A powerful Chicago politician is trying to ground “fake” service animals. Alderman Edward Burke introduced an ordinance Wednesday that would ban all such animals from the city’s two main airports — O’Hare and Midway — unless their owners can prove they are legit. A service dog strolls through the isle […]
Daily Archives: February 28, 2018
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Watching Episode 8 was hard enough knowing that it was the last time we would see Carrie Fisher on screen in her iconic role. The upcoming novelisation looks set to break fans’ hearts all over again. The book isn’t out until the end of next week, but one fan has […]
Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel-Wahab has was found guilty by a Cairo court of “insulting the state” and “spreading fake news,” and was also fined 10,000 Egyptian pounds (£409). The singer, who was sentenced in absentia, remains free on bail and can appeal the ruling. The lawsuit against Mrs Abdel-Wahab, one […]
Black & Decker’s $100 Purifry isn’t your typical kitchen countertop air fryer. It’s compact, affordable and simple to operate. It creates food that tastes deep-fried and delicious. And the Purifry does so using little to no oil, as an air fryer should. But the Purifry does have its flaws. Its […]
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani put out an interesting peace feeler to the Taliban on Feb. 28. The offer might seem hopeless in a country that has endured armed conflict for 40 years. For Americans, too, the prospects of peace in Afghanistan can seem slim after their longest war; it’s been […]
Scientists have long wanted to retrieve rock samples from the Moon’s South Pole-Aitken basin, and a new study could be helpful in locating an ideal landing site.
Volvo Cars is no longer content with letting tech startups come to it, so it is going out into the world and investing in promising companies with its newly formed Volvo Cars Tech Fund. Part of what makes the Volvo Cars Tech Fund cool is that working with Volvo will […]
Ads for cars in magazines are, at this point, pretty formulaic. A beauty shot of the vehicle in question, some hyperbolic copy that throws the word dynamic in a half-dozen times, some logos and you’re all set. Toyota’s ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi thought that it could do better for […]