As nearly 60,000 runners take on the 26.2-mile course of the iconic New York City Marathon on Sunday, Nov. 1, all eyes will be on the finish line. But ask Joanne Navarra and she’ll tell you the real magic happens at the start, where the full spectrum of the human experience unfolds. “You know, it’s more exciting…
Airbnb is updating its rules to shield visitors from onerous cleaning tasks it says could negatively impact their stay. The new policy, announced this week, prevents hosts from asking guests to strip beds, start a load of laundry and other household chores Airbnb says “require significant effort or time” and would typically be performed by…
Paris — French high school students lit fires outside schools and faced off with police on Friday as a protest movement that has forced the closure or disrupted education at more than 560 establishments showed no sign of abating. The movement, which began last week in the Paris region and rapidly spread nationwide, has seen…
This story previously aired on June 15, 2024.It was updated on April 12, 2025. Not far from a quiet stretch of Gilgo Beach on Long Island, New York, investigators uncovered the hidden remains of four young women. The mystery of who they were and how they got here might have stayed a secret if not…
Robin Morgan, a wholesome child star of the 1940s and ’50s who grew up to become an all-American radical as a poet, essayist, editor and second-wave feminist, has died. She was 85. Morgan, who was still working on new books and poems, died Saturday in New York after suffering a series of health problems in…
Dolly Parton had a way with words — rhyming them in catchy melodies and making people laugh with her wit. The beloved star is being remembered for her kindness, talent and humor following her death at the age of 80 on Tuesday. Parton wasn’t shy about making jokes about herself or commenting on her signature…
Dolly Parton, one of the most groundbreaking and successful musicians in the history of country music, with a hitmaking career that spanned six decades and launched her into TV and movie stardom, has died, her family announced Tuesday. She was 80. Since breaking onto the country music scene with her 1967 debut “Hello, I’m Dolly,”…
The video shows what appears to be a roll of cash so thick it would impress Tony Soprano. White-gloved hands place the wad in an empty Doritos bag, and toss it casually under a tree. The camera pans to show people hanging out in the park, completely unaware of the treasure left in their midst….
Count Binface may have come up short in the by-election against Nigel Farage, but don’t throw his popularity in the trash just yet. The candidate wearing a garbage can on his head just won over a quarter of the votes in a contest against one of Britain’s most famous politicians. The longtime satirical candidate had…
Sick of cleaning your home? One company wants to let you offload the task to a humanoid robot. For $30 an hour, some San Francisco residents can now hire a robot to clean their home. Tau Robotics, an engineering company that builds AI technology to power robots, announced the service last month as part of…
