Fatima Ali, the “fan favorite” of last season’s “Top Chef” reality show on Bravo, died on Friday, months after announcing a terminal cancer diagnosis, the network announced. She was 29. Ali came in seventh in Season 15 of the TV show but was named “fan favorite” by viewers who were won over by her “unique, […]

Active duty members of the U.S. Coast Guard did not receive their first paychecks of the year, thanks to the ongoing government shutdown, but they could have access to a recent donation of $15 million, the head of the Coast Guard announced Tuesday. Tuesday may mark the first time in the history of the U.S. […]

UPDATE: 8:35 a.m. ― Apple reportedly has disabled the Group FaceTime feature as a temporary fix until a software update is released later this week. PREVIOUSLY:  iPhone users have been urged to disable FaceTime after a bug was discovered that allows callers to listen in and see through front-facing cameras ― even if the person they’re […]

Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon became the first major international diplomat to throw his weight behind the so-called Green New Deal, a nascent effort by left-wing Democrats to zero out planet-warming emissions and end poverty over the next decade. In an interview with HuffPost, Ban ― now the co-chair of the newly launched Global Commission […]

Les Moonves isn’t gone yet. Months after his ouster from CBS, the ex-CEO has started a company in West Hollywood and his old workplace is footing the bill, according to The New York Times. On Friday, The Times reported that the former executive had set up shop at 9000 Sunset Boulevard with a business called […]

Midwesterners may be stuck inside this week, but if Twitter is any indication, some are finding ways to have an (Arctic) blast. On Wednesday, a few videos popped up on the social media platform that feature people venturing outside (or to their front doors) and throwing pots, pans and cups of boiling water into the […]

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow examined the possible consequences of a report in The Washington Post that claimed President Donald Trump had seized his interpreter’s notes following a 2017 meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. On Tuesday night, the “Rachel Maddow Show” host said there was “no reason” to suggest that Putin had done the same, which meant that […]

NASA has long stated its aim of sending humans to Mars sometime in the 2030s. But Donald Trump reportedly wanted it done much sooner. In fact, an upcoming book by former White House communications official Cliff Sims says the president wanted the first manned spaceflight to the Red Planet done and dusted by the end […]

LOS ANGELES ― Tuesday, on the second day of the Los Angeles teachers strike, tens of thousands of educators protested in front of the California Charter Schools Association building at a rally so crowded that participants were standing shoulder to shoulder. Among the crowd of protesters were teachers from Accelerated Charter Schools, who started their […]

“Avengers” star Chris Evans is calling out Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) for his complete about-face on President Donald Trump.   Now one of Trump’s staunchest allies, Graham was once one of his sharpest critics.  “You know how you make America great again? Tell Donald Trump to go to hell,” Graham told CNN in December 2015.  Evans reminded […]