Sports | SPORTS

Jackie Robinson turns 100 and MLB, New York City plan to party

Jackie Robinson, who became the first African American to play Major League Baseball breaking the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers, turned 100 years old on Thursday.

Sports | SPORTS

CBS will stream its NFL games on smartphones starting this season

CBS has extended its streaming deal with the NFL to 2022 and expanded the terms to include access on mobile devices through its CBS All Access subscription service.

Sports | SPORTS

2019 Stanley Cup Odds: Lightning and Predators Listed as Early Betting Favorites

The 2017/18 NHL season did not end well for the Tampa Bay Lightning and Nashville Predators, with each of them getting eliminated in the playoffs at home in a Game 7...

Sports | SPORTS

Rusty Staub, beloved Mets icon, dead at 73 - NY Daily News

In every way, Rusty Staub, the beloved Mets' hitting icon, who passed away early Thursday morning at age 73, was bigger than life.

Sad news, he was one of the greats.

Sports | SPORTS

Browns' wild 36-hour trading spree reportedly left other NFL teams 'stunned'

The Browns shocked pretty much everyone in the NFL with their rash of trades

Business & Finance | FINANCE & INVESTMENTS

Why It's Hard to Find Angel Investors for Startups

There are requirements on both sides. For the angel investors, there are things they require a startup to have for them to invest and to the startups, they also have their requirements of an angel investor

Business & Finance | FINANCE & INVESTMENTS

Precursor Ventures just raised a second fund to zero in on pre-seed-stage startups | TechCrunch

Precursor Ventures, a 3.5-year-old, seed-stage investment firm in San Francisco, just closed its second fund with $31 million in capital commitments, roughly double what it raised for its debut effort in 2017. Somewhat amazingly, it has 75 portfolio compa

Business & Finance | FINANCE & INVESTMENTS

Rover raises $65 million to grow its dog-sitting platform globally | VentureBeat

Rover, the online platform dedicated to connecting dog-owners with a range of services including walkers, has raised $65 million in a round of funding led by Spark Capital, with participation from Menlo Ventures, Foundry Group, Omers Ventures, Technology

Business & Finance | FINANCE & INVESTMENTS

Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec Says This Is the Best Way to Sell Yourself

Channel your inner Don Draper.
So many people think ‘sales’ is a dirty word. It shocks me really. There are so many negative associations with sales and even a sales person that tend to make people think to themselves, “I could never do that,” or “that’s just not me”.

Business & Finance | FINANCE & INVESTMENTS

Don’t Mortgage Your Startup

The last 5-10 years have been an extraordinary time for early stage tech founders to raise money. But easy access to capital has ingrained some bad habits..

Science & Technology | TECH

LinkedIn debuts LinkedIn Live, a new live video broadcast service

LinkedIn — the social network for the working world with close to 600 million users globally — says that video is the fastest-growing format on its platform alongside original written work, shared news and other content. Now it’s taking

Science & Technology | TECH

This Sports Tech Startup Is Helping The Steelers Use Data and Analytics To Prevent Injuries

The Pittsburgh Steelers have been working with Silicon Valley startup Sparta Science this season in an effort to utilize machine learning and predictive analytics to prevent injuries. They are the 3rd NFL team to work with the sports tech company along wi

Science & Technology | TECH

Spotify vs. Apple Music: The best music streaming service is...

How to choose between the two big names in music streaming.

Science & Technology | TECH

How doorbell cameras are creating dilemmas for police, neighborhoods

Police departments want to know about crimes, suspicious activities caught on home security cameras before homeowners post videos on social media.

Science & Technology | TECH

Why Apple’s AirPower Wireless Charger Is Taking So Long to Make

When Apple Inc. introduced AirPods earbuds in 2016, chief designer Jony Ive hailed the beginning of a new "wireless future." The company’s devices would connect and charge without fiddly white cords and unsightly plugs and sockets.

Politics | POLITICS

Ilhan Omar is throwback to days of segregation, when racists openly roamed halls of Congress

Yes, hatred is hatred, but no form of bigotry is as pervasive in as many places as antisemitism.

