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We at Business Insider rail against cargo shorts — a lot. But it's for a good reason.

Cargo pocketed shorts are the single worst item a man can wear in the summer. Yes, we're willing to go that far. We feel that strongly about it.

Many men are finally understanding that cargo shorts are a scourge, and are buying fewer of them.

Market-research firm NPD Group told the Wall Street Journal earlier this week that sales of the derided shorts have fallen over the past year. Читать дальше...

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It was one of the biggest announcements of 2016. Using two gigantic detectors, scientists were able to detect something amazing — ripples in the fabric of spacetime generated by two colliding black holes.

Decades of work, and the construction of a $300 million dollar observatory, known as the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), led up to this defining moment in physics.

Fifty years ago, Rainer Weiss thought up a way to detect these ripples... Читать дальше...

The city’s ninth Summer Streets program kicks off Saturday along Park Ave. and Lafayette St., from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park.

The pub's rent has more than tripled by a private landlord.

Kym Johnson and Robert Herjavec have been the talk of the town since tying the knot on July 31, but it’s the “Dancing With the Stars” pro’s wedding fashion that we really can’t get enough of.

Returning to Cold Feet after more than a decade since it was last seen on TV felt like "putting on an old jumper", Fay Ripley says.

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Facebook clearly has no problem copying Snapchat.

Starting Friday, people in Canada and Brazil will see something different when they open the Facebook app: a prompt to open their phone's camera and take a selfie. They'll be able to add Olympics-themed face filters and post them directly to their profile.

Snapchat, of course, already works this way.

Facebook is being surprisingly candid about the fact that, by encouraging people to use their cameras and post selfies... Читать дальше...

It is a truth universally (if often silently) acknowledged that if you want more Twitter followers you should get into Twitter feuds. This holds especially true for mid- or low-level celebrities, many of whom know that if their follower numbers are falling off, if they’re no longer trending, all they need to do is pick a fight with another celebrity.

Indie band Viola Beach enter the album chart at number one, six months after their lives were tragically cut short in a car accident.

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Say this about Dale Earnhardt Jr. — he follows doctor’s orders. After missing three straight Sprint Cup races because of lingering effects of a concussion, NASCAR’s most popular driver did something Friday that’s part of his therapy — he made his first public appearance to speak about his recovery. “I missed

EFF leaer Julius Malema has given the public a sneak peek into how the party is planning to govern the wards it managed to win in this year’s local government elections.

ENSCHEDE - De politie heeft vrijdag aan het eind van de middag een inval gedaan in een woning in de Ypkemeulestraat in de wijk Boswinkel in Enschede.

The Futures Now team discusses crude oil, gold and silver all down off jobs report. What is oil's next move?

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Israel on Friday bitterly rejected US President Barack Obama’s claim that its officials now support last year’s nuclear deal with Iran. Far from accepting Obama’s assertion, the Israeli Defense Ministry compared the year-old accord to the Munich Agreement signed by the European powers with Nazi Germany in 1938.

Obama said Thursday that Israeli defense officials are now behind the deal signed by world powers and Iran, and that they recognize the efficacy of the accord. Читать дальше...

On Thursday's ESPN's "First Take" new co-host Max Kellerman had a message for Dan Snyder, the owner of the Washington Redskins, that has been involved in a name controversy for several years now.

A record 46 NBA players will compete in men's basketball at the Rio Olympics and no team has more than the ever-international roster of the San Antonio Spurs.

Kanye West liet in maart via Twitter weten dat hij graag Ikea-meubelen zou ontwerpen: ,,Supergeïnspireerd door mijn bezoek aan Ikea vandaag, heel indrukwekkend bedrijf... mijn hoofd tolt van de mogelijkheden...", schreef hij. Ikea reageerde niet meteen. Tot Kanye recent tijdens een radio-interview weer een hint gaf. De meubelketen postte een ludieke reactie op Facebook en nu is het hele internet sprong mee op de kar.

India has many wonders to offer, and one of them is the 10-year-old boy who feeds on the milk of stray dogs. Learn how he got to do it. His name is Mohit Kumar. The mother stopped breastfeeding the toddler at 2. However, two years later, being four he developed a new habit. The boy […]

Pele says his poor health will prevent him from participating in the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics. In a statement on Friday, Pele says "I'm not physically able to attend ...

An elusive red panda that escaped a Chinese zoo and lived a life on the run for eight months was recovered and returned home to its enclosure this week. For lovers of visiting cute animals at the Hangzhou Zoo in China's Zhejiang province, the nightmare lasted 242 days.

After two consecutive days of providing detailed descriptions of a potentially damning video of a U.S. cash shipment to Iran, Donald Trump is admitting today he never actually saw any such video.