Rachel Layne, Special to USA TODAY Karen Burton’s longtime dream of a home for building industry entrepreneurs in Detroit came to fruition in June. Bolstered by a $55,000 city development grant, Burton and husband Bobby opened SpaceLab Detroit, a 5,200-square-foot co-working space in the heart of downtown just as the real estate market there gathers […]

BY CHRISTOPHER KLEIN  www.history.com By the dawn’s early light on September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key peered through a spyglass and spotted an American flag still waving over Baltimore’s Fort McHenry after a fierce night of British bombardment. In a patriotic fervor, the man called “Frank” Key by family and friends penned the words to “The […]

The Oscars are almost upon us and many Americans have movies on the mind.   More than two thirds of the USA population go to the movies every year.   2017 was no exception and many fine films have been nominated for awards.  As usual, there were one or two snubs about which some are […]

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 […]