When the retirement community in which Evelyn lives got rid of the bus that took its members to the grocery store, her friend Joyce was dismayed and afraid that she would be moved. She didn’t want to go anywhere else…
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A Boeing 777-200IGW, like the one pictured, has gone missing while inflight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, March 7, 2014. Loren Callahan/AP Photo A Malaysia Airlines flight with 227 passengers on board has gone missing – and a search and…
When you’re in your local nail salon getting a manicure and a guy walks in for a treatment, do you judge him? Do you give him the side-eye because you don’t want any–eww–males in your serene space? Well, even if you don’t…
(Stjepan Pavich / Gothamist) [UPDATE BELOW] A 45-year-old man fell to his death onto scaffolding outside of a building near City Hall this morning. Thus far no criminality is suspected by the NYPD, but officials would not confirm that the…
Woman found dead years later in garage (CNN) — For years, the payments went out of the woman’s bank account. Nobody batted an eyelid. Bills were paid. And life went on as normal in the quiet neighborhood of Pontiac, Michigan. Neighbors…
Deaf Jamaican-born lawyer gets White House job THE White House has appointed Jamaican immigrant Claudia Gordon to oversee its efforts on disability issues. Gordon, a deaf lawyer, moves over from the Department of Labour where she dealt with potential discrimination…
There’s a 99.9% chance a 31-year-old man is Michael Jackson’s illegitimate son … at least that’s the claim after an alleged DNA test turned up a match. According to the test results — obtained by Alki David and his company,…
A pair of burglars made off with $200,000 after wearing extremely realistic-looking masks and dressing as New York City cops. Edward Byam, 24, and Akeem Monsalvatge, 37, of Queens, dressed up as NYPD officers and wore the masks, making it…
On Friday Apple announced a fix to a security bug in its iOS 7 system. Today Web security experts have parsed the patch to figure out what exactly the problem was… And apparently it’s a doozy. Wired has all of the gory details:…
Your signature is your public face. In our daily life we sign contracts, checks, tax forms, admission forms, bank forms, and other important documents. Many celebrities give autographs, lovers sign letters. Your signature is as unique as your fingerprints. Different…
LETTER FROM A MOTHER TO A DAUGHTER: “My dear girl, the day you see I’m getting old, I ask you to please be patient, but most of all, try to understand what I’m going through. If when we talk, I…
Everything Jesse Williams — star of “Grey’s Anatomy” — says here about the Michael Dunn trial is spot on. Dunn was convicted of attempted murder (but not first-degree murder) for firing on four black teenagers who wouldn’t turn down their…