Great column by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach.

Politics | POLITICS

Ilhan Omar Shows How Intersectionality Can Elevate Bigotry | National Review

To her progressives, her experience gives her authority. They see it as their responsibility to act as her allies.

Bigotry is always wrong, there are no exceptions, and Omar was just rewarded for being a bigot.

Politics | POLITICS

Democrats’ refusal to call out Ilhan Omar’s anti-semitism is just appalling

It’s really not hard to get to the bottom of this: When you say that Jews have magical hypnotic powers to control other people, you’re an anti-Semite. When you say Jews control other people through…

Agreed.

Politics | POLITICS

Omar and AOC Don’t Get To Get To Define Anti-Semitism

Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez need to stop telling Jews what is and isn't anti-Semitic.

Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez need to stop telling Jews what is and isn't anti-Semitic.

Politics | POLITICS

What Sen. Paul’s decision to oppose Trump’s national emergency declaration means

The decision by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) to vote in favor of blocking President Trump’s national emergency declaration for the border sets two things in motion on Capitol Hill:

Miscellaneous | OTHER STUFF

Ithaca High School cancels spring play in wake of student diversity demands

This is also pathetic. Esmeralda is European. These kids have been brainwashed to exploit race. The term “person of color” is invoked now any time it’s politicalky advantageous, not correct.

Miscellaneous | OTHER STUFF

Riding a Wild Wind, a Norwegian 787 Breaks a Speed Record | WIRED

A 200-mph jet stream has sent several passenger jets to nearly 800 mph, and helped break a (subsonic) speed record.

Miscellaneous | OTHER STUFF

The Biggest Uber, Lyft, and Taxi Scams -- and How to Avoid Them

Don't get taken for a ride (figuratively, anyway).

Miscellaneous | OTHER STUFF

Photographing Eastern Europe's Fading Jewish Architecture – Tablet Magazine

Photographer David Kaufman looks at the world through a historical lens. Quite literally, in fact, as he shoots with bellows, the folding attachment used on cameras since the Civil War. Though Kaufman is fascinated by the past, his old-fashioned equipmen

Some of these photos are beautiful. I had no idea that any of the Warsaw Ghetto buildings still exist. These sites must be preserved. They are remnants of an extremely rich society destroyed by the most nightmarish example of genocide in American history.

Miscellaneous | OTHER STUFF

Paying the price for breakdown of the country's bourgeois culture

These basic cultural precepts could be followed by people of all backgrounds and abilities, especially when backed up by almost universal endorsement.

This is one of the best editorials I have ever read about the reasons for the decay of American society and the, too many of us, obvious solution.

Home Improvement | HOME IMPROVEMENT

14 Ways To Perk Up Your Home For Under $10

Believe it or not, redecorating your home doesn't need to be a massive and expensive project. Simple touches like adding a decorative tray or changing your pillow cases can have dramatic effects.

Science & Technology | ISRAELI TECH

Facebook Acquires Israeli Messaging Platform Startup Redkix For $100M | Technology News

The Israeli company will join Workplace by Facebook, the tech giant's answer to popular collaboration service Slack.

Science & Technology | ISRAELI TECH

Former Israeli soldiers use AI to wage war on convenience store lines

We spend two years of our lives waiting in lines. Enough is enough! Trigo Vision, an AI startup with a team of warriors at the helm, is here to kill queues.

Science & Technology | ISRAELI TECH

Israeli Microbreweries Haven for Innovation in Trendy Field - Israel News

With 53 microbreweries established in the past decade, the fast-growing trend of boutique breweries creating small batches of craft beers is currently exploding on the Israeli scene.

Yeah, it's just beer and not on the same level as most other Israeli tech innovations (saving the environment, saving lives, ending droughts etc.) but it is still very interesting!

Science & Technology | ISRAELI TECH

This Personal Rescue Backpack SkySaver Lets You Rappel Down Buildings

SkySaver's emergency backpack is designed to help residents escape from high-rises. When fire breaks out, you buckle in and start rappelling down the building.

