William Wan, The Washington Post
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Rebel Developers Are Trying To Cure Smartphone Addiction - With An App
To understand why it's so hard to pry yourself free from your phone, Facebook account and Twitter, you need to know about B.F. Skinner's pigeons.
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How Emoji Can Kill: As Gangs Move Online, Social Media Fuels Violence
Social media has profoundly changed gang activity in the United States, according to a new report by a Chicago nonprofit. Of particular concern, researchers say, is how social media often appears to amplify and speed up the cycle of aggression and violence.
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Trump, Fast-Food Lover And Exercise Hater, Takes A 'Swing' On Fitness Day
It's Sports and Fitness Day at the White House. That meant President Donald Trump - a man who has spoken out on the dangers of exercising and devours McDonald's, KFC chicken, chocolate cake and double scoops of vanilla ice cream - spent his afternoon lecturing the nation on the importance of staying fit.
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The Harvey Weinsteins Of The World: What Makes Some Men Predators?
What causes some men to harass and not others?
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One Of Earliest Slave Remains Found: Skull Shows How Much He Was Abused
The blow to the head of the man in grave 10 was so severe that it chipped off a bone near his right eyebrow, fractured part of his face, and probably helped to kill him.
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The Solar Eclipse Transformed America, At Least For A Few Moments
Millions of Americans gasped and groaned Monday as the first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in 99 years zoomed across the country, dazzling many but disappointing some whose view was obscured by clouds.
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Many People Can't Tell When Photos Are Fake. Can You?
During the terrorism attacks that killed 130 people in Paris in 2015, a Canadian Sikh was falsely accused of being one of the attackers after a photo went viral, doctored to make him look like he was wearing a suicide bomb vest. A Spanish newspaper published the picture on its front page and later apologized. Less than a year later, the photo start...
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In A Beijing Ballroom, Jared Kushner's Family Pushes 'Investor Visa' To Wealthy Chinese
The Kushner family came to the United States as refugees, worked hard and made it big - and if you invest in Kushner properties, so can you.
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New York Bombing Suspect Charged With Using Weapons Of Mass Destruction
Federal authorities said Tuesday that the man accused of carrying out bombings here and in New Jersey over the weekend worried he would be captured before carrying out a suicide attack.
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What It Means When The Leaders Of The World's Two Largest Economies Sit Down For Tea
Let's say you have the president of the United States coming over for a visit. And say the two of you have been going through a rough patch - disagreements over whether you're hacking his government, bullying his friends or imprisoning activists by the hundreds.
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Obama's China Visit Starts Rocky At Tarmac With No Stairs
On what is probably US President Barack Obama's last visit to China, for a Group of 20 summit here, there were flare-ups and simmering tensions throughout - a fitting reflection of how the relationship between these two world powers has become frayed and fraught with frustration.
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What The World Looks Like When You Look Like Obama
The hardest thing isn't the voice. It isn't the makeup or spray-on gray hair. It's the confidence.
