NFL picks for Week 12: USA TODAY Sports’ experts vote
Photo by Jon Meyer/Getty Images Week twelve will undoubtedly be a game for the ages. The Buffalo Bills and Denver Broncos will meet in one of the marquee matchups of Week 12. The Baltimore…
Growing fears of an opium explosion in Afghanistan
The farmers that make up Afghanistan’s giant opium industry could be at risk of an explosion in violence from poppy growers who have become enraged by the daily demands of insurgent warlords. That is…
A female Chilean presidential candidate promises to cancel large projects
Written by By Tom Singh, CNN Violeta Chamorro, mayor of the northern Chilean city of Puerto Montt, is an unlikely presidential candidate, many say. There are just 3,000 people living in Puerto Montt, a…
Judge orders Kevin Spacey to pay over $38 million to production company he allegedly assaulted
Kevin Spacey must pay $38.75 million to the production company that owned the house he allegedly tried to sexually assault, according to a decision made on Thursday by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge….
Choke tight: JPMorgan CEO in rare political jibe at the Chinese Communist Party
Billionaire Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co., joked during an interview with CNBC that his bank will outlast the Chinese Communist Party, and argued that JPMorgan, unlike the party, should not…
November holidays: Could you fly between
Image copyright Uber Image caption Many holiday-makers will be flying this Thanksgiving weekend Have you considered booking a flight between Monday and Saturday this Thanksgiving week? You’ll still be able to find many deals,…
Sylvère Lotringer, a pioneering artist of the Solar Age, dies at 83
The French sculptor Sylvère Lotringer died on Saturday at age 83 in Le Touquet, France. He’d been suffering from cancer. His sunflower-scale sculptures, which was the focus of a retrospective at the Guggenheim in…
Maverick Viñales rescued at 200mph – North West 200
Media playback is not supported on this device Maverick Viñales makes brilliant escape Maverick Viñales was lucky to escape serious injury when his TT racing bike bounced and flipped on the Peugeot RCZ 150…
Are people saying things like ‘TV shows too black’ because they’re racist?
Amid last week’s show business diatribe upon Martin Luther King Jnr., we have a moment in time that no one is celebrating, according to a recent article by media writer Phil McCarroll in The…
After her 5-year-old dies of drug-related issues, one woman has been charged with manslaughter
Three relatives of two children – a girl who died and a boy who has been hospitalized – have been charged in the death of their 5-year-old relative. A 21-year-old woman and two men…