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The daily index tracks and analyzes the net worths of the richest people in the world, and is updated at the close of every trading day on Wall Street. Typically, the men on it don’t change positions much, but there was a slight swap in the rankings: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was …

NBC fired longtime Today show host Matt Lauer last night over alleged inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace, the network confirmed Wednesday morning. NBC News Group Chairman Andrew Lack said in a memo that the company received a “detailed complaint” from a colleague and that, “after serious review,” decided to terminate his …

  I’m not big on giving out info on the interwebz, but this site has been created to utilize every tool available to get the message out to your local Congressmen to voice your opinion and stop the end of Net Neutrality. The site uses your address and zipcode to generate an …

ISLAMABAD: After Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) ordered a complete media blackout on coverage of Islamabad Operation, social networking websites such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have been blocked in the country. While these sites are still accessible through mobile apps, their access from web remains unavailable. Done in …

Hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber Technologies Inc., a massive breach that the company concealed for more than a year.  

The United States is the world’s undisputed leader in terms of military strength. That is according to a ranking of 10 strongest militaries in the world by GFP (Global Firepower). Russia ranks second, narrowly ahead of China. India and Japan round out the top five. They examined the defence forces …

  A fox hunter in the United Kingdom over the weekend was filmed repeatedly whipping a masked anti-hunting protester who had approached her and grabbed the reins of her horse. The clash between the hunter and the protester occurred as part of an organized demonstration by the Brighton Hunt Saboteurs, …

For those who aren’t aware of it, an “assault rifle” is indeed a rifle, which the word “gun” encompasses. Of course Stephanie Ruhle isn’t even talking about actual assault rifles, she’s talking about semi-automatic rifles, which are commonplace and yes they are extensively used for hunting. Actual “assault rifles” are …

    Alva Campbell, 69, is an inmate who has been on death row for 17 years, in the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility and was scheduled to be lethally injected for the murder of a teenager from April 2, 1977; Charles Dials, age 18. Alva had apparently faked being paralyzed …

  What kind of person makes a false rape accusation anyway? From Quartz: The stories of false rape accusations are compelling: Man’s life ruined by a vindictive woman who has zero evidence. But what does the data say? The biggest takeaway is that false rape accusations almost never have serious consequences. It makes sense when you …