Ken Shepherd

Walmart announces store-to-fridge grocery delivery service

Walmart is testing a new service that delivers grocery straight to your kitchen, with no need to be at home for the delivery man.

September 22, 2017

Chicago house made famous by ‘Family Matters’ sitcom to be demolished: Report

The Chicago house featured in the opening credits of 1990s ABC sitcom "Family Matters" will be coming down to make way for a multi-family apartment unit.

September 22, 2017

Bill de Blasio, NYC mayor, announces relief efforts to help Puerto Rico in Maria’s aftermath

New York City employees wishing to travel to Puerto Rico to help with disaster-relief efforts can get help from the city to cover their travel and lodging costs, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday.

September 21, 2017

Kimberly-Clark sues D.C. over ‘fatally flawed’ ban on ‘flushable’ wipes: Report

A major manufacturer of cleaning products is suing the District of Columbia over a new ban on the marketing of "flushable" sanitary wipes, Washington's WTOP Radio reported Thursday.

September 21, 2017

Bill Gates admits he goofed: Ctrl-Alt-Delete should have been one key

We all have regrets in life. The three-fingered protocol for rebooting your frozen PC is one of Bill Gates's.

September 21, 2017

James Damore, fired Google employee, steps into fresh controversy with KKK poll tweet

A poll question posed by Twitter has ignited social-media outrage at James Damore, the Google employee fired earlier this summer for questioning whether gender discrimination was a problem at the tech giant.

September 20, 2017

Montia Sabbag, woman caught up in Kevin Hart sex tape scandal, says she’s not behind the recording

Montia Sabbag, an aspiring actress and recording artist, said in a press conference today that she was not responsible for a video recording of her having sex with comedian Kevin Hart.

September 20, 2017

Beau Willimon, outspoken anti-Trump screenwriter, elected Writers Guild of America East president

Beau Willimon, the creator of the Netflix's "House of Cards" and a prolific Twitter critic of President Trump, has been unanimously elected to head a powerful screenwriters guild.

September 20, 2017

Lackluster NFL ratings have Wall Street analysts concerned: Report

Fewer Americans are hunkering down to watch professional football, and that could have a negative impact on some media stocks.

September 20, 2017

Swiss police investigating 500-euro notes that clogged toilets in financial district: Report

Police in Geneva are looking into a rather mysterious rash of toilet cloggings.

September 18, 2017

Apple Pay Cash won’t be released in time for iOS 11’s Tuesday debut: Report

Apple's anticipated upgrade for Apple Pay won't release in time for the Tuesday debut of iOS 11.

September 18, 2017

Kevin Hart, comedian, was blackmailed with sex tape; FBI investigating: Report

Kevin Hart this past week found himself the target of blackmail involving a sex tape that apparently shows the comedian and actor intimately involved with a woman who is not his wife.

September 18, 2017

British college student markets 100-day Christmas countdown calendar

Saturday is 100 days until Christmas, and one enterprising British university student is marketing a massive countdown calendar to Yuletide.

September 18, 2017

Fredericksburg, Va., asks public what it should do with historic slave-auction block: Report

The city of Fredericksburg, Va., is asking the public to weigh in online to help determine the fate of an auction block that was used for the selling of slaves.

September 15, 2017

European TV execs complain new U.S. TV shows are too patriotic to work overseas: Report

A trio of programs hitting U.S. airwaves this fall are patriotically-themed, making them poor choices to appeal to foreign markets, The Hollywood Reporter said Friday, citing television executives in Europe who spoke recently to the trade publication.

September 15, 2017

Parents, students protest school principal’s banning of Indian ‘chief’ tradition: Report

Scores of parents and students descended Wednesday on a school board meeting in Frederick, Maryland, to protest a local principal's decision to ban the use of an Indian headdress at the high school's sporting events.

September 14, 2017

OkCupid promotes Planned Parenthood five times in two days on company’s Facebook page

On its company website, OkCupid touts itself as a dating app where "everyone's welcome." But given the company's recently promotion of and fundraising for Planned Parenthood, pro-life singles using the service might disagree.

September 14, 2017

Baltimore to suspend city bike-share program for one month, faulting rash of thefts: Report

Baltimore's nascent bike-share program will shut down for about a month while company officials work to improve the security for its cycle fleet, The Baltimore Sun reported Wednesday.

September 14, 2017

Bikini baristas claim city of Everett, Washington, has stripped them of freedom of expression

Wearing a skimpy bathing suit to work is not just a gimmick to perk up coffee sales but a fundamental exercise in free expression, a group of Washington State baristas are claiming. The so-called bikini baristas are suing the city of Everett in federal court over its newly imposed dress code, the Seattle Times reported Monday.

September 13, 2017

37 percent of Americans can’t name any of the rights guaranteed by First Amendment: Survey

A new survey released just ahead of the 230th anniversary of the close of the Constitutional Convention shows that nearly four in 10 Americans cannot name a single right protected by the First Amendment.

September 13, 2017