an undeniable realness to the Marvel movie universe.  Director Ryan Coogler’s spectacular new film (★★★★ out of four; rated PG-13; in theaters nationwide Feb. 16) features the most high-profile black movie […]

By  Ashley May, USA TODAY In the midst of a flu epidemic, it’s hard not to shudder if you sneeze.  Sickness is going around. The flu is among the most contagious and has already claimed dozens of lives this season, including at least 30 children. While flu shots reduce risk, they aren’t always effective. So if you’re feeling under the weather, […]

By: R. J. Wilson, fashionbeans.com Have a love/hate relationship with your iPhone? Fix it by stopping these bad habits! As of June 2017, Apple had reportedly sold 1.2 billion iPhones worldwide. That’s quite a few sales in just 10 years. Forbes estimates that the smartphone brought in about $738 billion over that time frame, and while Apple has […]

By Jennifer Schlesinger | Andrea Day CNBC Card skimming is getting more common and sophisticated, costing more than $2 billion a year in fraudulent charges. Areas of the Internet known as the “dark web” offer technology and instructions on how to use the machines. Do you know if a criminal stole your card information when you swiped at […]

By Julie Peterson, graduate student, Public History at University of Massachusetts, writing for American History Museum In 1945, Jack Fisher of Kalamazoo, Michigan, celebrated a victory, one of the first of its kind in the United States. Jack, a disabled veteran and lawyer, was elated because his hometown had just installed the nation’s first curb […]

By Sarah K. White writing for CIO.com Millennials are now the largest generation in America, and as they work their way into the corporate world, they are driving change in business communication, says Jeff Corbin, CEO and founder of APPrise Mobile, a provider of mobile communication apps. “As the workplace evolves and millennials continue to comprise the […]

by Kara Wexler,  writing for jscreen.org Hanukkah is a beloved Jewish holiday celebrated for a miraculous triumph of the righteous underdog, modern traditions of family gatherings, and the delicious food among other things. The holiday commemorates the victory of the Maccabees over their Greek rulers in the 2nd century B.C.E., as well as the rededication […]

From roaminghunger.com   Update: This year we’ve added 22 more ideas to our list, resulting in 76 ideas to take your company holiday party to the next level.     Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? The good news is they’re far off in the distance, and you still have plenty of time to book and […]

Brian Truitt, USA TODAY It’s a miracle that The Room not only exists but does so as a bona fide cult classic, a movie so fascinatingly bad it defies logic. At least the film paying tribute to said cinematic trainwreck is actually quite good. A hilarious comedy with enough personality clashes and drama to give it some heft, The Disaster Artist (*** […]

By MAGGIE SHI  writing for RealSimple.com Shopping Survival Tricks The leftover turkey is wrapped up and stowed in your refrigerator, the Thanksgiving pies have been devoured, and you’re ready for a long vacation. Unfortunately, the Christmas shopping season kicks off with a vengeance even before you’ve had time to make that cold turkey-stuffing-cranberry-sauce sandwich. Don’t stress out yet—we’ve […]