These bike helmets protect you better than others

Commuting on two wheels has lots of health benefits, including a lowered risk of heart disease and cancer.  But sharing the road with cars, trucks and buses can be risky, with a growing number of bicyclists dying each year in crashes with motor vehicles, and many of those riders going without helmets. More than half of the 835 cyclists killed…

It’s a wrap: Nail wrap seller Jamberry shuts down

Jamberry, the multilevel marketer of nail wraps and other beauty products, faces accusations of stiffing thousands of non-employee salespeople after the company informed employees in a late-night email Wednesday that it was their “last official day” of work.  “Please come to the … office at Noon on Thursday for a discussion on what this means regarding health insurance, 401K and…

Jamberry has its beauty product reps in a jam

Jamberry is a multilevel marketer (MLM) of beauty products, but it’s facing some ugly accusations from within its own ranks. And a deal announced last month with a provider of nutritional supplements called M. Network, which uses the same business model, appears to be on shaky ground. A group of “elite” Jamberry representatives complained in a video posted on YouTube…

McDonald looks to muffin tops to reclaim lost sales

In a gambit to reclaim sagging breakfast sales, McDonald’s is taking a page from a “Seinfeld” script. In a move reminiscent of a 1997 episode of the popular television sitcom, the fast-food giant is looking at selling just the tops of muffins — “the best part,” according to TV character Elaine Benes — as it strives to bring back lost…

Russian pop star with ties to Trump trolls U.S. election saga in music video

MOSCOW, RUSSIA – NOVEMBER 09: Emin Agalarov, Donald Trump and Aras Agalarov attend the red carpet at Miss Universe Pageant Competition 2013 on November 9, 2013 in Moscow, Russia. Victor Boyko / Getty Images Donald Trump in a hotel room with bikini-clad beauty contestants, a suspicious-looking suitcase changing hands, Ivanka Trump clinking glasses with Hillary Clinton — all under the…

Rising sea levels may create “tipping points” for seaside towns

After Superstorm Sandy devastated New Jersey in 2012, singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen lamented that “the Jersey shore has always been a special place where if you had a few bucks you could own a beach house.”  As shoreline communities from the San Francisco Bay to Miami Beach encounter ever higher-reaching tides and chronic flooding, a “few bucks” is probably not enough….

Trump will “likely” meet with Putin in “not too distant future,” Pompeo says

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that President Trump is “likely” to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the “not too distant future” and national security adviser John Bolton will head to Moscow in the next few days. While still uncertain, it’s a more definitive statement than the White House has offered lately, amid questions of whether the…

Scientists plunge into icy waters as part of “mad tradition”

Scott Clifford swims in a pool cut into the sea ice in Antarctica on June 21, 2018, in a photo released by the Australian Antarctic Division. Australian Antarctic Division/George Brettingham-Moore Scientists based in Antarctica welcomed the winter solstice by plunging into icy waters Thursday as part of a “mad tradition” heralding the return of brighter days after weeks of darkness….

U.S.-North Korea summit: Fallout continues over joint statement

President Trump shows the document that he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed acknowledging the progress of the talks and pledge to keep momentum going, after their summit at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on Tue., June 12, 2018. Reuters WASHINGTON — A tired President Trump emerged from Air Force One earlier Wednesday, having returned…

Trump showed Kim movie trailer depicting them as heroes at Singapore summit

The White House aired a movie trailer depicting the possibilities ahead for U.S.-North Korea relations to set up the president’s press conference following his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “Seven billion people inhabit planet Earth,” the voiceover begins. “Of those alive today, only a small number will leave a lasting impact. And only the very few will…

A Tale of Two Kims

On the left, Kim Kardashian West appears with Donald Trump in the Oval Office after their May 30 meeting. On the right, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un walks with U.S. President Donald Trump during a break in talks at their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. Twitter via…

A Tale of Two Kims

On the left, Kim Kardashian West appears with Donald Trump in the Oval Office after their May 30 meeting. On the right, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un walks with U.S. President Donald Trump during a break in talks at their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. Twitter via…