Science & Technology | ISRAELI TECH

Meet the female alums of the Israeli Army's elite tech training school - Fortune

It’s no secret that women can have a hard time breaking into the tech sector. But when Nofar Diamant and Dana Gutkind interviewed for their jobs at Perion Network, a Holon, Israel-based technology company, they were snapped up immediately.

News | NEWS

After US Recognizes Venezuelan Opposition Chief as President, Iranian Leaders Rally Behind Maduro Regime

Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro (r) embraces Iranian foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at a meeting in Caracas. Photo: Reuters/Carlos Garcia …

News | NEWS

New York law is an open invitation to home invaders

There is a reason homeowners can rarely afford to dispense mercy on an overnight invader: Criminal intruders tend to be the dangerous type. What homeowners don’t expect are law enforcers and prosec…

This state is being destroyed by stupidity. This is absolutely insane.

News | NEWS

Columbia Teachers College professor’s office vandalized with swastikas, anti-Semitic slurs

News | NEWS

Thai cave rescue: All 13 rescued!

"All 12 'Wild Boars' and coach have been extracted from the cave," Thai navy SEALS say

AMAZING news!

News | NEWS

How The Congressional Baseball Shooting Didn't Become The Deadliest Political Assassination In American History

You don't know the whole story of how close we came to one of the deadliest political shootings in US history last year.

History | HISTORY

Ask the Captain: Which World War II fighter is better, a P-51 or F4U?

Comparing two of the most legendary aircraft from World War II.

History | HISTORY

Oldest Pearl Harbor survivor reflects ahead of Memorial Day - CNNPolitics

Ray Chavez reflected on his service, and recounted his experience on the day that President Franklin Roosevelt declared would "live in infamy."

History | HISTORY

The Reason There's Over a Hundred Abandoned Giant Arrows Across the U.S.

Being an airmail pilot was dangerous business before these came along.

History | HISTORY

Why this Holocaust survivor still wears his concentration camp uniform | New York Post

Ed Mosberg’s hands stay steady as he slips into the striped cotton jacket and matching cap — an outfit identical to one he was issued 75 years ago, as a...

“They took the infant out of the mother’s hand and smashed it against walls and it was killed instantly,” Mosberg recalled...He remembers when officers told prisoners with canes to abandon the aids, promising that whoever could cross the square would be free: “They were crawling on their hands and knees. When they got [to the other side] they were shot.”

History | HISTORY

‘Dunkirk’: Why Didn’t Hitler Go in For the Kill?

The British army was in full retreat, but suddenly German tanks were halted–twice. Hitler later said he gave Churchill “a sporting chance” of survival. Churchill wasn’t interested.

Entertainment | ENTERTAINMENT

Jewish Actor William Shatner Talks About Facing a ‘Great Deal’ of Antisemitism as a Child

Jewish Canadian actor William Shatner opened up in a recent interview about being the target of antisemites during his childhood....

Entertainment | ENTERTAINMENT

The Secret Jewish History Of Aretha Franklin – The Forward

Aretha Franklin, who has died at 76, was known as the "Queen of Soul" — and many Jewish artists helped her get that royal title.

I don't think any of this is "secret" - but it's still interesting.

Entertainment | ENTERTAINMENT

Lance Bass got screwed out of buying the Brady Bunch house

A couple week ago, we reported that the house used for the exterior shots on The Brady Bunch was going up for sale for the first time in 45 years, with pretty much the only interested buyers being developers who wanted the land the house was built on. At

They will demolish it. LA is the capital of greedy developers destroying history. Nothing is safe.

Entertainment | ENTERTAINMENT

NYC Stories: Bill Hader and Henry Winkler Have Ridiculous Memories of NYC

Bill Hader and Henry Winkler, stars of HBO hit Barry, have each experienced love and hate in New York City—but not in the ways you’d imagine.

Entertainment | ENTERTAINMENT

Exclusive: Future ‘A Star Wars Story’ Spinoffs on Hold at Lucasfilm

In the wake of the disappointing launch of 'Solo: A Star Wars Story', Lucasfilm has put plans for more 'A Star Wars Story' spinoffs on hold and is instead focusing on 'Episode IX' and crafting a new trilogy.

