Botswana became the latest country to decriminalize gay sex on Tuesday in a landmark case for Africa.
Author: Associated Press
Elton John biopic ‘Rocketman’ banned in Samoa for depictions of homosexuality
The Pacific nation of Samoa has banned the Elton John biopic “Rocketman” because of its depictions of homosexuality.
Shutterfly bought for $1.74 billion by Apollo Global Management
Apollo Global Management is buying the online photo publishing company for $51 per share.
Burger King retraining employees at Florida location after video caught them mopping tabletops
A customer caught one employee on video mopping the table that she had just eaten at.
Sleeping with the TV on may make you gain weight, preliminary research says
An NIH study found that women who slept with a television on or a light were more likely to gain at least 11 pounds over about five years.
Google just bought the data analytics platform Looker. Now Salesforce is buying Tableau
Customer-management software developer Salesforce is buying Tableau Software, which uses self-service analytics to help people work with data.
Why do 3 million students struggle to keep up with homework? They don’t have internet
In what has become known as the “homework gap,” an estimated 17% of U.S. students do not have access to computers at home.
95 people massacred and 19 missing in Mali village “terrorist” attack, government says
Unknown assailants killed at least 95 people in an ethnic Dogon village in the latest massacre to destabilize central Mali, government officials said.
Rome has had enough of travelers’ debauchery, cracking down on rowdy tourists
The mayor of Rome on Friday ushered in a permanent get-tough approach on boorish behavior by tourists and those Romans who exploit them.
The 1999 horror cult classic ‘The Blair Witch Project’ is getting a creepy new video game
A video game inspired by the Maryland-based horror film “The Blair Witch Project” is expected to come to PCs and Xboxes in August.