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These are the 20 best cities to live in U.S.

Home<p>The United States is filled with incredible cities, each with its own set of credentials and clout to attract visitors from around the world. But which spots are actually the places to live?<p>U.S. News & World Report just unveiled their list of 2017 Best Places to Live in America after ranking …

Cities

10 Most Surprising Winners In A Grammy History

Like all award shows, the Grammys are always bound to satisfy, surprise and rankle in equal measure. From visionary to out of touch, reactions vary …

Music

Extensive Hockney Retrospective Opens at Tate Britain: Pictures

Queen Elizabeth's 65 Years on the Throne, in 65 Numbers

Feb. 6 marks Queen Elizabeth II's sapphire jubilee, marking the first time a British monarch has celebrated a 65-year reign.<p>The Queen, who is the …

Royal Family

The Most Romantic Destination in Every State

Although there are countless ways to spend Valentine’s Day together as a couple—dinner, drinks, spa, a night in—there are few that are as healthy for …

North America

The Luxury Amenity You Don’t Want to Use: Doomsday Bunker

A roundup of high-end properties featuring panic/safe rooms<p>In the wake of heightened risks of terrorist, nuclear and cyber attacks, large-scale …

Luxury Homes

Talking to the Gatekeepers of TV Comedy

Ever since the days of <i>I Love Lucy,</i> the production of most TV comedy has been driven by one guiding principle: Create shows that can appeal to the …

Comedy

Why Local News Anchors All Have the Same Look

The faces on your TV may have been surgically altered for a distraction-free experience.<p>Mark* was a sophomore in college, interning at a popular local television station in a medium-sized city in the South, when his boss told him to consider plastic surgery.<p>“One of the first things he said was ‘Oh, …

Journalism

Banking while browsing: The e-commerce solution

Digital security will be one of the biggest trends of 2017. The challenge at the heart of the dialogue? The pace of technology development – and cyber vulnerabilities – are increasing a rate much faster than protective measures can keep up.<p>The e-commerce sector, as one example, demonstrates the …

FinTech

24 Hours at JFK: The Hour-by-Hour Account of Two Iraqis’ Detainment and Release

Last Friday night, after a very long week, Mark Doss, a 29-year-old attorney with the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), was out to …

John F. Kennedy

How Israelis See the Settlements

A billboard near the highway entering Jerusalem proclaims in Hebrew: “The Time for Sovereignty Has Come.” It is part of a new campaign for the formal incorporation into Israel of Ma’ale Adumim, one of the largest settlements in the West Bank and barely a 10-minute drive east of Israel’s capital. …

High-pressure parenting

We invest far more time and money in raising our children than our parents did. Ryan Avent wonders whether we’re doing it in their best interests – …

Parenting

As a conservative Twitter user sleeps, his account is hard at work

CHICAGO — Daniel John Sobieski, 68, climbed the stairs in his modest brick home and settled into a worn leather chair for another busy day of tweeting. But he needn’t have bothered. As one of the nation’s most prolific conservative voices on Twitter, he already had posted hundreds of times this …

Social Media

Where things stand in the legal battle over Trump's travel ban

After national protests and a weekend of legal wrangling, President Donald Trump's executive order banning refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries remained blocked on Monday.<p>Lawyers for Minnesota and Washington state told a federal appellate court early in the day that …

Government

Hollywood Lawyer Marty Singer Can Make Any Problem Go Away—Except Maybe One

A ballroom full of household names—John Travolta, Scarlett Johansson, Charlie Sheen, Jonah Hill, etc.—will swear there’s no one in Hollywood like Marty Singer. David Margolick reports on the mega-lawyer’s mojo, and his involvement in the Bill Cosby case.<p>The guests who gathered for the Beverly Hills …

Hollywood

Anatomy of a miracle - How the Patriots came back from the dead - Super Bowl LI

Zero-point-two percent. Two in a thousand. The New England Patriots stunned the St. Louis Rams to win the first Super Bowl of the Bill Belichick-Tom …

New England Patriots

This is how the Patriots completed their miraculous Super Bowl comeback

The New England Patriots completed the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history after hanging 31 straight points on the Falcons and storming back from 25 points down. Every great comeback has a story, and here’s the anatomy of how it went down.<p>The start of the comeback.<p>It begins with five minutes …

NFL

The insane number of records set or tied in Super Bowl LI - NFL Nation

Super Bowl LI delivered a record-setting amount of craziness, as evidenced by the number of Super Bowl records set or tied.<p><b>Super Bowl records set</b><p>Most …

NFL

The five best Super Bowl commercials

Super Bowl LI may have been full of surprises, but the commercials? Not so much. It was a lackluster year with many forgettable ads. (It didn’t help that several of the Super Bowl’s most reliably funny advertisers, including Doritos and Butterfingers, dropped out.) Other advertisers — with the …

NFL

Patriots Shock the World to Win Super Bowl: Pictures

Lady Gaga Leaps into the Super Bowl: Pictures

Daily Edition Top 10 (Week of January 30, 2017)

News from President Donald Trump‘s second week in office dominated the news, from his immigration ban and the subsequent protests and court rulings to his pick to fill the open seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, a Navy SEAL raid in Yemen, relaxing financial regulations and new sanctions imposed on …

What would the Super Bowl look like with AI referees?

It’s late in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LI. The Falcons are facing third and goal on the Patriots’ five-yard line. Matt Ryan takes the snap and hands off to Devonta Freeman, already running hard at the goal line. Then, with a crunch audible to the topmost rows of NRG Stadium, Freeman is …

NFL

Tough Guy Challenge in England: Pictures

The Week in Review: Trump’s Travel Order Controversy

After just a week in office, newly elected President Donald Trump made a controversial announcement last Friday when he unveiled an executive order that bars citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. for a period of 90 days.<p>As well as banning nationals from Syria, Iran, …

51 fascinating things to know about Super Bowl LI

(CNN)The Super Bowl, aka your best yearly excuse to crush a six-pack on a Sunday night, is just one day away!<p>You already know the basics: The Atlanta Falcons and quarterback Matt Ryan will take on the New England Patriots and quarterback Tom Brady in a battle between North and South; veterans and …

NFL

Pictures of the Week 2.2.17

5 things to know about Luke Bryan, the 2017 Super Bowl national anthem singer

Lady Gaga is a hard act to follow, but country star Luke Bryan is taking on the challenge. This year, he will be singing the national anthem at the …

Here are all the commercials for Super Bowl 51

Football fans everywhere will crowd around their TV sets and tablets come Sunday (Feb. 5), when the New England Patriots take on the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl 51. But the game-play is only half the fun. A plethora of brands have ponied up good money to run commercials in the game, for your …

Advertising