What did they expect? The Last Jedi was a preachy, politically correct, worthless peace of garbage.

Miscellaneous | NEW YORK CITY

12 Old New York Spots That Are Still Amazing Today

Sometimes, newer isn't always better. We're trading in New York's latest restaurant and bar openings for some of the city's most awesome old-school haunts.

Miscellaneous | NEW YORK CITY

Amazon cancels plans for New York City HQ2

E-commerce giant had faced fierce opposition for a planned New York location projected to cost $3 billion in incentives

Ocasio-Cortez and her pals just cost the city millions. Apparently they don’t know that their jobs are to create jobs-not destroy them.

Miscellaneous | NEW YORK CITY

New York City in all its Neon-Lit Glory, 1969 - 1971 - Flashbak

These brilliant photos were taken by Hans Joachim Jacobi and scanned by his son Michael. They travelled to NYC as a stopover on the way to and from Halifax in Nova Scotia to visit relatives. Hans was using a Exakta Varex IIa, an East-German camera, using

The last gasp of classic New York!

Miscellaneous | NEW YORK CITY

20 Ultimate Things to Do in New York City – Fodors

In the city that never sleeps, it can be tempting to want to do it all. But instead of trying to see, eat, and drink it all, put these 20 musts—from iconic landmarks to local favorites—at the top of your list.

Miscellaneous | NEW YORK CITY

10 Secrets of Subway Conductors | Mental Floss

Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.

Business & Finance | BUSINESS

5 Reasons Why 2019 is the Best Year Yet to Start a Business

Startup life is tough, but the current market and available resources makes it a whole lot easier to get going. Here's why 2019 is a great year to launch.

Business & Finance | BUSINESS

Uber is suing New York City... again

It's not the government's job to protect taxi companies

Business & Finance | BUSINESS

How To Say No In A Room Full Of Yeses

So, as we begin 2019, make a pact with yourself. Trust your gut this year. Always. Make it a habit. If something feels wrong, it probably is.

Business & Finance | BUSINESS

Four Ways To Fund Your Startup Without Venture Capital

As a startup, the initial runway, where founders strive to prove viability and gain traction, is where most entrepreneurs run out of money, motivation and, ultimately, fail. There are several ways around it.

Business & Finance | BUSINESS

How Much Money Can You Really Make Driving for Uber or Lyft?

Don't believe everything you've read -- actual driver incomes may be better than you thought. They might still be less than you want or need, though.

News | ISRAEL NEWS

After CNN Firing, Marc Lamont Hill Blames Israel for Police Killings of Black People, Opposes Renouncing Farrakhan

Marc Lamont Hill, a tenured professor at Temple University who recently lost his contract as a CNN commentator for comments denounced as antisemitic, blamed Israel on Friday...

This guy is such a bastard.

News | ISRAEL NEWS

Motive in Question After Israeli Woman Killed by Palestinian Driver in West Bank | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.c

An Israeli woman in her 40s died on Thursday night after she was run over by a Palestinian vehicle in...

News | ISRAEL NEWS

Opinion | Gaza’s Miseries Have Palestinian Authors

Why is nothing expected of Palestinians, and everything forgiven, while everything is expected of Israelis, and nothing forgiven?

News | ISRAEL NEWS

How India Threw 'Ally' Israel Under the Bus at the UN

How India Threw 'Ally' Israel Under the Bus at the UN

Science & Technology | SCIENCE

Scientists Find a New Way to Create the Plutonium That Powers Deep Space Missions

A long-simmering crisis for deep space missions ends before it could become a problem.

Science & Technology | SCIENCE

The Supposedly Physics-Defying NASA Thruster Doesn't Work, New Research Confirms

If you want to send something deep, deep into space, it’s impractical to load it up with lots of heavy propellant. Scientists with their eyes on long-distance space travel have contemplated thrusters that wouldn’t need any propellant at all. The EmDri

Health & Fitness | HEALTH

Should You Cut Out Fruit If You’re Trying to Lose Weight?

Here’s the truth about the Mother Nature’s sweet stuff and your waistline