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It’s a well-documented style rule that men should never button the second button of a two-button suit jacket. It’s considered appropriate to button the top one when standing, sure, but never the second. So if no one’s supposed to use the bottom button, why does it exist? As with many fashion curiosities, history reportedly factors in. Legend goes…
A growing number of global brands have pulled their advertising campaigns from YouTube over the past week after finding their ads had appeared next to extremist content. Google, which owns YouTube, has vowed to tackle the issue by working on toughening up its policies, making its advertiser controls easier to use, and hiring more staff to police…
Jeanine Pirro speaking at a Conservative Political Action Conference in February. She said on her Fox News show this weekend that House Speaker Paul D. Ryan should step down. Credit Mike Theiler/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Jeanine Pirro, a Fox News host, is a longtime friend of President Trump. So when Mr. Trump said on…
President Trump at the White House on Monday. Credit Stephen Crowley/The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Trump declared war on the conservatives of the House Freedom Caucus on Thursday, suggesting Republicans should “fight them” in the 2018 midterm elections if they do not back his agenda. “The Freedom Caucus will hurt the entire Republican…
Cover Photo Carole Atkins, with children from the Syrian refugee family she sponsored, at an ice rink in Toronto. Credit Damon Winter/The New York Times Canadians Adopted Refugee Families for a Year. Then Came ‘Month 13.’ Everyday Canadians spent a year embracing Syrians in the world’s most personal resettlement program. Letting them go might be…
League of Legends’ design director said earlier this month that it’s a matter of time before the game adds an openly gay character. Choices like that don’t sit well with some of LoL’s more conservative fans, and in replying to one of them, Greg Street says the game is simply a reflection of the current…
“I still go to high school, I’m still on the swim team, I’m still swimming. I haven’t dropped out or anything,” Daniel Lara says Daniel Lara (right) and Josh Holz (left) say the “Damn, Daniel” video that became a viral sensation was a “total fluke.” Credit: Sami Drasin/Trunk Archive This spring, California high school…
Robot arms weld a vehicle at the General Motors plant in Lansing, Mich. Automakers are the biggest users of industrial robots, which have decreased employment and wages in local economies. Credit Bill Pugliano/Getty Images Who is winning the race for jobs between robots and humans? Last year, two leading economists described a future in which…
But damn, it’s expensive. A new survey from Skin Store of more than 3,000 women found that the average woman in the US spends around $300,000 on makeup in her lifetime. youtube.com Think of all the bagels/coffees/shoes you could buy with that. Women from New York supposedly fork over the most for makeup: The average…
Republicans in Congress just voted to reverse a landmark FCC privacy rule that opens the door for ISPs to sell customer data. Lawmakers provided no credible reason for this being in the interest of Americans, except for vague platitudes about “consumer choice” and “free markets,” as if consumers at the mercy of their local internet…