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Love knows no legal boundaries. Teresa Xu and Li TingTing, a lesbian couple, held a simple, unofficial ceremony in Beijing on Thursday to make a push for same-sex marriage legalization in China. See also: Same-sex marria...

In which Ri Ri kidnaps and tortures a wealthy socialite.

Aerospace engineers have built a reinforced pod that they believe will protect inhabitants from the biggest storms in the world. The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake triggered a tsunami off Japan's coast that killed almost 16,000...

Stephen Colbert is bringing satire back to its homegrown roots. The satirist, who ended his run as host of “The Colbert Report” and will begin “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in September, traveled to Monroe...

You know that you’re supposed to lift up your arms and scream during a plunge down a roller coaster, but you probably also know you aren’t reaching out as far as you could. After all, it’s hard to ignore the feelin...

Report into plane crash that killed 43 people in Taiwan says captain had previously failed training on dealing with engine failure The captain of a TransAsia Airways ATR mistakenly switched off the plane's only working e...

Looking good, Pluto NASA's New Horizons probe is starting to get a clearer view of the dwarf planet and its five moons as it speeds through space toward a historic Pluto flyby on July 14. A new timelapse gif shows Pluto ...

An update to the popular messaging app doesn't require you to hold down your finger to view snaps. It also includes an extra layer of security and new ways to add friends.

As iconic as the Apple logo is on MacBook laptops, those wanting something a bit more unique will appreciate the custom designs from Uncover, ranging from simple engraved shapes to elaborate tattoo-like art. The post Unc...

Now that America's MegaBots Inc and Japan's Suidobashi Heavy Industries have both built giant, pilot-controlled robots, it seems obvious what has to happen next.

Taiwan officials say pilot in crash throttled down working engine; colleagues say he was hasty

A second person badly burned by the fireball that engulfed a crowd at a water park in Taiwan over the weekend has died from his injuries, local media reported Thursday.

(Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) In a scientific breakthrough, researchers at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai and Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhi Nagar have fashioned bacteria to emit int...

A 21-year-old car factory worker in Baunatal, Germany, was fatally injured by an assembly line robot on Tuesday. He was installing the machine, whereupon the robot grabbed him and forced him against a metal plate. The po...

AT&T is currently pushing out an update for the Samsung Galaxy S5, which bumps the device from version OC4 to OF2. Unfortunately, AT&T has not provided a list of changes that are made in this update, but we do know that ...

The blood-soaked executioners of ISIS have spared neither women nor children since the jihadist army established its caliphate a year ago, putting an estimated 74 kids and even more women to death for such offenses as pr...

A cache of documents from whistleblower Edward Snowden details spying targets, including the UN's general secretary, according to a new report.

PayPal, the online payments company weeks away from an expected spinoff from eBay, will end up paying about $890 million for Xoom.

Here in America, we love our friendly neighbors to the north. We don’t always understand everything they say, but we still love them. Canada is a vast and beautiful country full of gorgeous landscapes and forests as fa...

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Cookie, meet your new BFF — or your new nemesis. Mashable has confirmed that Marisa Tomei is joining the cast of Empire next season in the role of Mimi Whiteman, a "demanding venture capitalist who becomes involved in...